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An underpass in Vernon, CA
In elections held on Tuesdaym Vernon voters passed a series of government reforms aimed at ensuring that history does not repeat itself.
Crowds fill in the streets at June's Downtown Art Walk
The popular and crowded Downtown L.A. Art Walk winds down an eventful year on a slightly high note.
Long Beach, the county's other big city, has Los Angeles-sized problems.
Map detail of Council District 15
This is the first election held in Los Angeles after the Supreme Court invalidated so-called "trigger" or "rescue" funds that provided publicly financed candidates.
Is Los Angeles resistant of planning or is it over-planned?
San Diego County is exploring the idea of having three retired judges chose the county district lines every 10 years. Could it start a trend of removing the power from county supervisors?
As far as San Diego County supervisorial candidate Steve Danon sees it, there's a trend about to take flight: Removing redistricting power from supervisors.
Photo Courtesy of Warren Furutani for City Council
"I'm running in the whole 15th. I want the votes from top to bottom. And I hope that people see my campaign walks the talk," the State Assembly member said.
The California State Senate chambers
Last week the California Supreme Court rejected a request by a GOP-supported coalition (known as FAIR - Fairness & Accountability in Redistricting) to invalidate California's newly drawn state senate maps.
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Dog owners were thrown a bone Tuesday evening as the Santa Monica City Council voted 6 to 1 to establish a pilot program for a dog park on Santa Monica State Beach.
Anti-war protesters marching through Century City in 1967 as President Johnson hosts a political fundraiser inside the Century Plaza Hotel. Courtesy of the Herald-Examiner Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
Capturing the attention of the public and the news media, the Occupy L.A. protesters have joined a long, yet sometimes seemingly hidden, tradition of activists who have advocated publicly in Los Angeles for their vision of social justice.
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What does it mean to be part of the 99%? Sometimes you have to see it up close.
Photo | Reut R. Cohen
More than half of the adult population is overweight or obese in Los Angeles County. Statistics show that low-income areas in Los Angeles are at higher risk for preventable diseases linked to obesity, including, heart attacks, strokes, diabetes and eve...
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