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    May 10, 2013 |Story| Pasadena Sun

  1. Pasadena's writer-driven LitFest gets bigger this Saturday

    If Los Angeles can have a book festival -- the just-concluded&nbsp;<a href=&quot;http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/">Los Angeles Times Festival of Books</a>&nbsp;-- and even the suburb of nearby&nbsp;<a href="http://friendsoftheduartelibrary.com/10th-annual-festival-of-authors/">Duarte</a>&nbsp;(pop. 21,000) can have one, why not Pasadena?
    If Los Angeles can have a book festival -- the just-concluded Los Angeles Times Festival of Books -- and even the suburb of nearby Duarte (pop. 21,000) can have one, why not Pasadena? Pasadena is famous for the Rose Parade, Caltech and Jackie Robinson,...

    Tags: Jonathan Gold, Literature, Arts and Culture, Authors, Festive Events

    2. Jan 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 'Black Against Empire' tells the history of Black Panthers

    <strong>Black Against Empire</strong>The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
    -------------------- Black Against EmpireThe History and Politics of the Black Panther Party Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin Jr.University of California Press: 560 pp., $34.95 -------------------- The defenders of the 2nd Amendment once had a...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, FBI, Martin Luther King Jr., Vietnam War (1955-1975), Crime, Law and Justice

    3. Jan 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Video chat: Author Amy Wilentz on Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 10 a.m.

    <iframe id=&quot;spreecast-player" type="text/html" width="600" height="470" src="http://www.spreecast.com/events/a-few-words-with-amy-wilentz/embed-medium" frameborder="0"></iframe>
    Join us Tuesday for a live video conversation with award-winning author Amy Wilentz about her new book, "Farewell, Fred Voodoo." After a massive earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, Wilentz, a journalist who has been writing about the country for more...

    Tags: Twitter, Inc., Haiti Earthquake (2010), Google+, Social Media, Carolyn Kellogg

    4. May 29, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Foreclosures and resulting blight infest once-safe neighborhoods

    William Perez has been waiting a long time to tell someone all the sad and crazy things he's seen.
    William Perez has been waiting a long time to tell someone all the sad and crazy things he's seen. Perez runs a crew that crisscrosses Los Angeles and the Antelope Valley doing the dirty but essential job of cleaning up homes that have been foreclosed...

    Tags: Fines, Criminals, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics

    5. Dec 14, 2009 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  5. Barbasol and a brew are ingredients for downtown's revival

    Matt Berman believes that barbershops can change the world.
    Matt Berman believes that barbershops can change the world. He'll take off his shirt to prove his passion -- by showing off his barbershop tattoo, which covers his entire back. Last month, the 46-year-old former marketing executive said goodbye to a...

    Tags: Culture, Sociology, Personal Service, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Heroin

    6. Sep 15, 2009 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  6. Hope endures in a recession-battered area of L.A. County

    In South Los Angeles' flat plain of humble homes, apartments and palms, there is a community officially (but rarely) called Westmont that has no &quot;mont," not even a hill. It got its name, it seems, from being west of Vermont Avenue.
    In South Los Angeles' flat plain of humble homes, apartments and palms, there is a community officially (but rarely) called Westmont that has no "mont," not even a hill. It got its name, it seems, from being west of Vermont Avenue. These days it has...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Jose Contreras, Layoffs and Downsizing, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance

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