Weekly archive
January 18 - January 24, 2015
Saturday, Jan. 24
With a documentary on him debuting at Sundance, the restaurant reviewer says he will no longer pretend that no one knows it's him. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Jan. 23
Willie Brown urges the birthday boy not to run. The national media is on the Villaraigosa beat now. Plus Gloria Molina. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The magazine will turn to freelance and I guess contract photographers. Here are the final six SI photogs. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The depth of reporting by LAT reporter makes 'Serial' resemble a book of poetry, says the reviewer. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Jan. 22
Billionaire environmentalist says it was a hard decision, but climate change is his key fight -- it "will define the success or failure of our generation." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
City National Bank sold, Southwest Museum, more Villaraigosa and Boxer, and Thom Mayne on Bradbury's house. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Jan. 21
Stacey Leasca has been the LAT social media editor since last March. Today's her last day. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Top of the LAT website carries an ad for "Fire without the Fuss" beside a photo gallery on the Da Vinci apartment blaze. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Jan. 20
A memorial for Al Martinez will be held Feb. 8 at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Politics, media, place and some tweets of the day. Plus: The Villa Carlotta in Hollywood. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Books by the two former LA Times journalists are finalists for the prestigious American literary awards for 2014. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Jan. 19
The former mayor sups with Eric Garcetti and Kamala Harris as he tests his prospects for 2016. Many links inside. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mara Shalhoup takes over Feb. 16. "LA has countless stories to tell…we're gonna have fun." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The former Daily News managing editor and head of Fleishman-Hillard in LA, now 66, has one client and some friends. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Three more of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches in the Los Angeles area are in the news this MLK Day. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The KPCC politics reporter will split time between City Hall and working on "innovative ideas on how the paper can get its news out to readers." $MTEntryExcerpt$>