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Labor of laboratory love

Ellen Alperstein: The L.A. County Natural History Museum looks forward to opening its public field site in time for the museum's centennial celebration next year. Here's an early glimpse inside the 3½ acres of fauna-hosting flora reclaimed from a parki... »

Walmart to open grocery in Panorama City

Mark Lacter: Sounds like the same setup that Walmart is planning for Chinatown, and which caused such an uproar among the unions. »

Walmart receives approvals to open in Chinatown

Mark Lacter: Retailer got all the needed approvals in advance of council vote. »

Trying to understand resistance to having a Walmart in Chinatown

Mark Lacter: There's not much to understand: Local unions don't like it and some councilmembers are taking note. »

Thursday morning headlines

Mark Lacter: Jobless claims hit 4-year low, mortgage rates top 4 percent, huge advance sales for "Hunger Games," and efforts to block Walmart in Chinatown. »

Angels Flight will double the fare to 50 cents

Kevin Roderick: Angels Flight Railway president John H. Welborne announced that the one-way fare to ride the cars up or down Bunker Hill in Downtown will rise next Monday. »

Wal-Mart to open grocery store in Chinatown

Mark Lacter: It's a grocery-type operation called Neighborhood Markets. »

Oops: Obama's Chinatown stop still serves shark fin

Kevin Roderick: The Great Eastern, the Chinatown landmark in San Francisco where President Obama made one of those "unscheduled" stops on Thursday's campaign swing, still offers a $48 bowl of braised shark... »

Now for something completely different: Obama in SF Chinatown **

Kevin Roderick: President Obama stopped into San Francisco's Chinatown for some dim sum dumplings today. Unlike here, there didn't sound like much fuming in traffic. »

Honda's Ferris Bueller commercial for the Super Bowl

Kevin Roderick: The Natural History Museum, downtown, Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Coast Highway are among the Los Angeles-area scenery in this new video pitch for the 2012 CR-V, featuring Matthew Broderick. »

Morning Buzz: Friday 1.13.12

Kevin Roderick: High speed rail, impounding the cars of unlicensed drivers, a Wendy Greuel audit, growth at the Natural History Museum and more. »

Chief Beck holds book party for Connie Rice

Kevin Roderick: The event was held in the Compstat room at the new Police Administration Building, was hosted by Chief Charlie Beck, and included red and white wine for an audience of Civic Center types, reporters and cops. »

Place: Saturday on Santee Alley

Kevin Roderick: If you've never shopped on Santee Alley in the downtown Fashion District, here's a short LA Observed video showing what the scene is like. »

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