Ed Fuentes
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.
Up to two-thirds of voters would change their support for California's high-speed rail system, according to a Field Poll released Tuesday.
A major step towards reviving Los Angeles as the centerpiece for the contemporary urban mural movement, a draft ordinance that redefines murals was introduced today.
Murals were banned for the most part in 2002 when the art form was wrapped into litigation surrounding the city's sign ordinance.
A pile of trash surrounds a mural protesting a pile of cash.
Southern California's inland highways share the culture of roadside diners with the rest of the nation, but it stands out as a junction of fast food origins.
A federal agency has approved plans for DesertXpress to use over 800 acres of public land for high-speed train track.
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.
Councilmember José Huizar and Jan Perry led a Monday afternoon dedication for a set of 6-foot wide bike lanes, with 4-foot buffer zone, that use vivid green to enhance safety between riders and motorists.
A Los Angeles-based artist shows a very personal and artistic interpretation of Latino neighborhoods.
Plans for the high-speed rail system was endangered after the House approved a spending bill, eliminating federal high-speed rail funding for fiscal year 2012.
A famous downtown Los Angeles mural is being restored.
Before Facebook and Tweets rallied protesters to public space, murals occupied the walls.