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RT @sacbee_news: New interactive map: Death sentences in California http://www.sacbee.com/1098...
@Robert_Garcia many thanks for L..A. River Iphone app retweet! - http://www.kcet.org/lariver...
Autry Center expansion plans: L.A. says, 'Not so fast, pardner' - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culture...
Culture Monster - The Autry National Center got corralled at least temporarily on Tuesday in its bid for a $96-million expansion of its Museum of the American West in Griffith Park. - SoCalConnected
The Danger of Digging Deeper - http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2009...
BLDGBLOG: Artificial earthquakes triggered by deep-crust drilling operations have always been of interest here, and The New York Times brings the idea back into the media cycle today with a new article - SoCalConnected
State sets 3.75 percent interest rate for IOUs - http://www.scpr.org/news...
KPCC’s Julie Small reports that the California’s Pooled Money Investment Board has voted 2-1 to set a 3.75 percent interest rate for IOUs the state will issue to certain businesses, agencies, and individuals. - SoCalConnected
Remembering Manson - http://www.lamag.com/feature...
In the July issue of Los Angeles magazine, Steve Oney offers an oral history of the slayings. [h/t L.A. Observed] - SoCalConnected
Hello IOUs & Hello Larger Deficit - http://laist.com/2009...
LAist: To no surprise of anyone, the state once again failed to pass the budget revision before today, the beginning of the 2009/2010 fiscal year. - SoCalConnected
Interactive Map: See where murderers most often get the death penalty - http://www.sacbee.com/1098...
The Sacramento Bee tracks which CA areas use the death sentence most often. - SoCalConnected
Schwarzenegger Might be Willing to Lose State Parks to Feds - LAist - http://laist.com/2009...
LAist: National Park Service Pacific regional director Jon Jarvis informed Schwarzenegger that closing some 69 parks that received funding in the past jeopardized all future funding and that a handful of parks deeded to the state from the feds could be repossessed. - SoCalConnected
RT @ForYourArt: Watts House project volunteer day this Sunday! E-mail sue@wattshouseproject.org if you want to join in. http://www.wattshouseproject.org/
any SoCal delicious users out there? We're looking to grow our network - http://delicious.com/KCETLocal
@ridgeley did you get the D.J. Waldie mural link? here goes - http://kcet.org/local... - "Long Beach then was a tourist town, a Navy town..."
California: A Dream Decimated - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
Harold Meyerson in the WaPo: The terrible irony in decimating the public sector to save the state is that the California that was the epicenter of the postwar American dream was fundamentally a creation of government. - SoCalConnected
Who Can Possibly Govern California? - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
The New York Times Magazine paints a complex portrait of Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco and potential future governor of California - SoCalConnected
Birmingham High's charter-conversion struggles show difficulty of reform - http://www.latimes.com/news...
With LAUSD in ruins, many schools in the district are paying close attention to the current battle at Birmingham HIgh, reports the LA Times. - SoCalConnected
HUD Secretary to tour Merced foreclosure areas - http://www.sacbee.com/state_w...
Ripe with foreclosures, a tour of Merced might convince Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan of the necessity of sending California economic disaster aid. - SoCalConnected
Feds could seize Calif. parks if closed by budget - http://www.sacbee.com/state_w...
Sacramento Bee - California officials say they're trying to avert a threat from the federal government to seize six state parks that could close to help balance the state budget. - SoCalConnected
Jobs and schools will be top priorities for Villaraigosa's second term - http://www.latimes.com/news...
With a deteriorating public sector on his hands, the Mayor will try to "strike a humble, hopeful, forward-looking tone for the second term." - SoCalConnected
Debate Over Death Penalty in California Once Again - http://www.latimes.com/news...
LA Times - With a state government looking to cut costs anywhere, the death penalty is once again pocking its head out in Sacramento. - SoCalConnected
Here is the link to D.J.'s article about "Recreations of Long Beach" - http://kcet.org/local... - sorry for the link error!
http://twitpic.com/8wk46 - D.J. Waldie tells the story of this WPA era mural in LB: "Recreations of Long Beach" - article here http://ow ...
http://twitpic.com/8wk46 - D.J. Waldie tells the story of this WPA era mural in LB: "Recreations of Long Beach" - article here http://ow ...
@trufabrications congrats on being on the air! but tell us more so we can track down transcripts. what episode was it?
Got an Iphone? Check out KCET's Departures: L.A. River project on the go: http://www.kcet.org/lariver... (full URL: http://www.kcet.org/lariver...)
Communities axing July Fourth fireworks - http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories...
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that cities within California and throughout the country are canceling July 4th celebrations in an attempt to cut state costs. - SoCalConnected
E.P.A. Allows California Emissions Rules - http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
The NY Times Green Inc. Blog reports that California has been granted its long-sought request to tighten tailpipe emission regulations, a key step in making cars across the nation more fuel-efficient. - SoCalConnected
Striking a nerve on racism - http://www.latimes.com/news...
Hector Tobar of the LA Times gives context to the recent rise in hate speech against the Latino community. What lessons can we take from the Black Civil Rights Movement? - SoCalConnected
Schwarzenegger promises veto of 'majority vote' tax package - http://www.sacbee.com/static...
The Sacramento Bee reports on the Governor's promise to veto a recent Democratic agreement in the state congress. - SoCalConnected
City workers' pay goes beyond base salary - http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories...
The San Diego Union-Tribune discusses the drawbacks to across-the-board general salary increases in times of economic crises. - SoCalConnected
L.A. Jail condom distribution could be expanded - http://www.dailynews.com/politic...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is considering whether to expand a program that distributes condoms to gay inmates at the Men's Central Jail in order to combat an in-prison HIV epidemic. - SoCalConnected
State parks access pass might be key to preventing their closure - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outpost...
While the proposed closure of state parks came as a sudden shock, the LATimes.com reports that a proposed surcharge on vehicle licensing fees might make up the necessary difference. - SoCalConnected
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