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Monthly Mural Wrap: A Dozen Tags for December, 2013

December ended with over 20,000 Angelenos gathering in Grand Park for a New Year's Eve celebration, helping end a busy month -- and year -- for public art in L.A.

Millions of Wilderness Acres in California Threatened Under Legislation, Warns Group

Imagine a new Joshua Tree National Park: Operated by a Border Patrol that allows unregulated building of roads, ignores environmental standards, and shuts down access in the name of national security.

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Ballot Measures: People-Powered Policy-Making? Or A Way for Wealthy Interests to Exert Influence?

How do you get a measure on the ballot in California? Hint: It takes a lot of money. And then there's the campaign to try to get it passed.

You Might Be Able to Fuel Your GM with GMOs

A new study published this week suggests that a bit of genetic tinkering can help a microorganism boost its ability to turn organic matter into usable fuel, which might make it a bit easier to run our vehicles on fuel that doesn't spend down our fossil...

Ballot Measures: People-Powered Policy-Making? Or A Way for Wealthy Interests to Exert Influence?

How do you get a measure on the ballot in California? Hint: It takes a lot of money. And then there's the campaign to try to get it passed.

The Dakota Access Pipeline near New Salem, North Dakota | Photo: Tony Webster, some rights reserved

Plains Tribes Versus Big Energy

It's not just pipelines: Native people are disproportionately affected by energy development of all kinds. And they're fighting back.

Agua Mansa: Californio Roots in the Inland Empire

Their maternal grandmother's family has been in Santa Ana since the late 1700s, when that place was still Rancho Santa Ana, and its citizens called Californios.

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How to Vote in California's Midterm Elections this November

Whether you're a first-time voter in California or you've been away from the polls for a while now, here's a guide to the four steps you need to know to cast your ballot in the general election on November 8.

For rent sign for an unfurnished house reads: "Absolutely no Spanish or Mexicans. No children. No pets. One or two adults only. Phone Atlantic 2-9052." | Los Angeles Public Library

How Prop 14 Shaped California's Racial Covenants

Fifty years ago, the United States Supreme Court upheld the California Supreme Court decision to overturn the controversial Prop 14 referendum.

Five Ways Colleges and Universities are Combatting Sexual Violence

Whether it’s through student activism, the involvement of men, discussions on consent, or new ways of healing, these universities are getting it right.

Monthly Mural Wrap: A Dozen Tags for May, 2013

May 2013 saw more murals coming, then going. Here's some news and notes we like to tag under Monthly Mural Wrap.

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The Port of Los Angeles Promised to Measure Pollution; Its Equipment Keeps Breaking

During the worst months of air pollution in recent years, half of the Port of L.A.'s air quality monitoring sensors were not functioning, according to an analysis of port data by Crosstown.

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