A rain of mortar shells, artillery and bombs followed. Rebels in Duma continued fighting. But in April, a week after a suspected chlorine attack on Duma that was widely blamed on loyalist forces, the town’s dominant rebel faction, the Army of Islam, surrendered its heavy weapons and accepted safe passage north to Idlib province. Source: […]
Blog: L.A. Phil violinist Vijay Gupta is leaving the orchestra and taking his song to the streets
Gupta, 31, is creating part-time operations and management positions at Street Symphony. The nonprofit is moving from Gupta’s living room into its first office, a downtown space it will share with the homeless advocacy and performance group Los Angeles Poverty Department. He’s also hoping to expand its fellows program, in which skid row musicians study […]
Blog: L.A. Phil violinist Vijay Gupta is leaving the orchestra and taking his song to the streets
Gupta, 31, is creating part-time operations and management positions at Street Symphony. The nonprofit is moving from Gupta’s living room into its first office, a downtown space it will share with the homeless advocacy and performance group Los Angeles Poverty Department. He’s also hoping to expand its fellows program, in which skid row musicians study […]
Blog: Some L.A. pensions are so huge they exceed IRS limits, costing taxpayers millions extra – Los Angeles Times
The only civilians among the top 10 recipients, according to city records, were John Driscoll, former head of Los Angeles International Airport’s governing body, and Robert Aguallo Jr., former head of the city’s largest employee pension fund. Aguallo sparked a city ethics probe when he started lobbying his former employer to pay higher fees to […]
Blog: Is Eric Christian Olsen Leaving ‘NCIS: Los Angeles?’ – countryliving.com
Eric Christian Olsen, the actor behind NCIS: Los Angeles jokester Marty Deeks, has been in the spotlight a lot lately—and not just for his work on the popular procedural. According to Deadline, Eric sold not one but two shows to CBS earlier this year. Since he’s the executive producer for both projects, titled Nurses and […]
Blog: Washington Wizards: 3 things to watch vs. Los Angeles Lakers – Wiz of Awes
Use your ← → (arrows) to browse The Washington Wizards will round out an eventful (and confusing) weekend when they host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. You’d be forgiven you aren’t 100 percent sure who exactly is on the Washington Wizards (11-18) roster going into Sunday evening’s game against the Los Angeles […]