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This Christmas Go Green With A Rented Tree

nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green


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...

'Skid Row's Largest Christmas Toy Party' Attended By 10,000 Kids

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...

LA's High-Wattage Holiday Displays

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 ...

Villaraigosa Points To Accomplishments

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...

(Medical) Reefer Madness!

Steven Nereo | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles


Steven Nereo

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.

Bad Day For LA: Roads, Water Quality Among Worst In Nation

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...

One Month Away From Homelessness: L.A. Mom Keeps Hope Alive

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...

Environmental Leadership at LA's Port

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles


Antonio Villaraigosa

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.

A Day Without A Bag seeks To Reduce 6 Billion Plastic Bags Used In LA Each Year

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...

Why LA is the natural place for North American Cleantech Expansion

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles


Antonio Villaraigosa

Today I met with representatives from various German clean technology and solar firms. We had very productive conversations about their practices and ...

Homeboy: A Visit with Father Greg Boyle and 12,000 Former Gang Members

Tom Matlack | Posted 12.14.2009 | Impact


Tom Matlack

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.

City Council Stands Up for Living Wage, Shuts Down Armory Project

John Petro | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York


John Petro

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.

Invictus Kicks Off New Campaign for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Linda Milazzo | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles


Linda Milazzo

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.

Tiger Woods' OC Pad

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...

UPDATE: 90 Vehicles Trapped As California Faces Rain, Snow, Mud

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...

Vehicles Stuck On Southern California Highway After Mudslides

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...

Droning Away

Don Ringe | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles


Don Ringe

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?

Living Through the Recession (Video)

Sparrow Songs | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles


Sparrow Songs

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.

New York vs. Los Angeles

Amy Swift | Posted 12.11.2009 | Los Angeles


Amy Swift

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!

Los Angyork City

Steven Nereo | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles


Steven Nereo

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.

How to Be a Los Angeles Frugalista

Tara Settembre | Posted 12.13.2009 | Los Angeles


Tara Settembre

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.

LA Weekly's Medical Pot Story is Half-Baked

Vince Beiser | Posted 12.10.2009 | Los Angeles


Vince Beiser

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.

Two Dead And So. Cal Shelters Burdened As Temperatures Drop

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...

What's Next for California Education?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics


Tabby Biddle

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.

Immigrants Prop Up Cities Hit By Population Loss

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...