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If we build it, they will board

For decades, the conventional wisdom was that L.A. drivers would never loosen their grip on their steering wheels to embrace public transportation,... [Read more]

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Healthy Living Death by ZIP code

Death by ZIP code

Nestled against the mountains, at the foot of Angeles Crest Highway, is La Canada Flintridge, one of the region’s wealthiest enclaves, a place... 

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Going Green Local flavor blossoms at farmers’ markets

Local flavor blossoms at farmers’ markets

What’s fresh and green and fun all over? Farmers’ markets, of course—and the 3rd District is bursting with them. No longer just a place... 

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Transportation Another night of bridge demolition

Another night of bridge demolition

It ain’t over yet. Demolition work on the Sunset Bridge over the 405 Freeway, set to wrap up this morning, will now extend into a seventh... 

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Health Crisis looms for L.A. health care

Crisis looms for L.A. health care

The Los Angeles County health care system needs some intensive care—STAT. That was the message Thursday as officials sounded their most dire... 

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County Insider
Framing a career

Framing a career

When Jim Camp joined Los Angeles County’s photo staff, he drew a royal flush—with emphasis on royal. In his 34 years of service, Camp photographed the Queen of Thailand (“Funny story about that,”... [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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the westside
the valley