Weekly archive
September 14 - September 20, 2014
Friday, Sep. 19
Passing along without comment or anything to add: "We now understand that many [staff reporters] were expecting L.A. Register to go belly up by today's end." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Valley days in the media. Why City Hall may like even-year elections. Mismanaging the VA in West LA. Black elders denounce Daniele Watts. Plus more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Assuming you like Stefani, Shelton or Fallon. You don't even have to like all three. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Sep. 18
Fred Roggin, Jim Rome, Marques Johnson and Jeanne Zelasko are on the schedule. Also: The LA Times wants to know which of its sports scribes have radio and TV gigs. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Alison Martino's Vintage LA community on Facebook has turned up another gem. It has been seen before, but check out the video. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Sep. 17
Cover story on Patrick Soon-Shiong. Kuehl and Shriver debate. Gov. Brown's unusual campaign. Another sheriff deputy convicted of hiding jail inmate from the feds. Mapping the LA sewer system. You didn't win a genius grant again this year. And more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Sep. 16
The Spanish language daily newspaper rolled out an all-new look this week. There's now a section of English language news on the website. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
LAT goes Republican for secretary of state. Three-foot buffer for bikes takes effect today. Dean Baquet after four months at top of NYT. Clear Channel renames itself. And more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The high on Tuesday is only expected to be 102 -- 12 degrees more than right now. Could be worse, I guess. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Dodgers will probably make it too, but reporters noticed a confrontation in the dugout between Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig that nobody would talk about after Monday's game. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
But neither will Perez commit to an endorsement either way. Coverage is starting to crank up for the showdown in the Eastside and Downtown district. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Sep. 15
Roderick Wright says he'll leave the state Senate on Sept. 22. Two incumbent assemblymen announced they would run to fill his seat. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Look for a brew pub kind of experience in about a year. The deal is for 20 years. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Time Warner Cable will allow KDOC 56 to broadcast the last games of the season, starting with the Giants series next week. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Fifteen minutes in a Sierra Madre swimming pool then back to the forest. Watch the video. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism proposes new $10,000 fee on students. Robert Lopez says LAT tried to keep him. Allie Mac Kay out at KTLA Morning News. LAT hires for Wall Street beat. Plus Hilda Solis and more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Daniele Watts, who is black, and her white husband posted on Facebook they were rousted for being affectionate on Ventura Boulevard and deemed to be a suspected prostitute and john. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That's another Democrat going down for cheating on the residency laws. I wonder if that's going to keep happening. $MTEntryExcerpt$>