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Weekly archive
June 14 - June 20, 2015
June 14 - June 20, 2015
Friday, Jun. 19
Under pressure from Olympics officials, the U.S. committee may be looking to drop Boston and put up LA for its third summer games.
A glaring editing mistake on the cover of Sports distracts from the return of former columnist Peter King.
"Shot my last picture for LADN before gettin laid off. Gonna miss the co-workers and great people in the SFV."
Thursday, Jun. 18
The LAPD's street closure guidance for today and Friday stretches from Pacific Palisades to Pasadena and Highland Park.
The California labor commissioner's ruling changes everything for Uber's business model, LA Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik writes.
"We know a lot about the 25 million people who visit BuzzFeed News each month," says the site. "We know young people are into news."
"A deeply regrettable coincidence," the paper said in a statement after Romenesko called. Nine people died in the massacre at a historic black church.
"The ideal candidate is deeply committed to journalism in the public interest and does not shy away from difficult—even scary—projects." And more.
Wednesday, Jun. 17
Jim Dear, the former mayor, walked out of last night's city council meeting after an "incoherent rant" that included a "Lord of the Flies" reference.
The measure, which could come up next week, seeks to have LA County follow the city of Los Angeles in imposing a new, higher minimum wage.
Mission Hills Bowl, Friendly Hills Lanes in Whittier and Wagon Wheel Bowl in Oxnard all went dark this month. And a home where Norma Jean Dougherty lived in what's now Valley Village was torn down.
Alexandra Manzano’s promotion "reflects the growing importance of our social-media team and its role in helping connect the Los Angeles Times with our audiences."
Tuesday, Jun. 16
The City Hall press corps seems to be tiring of the mayor's style.
Obama gets here mid-afternoon Thursday and Clinton has at least three local fundraisers the next day.
He bought MGM three times, owned Las Vegas hotels and at times was the richest man in Los Angeles.
The Union-Tribune's last press run in San Diego was Sunday morning. About 100 operations people were laid off.
Monday, Jun. 15
The mayor left the city at a tense moment for a Georgetown fundraiser, then obfuscated in the face of questions by the Times.
Planted in two streams last year, they are the first California red-legged frogs to grow up in the Santa Monicas since the 1970s.
Politics, media, books and place for a new week, plus a couple of tweets.
Sunday, Jun. 14
The editor who led the Times to 13 Pulitzers in the first five years of Tribune ownership, then left rather than begin to dismantle the paper with cuts, died in Lexington, Kentucky of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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