May 2011 Archives
Movie Miento:
Reyes didn't expect to be in the trenches against El Salvador's left-leaning government - elected two years ago after a succession of conservative regimes that fed the country's bloody civil war - but that's where he finds himself now.
Environment:
Environmental groups are fighting a proposed solar farm in the Carrizo Plain of Eastern San Luis Obispo County. The land is home to more threatened and endangered animals than anywhere in California.
Commentary:
Ask ten people what Gay Pride Month, which starts tomorrow, is about and you'll get ten different answers.
Arts & Culture:
In the introduction to a new book about LA, architect Michael Maltzan writes that Los Angeles is now at a pivotal moment of redefinition and urges us to stand back and reflect.
Commentary:
If only L.A. were New York, all our inconvenient problems would be solved.
Commentary:
California lawmakers killed a bill that would have prohibited lobbyists and their employers from giving lawmakers gifts. Why let the integrity of the governmental processes get in the way of a good dodger game?
Commentary:
Torrance is building a fence along Western Avenue that divides more than the highway. History is to blame.
LA as Subject:
In 1829, an intrepid merchant opened a long-desired trade route--known today as the Old Spanish Trail--between the Mexican provinces of Alta California and New Mexico, linking Los Angeles with Santa Fe. From June 2-5, historians, archivists, and representatives from government agencies and the Hispanic and Native American communities will gather in Pomona at the 2011 Old Spanish Trail Association annual conference to explore the history of the trail in California.
Commentary:
Los Angeles is an emptier place without renaissance man Cliff Hall in it. But being out in the Inland Empire is better than being nowhere--sometimes.
Arts & Culture:
One of the highlights this week in LA media art is the screening of Beginners, a touching and inventive new feature film by LA-based artist, filmmaker and designer Mike Mills.
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