November 2011 Archives
Commentary:
The FPPC's new Chairwoman, Ann Ravel, has made it her mission to institute much needed regulatory reform. Prior to punishing public officials for violations of the PRA, it is best to ensure that they understand all of the applicable rules.
Where We Are:
"Earth movement" continues to rearrange L.A.'s geography.
Arts & Culture:
As technologies proliferate, a 40-year-old debate about the use of computers in the classroom resurfaces. Eugene Schwartz recently offered a compelling argument for avoiding technology in the classroom almost entirely.
Commentary:
As the country comes to grips with an ongoing recession and massive unemployment, the early sales and a bad economy are sparking contrasting responses.
Transportation:
Plans for the high-speed rail system was endangered after the House approved a spending bill, eliminating federal high-speed rail funding for fiscal year 2012.
Around SoCal:
A major composting facility for California shut down, the road to banning plastic bags stalled in Santa Barbara County and more SoCal headlines.
Transportation:
Two other California airports are among the least busy.
LA as Subject:
Exposition Park is known today for football games, dinosaur exhibits, and its sunken rose garden. But as its original name--Agricultural Park--suggests, the park's history reveals a time when farming in Los Angeles was not limited to rooftop skid row gardens and relicts like Compton's Richland Farms.
Commentary:
Former UCLA Vice Chancellor Winston Churchill Doby, who died a week ago, was a statesman for black educational equity--even as the idea fell out of favor--all his life
Arts & Culture:
With Michael Snow's rigorous structural film, Wavelength, and Haile Gerima's politicized Sankofa leading the way, this week's LA media arts scene offers examples of iconic filmmaking from the past.
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