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L.A. County poverty rate increases to 16% in 2009
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County’s poverty rate jumped to 16.1% in 2009, up from 15.2% the previous year, according to Census Bureau data released Tuesday. More than 1.56 million county residents lived below the poverty threshold, which is $10,956 for one person........ -
Neal Moritz, a producer with his finger on the pulse of the populace
The Big PictureNeal Moritz is the kind of producer who leaves nothing to chance. Even though “Battle: Los Angeles” was on track for a strong opening this past Friday, he spent a morning the week before the film’s release huddled with top...... -
The Republican Party is still on life support
Opinion L.A.Kevin Drum at Mother Jones points out some of the peculiarities of the much-hyped Washington Post-ABC News poll showing that Democrats are headed to an electoral thumping this November. While a clear majority of Americans (53%-40%) say they plan on voting... -
Wonder who's the biggest anti-Semite? Try the new Mel Gibson Scale
The Big PictureAnti-Semitism has been much in the news lately, between the antics of Charlie Sheen, who got so mad at "Two and a Half Men" producer Chuck Lorre that he started calling him Chaim Levine, and chic French designer John Galliano,...... -
U.S. opens the door further on travel to Cuba
La PlazaFor the second time since taking office, President Obama eased restrictions on travel by Americans to Cuba. The relaxed rules are scheduled to take effect by the end of this week. The policy change announced Friday will, according to the White House,... -
Sending Arizona 'birthers' back to the drawing board
Opinion L.A.By quickly dismissing her state's birther bill, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer handed the un-dead movement its most official rebuke yet.... -
Brown leads Whitman, Boxer leads Fiorina in Times/USC poll
Comments BlogA new Los Angeles Times/USC poll shows that Democratic candidate Jerry Brown is leading Republican Meg Whitman, 49% to 44%, in the California governor's race. Brown is strongly favored by women and Latinos, but younger voters are only marginally in...... -
Ominous new Gallup findings for Democrats: Blacks still love Obama, others not so much
Top of the TicketThe Democrat hasn't exceeded 50% approval in any month this year, auguring ill for Democrats in Congress on Nov. 2.... -
More than 3,100 refund checks mailed to alleged victims of mortgage discrimination by Bakersfield company
Money & CompanyMore than 3,100 refund checks totaling $1.5 million have been sent to Latinos who were allegedly charged higher prices for home loans by a Bakersfield mortgage company, the Federal Trade Commission said. The checks were part of a settlement announced........ -
In Rotation: The Mixtures' 'Stompin' at the Rainbow'
Pop & HissWith apologies to the Who, who coined the term, the music that the Mixtures made in the Southland in the early 1960s can best be described as “maximum r&b.” The hard-driving sound is captured on “Stompin’ at the Rainbow: The...... -
Chicano activist and educator Sal Castro wows the crowd with his past -- and presence
Jacket CopyChicago activist and educator Sal Castro dominated the Festival of Books panel a bout California and the history and identity of Chicanos.... -
Ex-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs accused of hiring illegal immigrants; he denies it [Updated]
Show TrackerFormer CNN host Lou Dobbs, notorious for his vehement rants against undocumented workers on his show "Lou Dobbs Tonight" and his radio program "The Lou Dobbs Show," employed at least five illegal immigrants himself, according to a new piece in......
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