LA Observed at the Festival of Books

Kevin Roderick • April 15 2008 11:19 PM

This year's L.A. Times Festival of Books is the weekend of April 26-27 at UCLA. I'm moderating a 3 pm Saturday panel called "California: The Great Experiment," with a distinguished group of authors — William Deverell, Matthew Jaffe and D.J. Waldie — who should make for an engaging conversation. LA Observed is well represented on both days:

Willie L. Brown in Conversation with Bill Boyarsky
Saturday 10 am

Nonfiction: Blurring Boundaries
Moderator Thomas Curwen, Jenny Price, Tony Cohan, Bill Holm, Pico Iyer
Saturday 11:30 am

Harlan Coben & Denise Hamilton in Conversation
Saturday 2:30 pm

Carolyn & Lisa See in Conversation with Veronique de Turenne
Sunday 11:30 am

Biography: California Powerbrokers
Moderator Marc Cooper, Bill Boyarsky, Margaret Leslie Davis, Jim Newton, Richard Rayner
Sunday noon

Surf Culture: Shooting the Tube
Moderator Antoine Wilson, David Rensin, Steve Hawk, Steven Kotler, Kem Nunn
Sunday noon

Sports: Playing the Field
Moderator David Davis, Mark Kriegel, Bill Plaschke, John Scheibe
Sunday 1:30 pm

Nonfiction: Laughing Between the Lines
Moderator Erika Schickel, Steve Almond, Meghan Daum, Stacey Grenrock Woods, Marc Porter Zasada
Sunday 2:30 pm

Tickets to all panels are free, but required. Here's the schedule for Saturday and Sunday. I'll also be signing and chatting at the Angel City Press booth on Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm. I'll post other times when LAO authors will be available as the festival gets closer.

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12:19 AM Sat | City Hall wedding bells

7:24 PM Fri | Angeleno celebrates 10 years

6:59 PM Fri | Be the hardest-working reporter in L.A.

5:59 PM Fri | Manny not going anywhere

5:46 PM Fri | 60% don't want to vote again on marriage

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Mega-mortgages

8:44 AM Sat | Bev Hills billionaire Ron Burkle has $56 million in loans against his two houses. The McCourts have borrowed $28 million on their properties.

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Green Me Up, JJ

Jenny Price | Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World

'Sire of Wilshire' is back on the air

TJ Sullivan | Steve Jones, the self-proclaimed Sire of Wilshire (a nod to the physical address of his former home at Indie 103.1 FM), is back on the air!

"Ass, Cash or Grass" - I used to be a Swinger

Erika Schickel | She gaped at me like I was living history -- Miss Jane Pittman come to put her withered lips to the "Young Only" fountain straw of ageism.

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A union gumshoe

As newspapers and television pull back from investigative reporting, foundations and other organizations are beginning to fill the void. One of the most interesting is Accountable California, a project of Local 721 of the Service Employees International Union.

Frugality form

Thinking more about buying less.

Signs of Saturday: No dumping

This drains to the ocean.