April 2012 Archives
Commentary:
The Fish and Game Commission President's mountain lion hunting trip got him tripped up in California's Political Reform Act.
Where We Are:
A spring storm, a worn raincoat, a walk, the world beneath an umbrella.
Commentary:
The street where I live is fine -- until the moment that it isn't, which is the case now after the instantly infamous shooting of Fred Martin.
Guest Commentary :
People ask me all the time how I survive, and insist that I will "die" without a car. And to them I say, "Meet two of my Asian Americans friends who don't even have driver licenses!"
LA as Subject:
The story of the Miracle Mile's stunning transformation from cow path to commercial artery is part of the larger narrative of L.A.'s decentralization, as electric railways and automobiles encouraged sprawl and drained the downtown retail district of its vitality.
Commentary:
His voting record is extremely conservative, so why does the right-most wing of his own party reject him?
Movie Miento:
When her Korean mother died about a year ago, she worried what would happen to her Koreaness in her hyphenated Korean-American life.
Where We Are:
L.A. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana is a worried bureaucrat. He has at least 200 million reasons.
Commentary:
When Dianne Feinstein's campaign fund was wiped out illegally by her treasurer, she personally supplemented the millions lost. Other candidates might not have those resources.
Where We Are:
Reimagining a memoir sent me back to my story with results both painful and consoling.
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