By TARA PARKER-POPE

Published: February 23, 2009

The best way to improve children’s performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it.

Well

Should schools make recess and outdoor time [...]

Break away pack. 700 miles of pain. Martin Elmiger AG2R-La Mondiale, Markus Zberg BMC, Christian Vande Velde Garmin-Slipstream.

Lance Armstrong rides again.

Levi Leipheimer Yellow Jersey

Green Sprint Jersey Mark Cavendish

The peloton.

Robert Garcia, The City Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA, and Chad Fenwick, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA, USA, have published an article on Social Science, Equal Justice, and Public Health Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles, in the Journal of Public Health Policy (2009) 30, S26–S32.

The article is a case study on using [...]

14 de enero de 2009
Presidente Barack Obama
La Casa Blanca
Washington, D.C.
Re: El estímulo fiscal, las obras públicas, y la justicia: Parques, escuelas y comunidades saludables—para todos
Estimado Presidente Obama:

El estímulo fiscal y las proyectadas obras públicas creará trabajos para una nación en crisis de desempleo mientras crea la oportunidad de construir comunidades saludables y habitables para todos. [...]

The YWCA Hollywood Studio Club was designed by architect Julia Morgan and opened in 1926, offering low-cost housing for young women hoping to make it in the movies.
Learn more about the Monuments,
Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

Built in 1892, it became the Girls’ Collegiate Boarding School in 1915. In 1942 it was turned into a home for destitute women and girls.
Learn more about the Monuments,
Diversity, and Democracy campaign.
Visit the Heritage Parkscape online and on flickr.

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WE WON! DIVERSE ALLIES SAVED PANHE AND SAN ONOFRE, AND STOPPED THE TOLL ROAD!

Malibu Public Access for All

Healthy Parks, Schools, and Communities Los Angeles City Council Highlights

Vista Hermosa Park Grand Opening

Keep State Parks Open for All!

SCAG Multiagency Effort to Improve Access to Parks and Recreation

Miguel Contreras Schools, Pools and [...]

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When Barack Obama took the podium for his victory speech on the night of November 4, 2008, he began with the grace, humility and inclusiveness that one hopes will be the hallmark of his presidency.  He began: “If there is anyone out there who [...]

L.A. County Plan for Expanded Urban Oil Drilling Draws Fire
By Peter B. Matuszak
Daily Journal Staff Writer
peter_matuszak@dailyjournal.com
www.dailyjournal.com/law
December 1, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Environmentalists and community groups have filed three lawsuits against a county-approved plan to expand oil drilling in the heart of South Los Angeles.
The county Board of Supervisors in October gave the go-ahead to Houston-based Plains [...]

The beauty of the Baldwin Hills parks and homes is marred by urban oil field blight. Download 22 images of the active oil fields taken from the final Environmental Impact Report published in October 2008. [PDF 2.7 MB]