I'm proud to announce a down payment of over $4 million dollars to start putting Angelenos who dropped out of high school back to work.
Rebecca Sive | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago
In this week of Harold Washington's death, 22 years ago, I can't help but think of Harold and Michael -- together. In this time of thanksgiving, what can we learn from two lives cut too short?
Anna Barber | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books
Self-publishing is growing because people need to construct our stories and share them with the world. And none of us enjoys making up a story more than a kid does
AP | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
LOS ANGELES — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry was arrested Thursday in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk. Alexandra Kerry, 36, was stopped ...
Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment
2012 pillages an ancient culture, deliberately misrepresents its traditions, and then claims its all true. More important, it taps into the serious vein of crazy that we have in this country.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
Did you know that LA sits on top of the third largest oil field in the country? Did you know oil rigs are scattered covertly throughout the city, plac...
AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Two Southern California cities have voted to ban the declawing of cats, joining San Francisco and Santa Monica which recently outl...
Joel Epstein | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment
Simply put, the Annenberg Space for Photography is outstanding and is a must see for anyone coming to Los Angeles or for the gazillion locals who already call it home.
Bill Swadley | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment
Eventually, anyone who wants to make it in the arts is confronted with several "realities" that they must overcome. The first and most important is that no one makes it all by themselves.
Cotty Chubb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Los Angeles
Three days in Los Angeles: an unknown well-known artist, Crumb meets God, Van the (young) man, a pastrami sandwich to cry for, and an easy dinner. &nb...
John Petro | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
What New Yorkers need, especially those in outer boroughs suffering from the housing crash, is a way to channel investment to make green improvements to their homes and businesses.
Brian Center | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact
I looked at the faces in the small room and heard the voices and realized that this is war. This is why people kill each other. It was fear.
Harry Shearer | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics
FEMA discovered that something they thought was a levee in the 1970s turned out to be a raised railroad track, triggering the redefinition of the neighboring streets as flood zone.
Steve Fleischli | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green
The Metropolitan Water District is considering two competing projects -- with two very different approaches -- to provide Southern California an extra fifty million gallons of freshwater per day.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
Today it was my distinct honor to nominate Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to be the next Chief of Police of the LAPD. He is tough when it comes to criminals and progressive when it comes to policing.
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.
Michael Hubbard | Posted 11.01.2009 | Impact
I've been working with homeless families since I was very young. One thing I've learned is that making a personal connection is just as important as opening your wallet.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.31.2009 | Impact
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AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology
LOS ANGELES — City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and othe...
Brad Friedman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
So we went out to Griffith Park out here in L.A. on Sunday to check out the kick-off day for the new "Tea Party Express II" national tour. Thought we ...
Reuters | Steve Gorman | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
As Los Angeles housing advocates launched a campaign warning of mortgage rescue scams, a couple hit by foreclosure are charged with torturing two loan...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Today, I took a big step in helping homeowners to combat loan scams and foreclosure fraud, the start of NeighborWorks America's national campaign against loan modification scams.
Paul Rosenthal | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver
What do the editorial writers for the Denver Post want? More roads. Perhaps they should visit Los Angeles to see how well that worked.
David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...
TMZ | Posted 10.25.2009 | Entertainment
TMZ has learned Brad Pitt was involved in a minor motorcycle accident moments ago in Los Angeles. A witness at the scene tells us Pitt was trying to ...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.19.2009 | Los Angeles