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Weekly archive
July 31 - August 6, 2011
July 31 - August 6, 2011
Saturday, Aug. 6
Before Lucy, before Desi, before she ran Desilu Studios and before even television, Ball was a showgirl and a blonde bombshell.
Friday, Aug. 5
With the space shuttle gliding into retirement, Deanne Stillman has a nice piece at Truthdig on the local origins of the U.S. space program.
Avery, who plays the role of agitator in hockey and has been run off a couple of teams by his own teammates, was arrested this morning on suspicion of battery against a police officer. He has since been released.
The paper's award-winning pro basketball writer sent along this write-up of his experience going into the Times to check out after 32 years in Sports.
Thursday, Aug. 4
The cover story of the ABA Journal for August has some good news for three Los Angeles authors who are also journalists.
Last March, you might remember, journalist Chip Jacobs posted never-seen photos that his brother Paul remembers taking on June 4, 1968, hours before presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was mortally...
East of West L.A., Linda Ronstadt signs to write her memoirs, and finalists for the Southern California Book Awards.
Did the L.A. Times' Barbara Davidson lock up another Pulitzer with yesterday's front-page photo of a Somali mother and child in a Kenyan refugee camp?
Lauren Ambrose will play the role of Fanny in the Los Angeles production of "Funny Girl" set to open at the Ahmanson Theatre in January.
I'm back in town and digging through email and phone calls and newspapers. Thanks to Mark Lacter for a great job keeping the front page going.
The LAPD's anti-gang unit today raided the city's six animal shelters and confiscated the service weapons of animal control officers as part of a gun audit of the Animal Services department, the Daily News is reporting.
Actor Jerry Lewis said in May that he was retiring from the muscular dystrophy telethon he had hosted since 1966, but that he hoped to make an appearance on this year's show.
Albert Abrams resigned Wednesday from the city's Board of Neighborhood Commissioners, where he was the president, after computers were seized during an FBI search at his home last Friday.
Demoting one or two Latino anchors may be a coincidence; but "demoting five in the past year raises suspicions," writes Julio Moran of Latino Journalists of California to KNBC's boss. Read the letter.
Photographer Colin Rich worked for months on this time lapse study of Los Angeles at night.
Wednesday, Aug. 3
She has been lingering in the river since June, attracting daily crowds.
A bunch of NPR producers and other staffers have relocated temporarily to the NPR West studios in Culver City. Here's why.
No official word on cause of death, but police believe it was natural causes.
They argue that the changes will reduce the financial incentives for solar power by up to 40 percent.
Dunaway is supposed to be living in NY, but she seems to be spending most of her time in West Hollywood.
Actually, he's in town to appear at the TCA press tour.
There's some newsroom grumbling over timing.
The ineptitude takes your breath away - agents made about 60 visits to the home of onetime parolee Phillip Garrido without realizing that Dugard was being kept hidden in the backyard.
Tuesday, Aug. 2
Always fun to see NY media folk with next to zero knowledge of our fair city report out a piece that's dated and distorted.
The governor says the debt-ceiling crisis was "a very dangerous and sorry spectacle."
No, this is serious. Really.
Ad Age survey provides some encouragement for the industry.
L.A.'s mayor is turning to his buddies in Sacramento for help in paying out the $42,000 in fines.
Baghdad Bureau Manager Salar Jaff was among those let go last week.
Actually, he was well down the list, which was topped by businessman Malcolm Glazer.
Hate to break this to all you miscreants out there, but you've never had to pay your ticket.
Monday, Aug. 1
Matthew Lee, who was with Stow for the Dodgers home opener and had been considered an important witness, died Sunday after an allergic reaction to nuts.
This one sounds like fun - a walking tour along the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that was designed to rival the great boulevards of Europe.
By the time it's over, these folks might need to raise upwards of $3 million to stay competitive.
When dealing with pro football, don't ever assume anything.
There's nothing like a late-season trading deadline to separate baseball's haves and have-nots.
He calls the arrest "regrettable," but also defends the decision to bring in Ramirez.
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