Recent MacArthur Foundation Fellowship recipient Rhiannon Giddens has teamed with three other artists for an ambitious exploration into slavery’s effect on women in a 13-song album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” due Feb. 22. The project, to be released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ African… Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: GOP lawmaker pitches plan to kill California’s new DMV voter registration system
For more than a decade, developers have tried to build new housing on the site of an all-but-empty mall in Cupertino, a city in the heart of Silicon Valley and home to Apple headquarters. A well-organized group of neighbors, upset about traffic, building heights and the potential loss of the community’s suburban lifestyle, turned away […]
Blog: L.A. Unified puts plan to paint over Ava Gardner mural at school on hold for now
Los Angeles school district officials on Monday backed off plans to immediately paint over a mural at a campus in Koreatown amid a growing chorus of objections. The mural at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools is dominated by an image of actress Ava Gardner. But it has run afoul of a coalition… Source: latimes.com […]
Blog: What we learned in the NHL last week: Dave Hakstol is out at Philadelphia, but Joel Quenneville isn’t in
Edmonton center Connor McDavid is earning $12.5 million this season. His right wing, Leon Draisaitl, is earning $8.5 million. The third member of the trio, Alex Chiasson, checks in at $650,000 and has become one of the league’s feel-good stories. Chiasson came to the Oilers’ training camp on a professional tryout and beat out a […]
Blog: Two Edison employees injured after utility pole topples
Two Southern California Edison employees working on high-tension power lines in Lake View Terrace were injured Monday when a utility pole came down, officials said. Authorities received a call about 11:30 a.m. regarding a power pole falling and possibly trapping a person in the 12000 block of Lopez… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: Why did it take a week to find out about the death of a 7-year-old in Border Patrol custody?
Regardless, until all the facts are in, the media, the White House and members of Congress should stay neutral regarding who’s to blame for this death. Instead, lawmakers and citizens should be asking why Homeland Security didn’t report this within the legally required period of 24 hours after the death. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]