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    May 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. A birth control double standard

    In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box stores — and buy condoms. If you want to remain anonymous, you can pay cash; no ID is required. If you're too embarrassed to face the checkout clerk, use the self-check aisle or, for $17.97, get a box of 100 — flavored or with "added sensations," even — delivered to your door in a plain brown box.
    In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore — as well as most grocery and big-box...

    Tags: Family Planning, Feminism, Judges, Science and Technology, Justice System

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. MOCA architecture show opening pushed back to June 16

    The Museum of Contemporary Art released a statement Friday saying it has moved back the opening date of its show about contemporary Los Angeles architecture, part of the Getty's "Pacific Standard Time Presents" initiative, by two weeks, to June 16.
    The Museum of Contemporary Art released a statement Friday saying it has moved back the opening date of its show about contemporary Los Angeles architecture, part of the Getty's "Pacific Standard Time Presents" initiative, by two weeks, to June 16....

    Tags: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Getty, Science and Technology, Frank Gehry, Arts and Culture

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. L.A. artists, architects' effect on each other at MAK Center exhibit

    "Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better.
    "Everything Loose Will Land" has landed. And its timing could hardly be better. The exhibition at the MAK Center in West Hollywood, curated by UCLA architectural historian and critic Sylvia Lavin, is a wry study of the ways Los Angeles artists and...

    Tags: Robert Venturi, Science and Technology, Artists, Thom Mayne, Frank Lloyd Wright

    4. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Republican senators boycott vote on EPA nominee

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats.
    WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans boycotted a committee vote Thursday on President Obama's nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency, drawing accusations of obstructionism from Democrats. Republicans on the Senate...

    Tags: Jay Carney, Mitch McConnell, White House, Environmental Issues, Barbara Boxer

    5. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Google gives a virtual nod to 'Palestine'

    Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words &ldquo;Palestinian territories&rdquo; with &ldquo;Palestine&rdquo; in both English and Arabic.
    Google has switched the tagline on its Palestinian website, replacing the words “Palestinian territories” with “Palestine” in both English and Arabic. Google spokesman Nathan Tyler said the company consulted "a number of...

    Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Science and Technology

    6. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. MOCA architecture show, funded by Getty, could face cancellation

    The curator of a major <a href="http://www.moca.org/museum/futureexhibitionslist.php">architecture exhibition</a> at the Museum of Contemporary Art says he is concerned it will be canceled in advance of its planned June 2 opening.
    Times Architecture Critic
    The curator of a major architecture exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art says he is concerned it will be canceled in advance of its planned June 2 opening. “A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California”...

    Tags: Getty Foundation, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museums, The Getty, Science and Technology

    7. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. LACMA draws up ambitious plans for a $650-million new look

    At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an acclaimed Swiss architect is hoping to pull off what an acclaimed Dutch one could not.
    At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, an acclaimed Swiss architect is hoping to pull off what an acclaimed Dutch one could not. Next month LACMA will publicly unveil a $650-million plan by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor for a dramatic new museum...

    Tags: Renzo Piano, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Peter Zumthor, Rem Koolhaas, Entertainment Events

    8. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Bay Area air pollution reaches Devils Postpile National Monument

    That fresh, pine-scented mountain air that you happily breathe in the Sierra Nevada could be hazardous to your health.
    That fresh, pine-scented mountain air that you happily breathe in the Sierra Nevada could be hazardous to your health. Samples taken by federal scientists in Devils Postpile National Monument, southeast of Yosemite National Park, show that ozone...

    Tags: Yosemite National Park, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Ecosystems, Air Pollution

    9. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Review: L.A.'s satisfying sprawl

    Architecture exhibitions are notoriously tricky to pull off. It's hard to squeeze a whole building inside a museum, after all. And the number of forces that shape any piece of architecture &mdash; engineering, politics and money, to begin with &mdash; make it impossible to say with perfect clarity how a building came to be or what it means.
    Architecture exhibitions are notoriously tricky to pull off. It's hard to squeeze a whole building inside a museum, after all. And the number of forces that shape any piece of architecture — engineering, politics and money, to begin with —...

    Tags: Video Supplies and Services, Tarsem Singh, Science and Technology, Thom Mayne, Artists

    10. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. States, cities, environmental groups demand EPA emission rules

    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.
    WASHINGTON -- A dozen states and cities and three major environmental groups have notified the Environmental Protection Agency that they plan to sue the regulator unless it issues final rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. On...

    Tags: Global Change, Environmental Cleanup, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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

  11. Review: 'Confederacy of Heretics' a delicate task

    It's difficult to imagine a more delicate curatorial task than the one Todd Gannon, Ewan Branda and Andrew Zago faced in putting together "A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979."
    It's difficult to imagine a more delicate curatorial task than the one Todd Gannon, Ewan Branda and Andrew Zago faced in putting together "A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979." The exhibition, running through July 7 at...

    Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Robert Venturi, The Getty, Science and Technology, Thom Mayne

    12. Apr 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Building bridges between Mexican and Mexican American art

    Mexican art and Mexican American art often have treated each other more like strangers or distant cousins than like the fraternal twins they really are.
    Mexican art and Mexican American art often have treated each other more like strangers or distant cousins than like the fraternal twins they really are. In the United States, apart from in California and the Southwest, many museums and art professionals...

    Tags: Mexico City, Entertainment Events, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Science and Technology, Artists

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