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Ed Fuentes

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Ed Fuentes is a cultural journalist who has been covering the Inland Empire, the High Desert, and downtown Los Angeles for KCET since 2010.  He lived in downtown Los Angeles for 13 years before moving to Las Vegas, where he covers regional art, including murals and street art, at painthisdesert.com. He tweets at @viewfromaloft

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Mural Ordinance Panel
Final public meeting on the mural ordinance draft gave artists one more chance to butt heads with policy makers and differing perspectives before the draft heads back to City Hall.
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A new wetlands park in South Los Angeles paves the way for re-greening public space while cleaning up the surrounding waters.
The image of a downtown skyline seen from the broad sweep across the Los Angeles River, interrupted with a distinct curve near steel double arches, is burned in as a visual point of reference.
Photo: Courtesy California High-Speed Rail Authority
"We can connect this thing," says Governor Jerry Brown, fighting off "train to nowhere" criticisms. "It's going to be a lot cheaper than people are saying."
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While progress is being made on the City of L.A. sign code, there must be a clear definition whether an image on a wall functions as fine art or a commercial sign.
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Donna Deitch's stylish 1978 mini-documentary 'The Great Wall of Los Angeles' captures a moment in time when the community came together to create the landmark mural.
City Planner Tanner Blackman at mural ordinance public hearing I Photo Ed Fuentes / viewfromaloft
Artists and others gathered Wednesday for another mural ordinance meeting.
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Deemed as artifacts, the artworks painted on plywood panels built by the city to protect park monuments were removed after the encampment was evicted in November.
Days after being restored, Kent Twitchell's mural was marked | Photo via Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
It should be the starting point for a New Year's resolution: sending the word directly to the street that the official mural code now belongs to artists.
Saber tags the sky over Downtown Los Angeles I Courtesy of Birdman Photos
For a city with a moratorium on murals, the art form managed to be in the public eye in 2011.
Photo Courtesy of California High-Speed Rail Authority
A U.S. House committee hearing about a high-speed train system between Los Angeles and San Francisco had opponents talking in circles for four hours on Thursday.
Saber, Tanner Blackman, and Daniel Lahoba I Photo: Ed Fuentes / viewfromaloft
Now that it's out, loopholes and concerns are surfacing.
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