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June 29, 2006
LA Observed plans to take advantage of the holiday calendar and call a first hiatus of the summer. Per the server stats it's been a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In the Thursday Styles section of the New York Times, Sharon Waxman laments that so many male feet in Los Angeles—by which she means Hollywood—are... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Los Angeles airport chief Lydia Kennard today described $1.2 billion worth of coming improvements to LAX: an expanded Bradley International Terminal, realignment of the southernmost... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Daily Telegraph correspondent Catherine Elsworth returned to her post in West Hollywood from a trip home to the U.K. with a serious jones for David... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Morning Buzz had an item the other day about a large flock of Caspian and elegant terns—rarely seen here—colonizing two rock barges in Long... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Boi from Troy is checking out a report that the male yell leaders won't be back on the sidelines at Trojans football games this fall.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Brad Friedman's Los Angeles-based liberal blog has been all over the vote irregularity issues in the Busby-Bilbray congressional race in San Diego County. Friedman is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Copley Press Inc. of San Diego says it is "exploring strategic alternatives" that could include selling the Daily Breeze, Palos Verdes Peninsula News and The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yesterday's Morning Buzz mentioned FishbowlLA's search for a staffer to replace the "guest blogger" who has been holding the fort. Later in the day, this... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yesterday's almost entirely positive media story on Nikki Finke gets another day in the news, thanks to her insistence that the piece by Jon Friedman... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Daily News' Mariel Garza blogs about the physical effects of trading her car for the bus this month. I have two blisters on my... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lots of coverage out of City Hall and on the mayor's school plan, plus new Los Angeles World Airports chief Lydia Kennard gives a big... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 28, 2006
Back in February, some will remember, I linked to video game re-creations of old Southern California amusements like Busch Gardens, Jungleland, Nu Pike and the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman got columnist-blogger Nikki Finke to come out to lunchdinner with him in Santa Monica and calls her "a rarity at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Marilyn W. Thompson becomes the national investigative editor, based in Washington, on September 1. She is currently editor and vice president of the Lexington (Ky.)... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Come on in, look around. It's easy—just click on the red Buzz.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 27, 2006
Speaking of Animal Services, the department recently accepted an offer from Hooters to throw a benefit bikini contest. Hooters has done it for other animal... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Michael Walker at Laurel Canyon the Book hopes the cat run over on Barham Boulevard wasn't the one that had been using his lower deck.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Vandenberg Air Force Base announced that tonight's Delta 4 rocket launch is scheduled for a more-exact 8:14 pm. Countdown has started, but fueling was suspended... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services—whose chief, Ed Boks, has a blog—has begun giving websites a little piece of code that will display a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
They give up on Jae Seo in a trade with the Devil Rays for sub-.500 veteran lefty Mark Hendrickson, who appears to have made a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It happened Sunday night on Woodale Avenue in Arleta, says the Daily News' Susan Abram. Filimon Ramos was killed and his 19-year-old son wounded, apparently... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I guess LATimes.com admired last week's Ghana hed on ESPN so much—as I did on Thursday—that they decided to borrow it for the top of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimon's so-called town meeting with Los Angeles Times employees this morning is being held in the Norman Chandler Auditorium. It's named for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Villaraigosa and the MTA unions will announce—and I quote—a "historic settlement" at the transit agency's office tower at 1:15 this afternoon. The mayor's office... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Big bunch of news nuggets this morning—click on the Buzz to come inside. Tonight is the satellite launch over the Pacific, which can make for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 26, 2006
Civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman made bail on income tax evasion charges after spending part of Friday in jail and returned to his office on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The so-called 912 Commission is charged with reviewing, evaluating and making recommendations to improve the nascent neighborhood council system. Mayor Villaraigosa named his fourteen appointees... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller this morning distributed a statement on the paper's publication of details about the CIA-Treasury Department program of tracing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I haven't mentioned it much because it's frankly kind of lame, but for 111 days the Times has kept two goldfish in an aquarium supposedly... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KCRW music host Chris Douridas will NOT be charged with kidnapping or a sex crime in connection with his arrest on suspicion of drugging a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If it's clear tomorrow night, start eyeing the western sky after 7 pm. Vandenberg has scheduled the launch of a Delta IV rocket between 19:00... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tribune CEO Dennis J. FitzSimons is dropping in on the L.A. Times tomorrow for a "town hall" meeting with employees. (With the cutbacks I think... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Following the news in this morning's Wall Street Journal (and in the Morning Buzz), Rafat Ali makes announcements about his deal for financing at paidContent.org.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Overnight thunder and lightning, one of the rarer pleasures of L.A. summer. Thoroughly enjoyed here in Mar Vista until the following shower chased me and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 25, 2006
As Mariel Garza notes in today's Daily News, Saturday will mark Antonio Villaraigosa's anniversary as mayor. With murmurs out of Sacramento that the mayor's school... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Developer and big-time Villaraigosa contributor Richard Meruelo was banned from building on his land near Union Station for five years for tearing down some... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last night at the Biltmore the L.A. Press Club bestowed its awards for the year. Selected winners: Journalists of the Year: Barbara Demick, Los Angeles... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Antonio Villaraigosa added another first to his resume on Saturday. He became the only mayor to play in the annual Hollywood Stars softball game at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 23, 2006
Legendary television producer Aaron Spelling died this evening, five days after suffering a stroke. His wife Candy and son Randy were at his side, according... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• It took a shot from a Taser to end a pursuit and traffic-snarling standoff on the westbound San Bernardino Freeway in Baldwin Park. •... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Two items: Josiah Beeman, the former aide to San Francisco politicians and Ambassador to New Zealand and Western Samoa for President Clinton, died at age... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Seen on the wall in the second-floor Calendar area at the Los Angeles Times: FOR SALE: Major metropolitan daily newspaper (slightly used). 312 222 4300... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
When a non-political blogger actually does some digging to get a story, we applaud. So kudos to Ethan Lindsey at LAist for noticing that the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Since we're talking cats this week, a reader in Glendale passes along more sightings: No photographic evidence; but up here on the shoulder of the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
On KPCC right now, Patt Morrison has on Times Washington bureau chief Doyle McManus talking about their paper's decision to run this story disclosing secret... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Civil rights attorney—and long-time thorn in the side of local law enforcement officials—Stephen Yagman has been indicted on nineteen counts of income tax evasion. The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lighter than usual today, but hey, it's the first Friday of summer. Click on the Buzz to see what's up.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Morning Buzz will be up later today.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 22, 2006
Wednesday's Morning Buzz reprinted an email from the president of the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council warning residents that a dog had fallen prey to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Six Flags announed plans to sell or close Magic Mountain and its five other parks, leading to speculation that the Valencia landmark could be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Alvaro Luna-Jara, a member of the Dogtown street gang, is suspected of shooting and killing 12-year-old Steven Morales on Avenue 58 in 1998. Luna-Jara fled... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This week's Palisadian Post leads with the news that Mort's Deli might be for sale. The owner isn't talking, but plenty of others are. Former... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
My favorite reads of the week have been Thomas Curwen's musings on Los Angeles and the automobile in the Times' commemorative issue of the Highway... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Noam Levey was ensconced as a City Hall reporter for the Los Angeles Times until becoming an item with Leslie Pollner of Councilwoman Wendy Greuel's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Landon Donovan's body language says it all. The Americans were eliminated from the World Cup, losing to Ghana 2-1. My favorite headline, from ESPN: Going,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Villaraigosa's compromise deal on the schools gets a lot of attention in the Morning Buzz, naturally. There's a lot more, of course. Click on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 21, 2006
• Our southern end of the San Andreas Fault has accumulated enormous stress that could blow in the form of major quake at any time,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Associated Press story out of Sacramento bills this morning's agreement (earlier post) on the LAUSD as a compromise in which Mayor Villaraigosa gets a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Headline at the top of LATimes.com: Gunmen Snuff Lawyer for Saddam * 1:55 pm update: Changed.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
T Bone Burnett did indeed play the El Rey last night, as not scheduled, then scheduled, then moved, then moved back again. If that seems... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
