Weekly archive
April 5 - April 11, 2015
Friday, Apr. 10
It's David Weinberg, a reporter at "Marketplace" and creator of the Random Tape podcast. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Bob Pool, the recently retired Los Angeles Times staff writer, posted a Twitter photo today of the former Daily News headquarters in Woodland Hills being razed. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Hillary Clinton woos reporters. Baquet, Baron and Beutner. KPCC hiring a political reporter. Daily News after Orlov. Plus more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Apr. 9
Investigators hired by the church tracked the defector father of David Miscavige for 18 months, the story says. Miscavige denies it. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Apr. 8
The Dodgers first baseman clubbed three home runs on Wednesday night and has five already this season. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Laventhol created the Washington Post Style section and came to the Times through Newsday. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Apr. 7
The video is not only safe for work, it's safe for children. "Can I get a little censorship outrage here?" the publisher of Pasadena's Prospect Park Books asks. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If you remember the names Ralphie Valladares and Shirley Hardman, this post is for you. Whoa, Nellie! $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Stan Freberg had one of
those Los Angeles careers. "The first great genius of American musical satire," says Harry Shearer. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Nothing he can say about gender issues would trump his participation in the "cultural crime" of Kardashian hype. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
People on the street in DTLA aren't sold yet on the new parking signs, but a writer at CityLab loves them. Here's why. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Apr. 6
The color-colded grids are supposed to be simpler and more logical. That doesn't mean that people like them. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Désirée van Hoek says people ask why "a relatively wealthy, white girl from Amsterdam" spends her summers in LA taking photos of the poor and homeless. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Driving in LA is an art that requires intuition, patience and a sense of the topography, Meghan Daum writes. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Expect a day of rain on Tuesday with snow above 4,500 feet. NWS expects about up to an inch of rain. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A report by the Columbia school of journalism says Rolling Stone's epic screw up "is a story of journalistic failure that was avoidable." Inside: writer Sabrina Erdely's statement. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Apr. 5
The Padres make another big trade Sunday that has some picking San Diego to be better than the Dodgers, who start with the sport's biggest payroll. Plus: Ozzie Smith's backflip. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Vin Scully had to announce another death in his Dodger family on Sunday, the day before the season opens at Dodger Stadium. $MTEntryExcerpt$>