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Weekly archive
August 10 - August 16, 2014
August 10 - August 16, 2014
Friday, Aug. 15
Gary Leonard has been documenting Los Angeles in photos since before he was at UCLA in the early 1970s. He has seen a lot, but what he hasn't done much of is talk about his photographs or the LA he sees. That ends Saturday!
Looks like more film tax credits coming. No active faults under Hollywood projects. Ezell Ford shooting and LAPD. Ethics commission suggests paying Angelenos to vote. Hamburger Hamlet to reopen — well one of them, anyway. Plus more.
Wednesday, Aug. 13
Zelda Williams has received a ton of warmth but also some ugliness.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ordered an independent review of Los Angeles County Sheriff Department crime statistics, following on the questions about the integrity of LAPD numbers.
Retired school principal George McKenna won the vacant seat on the Los Angeles Unified school board in Tuesday's runoff, using his long name recognition and backing by UTLA to defeat Alex Johnson in the divisive runoff.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
Bacall, the New York model who became an overnight movie star at age 19 after appearing opposite Humphrey Bogart (then 44) in “To Have and Have Not,” died Tuesday of a stroke at her home in the Dakota building in Manhattan.
Chief Beck reappointed. Ballmer becomes owner of the Clippers. Robin Williams hanged himself. Plus more.
The Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, and former LA Times correspondent, has been airlifted out of the region with a concussion and some broken bones. Photographer Adam Ferguson has left the region with her.
Monday, Aug. 11
The LA Times' weekend revelation about under-played numbers of aggravated assaults has legs — the IG will look into years of LAPD stats and the department put out a statement. Plus more.
Conan O'Brien was taping his TBS show this afternoon when the news about Robin Williams reached the studio. Just before the end of the show, O'Brien informed the silent audience.
Marin County officials said the Oscar winner appeared to kill himself via asphyxia. “This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings,” his wife, Susan Schneider, said.
The former mayoral candidate who looked into buying the Times says he won't be a caretaker or dictate coverage. "It’s an organization that has to change in order to prosper. If they’re looking for a caretaker, they picked the wrong guy.”
LAPD caught cooking the books on crime stats. Kevin James as City Hall insider. South LA's school board candidates. Maureen Dowd moves. Plus more news, politics and media notes.
Sunday, Aug. 10
Studio SoCaL debuted Friday night as a weekly half-hour that repeats a few times. The first show had former LA mayor Richard Riordan and a discussion of "Silicon Beach."
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