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One dream, many hands in Metropolis II
Chris Burden’s vast, new miniature skyline may have been one artist’s urban vision, but behind the scenes, it took a village to build “Metropolis II”. “It was a long process—almost five years—and it took a lot of people,” says the L.A. artist on a recent… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Arts & Culture
Economy
Pushing jobs, not condos, at Universal
NBC/Universal should drop plans to build nearly 3,000 housing units on its backlot, Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky said this week in a strongly-worded letter to studio chief Ron Meyer. While Yaroslavsky has previously criticized the scale of the Evolution Plan, this is the first time he has pushed… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Economy
Environment
A park’s legacy grows in Malibu
Legacy Park in Malibu has wildlife, sculptures, outdoor classrooms and five coastal habitats. But to understand why Los Angeles County’s most innovative new recreational area recently racked up its sixth award in 16 months of existence, you have to look deeper—underground, in fact. Beneath its… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Environment
Health
Building healthier communities
What does the width of your sidewalk have to do with the diameter of your waistline? What do shade trees have to do with how active you are? And what does bicycle parking have in common with farmers markets and community gardens? They’re all elements… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Health
Public Safety
A boatload of homeland security
Its crews have secured evidence from offshore pot busts. Its advanced sonar helped locate wreckage from a mid-air plane crash off the coast three years ago. But mostly the Ocean Rescue II spends its days scanning for a threat that its crew hopes will never… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Public Safety
Social Services
Going big against homelessness
Acknowledging that solving the multifaceted problems of the nation’s largest homeless population calls for bigger and more concerted action, supervisors on Tuesday created Los Angeles County’s first interdepartmental council on homelessness. The council will bring together county departments serving children, families and veterans along with… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Social Services
Transportation
Sisterhood of the traveling bikes
Andrea Denike Martinez still remembers the day she got back in the saddle. It was Earth Day—April 22, 2010. For the first time since a bad bicycle accident fractured her skull and landed her in intensive care several years earlier, Martinez was ready to once… [Read more]• Read More Stories From Transportation
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- Public Safety: A boatload of homeland security
- Social Services: Going big against homelessness
- Transportation: Sisterhood of the traveling bikes
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The 405 Report
Meet the 405 Project’s utility player
Ramp delay, closure and more on 405
Ramp closures, like the one signaled above during Carmageddon, are coming to Wilshire in May. Activity’s buzzing all over the 405...
[Read more] Meet the 405 Project’s utility player
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