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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a July 2011 campaign stop at the Valley Plaza shopping center Los Angeles.| Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
California could play a role in picking who President Obama's opponent will be. California does not hold its primary election until June 5th. Typically this is late enough in the primary season that the parties have already picked their nominees. Mayb...
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Some in the national media see Mayor Villaraigosa's political "resurrection." In Los Angeles, the signs are less clear.
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Last week the city of Compton agreed to put a measure on the ballot, which would institute voting by district in city council races. Currently, Compton's city council members are elected based on at-large city-wide voting.
In a conversation formidably learned and profound in its ethical depth, making a place for the moral purpose of cities
Journalism students at Loyola Marymount University are finding and telling them.
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On Wednesday there was a naturalization ceremony in downtown Los Angeles, so here's a big welcome to our city!
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Those bright green bike lanes meant to increase safety for cyclists on downtown's Spring Street are a bright red flag for the film industry, which uses it as "Any City, USA."
You might think that local elected officials are responsible for your city's future. A state report on redevelopment's end shows how much you're wrong.
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In a letter, the two council members accuse the redistricting commission of being motivated by "factors that are neither required nor authorized by state or federal law."
U.S. President Barack Obama greets guests after arriving on Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport on February 15, 2012. | Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
For those of you who get frustrated by the delays and hassles that come with President Obama's fundraising trips, I believe your anger is best directed to the majority of the Supreme Court who, in 1976, essentially found that money is speech.
Green should mean good for cyclists. Hollywood disagrees.
Bob Sodervick demonstrates outside of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 7 in San Francisco before a three-judge panel made its ruling on Proposition 8 |Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The ruling steered clear of broader issues surrounding gay marriage, specifically noting that it need not, and would not, rule on whether marriage is a fundamental right. Instead, the court's analysis focused on a narrower question that is likely to ar...
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