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Withering LA election turnouts, Ferguson report, Skid Row's history
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Mar 4, 2015
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Withering LA election turnouts, Ferguson report, Skid Row's history

L.A. had an election and less than 10 percent of voters showed up, disturbing findings in Justice Department's Ferguson report, how Skid Row came to be.

File photo: In Tuesday's LAUSD school board race, voters sent three incumbents to runoffs against their strongest challengers.
File photo: In Tuesday's LAUSD school board race, voters sent three incumbents to runoffs against their strongest challengers.
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LA had an election and less than 10% of voters showed up, disturbing findings in Justice Department's Ferguson report, how Skid Row came to be.

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According to preliminary numbers from the L.A. City Clerk's office, less than 9 percent of registered voters went to the polls yesterday.
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L.A. voters approved Charter Amendments 1 & 2, two measures that will move municipal and school board elections from odd to even-numbered years to align with statewide and national elections.
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Voter turnout in LA is among the worst in the state. So we chose one person who doesn't usually vote and we tried to #MakeAlCare. This is his journey.
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UC president Janet Napolitano announced to a legislative hearing that UC campuses can no longer wait to send out their acceptance and rejection letters
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Early versions of the report found that African Americans in Ferguson are disproportionately subject to excessive police force.
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"Skid Row" – it's a term used to describe the part of any city that's seedy, rough and dangerous. The bad part of town.
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Twenty-five years ago, the book "City of Quartz" by Mike Davis was published.
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How come the former staff of legendary coach Phil Jackson have trouble keeping their coaching jobs? Could the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight be the top sports event of the decade? And who, besides LeBron James, could claim the basketball MVP? We cover these topics and more with Andy and Brian Kamenetzky.
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The measles outbreak in the U.S. sparked debates about children and vaccination, but it turns out that a lack of vaccinations among adults is also a problem.
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We hear all the time about the lack of diversity in film and television, but what about other forms of media? Say, video games?
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Stanford scientists say the state is much more likely to experience current drought conditions because of human-caused climate change.
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With California's snow pack far below normal, and residents nowhere near Gov. Jerry Brown's 20 percent water conservation goal, what is California's plan?
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The restaurant was founded by family patriarch Fernando Lopez Sr. and has been praised as center of Oaxaca life in Los Angeles.
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On Tuesday, hundreds of mourners turned out for a service in the San Fernando Valley for the singer Ariel Camacho, who died last week in a car accident in Sinaloa, Mexico.