Who Wants to Build a Football Stadium We Could Nickname ‘The Rain Barrel’?

In Exactly Four Years From Today, L.A.'s Thirst for Water and the NFL Could Be Quenched

Could a new pro football stadium help California beat its drought?

That’s the ambitious goal of the latest stadium proposal to appear in Los Angeles. The project—details of which are only now becoming public—would provide more than merely a home for the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars, who are looking to leave their smaller market in North Florida. The proposed stadium would double as one of the world’s largest and most advanced water recycling facilities.

The new stadium would be designed to help capture and clean rainwater from Los Angeles’ infrequent …

by Joe Mathews | April 1, 2015

Why This Food Writer Refuses to Review Street Vendors

If I Tell You Where to Find the Best Goat Stew in L.A., I’d Be Putting People—and Their Livelihoods—at Risk

by Javier Cabral | March 26, 2015

I just had the best birria of my life. This is not an understatement. It is a claim I make as a shameless momma’s boy whose mom cooked birria once …

Let’s Toast China’s President, California’s Savior

Thanks to Xi Jinping, Chinese Millionaires Have Propped Up the State’s Sagging Real Estate Market, Universities, and Companies

by Joe Mathews | March 26, 2015

Dear President Xi Jinping,

This is a thank you note from California.

Thank you, first off, for sustaining our neighborhoods through these last difficult years. Thank you for keeping wealthy Chinese so …

What Would Happen If We Put Teachers in Charge of School Reform?

Innovations Like New Standardized Tests and Merit Pay Distract Those of Us Who Are Trying to Make Real Change in the Classroom

by Greg Jouriles | March 25, 2015

Being a teacher has always been a challenge. It is a much greater challenge in the era of “reform.” It has been infuriating to read all the silliness, even worse …

The Funniest Part of California’s 1978 Tax Revolt

How Conservative Crusader Howard Jarvis Got His Cameo in the Cult Comedy Airplane!

by Joel Fox | February 24, 2015

My guess is that few people in the audience at the Zócalo/KCRW screening of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s favorite movie Airplane! will recognize the man who hails a taxi at LAX …

Free Community College Isn’t the Answer

The President’s Tuition Giveaway Won’t Land More People Middle-Class Jobs. Here’s What Will.

by Michael Bernick | February 3, 2015

In the past few weeks, President Obama’s free community college tuition proposal has received a lot of media attention as a strategy for rebuilding the middle class. Even if the …

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Who Wants to Build a Football Stadium We Could Nickname ‘The Rain Barrel’?

In Exactly Four Years From Today, L.A.'s Thirst for Water and the NFL Could Be Quenched

Why This Food Writer Refuses to Review Street Vendors

If I Tell You Where to Find the Best Goat Stew in L.A., I’d Be Putting People—and Their Livelihoods—at Risk

Let’s Toast China’s President, California’s Savior

Thanks to Xi Jinping, Chinese Millionaires Have Propped Up the State’s Sagging Real Estate Market, Universities, and Companies

What Would Happen If We Put Teachers in Charge of School Reform?

Innovations Like New Standardized Tests and Merit Pay Distract Those of Us Who Are Trying to Make Real Change in the Classroom

The Funniest Part of California’s 1978 Tax Revolt

How Conservative Crusader Howard Jarvis Got His Cameo in the Cult Comedy Airplane!

Free Community College Isn’t the Answer

The President’s Tuition Giveaway Won’t Land More People Middle-Class Jobs. Here’s What Will.

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If We Name It, Will They Come?

Zócalo’s Readers On What To Call L.A.’s Arriving-Soon-Honest-Any-Minute-Now NFL Team

In California, Pro Football Is for Losers

As Big Cities Shed the NFL, Only Smaller, Poorer Cities Are Desperate Enough to Host Teams

The NFL’s Return to Los Angeles Is a Terrible Idea

Angelenos Don’t Need a Distracting, Wasteful, and Financially Risky Team

How the NFL and American Politicians Politicized (and Helped Merchandise) Pro Football

In the ’60s and ’70s, Gridiron Fans Like Richard Nixon and Bobby Kennedy Embraced the Sport That Wanted Their Attention

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