August 2011 Archives
Arts & Culture:
Summer 2011 continues to get stranger with a giant moth monster movie, an all-night cemetery screening and an evening of '70s folk music paired with animated visuals.
LA Vitamin Report:
A British Medical Journal study argues that bike sharing in Barcelona saves more than 12 lives a year in that city. How about we save a few in Los Angeles?
Commentary:
A prediction on how Chinese immigrants will name their children in the near future.
Commentary:
As the global economy reels from crises in Europe and Washington, the results have not yet begun to trickle down to the Coachella and Imperial Valleys. Then again, the Salton Basin's economy doesn't really need a kick in the teeth: it was doing poorly without any help.
Movie Miento:
Que lastima. So many bars, so small the liver.
LA Vitamin Report:
A test run of Boston's bike sharing program shows LA what we're missing.
Transportation:
An agreement securing $86.4 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act between the federal government and the California High-Speed Authority rail has been signed.
Where We Are:
Redrawing the boundaries of supervisors' districts pits the past against the future.
Commentary:
The Assembly Rules Committees' failure to release current budget and spending information raises broader questions about the public's right to information concerning their elected officials.
Departures:
A group of artists met with the city in July to give input on a future mural policy for Los Angeles.
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