Weekly archive
March 29 - April 4, 2015
Thursday, Apr. 2
LA's oldest Jewish synagogue building is now used for prayer by many kinds of congregations. That's not by accident. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KCRW's Lisa Napoli did a ride-along through the downtown Arts District recently with resident photographer Melissa Richardson Banks. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mantle marked the occasion with a live broadcast in front of an audience in KPCC's Crawford Family Forum $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Apr. 1
The City Council has paid dearly to get some of the pending liabilities off its docket. They might still try to make you pay for their sidewalk damage. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Gov. Brown orders the state's first-ever 25% cut in water use as the winter ends with essentially no snowpack. "This is the new normal,” Brown says. “We will learn how to cope with this.” $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Local surfers who are observant Muslims and female and the challenges they face, tonight on 'SoCal Connected.' Plus orcas, an urban farm and Hollyhock House. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
As April Fools Day stories go in alt weeklies, this one's pretty good. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Mar. 31
News and notes from LA Observed on politics, media and place plus a couple of tweets of the day. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Mar. 30
Michael Fleming says last week's story suggesting there was too much diversity in TV casting was a big mistake: "Our hearts are heavy with regret." $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Eloi Vasquez was struck and killed on the 10 freeway early Sunday morning, but did not carry any identification. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The director and ex-member writes about why hardcore Scientologists will just not see, or believe, the truth that the Alex Gibney documentary lays out for them. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Metro is installing the artwork for the elevated station at Sepulveda Boulevard. Westwood/Rancho Park and Palms went first. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Carly Fiorina likely to run for president. New Daily Show host. Good magazine relaunches. KPCC drops Multi-American blog. Plus more and tweets of the day. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Oh why not? Compliments of New York Magazine's Vulture site. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Mar. 29
Sunday is the centennial of, arguably, the most significant public vote in the history of Los Angeles. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The city's first blue signs for the new district were unveiled on Sunday. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino will open its new $68 million education and visitor center next Saturday, April 4. $MTEntryExcerpt$>