Searing lessons of the riots
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Searing lessons of the riots

It was several hours after the Rodney King verdicts and the city had yet to exhale. Shocked by the police acquittals, I headed to First AME... [Read more]

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Board Business Assessor hit for faulty forecasts

Assessor hit for faulty forecasts

When it comes to forecasting the rise and fall of home prices, the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office needs to get its house in order. That... 

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Going Green Bug fare at the Bug Fair

Bug fare at the Bug Fair

Fancy yourself an adventurous eater? The county’s Natural History Museum has something to challenge your palate at the 26th annual Bug Fair.... 

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Social Services Benched Lakers star still on a mission

Benched Lakers star still on a mission

Metta World Peace knows he messed up. “I was 110 percent wrong,” the suspended Laker says of decking an opposing player with a nasty elbow... 

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Environment Riding to the rescue for 100 years

Riding to the rescue for 100 years

Summer isn’t summer in Los Angeles County without the bright yellow vehicles of the beach patrol. “Iconic” is how Chief Lifeguard Mike... 

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Voter registration’s a click away

Voter registration’s a click away

You go online to post your vacation photos, buy birthday gifts and share your relationship status. But if you want to use the Internet to register to exercise one of the most fundamental rights of American... [Read more]

Around the Third District

With more than 2 million constituents, the Third District is the most economically, ethnically and geographically diverse of Los Angeles County's five electoral districts. It spans eastward from the Pacific, across the Santa Monica Mountains and into Los Angeles' Westside, San Fernando Valley and parts of Hollywood. Zev has represented the district since 1994.


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