la The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles are worth a visit! Jennifer Sandlin

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california LA's new homelessness stats reveal a crisis that is only worsening Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Burbank! I'll be at Dark Delicacies today! (then San Diego, UCLA, LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Socal! I'll be in Burbank on April 7, San Diego on April 11 and UCLA on April 12 Cory Doctorow

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la LA teachers' strike: Charter school teachers walk out, too Cory Doctorow

class war In LA, the teachers of America's largest school district are on strike Cory Doctorow

jazz Jeff Goldblum's jazz album hit the no. 1 spot on the charts Rusty Blazenhoff

elections LA County will switch to all open source vote-counting machines Cory Doctorow

videos Greedy landlords create a mass-extinction event in Burbank's indie paradise Cory Doctorow

Business Disgraced charter school exec pleads guilty to criminal money laundering, resigns from LA school board Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Los Angeles: come see me talk with Jen Wang about her amazing graphic novel the Prince and the Dressmaker TONIGHT! Cory Doctorow

california LA's soaring homelessness is distorting the national statistics Cory Doctorow

mental health Text to Save Lives – Crisis Text Line Needs YOU! Sarah Granger

happy mutants LAX: a new online tragicomedy is "a mash-up of Locke and Girls" Cory Doctorow

law Watch this timelapse of illegal 4th of July fireworks over L.A. Rusty Blazenhoff

class war Guillotine watch: LAX's new one-percenter luxury terminal — UPDATED with veiled legal threats!, AND MORE LEGAL THREATS! Cory Doctorow

la L.A. Thanksgiving traffic almost beautiful from a distance Rob Beschizza

happy mutants I'm helping launch Echoes of Sherlock Holmes at LA's Chevalier Books tomorrow night Cory Doctorow