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In L.A., women in skimpy outfits have conquered the domain of awkward young men: Valet parking.
By Hillary Frey
January 5, 2006
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NFL to L.A.: We're coming! L.A. to NFL: Huh? Plus: Week 10 picks.
November 11, 2005
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Blacks have much to gain by removing their racial blinders and considering a vote for the progressive Latino candidate in L.A.'s mayoral election.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
March 11, 2005
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It's fuzzy! It's scuzzy! And it's adorning upper lips all over L.A.
By Shana Ting Lipton
April 10, 2003
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Film critic-turned-crime writer Helen Knode on her first novel, the soul-crushing deadness of Hollywood, the greatness of "Titanic" and her relationship with husband James Ellroy.
By Barbara O'Dair
April 2, 2003
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Driven by the marvelously sexy Frances McDormand, "Laurel Canyon" is wreathed in a golden haze of rock 'n' roll sensuality and glorious L.A. sunlight.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 7, 2003
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Black leaders are rallying behind the ousted LAPD chief. But his tenure marked the triumph of identity politics over reform, and his departure is good news for the city.
By Charles Rappleye
April 17, 2002
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I annotate movies. I do this so that "Sugar and Spice" isn't translated into Swahili as "Condiments, the Movie."
By Karen Rizzo
October 8, 2001
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Harland Braun is Robert Blake's "very, very bright" attorney. Even Johnnie Cochran thinks he's gone too far.
By King Kaufman
May 30, 2001
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The Census says Hispanics are poised to outnumber blacks as America's largest "minority" -- but can Hispanics really be compared to African-Americans?
By Richard Rodriguez
May 30, 2001
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At a Clippers basketball game my innocence got ejected.
By José Klein
April 25, 2001
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In a crowded field of contenders, a white guy and a Latino vie to be the 21st century's Tom Bradley, in the city's first post-ethnic mayor's race.
By Anthony York
April 2, 2001
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The extras present Los Angeles in all its glittering, sometimes-shady glory, a mythical land of movies, sun and sand.
By Max Garrone
November 3, 2000
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"56 Reasons to Go Downtown"
By Iris Berry
October 5, 2000
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The GOP presidential nominee trashes the Clinton-Gore education record at a parochial school in Los Angeles.
By Jake Tapper
September 27, 2000
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For over two decades, Iran's reigning queen of pop has been strictly forbidden to perform. Now she's got a passport, a string of sold-out U.S. stadiums and an angry government back home.
By Hadani Ditmars
September 18, 2000
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The Democrats railed at big corporations with one fist and took their money with the other, while Al Gore's speech invoked the class warfare politics of yesteryear.
By David Horowitz
August 21, 2000
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A one-time rising star among New Democrats, Alexis Herman was relegated to the sidelines in Los Angeles, until her party needed her help with the black caucus.
By Alicia Montgomery
August 18, 2000
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Say what you will about Al Gore's clunky acceptance speech. He gave it his darnedest.
By Jake Tapper
August 18, 2000
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DNC protesters force L.A.'s mom-and-pop shops into riot mode, while party planners and trendy restaurants rake in the dough.
By Sandra Hernandez
August 16, 2000
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What seemed like a feel-good summer hit suddenly turns sour.
By Joe Eszterhas
August 14, 2000
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The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime.
By Jesse Walker
August 14, 2000
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The Playboy boss finds the Democrats' anti-Bunny behavior unbelievable -- and a tad hypocritical.
By Jake Tapper
August 11, 2000
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Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention?
By Anthony York
August 8, 2000
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The bluest performance artist around has the paint-and-nipple market cornered.
By Stephen Lemons
July 5, 2000
Hot girls park hot cars!
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Why not cooperate?
The 'stache is back
"Why are movies bad and how do women get dead?"
Hollywood swinging
Annals of an L.A. gig, or "job"
Blue horse, dirty victim
Black and tan fantasy
Which way L.A.?
Bush talks education in L.A.
Let Googoosh sing
Conventional boom or bust?
Joe Lieberman? Get me rewrite!
War on protesters
Do not pass Go
Blue Girl's blue period
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