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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.”

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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.

 

South L.A. Man's Fight Against Homelessness Highlights Deficits In Affordable Housing

Comments (0) | affordable housing, children, city council, Downtown LA, Elvis Summers, families, gofundme, homeless, Homelessness, Irene McGhee, jobs, la county, Los Angeles, los angeles times, marginalization, mayor, mental illness, officials, Opinion, opinion, poverty, Skid Row, social issues, South LA, Substance Abuse, unemployment, United States, Venice

Irene McGhee, "Smokie", and I in front of her mobile home. (Omar Peña)

Marina Peña
Columnist

Why do our elected leaders continue to ignore the needs of the homeless? 

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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.

 

#NiUnaMenos Demonstrations Underscore Argentine Government's Inaction Against Gender-Based Violence

Comments (1) | #NiUnaMenos, Argentina, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Chile, demonstrations, domestic abuse, domestic assault, domestic violence, femicide, feminism, Girls, government, Karen Ingala Smith, Latin America, Lionel Messi, march, Mexico, murder rates, officials, Opinion, politics, protest, social issues, social media, Twitter, UK, United States, Uruguay, Violence Policy Center, women

(@Porliniers/Twitter)

Marina Peña
Contributor

Popular demonstrations demand action from the government, which has largely ignored the country's epidemic violence against women.

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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.

 

Thirst For Power: Lawmakers Behaving Badly During Drought

Comments (0) | #OneDayDirtier, California, Central California, conservation, Department of Water and Power, drought, DWP, government, inland empire, l.a., Law, Los Angeles, norcal, officials, Opinion, politics, riverside, SoCal, Southern California, water, water conservation, water crisis, water laws, water restriction

Marisa Zocco
Contributor

Come on, lawmakers. Time to set an example and let those lawns go yellow.

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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.

 

Actor-Comedian Robin Williams Found Dead

Comments (1) | Actor, alcoholism, asphyxia, California, celebrity, comedian, dead, death, Depression, Entertainment News, gawker, investigate, KRON, officials, Robin Williams, sobriety, suicide, Tiburon, Twitter

Actor-comedian Robin Williams found dead. (Twitter/@FOX29philly)

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

The world lost a great man who was able to make people laugh today. He will be missed. 

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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.

 

Search For Madeleine McCann Continues In Portugal

Comments (0) | algarve, BBC News, british metropolitan police, girl, International, Lost, madeleine, Madeleine McCann, mccann, missing, official, officials, police, portugal, portuguese, praia da luz

Police plan to use radar equipment to detect any changes in the ground. (Flickr)

Arash Zandi
Executive Producer

The 3-year-old girl went missing in 2007.

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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.

 

Nigeria Says Gov't Knows Where Missing Girls Are

Comments (0) | BBC News, Boko Haram, Bring Back Our Girls, FORCE, Girls, government, International, islamist, kidnapped girls, Military, missing, nigeria, Nigerian, officials, rescue, the washington post, whereabouts

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Nigerian official says they know where Boko Haram is holding the girls.

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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.

 

Democrat Planned To Hand Out KKK Hoods At GOP

Comments (2) | antics, Brett Hulsey, Confederate soldier, convention, democrat, democratic party, GOP, gubernatorial, hoods, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, National, officials, Republican Party, state politics, Storify, The Daily Beats, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Journal

(Twitter/@peddoc63)

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, is kicking up a fuss at the Wisconsin GOP convention. 

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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.

 

Aspen Airplane Crashes Leaving One Dead

Comments (0) | Arizona, Aspen, bombardier, Challenger, Colorado, crash, death, killed, Mexico, National, officials, plane, tucson

Aspen

Eric Parra
Executive Producer

The flight ran into an unexpected landing process.

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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.

 

Cause Of San Francisco Plane Crash Under Investigation

Comments (0) | 182, 2, 214, 307 passengers, 777, asiana airlines, Asiana flight 214, aviation, boeing, Boeing 777, California, crash landed, crash landing, dead, flight 214, injured, King 5, Korean Air, korean air flight 015, LA Times, LAX Statement, Los Angeles, los angeles international airport, los angeles times, Mercury News, Mike Barr, officials, plane crash, San Francisco, San Francisco airport, San Francisco International Airport, usa today

Max Schwartz
Staff Reporter

Officials are now working on the cause, it could be that pilot error may be to blame.

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