AltWeeklies Wire
Could the 1984 Olympics Solve L.A.'s Congestion?new
In 1984, residents and policy makers were petrified the event would freeze the city in a two-week traffic jam. Some 6 million spectators were coming to Los Angeles and would be traveling between 24 different venues. But then the traffic plans worked.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Are L.A. City Councilmembers Too Good For Public Transportation?new
See the commuting habits of the councilmembers for 15 districts and what, if anything, they would change.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Staff |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Who Can Get Los Angeles Moving Again?new
L.A.'s problem isn't a shortage of ideas for solving the chaotic commute -- today's problem is lack of consensus and inadequate leadership to enlist support across the board, from winning over residents wary of paying higher taxes to tight-fisted lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
09-28-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Nastiness in the Ivory Towernew
The flap over liberal law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky's deanship at UC Irvine may be resolved, but many questions still remain about the general health of academic freedom across the nation.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matthew Mundy |
09-21-2007 |
Education
What, 'MAD' Worry?new
Examining culture for over 50 years, the humor magazine still has no shortage of good material.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
09-21-2007 |
Media
3rd Degree: Rev. Roy Bourgeoisnew
The peace crusader on why he wants to shut down the infamous School of the Americas.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Joe Piasecki |
09-07-2007 |
War
Rescuing Southern California's Portsnew
Massive plan to stem pollution could create a truckers' utopia.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
09-07-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Breathing (and Dying) in L.A.new
Top smog doctors find new maladies.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matthew Mundy |
09-07-2007 |
Environment
Ceding the Immigration Debate to Right-Wingersnew
You might not know it from listening to ever-cautious Democrats, but what passes for a national conversation on immigration is as heated as ever.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
08-31-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Lead Further Endangers Condorsnew
A California bill would protect state's fragile condor population from lead poisoning -- opponents see it as a disguised attack on hunters.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Daniel Harju |
08-31-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Ms. Morgan's $5 Billion Ridenew
Where's your outrage over our blasted space program?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
08-24-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: NASA, public policy issues
Ethanol Lobby Buys its Way Into California Legislaturenew
In the face of rising gas prices and limited supplies of oil, California, like the rest of America, is making a major turn toward ethanol without fully examining the health and economic consequences in the quest for a so-called cleaner fuel.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
08-24-2007 |
Environment
Drivers Seek Support for Clean Trucks Programnew
The program calls for the ports to replace or retrofit all trucks older than 1994 models, and would require trucking companies to make employees of all 16,000 drivers working in the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Daniel Harju |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
California's Cells of Secrecynew
Why three governors wanted to keep the media's prying eyes out of state prisons.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Eric Haas |
08-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bye-Bye, Bat Boynew
Weekly World News in final, tragic days as supermarket tabloids fight for life.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
08-10-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
