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for July 2015
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AJR has been published for 38 years. The print magazine shut down two years ago.
Cheuse was injured in a crash near Santa Cruz two weeks ago.
An Expo Line test train rolls where old tourist cars and freight trains used to run -- and where an Edison cameraman of the 1890s took some of the oldest footage of the LA area.
Most of the hatchlings you will see now are either Western Fence Lizards or Side-blotched Lizards. But you never know.
The narrative of Mayor Eric Garcetti as an overly cautious waffler continues to take hold.
The paper says the editorial cartoonist's post had factual inconsistencies. He says the Times buckled to pressure from the police department.
Molly Knight interviews Zaidi on stage at the Doha Goals Forum here in LA.
Female C-144 has cubs in the Westlake district. Male C-145 ranges around the Silver Lake area. There's a new urban wildlife blog too.
As LA-based 3 Wire Sports urged last month, Boston is no longer an obstacle to Los Angeles getting the 2024 Summer Games.
Jenelle Hamilton is a local secretary, grad student, single mom and Girl Scout leader. And a sumo fighter.
Times editors give another letter grade. CBS2/KCAL promotes Amber Lee. Key and Peele to end their Comedy Central show. More politics and media notes.
It wasn't even close. The top LA newscasts last year were all in Spanish, the judges said.
The Special Olympics World Games are here all week: 6,500 athletes from 165 nations, the largest event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympics.
New York Magazine got 35 of the 46 women it counts as having come forward with allegations about Bill Cosby to sit for photos. It makes an impact.
Variety's chief film critic is moving to Amazon Studios as an acquisitions and development executive.
As for getting old, he sings, isn't that the goal?
After eight years, bureau chief Tracy Wilkinson is moving to Washington and Beirut bureau chief Patrick McDonnell and others are headed to Mexico. "We're doubling down" in Latin America, a spokeswoman says.
KCBS and KCAL weatherman has left the duopoly for rival Channel 5.
Bad day for the Los Angeles Police Department image.
Biden was in town. Ex-LA Times reporter takes a job in City Hall. Fernando Valenzuela becomes a citizen. And California's hangup on superheroes. Plus more.
The action brings the county in line with Los Angeles City Hall. Over to you Long Beach, Glendale and Santa Clarita.
The LA Times editorial board wants Controller Ron Galperin to think bigger and be noisier.
The business columnist provides a new biography of Ernest Lawrence, the Berkeley physicist who played a big role in the envelopment of atomic weapons.
Some black residents of the hilly neighborhood off Crenshaw see an influx of white homebuyers as a problem. But is it really a Westside issue? (No.)
During one stretch on Saturday, it rained steadily for two hours and lightning flashed across downtown. So why not some pics.
A sampling of the media stories trying to find some meaning in the LA romp after 20 years.
An Underwood used by the late actress joins those of Ray Bradbury, Truman Capote and other famous typists in the Soboroff collection.
Baker worked for the Times as a reporter and editor for 26 years. He also contributed to LA Observed in the site's early years.
The Hollywood Reporter editor-at-large and host of KCRW's "The Business" writes at THR today about Nicholas Winton, who died July 1 at 106.
Fox Sports has been tapped to sell naming rights, for the first time, to Los Angeles' most historic sports venue, according to a report.
If you read one more long piece on the repercussions of last week's story about Jackie Fuchs and her account of being raped by Kim Fowley, I suggest Ann Powers' personal essay for NPR.
Los Angeles is getting credit for trying to fix the technology side of the old-fashioned and embarrassing way that the U.S. conducts elections.
The editors call Sasha Frere-Jones "one of the leading voices of our time on music, language and culture." He won't report to any of the arts or culture editors, however.
"For Chinese food there's no place in the United States like Southern California," New York Times columnist Mark Bittman says in a new video from Los Angeles.
The deadliest and most destructive earthquake ever in North America will happen when the Cascadia subduction zone fully ruptures. If it does.
Federal; judge ordered video released after requests by the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and Bloomberg.
