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With Trois Mec, Ludo Lefebvre Has a Place to Call His Own

The Los Angeles restaurant embodies the argument that eating sensibilities are changing, prompting a desire for more cultivated dining.

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Hedi Slimane’s First Year at Saint Laurent

Hedi Slimane has antagonized fashion critics and even friends. Customers, however, are making his collections best sellers.

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Rail Project for Port of Los Angeles Sparks Anger in Long Beach

Plans for a new railyard at the Port of Los Angeles have struck a nerve in the town of Long Beach, whose working-class neighborhoods are near the port.

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Los Angeles Plan to Turn Pollution Into Drinking Water

Storm runoff is the primary source of water pollution in Southern California, but new regulations encourage cities to capture and filter rainwater to bolster groundwater supplies.

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To Fight Gridlock, Los Angeles Synchronizes Every Red Light

With the number of cars on the road continuing to rise, boosters of Los Angeles’s new synchronized traffic system admit it may not be enough to prevent gridlock from worsening.

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São Paulo Journal: Lowrider Culture Spreads to Brazil and Beyond

Mexican-American lowrider culture, with its dazzling wheels, hydraulic-pump systems and muscle shirts, has spread from East Los Angeles to Brazil and beyond.

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Villaraigosa Leaving Office Without Regrets, or Job

Antonio R. Villaraigosa faces life as a private citizen in Los Angeles after eight years in office, but he is not ruling out more public service.

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Los Angeles Art Museum Rules Out Merger, for Now

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, which has been facing financial problems and considering possible mergers, said it would stay independent.

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Building Tiny Parks to Drive Sex Offenders Away

Because of limits on where such offenders can live, the measure is effective for a community, but may be counterproductive to public safety over all.

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Cautious Approval for a Plan to Merge a City’s Museums

A plan to combine the two biggest museums in Los Angeles has both wide support and a powerful potential foe: a philanthropist who bailed one of them out five years ago.

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Los Angeles Mayor’s Race Likely Headed to Runoff

City Councilman Eric Garcetti appeared poised to face City Controller Wendy Gruel in a May runoff election, based on early returns.

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Body in Cabin Is Identified as Christopher Dorner

A dental examination confirmed that the body was that of Christopher J. Dorner, who killed four people, including two police officers.

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Los Angeles Police to Reopen Dorner Case

Police Chief Charlie Beck said he was reopening the case against Christopher J. Dorner to prove the department’s transparency, given its history of racism and corruption.

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For Some, Suspect’s Charges of Police Racism Resound

Whatever the changes since the days of rampant racism and corruption at the Los Angeles Police Department, an alleged killer’s charges — however unhinged — have struck a chord.

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Even the Oscar Memorial List Is a Focus of Campaigning

A spot on the yearly scroll of recently deceased movie luminaries has become one of the most hotly contested honors of the Oscar show.

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Cardinal in Los Angeles Is Removed From Duties

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, who is retired, was removed as the church complied with a court order to release thousands of pages of internal documents that show how the cardinal shielded priests who sexually abused children.

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Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese Releases Priest Abuse Files

After years of legal battles, the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles on Thursday released the files of priests accused of molesting children and removed a senior clergyman who had been linked to efforts to conceal the abuse.

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Mahony Shielded Abusive Priests, Documents Show

Personnel files released this week as part of a civil court case show that Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and his top adviser knowingly protected priests from being prosecuted.

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Salton Sea Is Blamed for Southern California Stench

Decaying organic matter in the Salton Sea, a shrinking saline accident of irrigation in the Colorado Desert, is thought to have caused a sulfurous olfactory insult.

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In the Los Angeles Area, Bans Are Hot

In Southern California, once known for its freewheeling disposition, cities, school districts and even libraries have been outlawing beach bonfires, napping and perfume.

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