January 2012 Archives
Commentary:
What will the loss of CRA's mean to South Central and other long-blighted places across the state? The answer, like the future of these places, isn't really clear.
Arts & Culture:
This week's media art scene is political, conceptual, beautiful and provocative, a perfect way to start a new year.
Commentary:
With a bag of tools and a license, a new immigrant can start earning money quickly by using their community to find a job.
Commentary:
An inside look at the trial of an arrested Occupy L.A. protestor.
LA as Subject:
Downtown L.A.'s Second and Third Street tunnels star in countless action movies and car commercials, but other tunnels--now lost to history--served as landmarks for decades.
Economy:
The law is "going to separate out the green washers."
Around SoCal:
A big picture look at the region, including stories about police wearing cameras, homeless slayings in Orange County and more.
Movie Miento:
The trovadores, the Spanish speaking troubadors of Los Angeles, will not forget May 1, 2007 in MacArthur Park. A group of them has released a CD of songs in tribute to the men, women, and children who suffered the pain of police batons and rubber bullets that day by LAPD officers in riot gear.
Around SoCal:
A big picture look at the region, including stories about health insurance, Santa Ana's gentrification, L.A.'s budget problems and more.
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