CityBeat and its parent company, Southland Publishing, are moving on up. Southland closed escrow on the gorgeous former Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles branch... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Staffers in the Los Angeles Times newsroom have discovered they cannot fully connect with the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. You know, the renowned... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Author, Emmy nominee and longtime LAT columnist Al Martinez is giving his literary archive to the Huntington Library. The library will fete him Thursday at... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano has caught a media wave with his Q-and-A column. There was the book deal, now an appearance on Comedy Central.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Hmm. This will incite more grumbles that the mayor's trip to Sacramento was at least partly a choreographed show. Villaraigosa, Democratic leaders in the Legislature... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I reported the other day on John Stodder's motions for a new trial or acquittal in the Fleishman-Hillard billing case. Doug Dowie, his former boss... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Click on the Buzz to take a peek inside at the popular morning news briefing. Today's offering includes Eli Broad talking about buying the L.A.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 20, 2006
• Tribune chief Dennis J. FitzSimons vows to stand up to the big bad Chandlers. • A spill of cooking oil closed three lanes of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The newlywed son of that Minnesota woman crushed by a police SUV on an Oxnard beach might annul his marriage to get past the emotions... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A confounded LA Observed reader sent along this little observation about tonight's T Bone Burnett show on Wilshire: This is just plain weird. A couple... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I didn't notice this anywhere else, but the Daily Breeze story on yesterday's dueling Sacramento dog-and-pony shows over LAUSD control mentions that Mayor Villaraigosa has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The elections director in King County, Washington is coming here to take the job of chief deputy registrar of Los Angeles County. Dean Logan's tenure... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Channel 2 photographer Bryan Frank had one of those weeks where you drive and drive and drive, and never get anywhere. As he blogs it,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Getty looks like it's ready to give back some disputed art to make the museum's Italian problem go away. Plus Antonio Villaraigosa, Jerry Perenchio... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 19, 2006
John Stodder, the former Fleishman-Hillard executive convicted last month of wire fraud in the exaggerated-billings case, filed motions today seeking acquittal or a new trial,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's Daily Journal carries an Erin Park story saying that the City Attorney's office spent $10 million on an outside law firm to defend the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's commencement speech Friday at UCLA praised his mother Natalia for supporting him and addressed the news that African American enrollment is down.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Big Sunday package in the Daily Breeze details the proposed redevelopment that would see the number of boat slips reduced, some live-aboard residents displaced and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's briefing is all there when you click on the red Morning Buzz logo. In the meantime, just like every Monday, here are some of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 18, 2006
Cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder has paid $135 million for the 1907 Gustav Klimt portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer that arrived in Los Angeles in April.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Los Angeles now has a media-anointed Yahoo parents group—introduced to the national spotlight in today's Sunday Styles section of the New York Times. Peachhead has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Patrick O'Connor cartoon in the Daily News. Full uncropped version.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Midway through a piece built around some tortured play on 6-6-06 and the Boston Red Sox, ESPN the Magazine columnist Bill Simmons admires Dodger Stadium... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 16, 2006
Well I lied; my desk is anything but clear. Here are some final news notes from the day though. Have a good weekend: • The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The longtime producer of Lakers broadcasts became a household name in Los Angeles through mentions on the air by Chick Hearn. She has been let... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Janelle Brown talks to occupants about what it's like living in Case Study homes or the classic Victorians on Carroll Avenue, given all the tours... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Britney Spears (of the Malibu Spears-Federlines) has shown interest in having her baby in Namibia too, so she can "avoid the media glare" just like... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
MSNBC is getting a divorce from the Connie Chung-Maury Povich team. The Saturday chat experiment "Weekends with Connie and Maury" didn't work out and will... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gawker hears a bit more detail about what soured Erik Wemple on the job of running the Village Voice under Mike Lacey and the New... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An LAPD officer on his way to work at 2:30 am had stopped to help at a wreck near Disneyland when his motorcycle was rammed... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
