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In L.A., Paying Red Light Camera Fines Now Optional

An automated traffic enforcement camera records red light violations in Baton Rouge, La.

August 3, 2011 The city did away with its red light camera program, which sent photos of moving violations to drivers, along with fines of nearly $500. It turns out the courts weren't following up on the citations; the tickets don't show up at the DMV or on insurance or credit records. "If you don't pay it," one City Council member said, "nothing happens."

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Monday, July 18, 2011

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L.A. Drivers Ecstatic As I-405 Reopens Early

Los  Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (left) and Los Angeles County  Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hold souvenir concrete chips as they  celebrate the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge  over I-405 ahead of schedule Sunday.

July 18, 2011 Los Angeles officials have reopened a major interstate freeway that was closed for construction. Fearing traffic jams of epic proportions, many drivers stayed off the roads over the weekend. But cars were back on Interstate 405 a day ahead of schedule.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011
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U.S.

Hate-Crime Arrests Signal Win For Calif. City

U.S. Marshals deputies restrain a suspected member of an Azusa, Calif., gang after a raid in Irwindale on June 7. The Latino gang conspired to rid the Southern California city of its black residents through threats and violence dating back to the early 1990s, according to an indictment.

June 14, 2011 A gang in Azusa is accused of waging a two-decade campaign of violence to drive out the city's black residents. Now dozens of alleged Varrio Azusa 13 members are charged with racketeering and civil rights violations. One resident calls the arrests "an amazing victory."

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Tuesday, June 07, 2011
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Is The L.A. Food Truck Bubble Ready To Burst?

Long before the new wave of gourmet trucks came to Los Angeles, Raul Ortega started a taco truck in East Los Angeles called Mariscos Jalisco. Last year at the L.A.  Street Food Fest, Ortega won "Best in Show" and the "People's Choice  Award."

May 18, 2011 With more and more entrepreneurs starting up food trucks in Los Angeles — and corporate trucks like Domino's getting into the act — some fear the once-underground foodie scene has been co-opted. And some food bloggers and trend watchers are predicting the movement's demise.

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Thursday, May 05, 2011

Art & Design

Cultural Center Celebrates L.A.'s Mexican Roots

Displays at La Plaza include film posters featuring Mexican actresses Lupita Tovar and Dolores del Rio, as well as Mexican actor Ramon Novarro, star of 1925's Ben-Hur.

May 5, 2011 La Plaza pays tribute to the complex histories and identities of Mexicanos, Californios, Mexican-Americans and Chicanos: everyone from musicians in the group Ozomatli to the 44 settlers who arrived from Mexico in 1781 to establish the city of Los Angeles.

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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
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Health

'Food Revolution,' L.A. Schools Spar Over Lunches

Chef Jamie Oliver takes his reality show Food Revolution to Los Angeles in an effort to revamp lunches in the nation's second-largest school district.

April 15, 2011 Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and Los Angeles public schools started a food fight this week. The second season of Oliver's reality show Food Revolution features him badmouthing L.A. school lunches — and the school district is now fighting back with some new cuisine.

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Monday, February 28, 2011

Oscars 2011: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Oscar Stars Thank Muses And, Of Course, Moms

Actress Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.

February 28, 2011 The Oscars have all been handed out, and the winners' sound bites are in. In their acceptance speeches and backstage comments, this year's crop of Academy Award winners reveled in the limelight, thanked their mothers, ducked out for drinks and let loose some profanity.

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