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The Next Los Angelesnew
L.A. has more people per square mile than any urban area in the country, and over the next two decades it's going to add millions of new residents -- can smart growth stave off impending citywide gridlock?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
07-07-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Shining the Nickelnew
Downtown development has brought on a huge push to help the indigent of L.A.'s Skid Row -- but are we really dealing with the problem, or sweeping it somewhere else?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
06-30-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Awaiting the Divinenew
The Bush administration proposes to explode a huge conventional bomb in the Nevada desert, but activists see a short leap to resumed nuclear testing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Perry Crowe |
06-23-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Resisting Reformnew
A judge extends federal oversight over the LAPD for three more years, but the department shows little willingness to change.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Tom Hayden |
06-16-2006 |
Crime & Justice
A Mother’s Survivalnew
The L.A. Coroner insists Eliza Jane Scovill died of AIDS, and treatment activists have crucified her mother, turning the death of a child into a battleground over the theory that HIV causes AIDS.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Celia Farber |
06-09-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Down on the Boulevardnew
Hilton suspends about 75 workers in what organizers say is anti-union action.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Kendra Gilbert |
05-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Real Hot Propertynew
A popular L.A. dog park on Veterans Administration property is built over an old radioactive waste dump that may soon be unearthed by proposed development.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Michael Collins |
05-19-2006 |
Environment
Tags: UCLA
Let it Leaknew
Reporters are calling for a federal shield law.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Krista Walton |
05-19-2006 |
Media
Tags: judy miller, Judith Miller
Day Labor Dilemmanew
An amendment on the Sensenbrenner Bill would also chill efforts to build day labor centers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dan Abendschein |
05-19-2006 |
Immigration
The Motherhood Manifestonew
Joan Blades, the cofounder of MoveOn.org, discusses what American women really want for Mother's Day.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
05-12-2006 |
The War on Women
Tags: women's issues
The 4/20 Advisorynew
The FDA's recent pronouncement that pot has no medical value has generated outrage from Congress to The New York Times.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-12-2006 |
Science
Living With the Bombnew
In a world menaced by roadside explosives, suicide bombers, and dirty bombs, the L.A. Sheriff's bomb squad is amazingly calm.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
05-05-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Vote Next Timenew
Monday’s massive protests showed that Latinos and immigrant groups are aware of their rising political clout.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Perry Crowe |
05-05-2006 |
Immigration
What Took So Long?new
Major magazines assess Bush's failures in detail, but there's still a down side.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
05-05-2006 |
Media
Detroit Leaningnew
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to take over the county’s public schools might be more complicated than it seems.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ryder Palmere |
04-14-2006 |
Education