After two weeks of riding the MTA, Daily News columnist and editorial writer Mariel Garza blogs that she drove her car. "I need to drive... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Peacefire.org, which keeps track of the political websites and other non-sexual sites that are blocked by content filters, sent a note to subscribers saying that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Click on the Buzz and take a peek around at the top news of the day in Los Angeles, plus some politics, a couple of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 15, 2006
Among the gifts that President George W. Bush received from foreign governments in 2004—along with a braided leather whip from the prime minister of Hungary... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chief Bratton posted an item on the LAPD blog that lauds today's Daily News editorial backing his hiring standards. The chief's message could also be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Not that folks at the LA Weekly should be alarmed or anything, but once Erik Wemple got to the Village Voice he decided he didn't... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Controller Laura Chick says her staff has discovered that vendors owe the city close to $500,000 in outstanding payments. • Staffers at the Los... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A day after the Chandler family breakup demand hit the news, Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimons sent a rebuttal from independent members of the Tribune board... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Unable to conclude the search for a chancellor at UCLA, the University of California today said that professor emeritus of law Norman Abrams will become... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mariel Garza has moved her observations about riding the bus from her personal blog onto a sanctioned Daily News spot. Steve Rosenberg, a copy editor... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The July issue of Los Angeles magazine (not online) has a piece by Kim Masters on Paramount's Brad Grey and by David Ferrell on the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lots of news, a Mel Gibson reference, some Media Notes and Gustavo Arellano on the irrational fear of MEChA. Click the Buzz for entry to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 14, 2006
The TSA's security director at Los Angeles International Airport told city officials that the long waits in line outside terminals 1 and 4 are a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Chandler family called for breaking up the Tribune Company into separate newspaper and television units, and possibly selling off the papers. A strongly worded... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Carol J. Williams was put on a military flight out of Guantanamo Bay along with reporters for the Miami Herald and Charlotte Observer, on orders... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
No one even says the paper is for sale, but Eli Broad, Ron Burkle and Peter Ueberroth "reaffirmed this week their interest in bidding for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thanks for your suggestions and comments (mostly very positive) about the Morning Buzz. Still tweaking the design some. As you'll see after the jump.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 13, 2006
I've lost count of how many departures from the Los Angeles Business Journal have been recorded on LA Observed. The latest turnover should get more... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Newspaper editors and reporters are all doing it—taking note of which stories top the most-emailed list and get the most website hits—but everybody denies that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Warren Olney devotes tonight's "Which Way, L.A.?" on KCRW to the South Central Community Gardens evictions. Guests include Daniel Hernandez of the LA Weekly,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That sunbather run over and killed on the beach in Oxnard was Cindy Conolly, 49, of Sioux City, Iowa. She was staying with her fiance... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dispatch from Koreatown: It's 8:42 am and Wilshire Blvd. In Koreatown is choked with traffic, as are all the side streets, after a World Cup... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sheriff's deputies arrived in force at the South Central Community Garden this morning to carry out court-ordered evictions and make arrests. IndyMedia posted a first... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Bit of a new look to the Morning Buzz. Should be more useful, but comments pro and con are appreciated. Just click on the Buzz... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 12, 2006
A police SUV patrolling the beach in Oxnard ran over and killed a woman lying on the sand. The officers didn't discover what happened until... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Came across a website that bills itself as A People’s Guide to LA: "an attempt to map sites of racial and class struggle in Los... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Last week's Los Angeles Times investigative series on judges in Las Vegas was impressive as a piece of reporting, but a bad sign for the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Click on the Buzz for a fix of news and links. And if you're a little behind, here are some of the best posts from... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This week's Los Angeles Alternative goes where few of us would dare tread: restaurants that earned the health department's dreaded C grade. They wouldn't risk... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 11, 2006
The Daily News is calling for readers to send in a 300-word column on the Dodgers, with the chance to win a later assignment to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 09, 2006
