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Weekly archive
June 8 - June 14, 2014
June 8 - June 14, 2014
Saturday, Jun. 14
The keeper of the Stanley Cup, Philip Pritchard of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, tweeted this photo of the Kings and their families on the beach Saturday.
The Kings had to play 26 games -- and in ten periods of overtime -- to win the Stanley Cup this time. Last time was the lifting of a 45-year burden. This time seems somehow sweeter. The parade will be Monday.
Friday, Jun. 13
Donald Sterling digs for anti-NBA dirt. Political consultant Michael Trujillo. Nikki Finke is back and explains why. Communication moves at LAUSD. The Valley establishment now wants rail. Plus: T.J. Simers devotes a Register column to his old editor at the Times. Much more.
Thursday, Jun. 12
When occupied in 2016, the new media center will get KCRW out of the cramped college campus basement it has called home for decades.
Karl Johansson has run the Village Center Newsstand for 20 years, since shortly after he came over from Sweden. He's going to close down by the end of the month.
Wednesday, Jun. 11
We're talking Eli Broad, Richard Riordan, Rick Caruso, Ramona Ripston and similar.
County to pick a child protection czar. No sidewalk repair tax. No mandatory curfew at Bob Hope Airport. Why no one says Silicon Beach. Plus more.
Tuesday, Jun. 10
Welch struck out Reggie Jackson in the World Series at age 21 and looked set for a great career. He had a pretty good run, especially for a guy who wrote a memoir about his alcoholism before he was 30.
Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu ruled Tuesday that the longstanding state laws which ensure job security for public school teachers are unconstitutional because of the harm done to students, especially low-income minority children, by incompetent classroom teachers.
Jim Hayes was a longtime reporter and editor who taught journalism at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and who served as a writing coach in several newsrooms, including at the Los Angeles Times.
Kushner speaks to the Register staff. LAFD pilot killed. Ed O'Bannon suit against the NCAA. Where Dunkin' Donuts will open. Tail o' the Pup's future. Plus tweets of the day.
Monday, Jun. 9
The official announcement is expected Tuesday in New York. Fisher has never coached in the NBA before.
I guess this is what they call negotiating through the press.
The total number of wins needed is 16, if you get my drift. The legend of Darryl Sutter grows. Plus: Yasiel Puig sends the Kings some love.
Lot more pictures and accessibility, easier audio playing, 20 years of archives. The timing coincides with groundbreaking this week on a new studio in Santa Monica.
Register staff meeting at 4 p.m. How the Clippers bidding went down. Garcetti as governor material. Another bear in Monrovia on video. Plus more.
Sunday, Jun. 8
A disc containing some of the news that went out over the air on KFWB on June 6, 1944 about the invasion of Nazi-held France have been found at USC — broken in half — and heard again.
Sports columnist T.J. Simers' rebirth with the Orange County Register lasted less than a year. Well under a year. He's joining this week's exodus from OC Register.
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