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Photo by calvinfleming via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr If you've been paying attention to campaign commercials for the U.S. Senate and California's governor, the theme is jobs, jobs, jobs, thanks to high unemployment. Today, the L.A. City Council will consider a motion to give employers citywide a tax credit when they hire new employees who are Los Angeles residents. “Los Angeles urgently needs jobs and we are competing against other cities, other states...

Photo by Ernesto D. Arias via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr All good things come to an end and today comes news that one of the city's most popular events is going on hiatus for the rest of 2010. When the Downtown Art Walk comes back in January 2011 expect a quarterly weekend-long daytime event, according to Eric Richardson's blogdowntown. Over the years, the monthly event has been too successful for its own good,...

After their gubernatorial poll yesterday, Field Poll today released the results of their latest survey (.pdf) regarding California's U.S. Senate seat. Consistent with past Field Polls, Democratic incumbent Barbara Boxer is leading former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, this time by six points -- with a 4.1% margin of error -- based on responses by registered voters, most of who are likely voters. Voters in L.A. County are more likely to vote for Boxer, while...

The recession arrived and like with many other government agencies, budgets dwindled. For Metro, which is currently facing a $250-million budget shortfall for bus and rail operations, its board yesterday voted to make a nearly 4% cut in bus service, according to the LA Times. That move to cancel a dozen or lines and (.pdf) modify another others -- changes will occur in December -- will save the agency an estimated $30 million every...

The Expo Line currently under construction right now could be fully operational by early 2015, Metro officials announced at a meeting last night. Transit supporter Gökhan Esirgen announced the news in an e-mail last night. It has been reported that the first phase between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City is expected to open next year, possibly in sections. The second phase from Culver City to 4th and Colorado in Santa Monica would not...

If it isn't the most popular attraction at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim and EPCOT in Florida -- wow, those lines are intensely long -- "Soarin' over California" is most definitely one of the most exciting. For those who haven't had the chance to ride, it's a hang glider simulation in an IMAX theatre, complete with redwood forest smells and wind.

GarySe7en Speaking of Lindsay Lohan, her punishment today by Judge Elden Fox is coming under criticism by cyclists. Plainly put, a drunk hit-and-run driver who disabled a bicyclist was sentenced by Fox in July to 90 days of community service. On the other hand, Lohan is getting harsher punishment for harming herself. Legally speaking, the cases are very different -- Lohan violated probation -- but it's just another sign that priorities should maybe be...

Boing Boing founder Mark Frauenfelder is trying to get out of town this warm Friday afternoon, but so far, it's not working. Here's why, via his Twitter: "An idiot flushed a diaper down the toilet on the plane and now 200 of us are stuck at Burbank for 4 hours. #thediaperflushershavewon." Oy vey. At least, for a small sized airport like Burbank, it's a decent place to be stuck....

Photo by Phan J. Alan Elliott/Department of Defense Th last World War II battleship currently without a home may just end up permanently in Los Angeles. If so, it would be turned into a museum -- think Midway in San Diego -- and become a major anchor for development and tourism along the sleepy San Pedro waterfront. This morning the Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution to support berthing the historic battleship at...

As Judge Elden Fox warned Lindsay Lohan when she was released early from rehab last month, if you do drugs, i.e., violate probation, you're going back to jail. And that's exactly what happened this morning at the Beverly Hills Courthouse: Lohan was placed under custody with no bail, according to live reports on KTLA. She's expected to be transferred to the Lynwood jail facility. Lohan recently failed two drug tests and tweeted that she...