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Weekly archive
June 15 - June 21, 2014
June 15 - June 21, 2014
Friday, Jun. 20
Kushner says it's a strategy not an experiment. Donald Sterling harangues his psychiatrists on tape. Garcetti appoints new arts czar. LA's law against sleeping in cars struck down. California blackbirds in sharp decline. The Shirelles on video plus more.
Thursday, Jun. 19
The Hot Property blog is back on the A-list at LA Times.com, with a new hire and a newsroom memo to explain it all.
Clayton Kershaw no-hitter. Kings make the cover of SI. Alarcons trial begins today. Another opening coming in California Supreme Court. Dov Charney out at American Apparel. And more.
Wednesday, Jun. 18
NYU academic Clay Shirky reduces the battle for journalism to a fight between realists and nostalgists. He ranted at Ken Doctor and Ryan Chittum for not calling B.S. on Aaron Kushner, and they respond.
Melanie Sill ascends to vice president of content for Southern California Public Radio. Stanton says he's headed to the private sector.
The actress and former senior Asian correspondent for the "Daily Show" lets a Vogue question man into her LA home. He fires questions about Los Angeles and more. She speaks some Japanese. It works.
The club on north Lankershim was the premier West Coast venue for country music for a few decades. Los Angeles Magazine revisits the good old days.
The fifteen Barouni olive trees were transported to LA on large trucks and transplanted into the plaza outside the museum.
Garcetti tells parents to lighten up. "Deliberate rebranding," says McIntyre. Deputy sheriffs endorse McDonnell. D'Arcy warns City Hall. Two transgender news copter pilots. San Marino mayor quits. Plus media moves and more.
The Kings will take the Cup home to the streets of the South Bay this afternoon. It was intense down there last time -- check out the pics. Plus: The Cup visited Vin Scully and the Dodgers on Tuesday night.
Tuesday, Jun. 17
Linda Deutsch of AP was the reporter Simpson felt he could talk to and be treated fairly. Jim Newton of the LA Times thought he was going to get into a fistfight when he interviewed Simpson. Plus more.
The buyer is reportedly Anthony Gonzalez of the band M83. No sales price has been reported yet.
Garcetti finds a way to join in the fun and get everybody talking about him. Just say fucking on live TV while holding a beer.
Monday, Jun. 16
Gwynn, the most accomplished San Diego Padre ever, had cancer of the mouth he blamed on smokeless tobacco. He grew up in Long Beach and his son and brother both played for the Dodgers.
In just seven years, some streets in downtown LA have changed quite a bit. Check it out.
Figueroa Street will be closed from 3rd Street down to Pico Boulevard from about 10 am to 1 pm, the city says. The parade starts at noon at 5th Street.
His email to the New York Times staff calls it "minimally invasive, completely successful surgery...my doctors have given me an excellent prognosis.”
Sunday, Jun. 15
Casey Kasem was one of the marquee names on KRLA when that mattered in Los Angeles, and after 1970 was America's Mr. Top 40. He died in Washington state surrounded by his children.
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