Connie Llanos, formerly of the Daily News, works now for Councilman Curren Price and was a spokesperson for Wendy Greuel in the 2013 mayoral campaign.
Politics, media and place plus a few tweets of the day.
LA Times analysis of accident records finds 817 intersections countywide the paper calls the "most dangerous" for pedestrians.
"To Live and Dine in L.A.," "Life #6" and Brian Grazer's "A Curious Mind" are among the nominees.
A first-ever experience for me on Pacific Coast Highway, on a Friday, in summer.
Her book does not include Jackie Fuchs' details of being raped by Kim Fowley, the band's creepy creator. Here's why.
The bassist for the 1970s girl band had never talked about the long-rumored incident until now. She collected details from witnesses -- not including Joan Jett, who has yet to acknowledge what she saw.
It snowed yesterday in Tioga Pass, Sonora Pass and other higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
Remember the post in March about the discovery of 30 new fly species in LA yards?
Fun piece by Anna Scott, a producer with KCRW's Press Play, on that house you can see among the oil wells off to the west of La Cienega Boulevard.
Ridley-Thomas and more politics notes, DeAndre Jordan stays with Clippers, new hosts at NPR's All Things Considered and more.
NPR, the Washington Post and Digiday are among the media outlets covering the LAT decision to hire a new reporter to engage with blacks who tweet.
Customers like the deep inventory of films in stock. THR's story drops names like Kyle Chandler, Steven Soderbergh and Keanu Reeves.
Chief executive office is weakened and now if you run the hospitals or mental health services, you again have to report to an elected politician.
New LA Times analysis shows the downward trend in LA crime stats is over and that crime is up in all major categories except homicide.
The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is looking for another home, while conservative opinionist Jonah Goldberg calls out Trump for damaging the Republican Party.
Bill Cosby's old admission. Donald Trump coming to LA? Record audience for soccer as U.S. champions come to LA Live. Plus much more politics and media.
Dylan Byers of Politico reports the hiring of Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni to be Assistant Managing Editor for Politics -- a title that does not currently exist.
Los Angeles is becoming a metropolis of the developing world, the New York Times columnist argues.
The new-to-LA traffic calming tactic is in use at Venice and Robertson boulevards. Check out the instructional video.
Marrero left La Opinión in December after 24 years to work for new LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis. She's going to back to work on election coverage.
The journalist and author tried to make it work after being laid off by the LA Times. But it's more complicated than that.
S. Mitra Kalita, one of the paper's three managing editors, announced additions to the audience engagement team.
Catching up on politics, media and place. Including a piece on KPCC's Latino audience.
On Telemundo, Andres Cantor took a couple of breaths to draw out for 38 seconds his call of the midfield goooooal! in the U.S. rout of Japan.
Jenny Price's very first post at LA Observed -- in 2006 -- began a series that agitated for access to the public Malibu beaches where wealthy property owners kept putting up obstacles.
Amber Carvaly and Caitlin Doughty, both 30, have ambitions to disrupt the funeral business.
Jim Newton will write the next book on Jerry Brown "and the creation of modern California." Plus Diana Wagman, Holly Madison, William Mulholland, Josh Kun and more.
The Times breaks another advertising standards convention in bid to get movie ads back in the paper. Publisher Austin Beutner made the call.
Subways. National healthcare. Curbs on surveillance and mass boycotts of standardized testing. Does he mean us?
Yasiel Puig is thoroughly disliked in the Dodgers clubhouse, a new book says. And the Angels' general manager, Jerry Dipoto, may have cleaned out his office and left.
On the eve of his second anniversary in office, the mayor faces a test on the homeless issue. He changed his tune last night on Warren Olney's show.
Clinton fundraises in LA
Jim Henson Studios on La Brea became a presidential campaign stop on Thursday.
Brown declares disaster area
The natural gas leak above Porter Ranch now qualifies for various government actions. Story
Performing arts with cheer
Donna Perlmutter closes out 2015 with productions downtown and on the Westside.
