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Having experienced the most spiritual growth of his life in the last year, the songbird from San Pedro is finally ready to fully share himself — and his first album in six years — with the world.

In the 1950s, he quickly developed a reputation for being a gun-toting, switchblade-carrying man on one hand and an impossibly tender soul who could write love songs with the facility of angels on the other.

The L.A. multi-disciplinary artist's practice is about intersections — both literal and figurative.

With a new EP and outlook on life, the L.A. artist is reaching toward his truest self.

SoCal Temperatures Tumble as a Late Winter Storm Brings Rain and Snow Belen De Leon and Jonathan Lloyd © Provided by NBC Los Angeles Rain drops splash in a Studio City pool March 3, 2021. Rain, snow and cool temperatures are in the mid-week forecast as a weak late winter storm pushes into Southern California.  The region has been basking in warm temperatures, but that changed Wednesday morning as temperatures dropped.  [wx-radar /] “Today it’s going to be much cooler,”...

“Tom was so much more than a councilperson. He was 24/7 working for L.A. with tireless energy,” wrote Gerry Hans, president of the community organization Friends of Griffith Park, to KCET. LaBonge first worked for Mayor Tom Bradley’s youth program in 1974. Two years later, he was hired by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson and, four years later, he went on to serve Councilman John Ferraro. He ran for city council in 1993 but lost. Instead, he became an aide to Mayor Richard Riordan. In 2000, he...