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An Open Letter To L.A. County's Director Of Public Health

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After appearing on Which Way L.A. with public health director Jonathan Fielding, a Neon Tommy reporter tries again to get a comment. Listen to the broadcast:

Light Rail Instead of Bus Line for South L.A., MTA Report Suggests

Comments (1) | Los Angeles and Region, Transportation

Jessica Flores
Annenberg Radio News

LISTEN: Some say an enhanced rapid bus system is the most efficient and cost-effective system to build in South L.A. A new MTA report says light rail is the way to go.Read more...

Judge Postpones End To Legal Tussle Between City Attorney And Controller

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Annenberg Radio News

LISTEN: A year-long legal battle between the L.A. City Controller and City Attorney's offices is not over yet.Read more...

New LAPD Chief Nominee To Give Divisions More Local Control

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Natalie Ragus
Staff Reporter

Councilman Zine doesn't see roadblocks to confirmation.Read more...

Swine Flu In L.A. County: The Full Story

Comments (0) | Faces of a Health Crisis, Los Angeles and Region, swine flu

Neon Tommy Staff

Special Report: Neon Tommy's series on Swine Flu offers profiles of victims, a look at the legal implications of withholding death certificates from the public, an interactive map of fatalities, and more. Read more...

L.A. Underperforms In Stimulus Grant Awards, City Councilman Wants Answers

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Paresh Dave
Staff Reporter

Why did Los Angeles perform so poorly relative to New York and other cities in receiving competitive grants under the federal stimulus? The president of the L.A. City Council wants to know. Read more...

L.A. Regional Water Board Bans Malibu Septic Systems

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Deidre Crawford
Senior Editor

'Septic out, sewage in' is the mandate from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to Malibu on the city’s septic systems.

John Walsh and Volcano

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Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Transportation and political activist John Walsh likes to cite the movie Volcano. Released in 1997, the film invokes many of the fears that John has to this day- racial divisions, a powerful MTA that answers to no one, corrupt developers, and of course, bizarre geological conditions. It's as if the movie sprang forth spontaneously from Walsh's subconscious. And indeed, he thinks one of the characters might even have been based off of him. The only problem is, Volcano screenwriters Billy Ray and Jerome Armstrong have never heard of John Walsh.Read more...