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Weekly archive
September 13 - September 19, 2015
September 13 - September 19, 2015
Friday, Sep. 18
A whole lot of news, politics, media and place for the week.
A show of Eric Garcetti's social media photos opens downtown on Saturday and runs through Oct. 31.
The camel would probably have been in Saturday's Agua Dulce parade and some of the locals are pretty upset.
Bruce Karsh has held discussions with Eli Broad and others, says Crain's Chicago. Also a new examination of the LA Times' not-good situation by Newsonomics' Ken Doctor.
That June gathering of power players and civic activists at Tony Pritzker's home is going public with a discussion event at LACMA.
Two years after all the NPR chatter about being on the West Coast, Arun Rath and the staff are packing up in Culver City and the show returns to Washington.
Board issues an unusual statement saying Los Angeles is important to the company's future and giving the CEO a vote of confidence.
Thursday, Sep. 17
Gregory Caruso was the unflinching young guy sitting just left of Jake Tapper and creating a lot of social media buzz.
The Broad on Bunker Hill looks to be a hit. The Petersen, on the other hand, looks like something...
Tuesday, Sep. 15
He was the LAT's big digital hope but followed Austin Beutner out the door. Also: LA's Board of Supes and a new online petition call for local leadership of the Times.
The drought has gone on so long there may be new Angelenos who have never seen the concrete Los Angeles River raging. Hola, El Niño.
Tribune Pubishing wants to reduce editorial expenses by about $10 million and 80 positions. That's a big hit.
Monday, Sep. 14
A clip from Arthur Lee's revered 1967 album "Forever Changes" helps enliven a story on mortgages. Join me in "A House is Not a Motel."
Essential Politics so far looks as if it will aggregate Times coverage of the presidential campaign and other politics news, with some narrative and analysis tying items together.
A new study looks at blue oak tree rings in the Sierra Nevada. "The 2015 low is unprecedented in the context of the past 500 years," says a journal report.
Analyst Ken Doctor says the fight for Times control is still on and has some intriguing wrinkles.
"Our hugely improbable, racially romantic story did not mean that we'd solved the problems of the color line. Far from it."
Hundreds of homes were lost on Saturday night. For generations of hot springs soakers and New Age followers, there is more bad news.
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