The Academy Awards show this year is likely to be accompanied by a significant amount of dissent. A group led by Najee Ali of Project Islamic Hope plans to demonstra
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Abbot Kinney is only a 10-minute walk from Venice Beach, but it somehow feels much farther. The ocean breeze doesn't reach that far. You can't he
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La Puente, a city of 40,000 in the San Gabriel Valley whose population is 85 percent Latino, has declared itself a sanctuary” for undocumented immigrants, in a res
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In Los Angeles, developers who donate big money to City Council members have been known to get their projects approved, even when those projects are in neighborhoods
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Drivers in L.A. can agree on at least one thing: Parking tickets are way too expensive. At about $73 apiece, they also constitute a regressive tax, one that hits th
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We are living in the golden age of public transportation in L.A.
Oh wait, no we're not! That was the 1920s, before Christopher Lloyd destroyed the trolley car
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UPDATE at 2:55 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016: The victim and suspect have been identified. See the latest at the bottom. First posted at 8:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 2
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Before Angelenos head to the polls on Nov. 8, we are breaking down the ballot into some quick reads to get you up to speed on what's up for a vote. Read more ab
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Every year, there's at least one proposition in California designed specifically to screw with voters. This year, it's Proposition 65, which The Mercury News
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Just a half-block from the I-10 overpass, in the parking lot on the corner of Union Avenue and Washington Boulevard, you'll find perhaps one of the rarest spec
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If only more Californians could retire like Vin.
Vin Scully, that is. The Hall of Fame announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers will call his last game this Sunday,
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Egee Mabolis, the beloved parking lot peacekeeper of the Silver Lake Trader Joe's, is back to work, following a lengthy recovery from a horrific bicycle accident
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