A petition seeking to raise the minimum wage for all workers at public health care facilities to $25 per hour was certified by Los Angeles County election officials this month, meaning the council now has two options: Let voters decide on Nov. 7, or approve the ballot language as a city ordinance with zero changes.
City officials have expressed interest in developing the Elephant Lot, which could bring a new hotel other attractions to the Downtown waterfront and also affect the Grand Prix's route. An eight-year-old conceptual design shows how it could work.
By Hugo MartÃn, Los Angeles Times
Aaron McDowell, a security guard in Stockton who considers himself an amateur historian recently put his skills to work by helping to restore a Vietnam-war era mine sweeper, the Lucid.
His next project may be a bit more hands-on and challenging.
McDowell has lodged