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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

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Will We Ever Crack L.A. County's Secret Government?

Comments (0) | Assembly Bill 194, Barbara Boxer, board of supervisors, brown act, Congress, David Jung, don knabe, government, Hilda Solis, Karen Bass, kevin mccarthy, L.A. County, los angeles county, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, los angeles county district attorney, mark ridley-thomas, michael antonovich, Michael S. Overing, officials, Politics, Ralph M. Brown Act, SECRETS, Serial Meeting, Sheila Kuehl, special meeting, Terry Francke, Washington D.C., White House

(Jonathan Tolliver/Neon Tommy)

Max Schwartz
Civic Center Bureau Chief

Our supervisors should be trying to engage constiuents, not turn them away.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Crenshaw/LAX Line Doesn't Guarantee Black Workers Employment In South L.A.

Comments (4) | black, black laborers, Black Worker Center, black workers, Bus Rider's Union, construction, construction work, construction workers, Crenshaw, Crenshaw Blvd., Crenshaw Corridor, hiring, hiring practices, job crisis, l.a., labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles Black Worker Center, mark ridley-thomas, Mayor Villaraigosa, metro, MTA, P.L.A., PLA, Project Labor Agreement, racial demographics, Walsh-Shea

Racial diversity proves tricky in such specialized construction projects (Sara Newman/Neon Tommy)

Sara Newman
Deputy Editor

"Local hire" doesn't always translate to black workers.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

New South L.A. Hospital Faces Criticism Over Delays, Lack Of Services

Comments (2) | bernard parks, david schmidt, DHS, elaine batchlor, glenn alan melnick, james guy, john fisher, julianna barrios, killer king, King/Drew, l.a. county board of supervisors, lorenza munoz, Los Angeles and Region, mark ghaly, mark ridley-thomas, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, martin luther king jr. multi-service ambulatory care center, martin luther king jr./drew medical center, melayne yocum, mlk-la, osphd, outpatient center, sajid ahmed, skanska, south l.a. healthcare, south l.a. hospital, uc board of regents, UCLA, usc verdugo hills hospital, Willowbrook

$284 million Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital will open May 2015. (Wilson Pumpernickel/Neon Tommy)

Will Federman, Matthew Tinoco
Neon Tommy Staff Reporters

$284 million hospital will open nearly 18 months after construction finished.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Los Angeles County Newsletter Illegally Reprinted News Articles

Comments (9) | Chief Executive Office, copyright, Copyright Law, infringement, joel bellman, lawsuit, Los Angeles, los angeles county, mark ridley-thomas, Nedra Jenkins, Politics, supervisor mark ridley-thomas, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, zev yaroslavsky

Matt Hamilton
Staff Reporter

The newsletter lifted and reprinted whole articles from the L.A. Times, the Associated Press, NBC News and others.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Community Vigil Following Resignation Of L.A. County Sheriff

Comments (0) | civilian oversight commission, Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in LA Jails, Crime, criminal allegations, FBI, Gloria Molina, L.A. County, l.a. county sheriff's department, lee baca, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, mark ridley-thomas, Monterey park, racial profiling, resignation, Sheriff Lee Baca, sheriff violence, transparency, vigil

Celeste Alvarez
Staff Reporter

L.A. memorializes those abused and killed at the hands of police.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Critics Applaud L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca's Resignation

Comments (0) | civilian oversight commission, Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in LA Jails, Crime, criminal allegations, FBI, Gloria Molina, L.A. County, l.a. county sheriff's department, lee baca, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, mark ridley-thomas, Monterey park, racial profiling, resignation, Sheriff Lee Baca, transparency

Sara Newman, Brianna Sacks
News Editors

What could the future hold for the Sheriff's Department? 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Is The Price Right In L.A.'s 9th District?

Comments (1) | 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

Danielle Tarasiuk
Executive Producer

A closer look at Curren Price, the California state senator in the run-off for the L.A. City Council seat for District 9 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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.

Matt Hamilton
Staff Reporter

Experts question the effectiveness of gun buybacks.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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)

Paige Brettingen
Executive Producer

A look at some of his past achievements.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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)

Catherine Green
Deputy News Editor

The first half's final mile in Culver City will open this summer.

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