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Play ball with AEG

Play ball with AEG

State lawmakers should pass a bill that speeds the development of the developer's football stadium in downtown L.A.

 

Humble beginnings: Angelenos' first jobs

Everyone has to start somewhere. In honor of Labor Day, we asked an assortment of Angelenos to write about their first work experience.

A.J. Duffy, education reformer?

Could Duffy have been a closeted reformer all those years? Or do his views simply reflect those of whoever signs his paycheck?

 
Kienholz's 'Five Car Stud' still packs a punch

Kienholz's 'Five Car Stud' still packs a punch

It's not often that a publicist at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art sends this warning before an advance tour of a new exhibit: You'll...

Solyndra and the stimulus

Solyndra and the stimulus

When Solyndra, a Bay Area maker of industrial solar panels, announced plans to file for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, it wasn't just a...

A weaker Public School Choice initiative

A weaker Public School Choice initiative

The Public School Choice initiative was a landmark reform for the Los Angeles Unified School District. By allowing alternative operators &#...

Colombia's spreading scandal

Colombia's spreading scandal

The United States has long considered Colombia its strongest ally in Latin America. Over the last eight years it has provided the...

Feds hang up AT&T

Feds hang up AT&T

The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T;'s proposed $39-billion takeover of wireless rival T-Mobile USA, with its top...

The lessons of Vernon's disincorporation fight

The lessons of Vernon's disincorporation fight

Even the residents and business owners of Vernon concede by now that their municipal government is a scandal unto itself, with public...

How to pay for disasters

How to pay for disasters

The federal government's approach to emergency relief has long been to open its checkbook and pay whatever it took to get communities back...

Testing Japan's new leader

Testing Japan's new leader

When a country has a bicameral legislature controlled by opposing parties and lacks leaders capable of bridging partisan gaps, coming up...

Get ready, California counties, here come the inmates

Get ready, California counties, here come the inmates

Beginning Oct. 1, inmates from 33 California prisons who are released on parole will begin reporting to county probation officers rather...

Milken's money, UCLA's dilemma

Milken's money, UCLA's dilemma

If all philanthropists were required to be morally upright, hospitals would be low on new wings and colleges would be starved for buildings....

It's not easy being Greene

It's not easy being Greene

On or about Sept. 3, 1592, Robert Greene died from eating too many pickled herrings and drinking too much Rhine wine, or Rhenish, as the...

Dodger red?

Dodger red?

Just when you thought the soap opera that is the Los Angeles Dodgers couldn't get more ridiculous, reports came Thursday that embattled...

McManus: Palin the procrastinator

McManus: Palin the procrastinator

Sarah Palin is giving indecision a bad name.

Daum: New words to live by

Daum: New words to live by

Every year around this time, the Concise Oxford English Dictionary releases a list of words that will be added to its next edition. It's...

Japan's revolving door at the top

Japan's revolving door at the top

Like a hapless baseball team forced to go to the bullpen for yet another relief pitcher, Japan has called up a new prime minister, its sixth...

California's redistricting, by 14 citizens

California's redistricting, by 14 citizens

I leaped at the opportunity to serve on California's first independent citizen redistricting commission, and I wasn't alone. Some 36,000...

Where do Republicans stand on social mobility?

Where do Republicans stand on social mobility?

Where's Horatio Alger when you need him? When the caucuses and primaries arrive in 2012, Republican voters will be choosing among candidates...

Airlines vs. passengers: Can this marriage be saved?

Airlines vs. passengers: Can this marriage be saved?

The scenario is all too familiar: A love affair that started out wildly romantic and adventurous grows bitter and dreary over the years....

Goodnight, Irene: A hurricane diary

Goodnight, Irene: A hurricane diary

Friday evening. The hurricane starts in China for me. I am there for work and I return home to not-in-the-evacuation-zone Brooklyn,...

Goldberg: Seduced by the cult of experts

Goldberg: Seduced by the cult of experts

When asked what posed the greatest challenge to statesmen, Harold Macmillan, the former British prime minister, responded, "Events, my...

Cash or credit? Definitely cash

Cash or credit? Definitely cash

I should have known better. I worked in the credit union industry and spent nearly 20 years educating members about risky mortgages, home...