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Weekly archive
August 16 - August 22, 2015
August 16 - August 22, 2015
Friday, Aug. 21
LAPD as guardians not warriors. Cheating in Compton. A tax lien for LAT's Vargas. Balls at MacArthur Park.
Thursday, Aug. 20
Trail cameras have picked up a pack of two adult gray wolves with five pups in Siskiyou County — they call it the Shasta Pack.
Hill will report and comment on TV in the paper, for the web and on Twitter.
Editors re-explain the decision to cut ties with the cartoonist and add new analysis of a disputed LAPD audio tape.
Wednesday, Aug. 19
Inspection last month found too many flies, improper food prep and dirty fingernails among other violations. Bon Appetit's top new LA restaurant now has an A.
Dave Lesher named to run start-up CalMatters. News from City Hall and the county, and much more.
City Council members have other ideas on some of the mayor's favorite things. Plus: Calling the pols on setting impossible goals.
Before he left the gang life as a teenager, Sal Martinez did five stints in juvenile hall, was stabbed four times and shot twice.
Tuesday, Aug. 18
The magazine gets a second wave of publicity with its choice of the 10 best new restaurants in the U.S.
"Viewers deserve more than having someone on the air for 17 years just disappear," Rubin says, chiding KABC-TV. Plus: Kemp's new Twitter feed.
He heads out today to the Central Valley after last night's Hillary Clinton fundraiser -- which at least one neighbor didn't appreciate.
Timed to today's start of school in LAUSD, the Times is "rededicating itself to coverage of teaching and learning" with Education Matters and new staffers.
Monday, Aug. 17
Station announces resignation on his official social media accounts. Later in the day his bio dropped off the ABC 7 site.
Grace Slick greets the dawn on Max Yasgur's farm on August 17, 1969. Turn up the sound.
The city's utility overcharged by about $44 million while trying to roll out a new, apparently flawed billing system.
Selfishly I hope he returns. But you know -- maybe it's time we all embrace our lifelong friend in whatever he wants to do.
Veteran news executive Bill Dallman was named Vice President and News Director of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV, the CBS-owned duopoly in Los Angeles.
For the first time anyone has noticed, the giant trees in Sequoia National Park are showing signs of drought distress. Scientists go for a climb.
An old byline returns to the LA Times. Plus how Hillary Clinton should be more like Trump.
He's also the most influential City Council president since John Ferraro and possibly ever.
Sunday, Aug. 16
Red wiggler worms now help with the composting so less food waste gets sent to landfills.
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