Last look at Van Nuys location
WNET and the influence of David KochThese are some highlights from the past week of posts on the five LA Observed blogs, since I know some of you cut out early for a long weekend...
From News & Chatter:
- Joe Francis goes wild on Times woman
- CBS packrats ordered to clean up NOW!
- Amy Wilentz journalizes California
- City Council won't take your guff anymore
- Bon App�tit editor snubbed at Spago and doesn't like it
- LAT plans ads for sections fronts
- More Mel Gibson coverage than I care to repeat, but it's all in the Hollywood News archive.
From Mark Lacter at LA Biz Observed:
- Bring back Hollywood morals clauses?
- Chandlers and Tribune talking again
- Warning to you poor Adelphia customers
- What did Haim Saban know
Over on Native Intelligence:
- Bruce Feirstein can see Mel Gibson at the Wailing Wall now
- Deanne Stillman imagines Marilyn Monroe and JFK's first presidential briefing
- Denise Hamilton checks out Culture Clash's play at the Taper
- David Rensin boils over reading the paper
Plus: Jenny Burman explains the origin of Chicken Corner in Echo Park, while in sports FC Barcelona comes to town, so does Greg Maddux, and local hero Floyd Landis's moment of stardom fades from tarnished to just about out.