July 2011 Archives
Transportation:
The California High-Speed Rail Authority and federal authorities today got on board to sign a clean pact.
Where We Are:
We learned a lot from Carmageddon, but not all of it was the right lesson.
Commentary:
What if our representative form of government garnered as much attention as traffic congestion? What would happen if elections, public hearings, legislative decisions and the like became an event like the much-anticipated Carmageddon?
Where We Are:
The city hall system survives by corrupting the relationship between those who govern and those who elect them.
History:
The empty lot that was once Riverside's Chinatown is part of the larger Chinese immigration story.
LA Vitamin Report:
Instead of whining about Carmageddon, a group of LA cyclists came up with the idea for the race of a lifetime.
Transportation:
Developers of DesertXPress, the $6 billion high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas with Victorville, were granted approval this week to move forward by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
LA as Subject:
As Angeleños prepare to survive the upcoming weekend without access to a ten-mile section of the San Diego Freeway, our thoughts may turn to L.A.'s pre-freeway era.
Commentary:
As blacks sound alarms about the new redistricting plan that reflects their declining influence, I wonder what black representation really means
Arts & Culture:
LA's eclectic media art attitude is on full display this week with tabletop theater shrines, miniature underworld movie sets, remixes, mash-ups and apocalyptic Biblical tales.
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