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City Council members want to keep L.A. from going to hell in a shopping cart.
They are "inauthentic" in an entirely authentic Californian way.
Tethered to nothing but an iPhone and Bloomberg, billionaires unburden themselves of citizenship.
We were in such a hurry to get there, and then the future was here, but not as we expected it.
A lot has changed since April 1992. Mostly, there are a lot fewer jobs from which a decent life might be made.
1992 was a long time coming in neighborhoods across Los Angeles County; it will be a long time going.
They welcomed the flotsam of the early 20th century city with a "genteel" offering of dance music, sing-alongs, and the possibility of romance.
From Brazil to California, a new way of deciding what cities should do and how they pay for it.
150,000 visitors, 400 authors, and dread occupy the 17th Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
A downtown building with an impressive pedigree marks the turning point when L.A. became the state's economic capitol.
Not a trend yet, but a warning as voters become more skeptical of taxing themselves.
A spring storm, a worn raincoat, a walk, the world beneath an umbrella.
L.A. City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana is a worried bureaucrat. He has at least 200 million reasons.
Reimagining a memoir sent me back to my story with results both painful and consoling.
AEG and the new Dodgers organization show how the integration of politics, media, and fan loyalty will pay off for corporate showmen.
The Dodgers are back. The AEG and the NFL aren't talking. And the fans are waiting.
Will corruption turn Los Angeles into another Detroit in a decade?
The spirit of entrepreneurship is boosting business creation, but not all of the signs are good.
Jan Perry's embarrassing "auto da fe" illustrates why the city council needs radical change.
The Britannica was a marker of middle-class aspiration. And it was something you could hand on.
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