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LOS ANGELES

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on . Posted in LOS ANGELES.
L'Shanah Tovah! (Happy New Year!) Same as the Old Year... or Is It?
The middle class is getting squeezed, and is either being forced to work harder or fall into poverty...nothing new, as horrible as that whole subject…

Waiting for the Other Pension Shoe to Drop: LA County is $25 Billion in OPEB Debt
Written by Marc Joffe on .

Women of Color are Again Creating the Culture … This Time It's for Cannabis
Written by Caitlin Cruz on .

LA Demolition Derby: The Westside is Winning the Race to Make Room for New Housing
Written by Tim Deegan on .

Disaster Preparedness in LA: Will Government Agency Turf Wars Get Some of Us Killed?
Written by Bob Gelfand on .

Eastside CA Assembly Race: Foul Smell of Money from Big Oil has Set Off Some Alarms
Written by Ruby DeVera on .

Fool's Gold: In the Golden State, We're NOT So Educated ... or Open-Minded!
Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on .

How to Deal with an Age of Disasters …California has Some Lessons to Teach
Written by Joel Kotkin on .

LAUSD Prez Ref Rodriguez Charged with Money Laundering … Here’s the Complete Story
Written by Mike Szymanski on .

NC Congress Report: ‘Developers have City Council’s Ear,’ ‘Nobody at City Hall is Listening to the People’
Written by Connie Acosta on .

New Law Eliminating Lifelong Registration for Convicted Sex Offenders Heads for Brown’s OK
Written by Beth Cone Kramer on .

Pulling the Plug on CA’s Community College Baccalaureate Program is Short-Sighted
Written by Dan Walters on .













