MacArthur Park cleanup: Blink and you missed it

LA’s recent cleanup of MacArthur Park provides a textbook case of that familiar government malady: going through the motions. Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez, whose district contains the embarrassing cesspool, made sure cameras rolled as she touted a grand park cleanup event, complete with “free” trees and water. Just one problem: A week later, the park resembles...