Las Vegas Sun columnist Jon Ralston heaps praise on this week's Times series about the city's shady judiciary (link via Romenesko): I'm embarrassed. For the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Flurry of stories this morning on the repercussions of the Chandler family's strained relations with the Tribune Company. The most immediate effect is that the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Bandit tow trucks, taxi stings, serial murders, euthanized kittens. Today's Morning Buzz doesn't present a very pretty picture of Los Angeles, I'm afraid. Good thing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
See it full size at blogger Bad Mom, Good Mom's photo queue, on the recommendation of Angeleno-in-exile Virginia Postrel.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 08, 2006
• CityBeat's cover story by Celia Farber delves into the controversy over the possible AIDS death of three-year-old Eliza Jane Scovill, her mother Christine Maggiore's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sharon Waxman in the New York Times looks for, and mostly doesn't find, larger meaning in the move of Creative Artists Agency and International Creative... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Kate Aurthur has been writing for Calendar, Vanity Fair, Slate and the New York Times. Her father Robert Alan Aurthur was a producer and writer... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Betty Pleasant, the Wave's Soulvine columnist, digs out that congresswoman Maxine Waters has bought a home in Hancock Park—quite a distance from her district covering... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The LA Weekly's cover story by Christine Pelisek reports on a possible link between the murders of ten African Americans in the Los Angeles area.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Times business reporter Kim Christensen has been detached from her his! Hollywood beat to work on the paper's Pellicano investigation team. So they are bringing... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Wall Street Journal comes back today with another revelation about the Tribune Company, reporting that the owner of KTLA and the Los Angeles Times... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases opens today at the Getty Villa, a rare showing of 2,000-year-old pieces from the Getty's collection,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Election wraps, accusations about a major City Hall department head, chilling news about a wounded LAPD officer and more—including a weird coincidence in the case... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 07, 2006
Last night's suspicions proved right on. The Dodgers' Eric Gagne underwent an MRI exam today and will sit for a few days to see if... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Susan Carpenter debuted today as the Los Angeles Times' first motorcycle columnist. Throttle Jockey will run bi-weekly in the Wednesday Highway 1 section. The flackage... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Today's WSJ story on the dissenting Chandler family board members was enough to prompt Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimons to email some all-hands spin throughout Tribuneland.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remember back in April when Xeni Jardin reported on "Day to Day" and at BoingBoing on the sheriff's department's new "unmanned aerial vehicle" or drone?... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Vavine is a reader at LA Voice who comes from Australia and apparently was chided recently for being topless on Venice Beach. She didn't actually... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Claude Brodesser, who has been flying solo at FishbowlLA since Michael Sonnenschein exited the scene in early April, posts that he is leaving to write... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The second city in Los Angeles County elected a new mayor for the first time in twelve years. Bob Foster, 59, former president of Southern... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Wall Street Journal fronts a story on opposition to the Tribune Company's stock buyback gambit from an unusual source—the three representatives of the Chandler... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Updated with 100% returns Don't believe the analyses you find in the morning papers. They were all written on spec last night before the results... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A quick sampling of what's in the news this morning. Election at a glance is in the post above.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 06, 2006
Eric Gagne picked up his first relief save for the Dodgers since undergoing surgery almost a year ago, striking out two and forming half of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
My favorite blog reading is not about politics or Los Angeles (or even ice hockey.) What I enjoy is eavesdropping on aficionados in some field... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Voting results after 8 pm: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder results page, Secretary of State results, NBC-4. • Gov. Schwarzenegger will spend election night in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There's been some grousing about the news summaries the Los Angeles Times began running on the second and third pages in April (or was it... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Those insidious website ads that creep across a page and obscure the content are often driven by Macromedia Flash. If you find Flash an unwelcome... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Councilman Bill Rosendahl has called a 6 pm "town meeting" in Venice to deal with racial tension in the Oakwood area growing partly out of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists bestow $10,000 each on three journos under age 35, judged by a panel that includes Dean Baquet of the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yes it's Election Day all across California. A little political news and more after you click on the Buzz.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 05, 2006
