September 2012 Archives
Commentary:
Putting ethnic communities on the city map is much more than a notion.
Commentary:
On any given night, restaurant tables are filled, cash registers ring, and empty street parking spaces are nonexistent. But Thai Town still faces some big challenges.
Weather:
A powerful and widespread storm system hit hard at Thermal and Mecca's Desert Mobile Home Park, informally known as Duroville.
West Is Eden:
A Ventura filmmaker and artist is making a documentary on the man who had creative ADHD and forty-eight hours in his day.
Where We Are:
September is the cruelest month, suggesting autumn but delivering a month of hot days. You can buy relief or remember when the basin bred its own air conditioning.
Po-Law-Tics:
Californians may soon be able to obtain more information about those giving
and spending money in political campaigns. Assembly Bill (AB) 481 recently
passed through the Legislature with support from both sides of the aisle.
That bill would increase disclosure for independent expenditures.
Commentary:
The county's library system is a hundred years old this month. When I was a boy, 50 years ago, my county library branch was refuge, instigator, and generous companion.
LA as Subject:
An extensive system of creeks, arroyos, and other watercourses once crisscrossed Los Angeles. Today, most of L.A.'s streams have been paved over, buried and converted into storm drains, or eliminated from the landscape altogether.
Commentary:
Losing hundreds of trees in Inglewood and South Central to create a temporary path for a space shuttle is the unkindest cut.
Commentary:
Cultural festivals are an integral part of the Southern California ethnic dynamic.
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