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Hack4LA Winners Get $25,000 For Civic Hacking Efforts

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Hack4LA , the recent hackathon which pitted Los Angeles developers, students, and residents to come up with ideas an apps to tap into open government data, has create a site listing out the winners and participants in the event. The hackathon said that it had over 400 people attend, and had 40 apps created.

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Hack4LA Looks To Help Local Communities, Government

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This Hackathon--sponsored by such companies as Google, Scopely, ESRI, Factual, LA Makerspace, AT&T and others--is being held in Boyle Heights on June 1st and 2nd. Coaches and mentors from companies like Topspin Media, Citysearch, Beachbody, Lootsie, Datapop, and Carbon also are involved.

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Microsoft Donates $1M To Local Education Effort

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A Los Angeles area school is the beneficiary of what software giant Microsoft says is its single largest technology donation, ever, to a school. Microsoft said the grant is going to the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, to create a model for the Los Angeles Unified School District to elevate teacher and student technology skills.

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In SF, tech crumbled the American dream — LA can do better

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With San Francisco gold-plated, who’s to say Los Angeles is far behind? Anti-gentrification activists in Boyle Heights and downtown have succeeded in their efforts to close at least one art gallery. Los Angeles doesn’t need to become another San Francisco. They’ve picketed businesses like Weird Wave Coffee.