Grant Slater/KPCC L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca conducts an inspection of Men’s Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles in this photo from December 2011. Jail commanders condoning the beating of inmates. Evidence withheld from inmates accused of attacking guards. A…
Daily Archives: July 15, 2012
Concrete Hero Urban Obstacle Challenge Raises Over $400000 For AIDS …
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LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Concrete Hero Ultimate Urban Obstacle Challenge announced nearly 1000 participants raised over $400,000 at the start of its first annual race in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The innovative fundraising concept that…
Portland Timbers vs. LA Galaxy live blog: Galaxy win 5-3 with Beckham scoring …
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Saturday’s LIVE BLOG of a night time MLS match on national TV (NBC Sports Network) between the Portland Timbers and defending league champ LA Galaxy: How will the Timbers play at Jeld-Wen under interim coach Gavin Wilkinson? What changes –…
Motley crew at Venice Beach Biennial
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This weekend the Venice Beach boardwalk has a new sort of freak show: a display of assorted terrorists like OsamaArticle source: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-motley-crew-at-venice-beach-biennale-20120714,0,7193222.story
Barbara Kruger and Catherine Opie resign from MOCA board
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In another vote of no-confidence in the current direction of the Museum of Contemporary Art, prominent Los Angeles artists Barbara Kruger and Catherine Opie have resigned from the museum board. John Baldessari left Thursday, making Ed Ruscha the only remaining…
Is it ugly or is it art? Effort to save Santa Monica’s anti-war sculpture …
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Click to view (4 Photos) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — For decades the big, black mass of chain link that’s piled up outside the Civic Center has alternately awed and inspired, annoyed and confounded, and, perhaps most often, simply divided residents…
Cultural Olympiad hits stride as London Summer Olympics near
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LONDON — Every street, alley and grassy knoll here will be alive with a cacophony of ringing bells — church bells, bike bells, doorbells and a ringing-bell app downloaded to smartphones. Or at least that’s the plan behind “All the…
Ellis’ go-ahead HR helps Dodgers beat Padres 2-1
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LOS ANGELES — One pitch was all that prevented Clayton Richard and the San Diego Padres from beating Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers on a night when the reigning NL Cy Young winner had to struggle to get…
Abuzz about beekeeping in Los Angeles
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After dinner one night in downtown Los Angeles, my waiter offered me a better tip than the one I’d just left him. He and his girlfriend were up to something illegal, he whispered. And he wanted to let me in…
Ask Mr. Know It All
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Q. Not long ago I watched the movie “Battle: Los Angeles.” I was told that this film is based on a true event — the California city was actually under attack by aliens. This sounds far-fetched to me. What do…
