Stanley Thiesfield’s cause of death will likely remain “undetermined” to the coroner and investigators. So will hundreds of other deaths each year in Los Angeles, haunting both families and officials. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/coroner3.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA")
Category Archives: Urban Issues
![[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2014_7_comfortzone_ph1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms")
[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms
One family has turned their house green, walls and all. Continue reading
![[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mexicogunedit2-650-forblog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback")
[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback
The Los Angeles Police Department collected 950 weapons in its annual buyback program that gives Angelenos gift cards for guns.
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![[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/law_people_ramiro_gomez-2250.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful")
[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful
“I know how to draw faces!” Ramiro Gomez insists with a grin, dabbing brown paint onto a glossy white magazine page with a slender brush. Shoulders and arms appear in a coppery sheen, then a head topped with thick black hair. But no face, at least not this time. Continue reading
![[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mariaelenadurazo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)")
[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)
Activists will press for immigration reform and livable wages on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/portrait_of_an_affluent_family.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)")
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[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)
Artist Ramiro Gomez creates paintings of L.A.’s gardeners and janitors, nannies and housekeepers — the fleet of workers who keep some of the city’s most upscale households running smoothly. Continue reading
![[USC] Deferred Action immigrant support program marks one year (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/screen-shot-2013-12-03-at-4-36-55-pm.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Deferred Action immigrant support program marks one year (+ Video)")
[USC] Deferred Action immigrant support program marks one year (+ Video)
Just over a year ago, President Obama launched a groundbreaking immigration program to help young immigrants in the U.S. to avoid deportation and find employment for two-year periods. The program is known as “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” and is meant to assist youth who came to the country as young kids, and have completed … Continue reading
![[USC] Seamless public transportation to LAX on its way](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/lax-flickr.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Seamless public transportation to LAX on its way")
[USC] Seamless public transportation to LAX on its way
Travelers could one day arrive at Los Angeles International Airport via a seamless Metro Rail and people-mover connection, ending decades of inefficient public transportation to one of the world’s busiest transit hubs, Los Angeles World Airports told councilmembers on Wednesday. LAX submitted a report outlining several proposals budgeted at $200 million to the Transportation and … Continue reading
![[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/img_0557.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)")
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[USC] Latino youth learn leadership at the CASA Institute (+ Video)
Today in Los Angeles, Latino students from eight cities across the nation are learning to be the leaders of tomorrow — and to be advocates for their communities. Daina Beth Solomon met the students at La Plaza Olvera in downtown L.A. Submitted for professor David Daniel’s “Broadcast” class at the USC Annenberg School for Communication … Continue reading
![[Blog] ‘Celebrate L.A.’ at Grand Park: Bill Clinton, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti, Placido Domingo + Stevie Wonder (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/grandpark-crop1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Blog] ‘Celebrate L.A.’ at Grand Park: Bill Clinton, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti, Placido Domingo + Stevie Wonder (+ Video)")
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[Blog] ‘Celebrate L.A.’ at Grand Park: Bill Clinton, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti, Placido Domingo + Stevie Wonder (+ Video)
What do Bill Clinton, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti, Placido Domingo and Stevie Wonder have in common? They were all on the same stage last Friday evening at City Hall for “Celebrate L.A.,” a so-called “block party” — free and open to all — honoring cultural heritage month and Villaraigosa’s final days as L.A. mayor. (See post for video of Bill Clinton’s comments and Stevie Wonder’s performance.) Continue reading
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