Stories by Daniel B. Wood
Daniel B. Wood is a staff writer for the Christian Science Monitor.
Housing bust and falling sales-tax revenues remind some officials of the period before 2001 recession.
Posted on Oct 24, 2007
Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles opened its fourth location last week, providing jobs and training to former gangsters.
Posted on Oct 9, 2007
A bill is on the governor's desk, and 4 of 5 state residents back it. But restaurant chains say mandatory measures are lawsuits waiting to happen.
Posted on Sep 21, 2007
Condos and apartments are the new no-smoking frontier. Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
Posted on Feb 9, 2007
The high-profile election of charismatic Antonio Villaraigosa as mayor of Los Angeles builds on Hispanic gains in government over the past 25 years.
Posted on May 20, 2005
