Mr. Martin's idea, enabled by a rotten economy that made his free time greater and his potential labor pool deeper, is now manifest in his new busines...
Posted 12.21.2009 | Impact
More than 10,000 children from downtown Los Angeles and nearby neighborhoods showed up at the Fred Jordan Mission on Sunday for its 32nd annual food a...
Posted 12.22.2009 | Los Angeles
While not quite a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting, Christmas in Los Angeles is not without its considerable charms and traditions. What we lack ...
LA Daily News | Posted 12.21.2009 | Los Angeles
Despite all evidence to the contrary, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa insists this past year was one of the best in his nearly six years as the city's chie...
Steven Nereo | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles
Man, I can not wait for weed to be legal. Not that I really care that much about its (legal) availability, I just can't take hearing about medical marijuana anymore.
Posted 12.18.2009 | Los Angeles
Two unsettling reports about LA's aging, crumbling infrastructure today. According to a report released by transportation research group TRIP, LA's ro...
HuffPost | Victoria Fine | Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact
This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles
In addition to being primary trade portals for Europe and America, Rotterdam and Los Angeles share another distinction -- they are both pioneering leaders in port emissions reductions.
Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
What's colored and plastic and found all over L.A.? Plastic bags. More than 6 billion of them are used by county residents each year, according to th...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
Today I met with representatives from various German clean technology and solar firms. We had very productive conversations about their practices and ...
Tom Matlack | Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact
Father Greg explains that gang members can get their high school diploma, they can get counseling, they can get their tattoos removed. But ultimately the point is to find them work so they can become self-sufficient.
John Petro | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York
In a vote that could affect how development deals are negotiated in New York, the City Council's Land Use Committee voted to reject the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
Los Angeles gets a bad rap. It's assailed for being shallow and rarely acknowledged for its good heart. But Los Angeles has a huge heart - at the center of which is pulsating non-stop activism.
OC Register | Marilyn Kalfus | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
A report this week alluded to a Newport Beach condominium in Tiger Woods' real estate portfolio. We tracked down a condo in Corona del Mar and chatted...
AP | CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Heavy rain tapered off, skies cleared and residents of the Los Angeles area foothills started returning home Sunday, a day after t...
AP | Posted 12.12.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Authorities say as many as 90 vehicles were stranded after mud and debris flowed down the hillside along a 12-mile stretch of Ange...
Don Ringe | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles
If they can't find Osama bin Laden with these modern missiles, why do they think they can outwit illegal immigrants determined to cross the border any way possible?
Sparrow Songs | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles
What is reality of being out of work or living with serious financial uncertainty? We set up a backdrop at a Walgreen's in Echo Park and spoke with the people who passed by.
Amy Swift | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles
In New York, I never needed to try to network. It just happened. You see people walking down the street, at restaurants, at so-and-so's book party or art opening, and bam!
Steven Nereo | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles
As for New York becoming LA, or LA becoming Berlin or Berlin becoming Dubai ... the truth is it's all becoming the same. Sameness is our present and more-of-the-sameness is our future.
Tara Settembre | Posted 12.13.2009 | Los Angeles
I don't consider myself to be a die-hard frugalista, but of course I do like a good bargain, especially when I don't have too work hard to get it.
Vince Beiser | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles
Real reporting meets "Reefer Madness" in LA Weekly's cover story on "LA's Medical Weed War." The piece is a rare hybrid: part careful, thorough reporting, part hysterical, unproven allegations.
Posted 12.10.2009 | Impact
Two Southern California residents have died from exposure to unseasonably cold temperatures in the area, leading many homeless to seek refuge in local...
Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics
Most of you have probably heard about the dire straits public schools in California face, but until you see some numbers comparing school budgets between last year and this year, it doesn't fully hit home.
USA Today | Posted 12.09.2009 | Home
The recession has brought a nation built on moving from place to place to a standstill not seen since World War II, but immigration continues in major...
nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green