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LA Teachers Ready to Walk the Line

January 14, 2019 5:15 amJanuary 17, 2019 1:03 pm

Teachers in Los Angeles will be walking a picket line on Monday for only the third time in the Los Angeles Teachers Union’s (UTLA) five-decade history. The battle lines drawn in this dispute appear to be about not only salaries...

Garcetti Goes Full-On Identity Pol on Sunday TV

October 24, 2018 11:00 amOctober 24, 2018 10:56 am

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said yesterday that Democrats should appeal to Latino voters by putting more Latino candidates on the ballot. This call for hardcore identity politics might strike some as self-serving since Garcetti, both Jewish and Mexican-American, is...

Venice Residents Bash Representative Over Homeless Shelter

October 18, 2018 5:30 pmOctober 19, 2018 12:03 pm

While defending a contentious proposal to build a homeless shelter in Venice California earlier today, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilman Mike Bonin and Police Chief Michel Moore braced for an ugly town hall. The packed elementary school auditorium mostly...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Endorses Proposition 4

October 16, 2018 5:23 pmOctober 16, 2018 5:27 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his support for Proposition 4 today during a morning press conference stating the importance of voting ‘yes’. The Mayor made the announcement this with the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) President & CEO Paul...

Obama Freeway O-bandoned?

September 25, 2018 2:30 pmSeptember 25, 2018 3:21 pm

State Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Los Angeles) was in attendance for an event today supporting his beloved Obama Highway project. You might have heard about Los Angeles city leaders passing a proposal to rename Rodeo Road after President Barack Obama—the notion...

City of Los Angeles To Outlaw Fur Sales

September 19, 2018 7:21 pm

Earlier this afternoon, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to approve drafting an ordinance to ban fur sales in the city. Other cities such as West Hollywood, Berkeley and San Francisco already have fur bans. However their regulations vary...

LA Times Names Norman Pearlstine New Editor

June 21, 2018 11:00 amJune 28, 2018 11:52 am

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times, has selected industry stalwart Norman Pearlstine as his executive editor, hoping to invigorate the flagship California publication that has been beset in recent years by repeated leadership changes and staff...