July 2012 Archives
Commentary:
The mission of Curiosity to Mars, and all the other past Mars missions, might very well not have happened without Ray Bradbury.
Where We Are:
A streetcar called Broadway may be the desire of Councilman Huizar, but downtown's loft dwellers will decide.
Po-Law-Tics:
The historically scandal-plagued county of San Bernardino has taken a step in the right direction.
Where We Are:
California's fiscal house of cards falls on four Riverside County cities. One of them expects to disincorporate next year, killed by the Legislature's indifference.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
Think locavore -- eating food produce within a few miles of where you live. Now think locabuild -- it worked for decades.
Commentary:
Anglo-Saxon is the new -- I mean, old -- American.
Government:
This last week makes it clear: California's State Parks doesn't really want to take care of the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area. They should give it to someone who does.
LA as Subject:
The transportation hub has hardly stood still since it emerged from the bean fields of Westchester in the late 1920s.
Where We Are:
From the late 1930s through the 1990s, country western music and the hybrid culture from which it came defined much of white working class Los Angeles.
Commentary:
If Democrats in the next election gain two-thirds in both state houses, increasing taxes and fees will be easy.
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