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Where We Are:
The persistence of things is part burden, part murmured dialog. Time slipping is our common condition, and we're never wholly new.
Cakewalk:
What Christoper Dorner's rampage says about love and idealism.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
There is a wedding day and then there is the rest of your married life. Richer or poorer.
West is Eden:
Mist blew in. I tasted salt on both our lips.
Where We Are:
Ghosts, gangsters, glamour, and grime are all part of the heritage of downtown's Hall of Justice. The iconic building from Jazz Age Los Angeles is being restored after nearly 20 years of abandonment.
Where We Are:
The distinction between east and west in Los Angeles has been a fixture of the city's landscape from the beginning. But does that distinction -- even though it persists -- shape what Los Angeles is becoming?
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Do you ever wonder why there are so many ballot initiatives designed to decrease the political clout of unions? Well, simply put, because they have a lot of it.
Cakewalk:
Black History Month is upon us again. Why do we keep missing the point?
Po-Law-Tics:
Our state's highest court is wading into a confused thicket of laws concerning marijuana, and more specifically medical marijuana. Here is a quick synopsis of the legal landscape.
West is Eden:
There's a new Walmart in Simi Valley. It's the second Walmart there -- on the same street, miles away. What do all these big boxes in Ventura County mean?
Where We Are:
The city's Adaptive Reuse Ordinance succeeded in turning empty office buildings into residential lofts. Downtown needs even more ideas for building tomorrow's city.
Where We Are:
The scandal of priestly abuse, abetted by silence, leaves priests and the faithful less able to minister to each other.
Cakewalk:
From Compton down to El Segundo, blacks just can't seem to live in peace.
Notes of a Native Daughter:
This is what it means to have been a teacher for 30 years, as of this new January quarter.
West is Eden:
It's the people you never hear of who really make a difference. And the boys from New Jersey and the California surfboard shaper fit that bill.
Where We Are:
Making something out of the American landscape, one house at a time.
East CA:
The desert is defined by its lack of rain. Ironic, then, that it's during rainstorms that the desert most truly expresses its nature.
Where We Are:
What would you chart as a guide to the city you know? Beaches, radio stations, Hollywood beauty salons, taquerías, swimming pools, the other downtowns of Los Angeles?
Cakewalk:
The Morningside Park Chronicle is a new paper that's determined to get Inglewood right.
Po-Law-Tics:
The current legal framework breeds the almost ceaseless need for campaign cash, which harms both officeholders and the public.
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I Am Los Angeles: On His Way Back
A video portrait of a man whose dreams and determination allowed him to get off the streets and into a stable life.
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