Los Angeles is a special place -- blessed with diversity and many unique neighborhoods, which together make one of the greatest cities in the world.

Los Angeles has a bright future, but it will only realize its potential if city leaders face up to the challenges and make the right...

A few weeks ago I shared my concerns about worsening response times in the Los Angeles Fire Department, the impact on the safety of Angelenos, and offered a plan to address the problem.

The response from people throughout Los Angeles has been overwhelming -- more than 60,000 have viewed...

Just 12 days ago I challenged Los Angeles City Hall to make public safety a priority. City Hall data showed the Los Angeles Fire Department with a dramatic worsening in response times, getting to an emergency in less than five minutes only 59 percent of the time versus...

A few years ago, I was mountain biking in the hills above Santa Monica when I crashed and broke my neck. I was air lifted to the hospital by the Los Angeles Fire Department and spent many long months recovering.

The LAFD saved my life that morning. I'm forever...

This awards season, we're enjoying the acclaim given to The Artist, a silent picture that gives tribute to the Hollywood of yesteryear.

But what's curious is the same town -- while lauding the artistry of silence -- is doing little to speak up for the entertainment industry and to sustain...

If you have 90 minutes to spare between now and Sunday, I recommend the HBO documentary Namath, about the life and times of the winning quarterback in Super Bowl III.

You'll revisit the public spectacle that was "Broadway Joe's" football career -- the white shoes, the full-length sideline...

California Attorney General Kamala Harris did right to re-open the talks demanding compensation from the nation's largest banks that admittedly engaged in unscrupulous mortgage and foreclosure practices.

This is particularly important to Latino and African-American homeowners, who account for only 36 percent of California's mortgages but 55 percent...

I'm not sure if anyone caught the Golden Globes recently, but I noted with interest a silent film called The Artist was a winner.

That's certainly encouraging for me as I'm never the loudest one in the room.

It also struck a chord with me because in Los Angeles we...

California was once a destination for folks seeking instant wealth -- miners hoping to strike it big in the Gold Rush.

Today, there's still "gold in them hills" -- only, the hills are our halls of government, where career politicians are immorally (if not illegally) profiting from their insiders' status.