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Weekly archive
December 7 - December 13, 2014
December 7 - December 13, 2014
Friday, Dec. 12
None of it matters until this final certified list of the candidates who actually completed their paperwork to run for office and get on the ballot. Only one City Council member is unopposed.
Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to demand in court that James Risen, a national security reporter for the New York Times, reveal his source for a book that reported a CIA effort to sabotage Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Is that it? Blue skies outside right now. The rain that blew in overnight was intense and caused the usual problems.
A total cloud inversion on Thursday obscured visitors' view of the Grand Canyon. It's a phenomenon that happens every few years when warm air traps a layer of cold air below the canyon walls.
Thursday, Dec. 11
An old-fashioned Pacific winter storm that slammed into Northern California has flooded streets and highways, registered some astonishing wind speeds and forced some schools to close. Surfing on Lake Tahoe!
Wednesday, Dec. 10
Stephen Battaglio, business editor of TV Guide, joins Company Town. KCAL cuts news shows. THR redesigns. Plus more.
They remake the infield and trade away Dee Gordon, but it's the pitcher who got away who wins the day on Twitter.
Civilian oversight (of some undefined sort) for the Sheriff. Isadore Hall wins a state Senate seat. Where Patty Lopez beat Raul Bocanegra. Rep. Loretta Sanchez's holiday card. David Letterman's final late-night show has a date. Dodgers in Mexico create some bad feelings. Plus more.
Producer Scott Rudin bashes Sony executive Amy Pascal, Angelina Jolie and other Hollywood figures in private emails that some media are covering and some aren't.
Tuesday, Dec. 9
Turns out that Uber's claim of a serious background check for drivers is just BS to make riders feel comfortable getting into a stranger's car, at least according to the district attorneys. Uber doesn't even use fingerprints to check for wanted criminals.
Grantland compiles the comments of more than a dozen figures involved in the making of Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 now-classic Los Angeles movie.
Heavy rain and snowfall, blizzards above 6,000 feet and more are expected this week -- in Northern California. But that's good enough for us in the south. The Ridiculously Resilient Ridge has moved out of the way for now.
Investigation continues as lanes open around DTLA fire site. What is developer Geoff Palmer's vision? FBI will brief Sony employees on the studio's cyberattack. Pivot TV cancels TakePart Live. California's drought is naturally occurring. Plus more.
Monday, Dec. 8
Mayor Eric Garcetti and his advisor, seismologist Lucy Jones, unveiled an earthquake plan for Los Angeles that requires vulnerable pre-1980 apartments to retrofit within five years. Concrete buildings at risk get 25 years.
The longtime politics writer and columnist for Spanish-language La Opinión is leaving the paper to become the communications deputy for new county Supervisor Hilda Solis.
Palmer's under-construction Da Vinci apartments in DTLA burn down. Garcetti to unveil quake plans. Rolling Stone changes its correction again. Humboldt County's "trimmigrants." And more.
Sunday, Dec. 7
The Weekly says "our focus for 2015 is utilizing our time and resources towards building, promoting, and evolving events that can bring us profitability for the new year. Unfortunately, this event does not help us towards meeting those directives."
"Boyhood" on Sunday won the voting for best picture of 2014 and three other awards by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Robbie Keane scored the winning goal late in the second period of extra time to give the Los Angeles Galaxy the championship over the New England Revolution.
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