California could make it harder for cities to block abortion clinics
The Fontana City Council meeting seemed mundane. With little debate, council members last summer unanimously voted to halt certain building permits in a stretch of...
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L.A. police officials say they cannot enforce new Airbnb measure
Months after warning the Los Angeles City Council that they were not prepared to handle new permitting regulations for short-term rentals, including Airbnbs, police officials...
Why do people wait in lines? These Angelenos have their reasons
As a child, I hated nothing more than waiting in line at school. I remember not being able to go back to class from the...
Olvera Street’s donkey may be forced to hit the road after eviction
One of Olvera Street’s most photographed icons may soon vanish from his post because of a ruling by a Los Angeles city commission. Jorge, the...
How celebrities, creatives fell in love with L.A.’s Aardvark Letterpress
Surviving in an obsolete industry as long as Aardvark Letterpress has requires fundamental elements of entrepreneurship. Skill, dedication, creativity and professionalism are essential. General manager...
Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade is a retail relic.
Once Santa’s Monica’s signature destination for shopping and dining, the Third Street Promenade is showing its age. Its decline has left the promenade’s landlords and...
Do you have a ‘happy place’ in L.A.? We want to hear from you
Is there a place in L.A. that simply makes you happy? A spot where you go to escape? Where the noise just stops and you...
Long Beach looked like it had solved the local news crisis. Then reality set in
For a few shining years, which ended abruptly this spring, Long Beach looked like it might be a rare exception: a California city with a...
Opinion: How socially responsible are the Paris Olympics?
Olympic host cities make promises that are all but impossible to keep, and in recent years, the organizers’ wishful thinking about housing and neighborhood redevelopment...
Olympic athletes more worried about Siene current than pollution
PARIS — People have been living along the Seine for more than 3,000 years and they’ve been dumping trash, human waste and whatever else they want...