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    May 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Her job: Stopping wage theft

    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers.
    SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...

    Tags: Jerry Brown, Lawyers, Dan Logue, Career and Workplace, Urasawa

    2. Apr 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Santa Monica wins Eliasson sculpture; awaits a much bigger one

    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as a public art project in 2008, it has the advantage of being permanent.
    Santa Monica will soon be sporting a new piece of civic art by Olafur Eliasson, and while it’s on a considerably less massive scale than the giant temporary waterfalls the Danish-Icelandic artist installed along the East River in New York City as...

    Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Sculpture, Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arts and Culture

    3. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Most Americans say housing crisis isn't over, survey finds

    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: Why buy a home anyway?
    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: Why buy a home anyway? The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional connection between homeownership and the American dream, a survey...

    Tags: Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Rentals, Federal Reserve

    4. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Survey: Home ownership no longer central to the American dream

    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?”
    Data may show that the housing markets are in recovery, but a lot of people are still asking: “Who really needs to buy a home anyway?” The housing bust has created great skepticism about the traditional equation of homeownership with the...

    Tags: Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture, Rentals, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae

    5. Jan 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Carl Woese dies at 84; evolutionary biologist

    Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else.
    Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else. But the University of Illinois professor and colleagues in the 1970s discovered that microbes now called archaea look like bacteria but...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Education, Colleges and Universities, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Pancreatic Cancer

    6. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

    Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in the arts and literature.
    Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...

    Tags: Anna Deavere Smith, Ingmar Bergman, Frank Gehry, AIDS, Lance Armstrong

    7. Jul 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Gov. Jerry Brown names two to Cal State board

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    A corporate attorney and the founder of California’s first migrant worker bilingual radio station were appointed Friday to the California State University Board of Trustees, the governor’s office announced. Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Hugo...
    8. Sep 20, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. MacArthur 'genius' tackles concussions in football

    Kevin Guskiewicz, one of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation award announced Tuesday, was long a thorn in the side of the National Football League.
    Kevin Guskiewicz, one of the winners of the MacArthur Foundation award announced Tuesday, was long a thorn in the side of the National Football League. Since 1999, he has wired the helmets of about 700 college football players with accelerometers to...

    Tags: Medical Research, Alzheimer's Disease, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Concussion, Behavioral Conditions

    9. Oct 17, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Elouise Cobell dies at 65; Native American activist

    Elouise Cobell, the treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe who tenaciously pursued a lawsuit that accused the federal government of cheating Native Americans out of more than a century's worth of royalties, resulting in a record $3.4-billion settlement, has died. She was 65.
    Elouise Cobell, the treasurer of the Blackfeet tribe who tenaciously pursued a lawsuit that accused the federal government of cheating Native Americans out of more than a century's worth of royalties, resulting in a record $3.4-billion settlement, has...

    Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Judges, Native Americans, Television Industry

    10. Apr 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Review: 'Detroit: A Biography' by Scott Martelle sees ruin, hope

    Detroit: A Biography
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Detroit: A Biography Scott Martelle Chicago Review Press: 288 pp., $24.95 In February 1863, Thomas Faulkner, a Detroit saloon owner of mixed-race background, was arrested on the charge of raping a 9-year-old white girl. Despite his protestations of...

    Tags: Saturday Night Fever (movie), Biography (genre), Music, Greektown, Waterford

    11. Jan 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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    12. Oct 22, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Duke Foundation creates nation's biggest artist-grant program

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    The Doris Duke Foundation has announced a new $50 million funding initiative for jazz, contemporary dance and theater, which includes the nation's biggest charitable grant program for individual artists. On top of that, the Duke Foundation says it will...
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