Where the Ice is Nice: That’s Pershing Square at 5th and Hill Streets, home of Downtown on Ice. It’s an annual celebration built around the outdoor skating rink, and visitors are welcome to twirl around to their ... [ Full Story ]
Grassroots Growl: ‘Show Us the Money’ - 07/09/2010
Huizar Won’t Say on CLARTS Fund
14th District Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar remains silent in the face of a growing chorus of calls for him to disclose how hundreds of thousands of dollars in public money gathered t ... [ Full Story ]
Carlos Santana to Join Fight Against Arizona Law - 07/09/2010
By Nora Alicia Estrada
Courtesy of Labeez.org/Impulso
Delores Huerta is certainly no stranger to the “Si Se Puede” chant, which means “Yes We Can” in English and became a rallying cry for the United Farm Workers, a union she co-founded wi ... [ Full Story ]
Pinning Hopes on Diaz - 07/09/2010
The Woman in Front of the Man: Letty Diaz gets ready to pin her husband, newly appointed Riverside Police Department Chief Sergio Diaz, with the insignia of his rank during a June 30 ceremony. Diaz took charge of the agency after 33 years ... [ Full Story ]
Commentary - 07/09/2010
Whatever Happened to Ideas?
It’s only been a couple of years since a red-hot real estate market had our city riding high. The market turned out to be a bubble, of course, and it eventually burst. Gone is the giddiness that comes when f ... [ Full Story ]
Letters to the Editor - 07/09/2010
Lawmakers Should Extinguish Cigarette Taxes
By Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
Faced with yawning budget deficits, state legislators are looking for new revenue sources. Many think hiking cigarette excise taxes is the pain-free an ... [ Full Story ]
Dot Dot Dish - 07/09/2010
4+12+14=3: That might look like some crazy math, but not if you consider the equation from the vantage point of Ron Kaye’s “Clean Sweep” campaign, which is seeking viable candidates to challenge incumbents in the 2011 City Council elections. ... [ Full Story ]
Community Calendar - 07/09/2010
Lotus Festival Set for Echo Park
Lots of Action at the Lake: The Lotus Festival will return to Echo Park Lake after last year’s hiatus, with vendors of food, arts, crafts and clothing to accompany music and dancing and other activities tha ... [ Full Story ]
Filipinotown Serves as Central Location for Anti-Gang Effort - 07/09/2010
The Summer Night Lights program that has been credited for keeping crime rates low by offering youngsters an alternative to gang culture will serve the central area of the city from a location in the Historic Filipinotown district northwest of Downtown th ... [ Full Story ]
Feds Say Downtown Toy Company Execs Tied to Drug Cartels - 07/09/2010
Federal authorities recently arrested three executives of a Downtown-based toy company on charges that they played a role in a scheme to launder money for drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia.
Representatives of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce ... [ Full Story ]
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