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The recent demolition of the Ira Gershwin home is just the latest example of how difficult it can be to preserve the past in a city where residents are accustomed to doing as they wish.
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Hacking by students and missing iPads are only part of the problem. Did anyone ask if the teaching software is any good?
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No longer waiting for the homeless to come to them, L.A. County workers send teams into rugged areas with offers of shelter, medical and mental health treatment and drug counseling.

California voters are showing signs of buyer's remorse over the $68-billion bullet train project, poll finds.

House Republicans plan to vote today on what is likely to be a doomed strategy to halt Obama's healthcare law as a condition for keeping the government funded past a midnight Monday deadline, making at a shutdown all but inevitable.

Following President Obama's phone call to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the first such exchange between the two nations since 1979, Rouhani returns home to a mixed reception.

Relationships with Joni Mitchell

Relationships with Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell's music has loomed large over her ideas of love and California. Now she's focusing on the positive songs.

Jonathan Gold | L.A. restaurant review: At Willie Jane, a local phenom refined

At Willie Jane, a local phenom refined

Govind Armstrong has hit a peak at Willie Jane by blending Low Country cuisine with a garden-fresh California presentation.

Services Sunday for World War II vet Bernie Tuvman, stalag POW

Services Sunday for World War II vet Bernie Tuvman, stalag POW

It was a privilege recently to meet Bernard M. Tuvman, an Army Air Corps waist gunner whose B-17 Flying Fortress was shot down during...

Condola Rashad, star-bred and 'Cosby' trained

Condola Rashad, star-bred and 'Cosby' trained

NEW YORK — When Condola Rashad was a little girl, her mother would often take her to work. The youngster would sit and play or watch curiously...

Wealthy homeowners want open floor plans, automation

Flexible spaces, tech-savvy features and outdoor-oriented living are popular with well-to-do U.S. homeowners, a pair of recent surveys show.

No negligence in deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters, report says

No negligence in deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters, report says

PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Investigators found no evidence of recklessness or negligence in the Yarnell Hill wildfire that killed 19 Prescott, Ariz....

New Pakistan quake kills 12; militants kill 4 troops, military says

New Pakistan quake kills 12; militants kill 4 troops, military says

KARACHI, Pakistan – A 6.8 magnitude temblor struck southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 12 people in the same...

Looking for lessons in the wrenching case of Baby Veronica

Looking for lessons in the wrenching case of Baby Veronica

It will take years to know if the right decision was reached in the case of Baby Veronica, the 4-year-old returned to her adoptive parents this week, over the objections of the biological father she...

After much movement, USC's Devon Kennard has found his spot

After much movement, USC's Devon Kennard has found his spot

Kennard, who sat out last season because of an injury, has thrived on and off the field since moving from defensive end to a hybrid...

5 Questions: 'Top Chef' contestant Brian Huskey of Paiche

5 Questions: 'Top Chef' contestant Brian Huskey of Paiche

Brian Huskey will be L.A.'s lone hopeful when the new season of Bravo's "Top Chef" premieres on Wednesday. The Pasadena native, who...

Monument Valley: A stark beauty deep in Navajo country

Monument Valley: A stark beauty deep in Navajo country

Postcards from the West | Commanding buttes and mesas plus a complicated history mark the spectacular Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

Convicted earthquake scientist says he can't be blamed for 309 deaths

Convicted earthquake scientist says he can't be blamed for 309 deaths

On April 6, 2009, a 6.3 earthquake struck the Italian city of L’Aquila. The quake damaged thousands of medieval-era buildings and...

David H. Hubel dies at 87; Nobel winner unlocked secrets of sight

David H. Hubel dies at 87; Nobel winner unlocked secrets of sight

When neurobiologist David H. Hubel accepted his Nobel Prize in 1981, it had only been a couple of decades since he and his research...

Paris Fashion Week spring 2014: Maison Martin Margiela review

Paris Fashion Week spring 2014: Maison Martin Margiela review

PARIS -- It was a delicate dance between masculinity and femininity in the Maison Martin Margiela spring 2014 collection shown Friday...

Southern California independent booksellers celebrate 2013 favorites

Southern California independent booksellers celebrate 2013 favorites

The Southern California Independent Booksellers Assn. -- SCIBA -- celebrated its favorite books of the last year and got to know some...

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