Which Way, L.A.?
Reviving LA's Iconic Mural Movement
An LA ordinance limiting outdoor advertising, including "mural signs." Some 400 murals have been painted over in the past decade. Can the city revive its mural tradition?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenA Los Angeles ordinance limiting outdoor advertising contained the phrase "mural sign" and, bureaucracy being what it is, some 400 murals have been painted over in the past 10 years. Now, the City Council wants to make LA the mural capital of the world again. It's not just preservation, but new works, too. What's the difference between murals and graffiti? Also, California's Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols reports from the climate change conference in South Africa, and there's big money for baseball in Southern California. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, has the war with Iran already begun?
Banner image: A man walks in front of a mural in downtown Los Angeles, California. Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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4 storiesCalifornia Report from UN Climate Summit in South Africa
The Kyoto Protocols will expire next year, but no member of Congress made the trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, where almost 200 nations are trying to hammer out a new international policy. But Mary Nichols, head of California's Air Resources Board is on the scene.
Read the story10 minLA Tries to Restore the Tradition of Murals
Los Angeles was once the mural capital of the world, but in 2002, art on the walls of private property was made illegal by an ordinance designed to limit commercial signs, including billboards. Since then, some 400 murals have been painted over.
Read the story11 minAngels Score a Coup by Signing Pujols
The Dodgers are still in bankruptcy, trying to maximize the value of a team that will soon be up for sale. Meantime, the Angels have made a deal one baseball fan calls " insane ." He's Jon Weisman, who writes DodgerThoughts.com and is author of 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die .
Read the story5 minHas the War with Iran Already Begun?
Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates for president have accused President Obama of not doing enough to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. At today's news conference, the President struck back hard. Is Obama lax about Iran's possible nuclear weapon, or is he George W. "Bush on steroids?"
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