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Is The Price Right In L.A.'s 9th District?
Comments (0) | ana cubas, campaign, city council, Curren Price, District 9, Downtown Los Angeles, election, herb wesson, independent expenditures, Karen Bass, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, mark ridley-thomas, price, South Los Angeles, voting
A closer look at Curren Price, the California state senator in the run-off for the L.A. City Council seat for District 9
Read more...L.A. County Spends $75K on Compton Gun Buyback
Comments (0) | ammunition, assault weapon, Bureau of Firearms, buyback, Columbine, compton, firearm, gun, guns, LA County Board of Supervisors, LA County Sheriff's Department, lasd, lee baca, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, mark ridley-thomas, mass shooting, Nick Papazian, Philip Alpers, Port Arthur, rifle, Sandy Hook Elementary, sandy hook elementary school, Sheriff Lee Baca, weapon
L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca shows off some of the firearm collected in last week's gun buyback. Photo by Matt Hamilton.
Experts question the effectiveness of gun buybacks.
Read more...Mark Ridley-Thomas Makes History
Comments (0) | community gardens, construction jobs, local hiring, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, mark ridley-thomas, Martin Luther King Jr Center for Public Health, public transportation, supervisor mark ridley-thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas (Paresh Dave/Neon Tommy)
A look at some of his past achievements.
Read more...Metro Opens Unfinished Phase I Of Expo Line To Fanfare
Comments (0) | commute, Culver City, expo line, Farmdale, Los Angeles, mark ridley-thomas, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, metro, Santa Monica, traffic, urban development, Westside, zev yaroslavsky
(Catherine Green/Neon Tommy)
The first half's final mile in Culver City will open this summer.
Read more...L.A. Coliseum Commission Association Fined For Alcohol Sales Violations During Rave
Comments (0) | barry sanders, bernard parks, bobbie parks, david israel, department of alcoholic beverage control, don knabe, edc, electric daisy carnival, fabian wesson, insomniac, john sandbrook, jonathan williams, la coliseum, la sports arena, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles memorial coliseum, los angeles memorial coliseum association, los angeles memorial coliseum commission, los angeles sports arena, mark ridley-thomas, pat lynch, patrick lynch, regalettes, rick caruso, sasha rodriguez, todd destefano, w. jerome stanley, william chadwick, zev yaroslavsky
Interim GM also halts what may have been another mishandling of the alcohol license.
Read more...Opening Of New LA Public Health Center To Help STD Testing Initiative
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center (Courtesy of Simpson & Simpson)
The center will mark the first step in a $400-million initiative for the MLK Medical Center.
Read more...Asian Community In L.A. Fights To Keep Status Quo
Comments (2) | a3pcon, asian pacific policy & planning council, asians, don knabe, Gloria Molina, Hispanics, latinos, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, los angeles county redistricting, maldef, mariko kahn, mark masaoka, mark ridley-thomas, michael antonovich, mike woo, racial politics, ted lieu, torrance, voting rights act, zev yaroslavsky
Added intensity in this decade's L.A. redistrcting battle.
Read more...L.A. City Council 8th District Race Shows No Signs Of Cooling Down
Comments (1) | bernard parks, city council, Debate, elections, Forescee Hogan-Rowles, Gloria Molina, Jabari Jumaane, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, mark ridley-thomas, zev yaroslavsky
Parks skips out on candidate forum. Others pounce.
Read more...Irked And Inspired: Los Angeles Residents Speak On The Issues
Comments (0) | Boyle Heights, city council elections, Culver City, Downtown, Education, L.A. City Council, Local, Los Angeles and Region, mark ridley-thomas, public transportation, San Fernando Valley, unemployment
Angry citizens disillusioned with City Council representation
Read more...L.A. County Officials Want Funding Guarantees For Realignment
Comments (0) | california budget, corrections, Gloria Molina, jerry brown, la county, Los Angeles and Region, los angeles county, los angeles parole, mark ridley-thomas, mike antonovich, realignment, Sheriff Lee Baca, state budget, zev yaroslavksy
Sheriff says Brown "doing the right thing;" some supervisors disagree.
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