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Santa Monica: How the People's Republic Became a Business Mecca

Frank Gruber | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: William Fulton, Los Angeles Real Estate, Steve Lopez, L.A. Live, Los Angeles Times, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Urbanism, Redevelopment, The Reluctant Metropolis, La Real Estate, Los Angeles News
Frank Gruber

Why does L.A. need to subsidize offices downtown when Santa Monica has developers banging on the door?

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'A New Low'

Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Empty Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers, Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Dodger Stadium, La Around Town, Frank Mccourt, Los Angeles News

I just got to Dodger Stadium, and my buddy Nathaniel Ayers is confused. "There's nobody here," he said, which isn't far off the mark. There migh...

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WATCH: Jason Priestley And Luke Perry Talk 'Homeoerotic Scenes,' Pauly D

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goodnight for Justice, Luke Perry, Jason Priestley, Steve Lopez, Beverly Hills 90210, Pauly D, Lopez Tonight, Video, Entertainment News

'Beverly Hills 90210' veterans Jason Priestley and Luke Perry were on 'Lopez Tonight' last night where they discussed their onscreen reunion, as well ...

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WATCH: Cameron Diaz Bought Marijuana From Snoop Dogg In High School

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pot, Marijuana, Steve Lopez, Snoop Dogg, Cameron Diaz, Video, Entertainment News

Cameron Diaz appeared Wednesday on 'Lopez Tonight' to promote her film 'The Green Hornet,' which was number one at the box office last weekend. The ...

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The Top 10 Advocates for the Homeless of 2010

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zachary Bonner, 100khomes, Bill Clinton, Department of Veterans Affairs, Steve Lopez, Phillip Mangano, Mark Horvath, Homelessness, Common Ground, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), Los Angeles, The Soloist, David Letterman, La Impact, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

Has anyone or anything this year influenced the way this country addresses homelessness? I'm no David Letterman, but here is my Top Ten list of trendsetters of homelessness in 2010.

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Lost Angels at LAFilm Festival, Friday 6/25: Director Thomas Napper Illuminates Skid Row

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Napper, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Poverty, The Chorus, LA CAN, Robert Downey, Safer Cities Initiative, General Dogon, Jamie Foxx, Lost Angels, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Dreamworks, Mental Illness, Juilliard School of Music, Skid Row, Homelessness, Paramount, Homeless, Los Angeles Times, Jr., Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Big Time Picture Company, Los Angeles Film Festival, Movie Trailer, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Thomas Napper fills every frame with the realities of Skid Row. His lens shines the light on a people and a place too many choose to turn away from.

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Yes on Measure E, Steve Lopez and This Great Kid Named Eli

John Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Measure E, California Politics, Public Schools, Education Reform, Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Unified School District, Lausd, California Budget Crisis, Los Angeles News
John Koch

If passed, Measure E would be a good start to helping repair the damage from the state budget cuts that have devastated our city's public schools.

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More Obscene: Sky High Vagina or Trusting Mercury Insurance?

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Absolut Mango Vagina, Mercury Insurance, Steve Lopez, Business News
Jamie Court

Mercury Insurance pressured CBS Outdoors to pull down Consumer Watchdog's billboard mid-contract, but a few blocks away there remains a 10-story-high Absolut Mango advertisement presenting a va-jay-jay.

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Showing Up for "The Soloist"

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Write, Colonialism, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Carol Smaldino, Homelessness, US Poverty, Schizophrenia, Racism, Jamie Foxx, Accountability, Robert Downey Jr, Compassion, Entertainment News
Carol Smaldino

This is a film that can be so moving in stunningly powerful ways that it may be tempting to avoid watching it.

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Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Ben Hong, Safer City Inititiative, The Soloist, Steve Lopez, Poverty, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Incarceration, LA CAN, Jiulliard School of Performing Arts, Jaywalking, Downtown Los Angeles, Atonement, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Mental Illness, Casey Huran, Skid Row, Homelessness, Federico Fellini, Gary Foster, Lawlessness, Los Angeles Times, Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Gentrification, Sci, Entertainment News
Linda Milazzo

Instead of telling the tales of the homeless, the film portrayed them as a Fellini-esque monolith -- a tainted Gomorrah teeming with decadence and dereliction.

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Soloists Everywhere Making a Difference

Sarah Newman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Steve Lopez, The Soloist, Homelessness, Takepart, Robert Downey, Jamie Foxx, Jr., Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Entertainment News
Sarah Newman

Our commitment will make a difference in changing the landscape of our society so that all homeless people and those with mental illness are treated as our equals and nothing less.

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The Soloist Chases an L.A. That Isn't There

Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Lopez, The Soloist, L.A. Times, Sharon Waxman, LA Times, Newspapers, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Sharon Waxman

Once upon a time it fell to the local newspaper to remind me that I was part of an urban landscape, the second largest in the nation. But it started to lose me several years back.

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