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"The state is making up the rules as it goes along," say a coalition of cities. They want the courts to sort out the chaos. The issue, inevitably, is who gets the money.
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The leaders of the scandal-plagued and nearly bankrupt Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (known to many Angelenos simply as "the Coliseum") may want to consider some public relations lessons.
Downtown L.A.'s modern skyline took shape between the mid-1960s (top) and the late 1980s (bottom). Both photos courtesy of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection, Los Angeles Public Library.
The cluster of towers rising today from the remains of Bunker Hill belies the fact that, for decades, Los Angeles lacked a modern skyscraper.
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Paper or Plastic? After action taken today by the L.A. City Council, the phrase may soon be out of date.
The L.A. region faces obstacles to more rail transit. Rights-of-way are few and some have angry neighbors.
The wind blows a plastic bag around the beach near the Manhattan Beach Pier | Photo by David McNew/Getty Images
As far as environmental topics go, plastic bags are among the top targets. But paper has baggage, too, and Los Angeles is poised to take on both with the strictest bag ban ordinance in the country.
Hundreds of LAPD officers wait to walk into the Occupy Los Angeles protest encampment following the November 30, 2011 raid. | Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
A recent report released last week states that last year's Occupy Los Angeles protest will cost the City almost double the original estimate: $5 million.
The greening of the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will help to sustain one of the region's last big industries.
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Understand the common tactics -- and the arcane way political committees get named -- and you can get a lot more out of those ballot measure ads.
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A mural was painted over. Street artists are outraged. It's a wake-up call that proves the delayed mural ordinance need to be passed through City Hall quickly.
US President Barack Obama's motorcade encounters Los Angeles traffic on its way to the NBC Studios in Burbank on October 25, 2011. | Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images
It is certainly not President Obama's fault that our current set of campaign finance laws necessitates fundraising, fundraising, and then some more fundraising, but it seems he does have control over when and where he does his campaign events.
Polling of the mostly unscientific kind puts Los Angeles up and puts Los Angeles down.
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