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The only way I can even get close to defining the Latino zeitgeist is to go back to all the people I've interviewed in the last 11 years as a daily reporter in L.A. Here are some of them.
Residents of the Lanfair Valley may well have enjoyed more relative freedom, and less hatred, than any other African-Americans in the U.S.
"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."
Efforts to make granstmanship more efficient miss the fundamental problem at L.A. City Hall.
Redistricting: Last week the state's highest court ruled that even if the referendum to overturn Senate maps qualifies for the ballot, the newly drawn lines will still be used in the 2012 election.
No matter how you slice it, the map of new districts boundaries is a mess.
The movement continues to pull together and merge with natural allies to manifest in an almost daily docket of events and actions. There are so many ways to participate that it would be impossible to do it all.
In middle-class Inglewood, we'd all like to see gangs go away. But an injunction isn't going to do the job.
Projects this week recall and remake the past, from John Cage to Lou Reed.
"There are about six different ways to say respect in Samoan. This in itself is unique for any culture and reiterates the importance of the act and the word to my people."
Artist Brody Condon returns to Machine Project this Thursday night to present "Future Gestalt," a new performance described as a '70s group encounter session set in the far future.