Best of the week

Some of what passed across the LA Observed front page in the past seven days...

Streisand and Hollywood heavies christen RAND's global issues salon in Bel-Air
Ex-assemblyman Marco Firebaugh dies
Gustavo and the Chicano All-Stars: it's no band
Channel 5's sad talent blogs
Showdown above Sunset Strip: Boozer v. Prince
UCLA students make another Undie Run
Westwood's farmers market evicted
Welton Becket's House of Tomorrow on Wilshire
Andy Spahn exits DreamWorks
Rick Orlov returns to City Hall's press room
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