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Weekly archive
September 11 - September 17, 2011
September 11 - September 17, 2011
Saturday, Sep. 17
The City Project has posted a series of photos of wall art that has been popping up in Westwood Village.
Cassie spent her adolescence on the streets of L.A. then got herself together, only to slip back into the rabbit hole of urchins, dealers and characters in...Frogtown.
The daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale died of brain cancer.
To go with her first story this week in the print Hollywood Reporter, former City Hall reporter Tina Daunt has also joined the staff as the trade's contributing editor for politics.
Friday, Sep. 16
A pod of seven killer whales is filmed going after a sea lion right beside a whale-watch boat.
Mr. World Peace also intends to switch to number 70 on his Lakers jersey.
The Jewish Journal intends to keep a close eye on the divisive local race.
Steven Gellman says he was fired for objecting to the paper discontinuing magazine delivery to less desirable Zip codes.
Back in May, New York Times bureau chief Adam Nagourney wrote about Lewis Brown, a homeless former star for Verbum Dei and UNLV who roamed the streets of Hollywood.
Hollywood's disappointment with Obama, Republicans come to town, audio of Tim Rutten and more.
Maria Shriver makes her return to journalism by interviewing philanthropist Wallis Annenberg in the new issue of Los Angeles. Plus: 50 local women who are game changers.
Thursday, Sep. 15
The Vaux's swifts that come down the coast from Alaska every fall are roosting again in the chimney of the Chester Williams building at 5th and Broadway.
After years using the paper's website to push Republican talking points, Malcolm will take his blog to Investors Business Daily.
Romney still leads GOP race here, Zev and Latinos, possible end to the city's freelancer tax, a Hollywood hustler, a new blog with folks from the old lefty LA Weekly and today's LA Times comes wrapped in Kardashians.
Wednesday, Sep. 14
People spotted the glowing object moving west to east as far away as Phoenix.
The Wrap saucily offers to let THR use its website code.
LA Observed columnist John Schwada's reporting on the emerging political story over the Bay Area solar venture Solyndra Inc. has gotten a fair bit of attention.
The FBI confirms it's looking into a report that Johansson's nude self-photos were stolen from her mobile phone.
The Special Olympics will return to the United States for the first time in 16 years.
Author and humorist Ashley Ream blogs about stopping in to say goodbye to the Downtown bookstore.
Federal suit by Penske Media Corporation alleges copyright infringement and more.
Mutilated bodies of a man and woman found hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo on Tuesday bore a sign naming two blogs and a warning that this is what happens to Mexicans who denounce the drug cartels online.
The video that explains Pacific Standard Time in less than two minutes and why the museums in L.A. are so excited.
Durkee money may not be replaceable by campaigns, Obama approval plummets in California, high-speed rail "a mistake," running Doonesbury, Shriver makes the cover (as a reporter), tiger cub dies at the zoo and more.
Tuesday, Sep. 13
The president and the mayor could benefit from each other's help.
Cover story in The Atlantic by Taylor Branch is the longest piece the magazine has run in four years.
The short news items on Sunday about an airliner being escorted into Detroit by Air Force fighters on the anniversary of 9/11 — "false alarm" — didn't do justice to...
This makes Sam Sifton the editor more or less over most California reporting
Once again, it appears the initial plan did not take into account the wholly predictable public backlash -- or the L.A. media's obsession with anything animal.
The thunderstorm towers are soaring high over the San Gabriels.
The obscurely powerful Central Basin Municipal Water District is in the news again — in more ways than one.
John Calley dies, more Durkee victims, Feuer files to run in L.A., a new Villaraigosa press secretary and more.
Monday, Sep. 12
Josh Rawitch, the Dodgers' vice president of communications, is moving up in the standings by taking the position of senior vice president for communications with the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks.
The former Dodger's wife called police Monday and said he slapped her face during an argument.
In my Monday afternoon column coming up on KCRW, I praise today's Expo Line groundbreaking in Santa Monica — and the Libros Schmibros bookstore at the Hammer Museum.
His ethics commentary has aired on KNX radio for 14 years.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said today she doesn't know yet the exact losses, but says her campaign fundraising account has been "wiped out" in the scandal growing around popular Democratic treasure Kinde Durkee.
Expo Line phase to Santa Monica breaks dirt, ghost of Howard Jarvis, a new candidate for city Controller, Hollywood conservatives booked, Nikki Finke has another hissy fit and more.
Sunday, Sep. 11
Robertson, an Oscar-winning actor whose credits span "Picnic" (1955) and "Spider-Man 3" (2007), died Saturday on Long Island at age 88.
The Malibu Surfing Association, which formed at Surfrider Beach in 1961, held its annual MSA Classic this weekend.
Patt Morrison's Comedy Congress group talks about 9/11 and telling jokes about tragedy.
The East Los Angeles building that used to house The Tamale is a beauty salon these days.
Around the LA Observed blogs this emotional weekend, 9/11 posts from Ellen Alperstein, John Schwada and Veronique de Turenne. Plus more.
Four fighters, apparently F-16s, and an AC-130 gunship flew over the coast of Santa Monica Bay on Saturday afternoon.
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