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Three-strikes law costly and ineffective, study says
PolitiCalCalifornia's controversial and costly three-strikes law has done nothing to deter crime despite expanding the state's prison population, according to a new study. In fact, violent crime began falling almost two years before the law was enacted in 1994,... -
Reading L.A.: Norman M. Klein on our collective amnesia
Culture MonsterNorman M. Klein's "The History of Forgetting" is the 15th book in Christopher Hawthorne's Reading L.A. series... -
Texas 49, UCLA 20 (final)
The Fabulous ForumTexas turned the tables. Embarrassed last season in Austin when they were run over by UCLA in a three-touchdown loss, the Longhorns delivered payback in an even bigger way Saturday at the Rose Bowl. With a lot of help from...... -
Tiger Woods' absence from U.S. Open is disappointing ... and rare
The Fabulous ForumA lot has happened in the life of Tiger Woods since he graduated high school more than decade and a half ago, but one thing that has remained constant is his participation in the U.S. Open. Next week that will...... -
Reading L.A.: Mike Davis, 'City of Quartz' and Southern California's 'spatial apartheid'
Culture MonsterWhen it comes to "City of Quartz," where to start? Mike Davis' 1990 attack on the rampant privatization and gated-community urbanism of Southern Calfornia -- what he calls the region's "spatial apartheid" -- is overwritten and shamelessly hyperbolic. It... -
What if you crossed Apple with a mechanical seagull?
Opinion L.A.Apple's stock keeps soaring, and so does Festo's mechanical seagull. Let's get these two together and solve the debt crisis!... -
Reading L.A.: Charles Jencks on Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne and the rest of the L.A. School
Culture MonsterA post in the Reading L.A. series by Christopher Hawthorne on Charles Jencks, Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne and architecture's L.A. School... -
Another Good Story Ruined: Gen. Otis' Armored Car [2nd Update]
The Daily MirrorBehold the war machine of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis! A 1910 Franklin Model H landaulet! Virtually no one who writes about The Times and Gen. Harrison Gray Otis can resist referring to a cannon mounted on his car. Otis is âthe man you love to hateâ of... -
Reading L.A.: Carey McWilliams and Southern California's 'vast drama of maladjustment'
Culture MonsterI kicked off the Reading L.A. project last month with a pair of little-known but sharp-minded (and frequently cutting) analyses of Los Angeles, the first by the émigré Louis Adamic and the second by Morrow Mayo. But we could easily...... -
No sled dog deaths during Iditarod for second consecutive year
OutpostsFor the second consecutive year, no dogs died during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. "I’m ecstatic. Last year zero dog deaths were considered an anomaly. Two years in a row with no deaths is a statement," Stu Nelson, Iditarod...... -
Laura Dominick wins again in ACES headline contest
Readers' Representative JournalEditor Russ Stanton announced the following awards from the American Copy Editors Society: For the second consecutive year, and the third time in the past five years, Laura Dominick of the Foreign desk won the individual prize for headline writing...... -
Poll: What's your favorite book about Los Angeles?
Jacket CopyVote for your favorite book about Los Angeles from 12 finalist favorites. Voting closes Thursday morning....
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