April 2012 Archives
Where We Are:
They welcomed the flotsam of the early 20th century city with a "genteel" offering of dance music, sing-alongs, and the possibility of romance.
Commentary:
The prop did more than lower the threshold required to pass the state budget.
Where We Are:
From Brazil to California, a new way of deciding what cities should do and how they pay for it.
Commentary:
Inspired development, to say nothing of redevelopment, didn't really happen after 1992. But then, what did you expect?
Guest Commentary :
I consider the George Holliday video of Rodney King's beating and the subsequent news footage of the L.A. Riots to be my first American reality show. Instead of an elimination ceremony, ring ceremony, or final weigh-in, it was the acquittal of four police officers.
LA as Subject:
Before light pollution transformed the night sky into a dull glow, Southern California's generally cloudless climate attracted some of the world's finest astronomers to the region.
Commentary:
Economic hardship in the U.S. and increasing obstacles to informal border crossing have made the northward trek far less enticing to would-be job seekers. So why does Representative Rob Bishop want to ramp up extreme border protections even further?
Where We Are:
150,000 visitors, 400 authors, and dread occupy the 17th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Movie Miento:
Jesse Linares re-shaped the way the Spanish language news covers the region's significant Central American population. And did it with a passion to get the story first, get it right, and hold to account those with powerful and influence.
Commentary:
Currently political bloggers do not have to disclose whether they are paid by a political campaign. A new proposal would change all of that.
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