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The creation of a micro city on the lawn outside of City Hall will cost the city.
As the inevitable raid on Occupy L.A. approached, I struggled with the question of my proper role.
This week, L.A. police were a case study in how to quell a protest without ticking anybody off. Quite a feat. But is the best we can do in terms of progress?
Stories of note within KCET-TV's reach, which is Southern California and the neighboring counties to the north.
The Occupy Los Angeles movement and the City of Los Angeles have been partners in a careful dance compared to the stumbling seen in other occupied cities.
Activists are claiming victories in their effort to shut down what they call the "schools to prison pipeline."
The Chicano Moratorium was a collective effort to raise awareness of the Vietnam War as a civil rights issue, one among many affecting the Chicano community.
It's been more than two months since the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to ditch the city's widely unpopular -- and admittedly costly -- red light camera program.
"It is difficult to comprehend a 21st century movement from the perspective of the 20th century politics, media, and economics in which we are still steeped."
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.
Silver Lake's Sunset Junction is steeped in local transportation and social history that continues to survive in Southern California's archives.