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TOM LaBONGE was an enthusiastic supporter of Los Angeles and the Miracle Mile. Councilman Tom LaBonge’s dream to connect residents and visitors from far and wide on seamless transportation throughout his favorite city is coming closer to a reality. When the Metro “D” (formerly Purple) Line subway station opens at Wilshire / La Brea — scheduled for 2023 — passengers will see signs honoring the former local councilman, also known as “Mr. Los Angeles” and an all-around gr...

LARCHMONT LEADER Joane Heggenberger Pickett and other fans celebrate the Boulevard with Councilman LaBonge in 2006. Photo by Wiley Pickett Former City Councilman Tom LaBonge brought his love of Los Angeles and enthusiasm everywhere he went, from his regular hikes in Griffith Park, to dining at Pink’s Hot Dog stand and to city streets, where he would help city crews pick up trash. He lit up the Larchmont Chronicle offices when he walked in with a boisterous hello, and, during the holidays, he...

Letters to the Editor: Mayor Richard Riordan remembers Tom LaBonge the peacemaker © (Los Angeles Times) City Councilman Tom LaBonge walks on Mount Lee above the Hollywood Sign on April 26, 2010. (Los Angeles Times) To the editor: My heart broke when I heard of former L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonges sudden death. He was my dear friend and a consummate public servant who loved Los Angeles. Honest, jovial and smart, he was a master navigator of our citys complex bureaucracy, equally skilled a...

Print To the editor: My heart broke when I heard of former L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge’s sudden death. He was my dear friend and a consummate public servant who loved Los Angeles. Honest, jovial and smart, he was a master navigator of our city’s complex bureaucracy, equally skilled at getting streets fixed and calming upset residents. Tom was chief of field operations when I was mayor. I vividly remember the day we accompanied Atty. Gen. Janet Reno on a tour of Pico Aliso Village. The...

Sign up to get The Wild sent weekly to your inbox. Welcome, readers of The Wild. I was thrilled to learn bald eagles nicknamed Shadow and Jackie laid the first egg of the season last week. The birds gained rock-star popularity ever since Friends of Big Bear Valley trained a webcam on the Big Bear Lake nest five years ago. About 5,000 people watch at any given time during the breeding period. But when I tuned in Thursday, I didn’t see the eagles. What I saw were two ravens picking at what was...

TOP STORIES As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on impeaching President Trump today for a second time and the FBI vows to prosecute hundreds of his supporters who took part in last week’s deadly U.S. Capitol assault, the president’s hold on the Republican Party is weakening. Several House Republicans — including the No. 3 GOP leader, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — announced they would vote for impeachment. The New York Times reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConn...

“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...

Two of these Toms died on the same night last week. Explaining L.A. With Patt Morrison Los Angeles is a complex place. In this weekly feature, Patt Morrison is explaining how it works, its history and its culture. Tommy Lasorda was 93, the Dodgers’ manager emeritus, the man who bled Dodger blue since Brooklyn. Tom LaBonge was 67, a city aide, a mayor’s deputy, a councilman and eternally a groupie for the city that LaBonges have called home since at least 1901, when a barber named LaBonge se...

By City News Service Delta Air Lines Unveils $229-Million Dollar Enhancement Of LAX Terminal 5 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The LAX pylons are drenched in Dodger blue and white this weekend as the city continues to  mourn the death of former Councilmember Tom LaBonge, whose enthusiasm for the city and seemingly endless knowledge of its history earned him the nickname “Mr. Los Angeles.   LaBonge died Thursday at age 67. He represented the councils Fourth District from 2001-15, overseeing an area ...

President Trump after last week’s ransacking of the U.S. Capitol, unless Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet agree to remove him under the 25th Amendment. Pelosi’s plan, disclosed in a letter to colleagues, came as a second Republican senator — Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania — joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in calling on Trump to resign over his incitement of the mob that attacked the seat of Congress on Wednesday. It’s part of an intensifying push by lawmakers ...