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Hammer Museum names a new director, ending speculation over one of L.A.’s prized art posts

Hammer Museum names a new director, ending speculation over one of L.A.’s prized art posts

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 30, 2024art, museum, leadership, women, los angeles, culture

Where to get free trees in Los Angeles and Orange counties

Where to get free trees in Los Angeles and Orange counties

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 26, 2024los angeles, environment, public space, civic engagement

Los Angeles has to rezone the entire city. Why are officials protecting single-family-home neighborhoods?

Los Angeles has to rezone the entire city. Why are officials protecting single-family-home neighborhoods?

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 26, 2024los angeles, urban design, urban planning, policy, housing, economics

Dataland, the world’s first AI arts museum, will anchor the Grand complex in downtown L.A.

Dataland, the world’s first AI arts museum, will anchor the Grand complex in downtown L.A.

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 24, 2024art, artists, museum, design, los angeles, technology, media

A huge deposit of marine fossils found under San Pedro High School

A huge deposit of marine fossils found under San Pedro High School

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 13, 2024environment, los angeles, history

Las Vegas Places a Bet on a New Art Museum, With Help From L.A.

Las Vegas Places a Bet on a New Art Museum, With Help From L.A.

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 5, 2024art, museum, los angeles, finance, civic space, infrastructure, cities

Caltech’s latest STEM breakthrough: Most of its new students are women

Caltech’s latest STEM breakthrough: Most of its new students are women

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 27, 2024los angeles, women, gender, education, youth, science

Three Los Angeles Museums Team Up to Acquire Art

Three Los Angeles Museums Team Up to Acquire Art

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 26, 2024art, artists, culture, los angeles, museum

Can AI dream up a more sustainable Los Angeles?

Can AI dream up a more sustainable Los Angeles?

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 15, 2024technology, los angeles, media, art, sustainability

Thousands are housed as L.A. County makes progress on Skid Row

Thousands are housed as L.A. County makes progress on Skid Row

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 13, 2024los angeles, housing, policy, government

L.A. is too ugly now to host the Olympics. Here’s how we can fix it before 2028

L.A. is too ugly now to host the Olympics. Here’s how we can fix it before 2028

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 10, 2024los angeles, art, cities, culture, public art, civic space, public space

Los Four's LACMA show commemorated 50 years later at Chinatown gallery

Los Four's LACMA show commemorated 50 years later at Chinatown gallery

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 9, 2024los angeles, art, artists, culture, community

A weird, whimsical game is hiding in the bookshelves at Los Angeles Public Library

A weird, whimsical game is hiding in the bookshelves at Los Angeles Public Library

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 7, 2024los angeles, community, culture, civic engagement

Will global warming turn L.A. into San Bernardino? Map models climate change in 60 years

Will global warming turn L.A. into San Bernardino? Map models climate change in 60 years

Cynthia HirschhornAugust 4, 2024climate, los angeles, environment, resiliency, science

L.A. County supervisors reaffirm policy against jailing homeless people after anticamping high court ruling

L.A. County supervisors reaffirm policy against jailing homeless people after anticamping high court ruling

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 30, 2024housing, policy, los angeles, government, civic space, public space, police

Did Mayor Karen Bass just save outdoor dining in L.A.?

Did Mayor Karen Bass just save outdoor dining in L.A.?

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 30, 2024los angeles, policy, culture, community, workforce, government, civic space, civic engagement

Clear Encampments? Mind Your Own Business, Los Angeles Tells Newsom.

Clear Encampments? Mind Your Own Business, Los Angeles Tells Newsom.

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 26, 2024los angeles, housing, urban planning, policy, government

Column: 1984 Olympic Arts Festival all but reinvented L.A. Why the 2028 Games could do the same

Column: 1984 Olympic Arts Festival all but reinvented L.A. Why the 2028 Games could do the same

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 26, 2024los angeles, global, media, culture, citiies, sports, art, artists, economics, urban design

As the world arrives for the Olympics, Paris food goes local. How can L.A. compete?

As the world arrives for the Olympics, Paris food goes local. How can L.A. compete?

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 24, 2024global, cities, los angeles, sustainability, civic engagement

Homeless encampment cleanups do little to change numbers of people on the street, study finds

Homeless encampment cleanups do little to change numbers of people on the street, study finds

Cynthia HirschhornJuly 24, 2024housing, los angeles, infrastructure, public space, civic space, policy