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PETA's 'Be Proud of Your Body Scan' ad rejected by major airports
L.A. UnleashedMajor airports in New York, North Carolina and Las Vegas are rejecting a proposed ad campaign from PETA that makes light of body scan machines used at airport security checkpoints. The ads from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...... -
Las Vegas gets its first national political convention
Top of the TicketLibertarians and Republicans have now picked their 2012 convention cities.... -
Michael Waltrip named grand marshal of NASCAR Showdown race in Irwindale
The Fabulous ForumTwo-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip was named grand marshal of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown in Irwindale on Jan. 28-29, considered a premier event for the nation's short-track drivers in NASCAR's developmental stock-car series. Waltrip, 47,... -
In reforming schools, quality of teaching often overlooked
Sitting in the library during a break, two veteran teachers at Edwin Markham Middle School rattled off the names of principals who had been sent to fix the chronically low-performing school in Watts.
There was Kimbell, Miller, Norris and Borges. Then...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Unemployment, Teachers, Arne Duncan, Edwin Markham
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Nail-biting finishes for local schools at Academic Decathlon Super Quiz
L.A. NOWIn tight contests for bragging rights in the 2011 Academic Decathlon's crowning event, the Super Quiz, Granada Hills Charter High School and Marshall High School tied for first place Saturday night with 57 points each in the Los Angeles Unified...... -
Kobe Bryant misses Lakers shootaround, will be a game-time decision
Lakers BlogLakers guard Kobe Bryant missed Monday's shootaround with "aches and chills," a team spokesman said. The spokesman said Bryant will be a "game-time" decision for Monday night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats at Time Warner Cable Arena. The Lakers have... -
Eleven cities hit new lows in home prices in December [Updated]
Money & CompanyHome prices in the nation's largest metropolitan regions continued their descent in December. The widely followed Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Index, which tracks the real estate market in 20 major U.S. cities, showed that prices dropped 2.4% in... -
Kobe Bryant to play against Charlotte Bobcats
Lakers BlogKobe Bryant, who missed the Lakers' morning shootaround because of chills and aches, will play Monday night against the Charlotte Bobcats, a team representative said. Bryant was seen walking into the locker room before the game with his workout gear on.... -
Granada Hills wins state Academic Decathlon
L.A. NOWGranada Hills Charter High School won the state Academic Decathlon, besting Marshall and El Camino Real high schools in the competition. The Los Angeles Unified School District took seven of the top 10 spots. The awards were presented at a...... -
Edwin Gaustad dies at 87; scholar of American religion
Edwin Gaustad, a retired UC Riverside history and religious studies professor who was a preeminent scholar on the separation of church and state, and who did groundbreaking work mapping the nation's religious landscape, has died. He was 87.
Gaustad...Tags: Biography (genre), Christianity, Thomas Jefferson, History, American Civil Liberties Union
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Libraries reinvent themselves as they struggle to remain relevant in the digital age
Kathy DeGrego's T-shirt lets you know right away she isn't an old-school librarian.
"Shhh," it says, "is a four-letter word."
That spirit of bookish defiance has guided the makeover of the suburban Denver library system where DeGrego works. Reference...Tags: Rap (genre), Piracy, University of Cambridge, Electronics, Crimes
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Case-Shiller home-price index hits new low
Money & CompanyAn index of home prices in the nation's largest cities plumbed new depths in March, pushing past a low set during the worst of the Great Recession. The ominous new drop for the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index of 20 cities,......
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