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Gold Line Metro I photo by Paul Bailey, creative commons
In hopes of preventing a potentially hectic post-party commute, the organizers of this weekend's FYF Fest have asked the Los Angeles Metro system to extend its rail service hours.
Classroom at the Arroyo Seco Museum Science Magnet School
Test scores are up across the Los Angeles Unified School District, but failed to reach both the state average and goal.
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With Labor Day and its massive traffic coming up this weekend, Los Angeles police officers are gearing up to set up their DUI and driver's license checkpoints at busy intersections.
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The consequences of what unites us also befuddles us.
Not the mayoralty that Villaraigosa imagined: The mayor has a new chief of staff - Gaye Williams, once a deputy mayor for Intergovernmental Relations in…
No more canned or frozen food items will be served to students within the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The second largest district in the country is eliminating canned and frozen food items from their menus.
Rendering of proposed downtown L.A. football stadium | Courtesy AEG
AEG is asking state lawmakers to pass special legislation that would protect the developer from lawsuits that could delay or stop progress on the downtown stadium
A bicycle sharing rack in Washington D.C.
A bike sharing is on the table in Los Angeles. Let's not stick with the conventional wisdom.
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We look at what was said after the Board of Public Work's voted to deny the event its permit.
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A permit for this weekend's Sunset Junction Music Festival was denied for the second time this week, effectively canceling the event for the first time since it began 31 years ago.
Vernon has been so corrupt for so long that, were it not for the gross malfeasance of Bell city officials, Vernon would be the dictionary definition of a city without legitimacy.
At the Sunset Junction Music Festival in 2009
After being denied a permit over unpaid fees for this weekend's event, organizers from the Sunset Junction Music Festival say they are optimistic they will be able to pay the city's bill.
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