Kathleen Miles
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LOS ANGELES — Emanuel Pleitez, the last candidate to join LA’s 2013 mayoral race, is a newcomer to politics but a native of LA. Pleitez, only 30, was a personal ass...
LOS ANGELES — Councilwoman Jan Perry, a candidate in LA’s 2013 mayoral race, is vying to be the first, female African American to run the city. Perry, 58, has repre...
Los Angeles used to have a public transit system that covered about 25 percent more track mileage than New York City’s current subway system. In its eco-heyday in 194...
People of color used to not be allowed to join unions. Now, non-whites could be unions’ only hope of survival. While unions are still about 70 percent white, that is ...
Following the most expensive presidential election in history, Los Angeles voters are set to become the largest electorate to vote whether to support a constitutional a...
Prescription drug overdoses account for thousands of Los Angeles emergency room visits, according the LA County Department of Public Health. In 2009, there were 5,382 e...
Frustrated because that cupcake you ate went straight to your thighs but pastry seems to have no effect on the next guy? A new University of California Los Angeles stud...
A Southern California man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison for operating medical marijuana dispensaries, even though they are legal in the state. Ranc...
The Los Angeles Police Department has moved up its annual gun buyback program so that Angelenos can take “concrete action” after last week’s tragic shooting at Sa...
Could the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School be the catalyst needed to enact stricter gun control laws? If the 1989 elementary school shooting in Stockto...
California is bucking nationwide trends when it comes to fatal traffic accidents. While the number of fatal collisions dropped to its lowest point in more than six deca...
The U.S. Department of Labor said it found widespread “sweatshop-like” labor violations in downtown LA’s fashion district, resulting in the recovery of more than ...
LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa responded defensively to the backlash he’s received for signing onto the Republican-leaning Campaign to Fix the Debt on HuffPost Live Th...
Antonio Villaraigosa appeared on HuffPost Live Thursday to talk about a variety of hot topics in LA that include Walmart, marijuana, taxes, the zoo and an LA football t...
For the first time in its history, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is holding its annual convention at a Christian church. But now the council’s host, All Sa...