Tracks magazine has gone on hiatus after a little more than a year, while management pursues "new financing support with the goal of relaunching the magazine in the future."
The Times proclaims Xeni Jardin "the wizard of blogs."
Mark Sarvas of the The Elegant Variation gets a nice treatment in the Times, with picture, for his role in the new Litblog Coop. The positive ink won't affect his weekly bashing of the Times Book Review, he says.
Jonathan Gold's LA Weekly food writing is nominated for a James Beard award. Helene Siegel is in the running too (with Fran Bigelow) for their book Pure Chocolate.
The NYT's Sunday Styles visits the million-dollar mobile homes of Malibu.
More by Kevin Roderick:
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Last bastion of free parking? Loyola Marymount to charge students
Matt Kemp, Dodgers and Kings start big weekend the right way
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