Some of you may remember the New Year's thread when KTLA dumped longtime Rose Parade host Stephanie Edwards out in the rain and gave Michaela... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thanks to everyone who joined Saturday night's anniversary Neon Cruise with LA Observed. The bus was full and boisterous, and a fun time was had... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
• Joe Scott on the closeness of Tuesday's Democratic primary for governor, with Steve Westly and Phil Angelides in a dead heat for polling purposes... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
At 4 pm, Mayor Villaraigosa will emcee the ceremonial rollout of his Gridlock Tiger Team on Wilshire between Normandie and Ardmore. The office all but... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAist editor Carolyn Kellogg is leaving our fair city and the blog for the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh. She... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Suddenly we're awash in online restaurant menus. An email announces the Los Angeles launch of MenuPix, "free access to menus and basic information" on 3,000... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The New York Times looks from afar at Jerry Brown's quest to be attorney general of California—a quest that figures to take a big step... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Later this week the American Institute of Architects floods downtown 23,000 strong for AIA's annual convention and design expo. Here's the overview and schedule-at-a-glance. They... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It was on this day in 1981 that Dr. Michael Gottlieb of UCLA, then 33, published the first report describing the syndrome that would come... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Paperback Mysteries, reviews of new books by Dick Adler, reviewer for the Chicago Tribune and Publishers Weekly and longtime Los Angeles author and journalist. Add... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Where we scan the news and a few blogs so you don't have to, add a shot of our own sources and brew up a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 04, 2006
♦ USC quarterback Mark Sanchez won't be charged with any crime in connection with his arrest in April on suspicion of sexual assault. ♦ The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
At the urging of Pamela Leavey of The Democratic Daily blog, Sen. John Kerry sat down and charmed more than a half-dozen liberal bloggers after... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 03, 2006
This weekend's "Prairie Home Companion" on American Public Media was taped live last night at the Hollywood Bowl. Meryl Streep, John C. Reilly and Virginia... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Kent Twitchell's mural at Olympic and Hope of artist Ed Ruscha was found destroyed Friday, but no one took the blame for ordering it painted... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 02, 2006
Four hours and 38 of the chef's recommended courses later, the bill (apparently for three) came to $1,200. Including sushi, sake, tax and tip. But... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Scratch the 1,100-room Hilton hotel from the L.A. Live project now in development downtown. Looks like a Marriot Marquis (with a more elite Ritz-Carlton on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
♦ The Los Angeles Times and four other news organizations—the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC and Associated Press—will pay Wen Ho Lee $750,000 in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Memo to the staff at the Los Angeles Times: From: Stern, Sherry Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:20 AM Subject: TV Times Changes (Managers and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Former Tom Bradley press secretary Bob Kholos alleges on his blog that the Bradley campaign in 1973 came across information that then-Mayor Sam Yorty had,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Speaking to the Guardian about Ask the Dust, John Fante and our fair city: Robert Towne, the writer of Chinatown, grew up in San Pedro,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Villaraigosa heads to Las Vegas, the power couple of San Gabriel Valley Chinese politics and what Times staffers think of T.J. Simers. Those and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
June 01, 2006
Add Mariel Garza to the corps of Daily News staffers who are switching to the MTA. Her plan, disclosed on her blog, is to leave... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If you worked at the Atlantic, you'd have received this memo on how not to dress in the Washington office this summer. From the New... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Blogger Michael Schneider has lived here for ten years now and over at Franklin Avenue he marvels at the changing cityscape. When I got here,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Seems to me that Michael Walker is doing the whole book-blog synergy the right way, and creating a readable and valuable Los Angeles neighborhood website.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
♦ KABC radio reporter Sandy Wells says he was threatened and assaulted on the street outside Academia Semillas del Pueblo after trying to interview Marcos... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chief William Bratton's monthly message on the status of the department gives some details about how the budget abundance provided by Mayor Villaraigosa and the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Times columnist got off some good lines in his Tuesday op-ed offering about being invited to speak at career day at Beverly Hills High... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Downtown gets a visit from some culture, the Weekly delivers another lit supplement, the n-word riles the City Council, a trade mag dies and there's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>