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Steve Lopez

Escaping the 405 mess on flights of fancy - July 11, 2011 - Hot air balloons, blimps and human catapults will go into service beginning promptly at 6 a.m. Saturday to transport people over the...

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Californians are paying a high price for a low car tax - July 11, 2011 - Republican legislators have been taking credit justifiably for cuts in sales and car taxes. But they're disingenuously denying any...

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Sandy Banks

Who's the real victim? It's all about perception - July 9, 2011 - My column on sexual assault allegations against a...

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Hector Tobar

Los Angeles needs an attitude adjustment regarding bicyclists - July 8, 2011 - In the beginning, there was Ma' Bell, Muff, Skull, and five others. They pedaled around downtown together, surprising a few motorists with...

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James Rainey

On the Media: A DUI cop exposé — by a DUI suspect - July 2, 2011 - The series of stories in the Santa Barbara News-Press would have drawn attention for its sheer mass: 19,000 words, spread across five days...

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Business Columnists

Michael Hiltzik

BMW layoffs exemplify the evisceration of the middle class - July 3, 2011 - By all accounts, BMW's parts distribution warehouse in Ontario was one of the jewels of the company's system.

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David Lazarus

Hung up on sky-high pay phone rates - July 8, 2011 - In this hyper-connected age of cellphones and iPads, few of us have to use pay phones anymore. But it still happens, especially when you'...

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Tom Petruno

Economy: Muddling along might have to be enough for now - July 5, 2011 - America is getting good at muddling through.

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Liz Weston

Don't wait to start saving for retirement - July 10, 2011 - Dear Liz: I am 25 and work part time while I finish my bachelor's degree. Most of my family thinks the amount I could contribute to...

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Chris Erskine

Man of the House: A beef with the food police - July 9, 2011 - I'm no hedonist, but I'm willing to learn.

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Sports Columnists

Bill Plaschke

A funny thing happened to the Lakers' Ron Artest - July 9, 2011 - Amid these increasingly difficult times of conflict and strife, I set out Friday night in search of world peace.

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T.J. Simers

Bonding with the grandkid is a walk in the (amusement) park - July 11, 2011 - I need another vacation.

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Bill Dwyre

At the British Open, a bunker mentality is required - July 11, 2011 - It is time for the annual visit to the Field of Nightmares for our United States pro golfers.

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Helene Elliott

Kings make an aggressive deal to get Mike Richards - June 23, 2011 - Dean Lombardi believes the Kings' time is now, that the distance to their ultimate goal is shorter than the bumpy road they've traveled...

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Jerry Crowe

Ambrose Schindler followed his own road to success at USC and beyond - July 10, 2011 - Ambrose Schindler, player of the game in the 1940 Rose Bowl, inspired one of the most delightfully alliterative nicknames in USC...

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Gregory Rodriguez

Rodriguez: L.A.'s way is the freeway - July 9, 2011 - Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's office released a mildly amusing list of 53 suggestions for surviving "Carmageddon," one...

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Opinion Columnists

Doyle McManus

McManus: A measured U.S. response in Syria - July 10, 2011 - When pro-democracy demonstrations erupted in Syria this spring, President Obama offered Syrian President Bashar Assad one more chance to...

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Tim Rutten

Rutten: The end of American optimism - July 6, 2011 - It's sometimes useful to see ourselves as others do, and reports this Independence Day weekend in a couple of English-speaking...

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Meghan Daum

Daum: You pays your money … - July 7, 2011 - There's something exhilarating about walking out of a movie. Not only does it reacquaint you with the notion of your own free will ("...

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