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USC News Conference

LAPD Blog

Click here for podcast Thursday April 26, 2012 - In a news conference held on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC), Police Chief Charlie Beck along with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and USC President C. L. Max Nikias... »

Z is for Zapata

LA Taco

Boyle Heights artivist, Nico of Los Poets del Norte and Merkado Negro, designed a special “Z is for Zapata” cut out mask for this Sundays Marcha por Zapata. The annual march is going to be starting from Ross Valencia Park, on 1st and Chicago, at 9 am. ... »

Politics: New City Council Map Passes, Now Here Come the Lawsuits!

Curbed LA

Click here to view the full photogallery. These are the maps the redistricting commission passed onto the City Council. They were passed with some amendments. The City Council voted on its new district boundaries today and, by all accounts, it... »

Protest against Walmart’s proposed Chinatown grocery store today at 1PM

NYC Metblogs

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) is the group spear heading the protest of the small neighborhood style grocery store that Walmart wants to open.  I am familiar with the market as I have seen them in Las Vegas where they have been for a c... »

Angels Flight will double the fare to 50 cents

LAobserved

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. »

Politics: The Final City Council District Map Recommendations and How They're Different From the Current Ones

Curbed LA

Click here to view the full photogallery. The LA Redistricting Commission has released its final City Council district map recommendation and--who could have seen this coming--just about everyone is finding something to bitch about (the map passed the ... »

Sacha Baron Cohen Invited To Oscars As ‘The Dictator’: “Academy Have Surrendered”

Deadline.com Hollywood Daily

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE 3:30 PM: Here is how Sacha Baron Cohen, in character as The Dictator, just responded to the Red Carpet and Oscars invite from the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences which earlier this week had banned him the 84th Academy Awards:... »

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LA Mayor Announces ‘Bikeshare’ Initiative At CicLAvia Festival

KCAL 9 Politics

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled what he called a "major bicycle initiative" for city residents at the start of Sunday's fourth CicLAvia festival. »