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Daniel Hernandez on Spanish photographer Isabel Muñoz images of the Maras of El Salvador. "The murderous Mara Salvatrucha of course was founded on the streets of the MacArthur Park-Pico Union area of inner Los Angeles, by surviving refugees of the Salvadoran Civil War."
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from the Los Angeles Times: Glenn Goldman, whose independent bookstore, Book Soup, became a Sunset Boulevard landmark known for its tall, teetering stacks and mazes of shelves crammed with titles that attracted entertainment and tourist industry clientele, died Saturday. He was 58.
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from Marc Cooper's blog: When the L.A. Weekly and I parted ways two month ago, I promised a more detailed report. Here it is. It's more like an autopsy on a paper that once was.
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Former L.A. city councilman and current member of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission Michael Woo on electronic billboards in LA
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from the Los Angeles Times: On Tuesday, a spokesman for the mayor said that [the 2032 timeline for a Westside metro extension] was unacceptable and noted that Measure R "allows us to seek federal support and advance the timeline.
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from the Los Angeles Times: State officials on Tuesday braced for the possibility of delaying tax refunds to millions of Californians, along with student grants and payments to vendors, as the latest round of budget negotiations between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic legislators collapsed.
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from the Los Angeles Times: Scores of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers could face midyear layoffs, officials said Tuesday.
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from the Los Angeles Times: Educators are alarmed over a proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to lop five days off the school year, a cut that would save the state $1.1 billion.
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