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Los Angeles moves to eliminate plastic bags
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to phase out plastic bags at the checkout with a ten cent tax. Other cities around the country have enacted similar measures, but Los Angeles is the largest U.S. city to do so.
A nun's take on the economic recovery
Friday, May 25, 2012
Sister Albertina Morales works with some of the most economically destitute people in Los Angeles. And according to her, the economic recovery isn't much of a recovery at all.
L.A. pro teams pull postseason hat trick
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Lakers, the Clippers and the Kings all in the playoffs at the same time this year. That spells big money for the Staples Center and busy times for the people who transform the sports arena from a basketball court to hockey rink.
Reporter's Notebook: Building prosperity is still a struggle in South L.A.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Twenty years after the riots, a reporter returns.
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Growing pains in South Los Angeles
Friday, April 27, 2012
South L.A. resident Everett Courtney reflects on his city's rebirth.
Economic mobility in South L.A., two decades later
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Twenty years after the L.A. riots, many residents who move up the economic ladder move out of South L.A.
South L.A. 20 years later
Marketplace looks at the racial demographic shift in South Los Angeles some 20 years after the 1992 L.A. Riots.
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Los Angeles hosts a 10-mile-long block party
Monday, April 16, 2012
CicLAvia, an event that brought 100,000 people out on their bikes, got people to linger where they usually don't.
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L.A.'s very artsy rock show
Friday, March 9, 2012
A mega-boulder is making its way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where it will be part of a permanent installation. It's one very pricey trip.
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Los Angeles Times begins charging for online content
Friday, March 2, 2012
The newspaper is following a national trend by instituting a so-called pay wall to read online content. But there is no guarantee the move will work as well in Los Angeles as it has for the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.
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