Weekly archive
October 11 - October 17, 2015
Saturday, Oct. 17
Fourteen events later, CicLAvia says it's the largest open streets event in North America. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Friday, Oct. 16
He sends a check for $10,000 along with an apology. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If you see a yellow-bellied sea snake, take pictures and report the sighting but do not handle this highly venomous creature. OK? $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Interstate 5 is bad, but there are A LOT of trucks trapped in the debris flow that covered Highway 58 last night. Intense video inside. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Oct. 15
Expensive does not equal championship quality and there are questions about the future of Mattingly and others. One longtime player is gone for sure. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Fired LA Times publisher Austin Beutner will speak on "the future of newspapers" a week from today at the Columbia Journalism School. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Plus look who is on T.J. Simers' legal team: Stephen Glass. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Oct. 14
New politics editor at KQED. CJR cuts back print. Jean Sharley Taylor. And more. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Executives at the LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune say Chicago told them to make the financials look worse than the executives believed. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Oct. 13
That day is Thursday at Dodger Stadium for the fifth and final playoff game with the Mets. Winner plays the Cubs. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The former Laker and Clipper is "fighting for his life" in a Las Vegas hospital. Ex-wife Khloe Kardashian is reported to be with him. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
He is a bean counter "actually worth writing about" and the point man in City Hall on the homeless issue, says the Downtown News. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
An exhibit of World War II camp photos at the Skirball includes images by Dorothea Lange and Toyo Miyatake. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Oct. 12
In the heart of Silicon Valley, a milestone has been reached. Plus more progress at Harvey Mudd. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Just like that, the Dodgers face elimination Tuesday night after blowing an early 3-0 lead and letting New Yorkers blow off steam about Chase Utley. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Hugh Hefner agrees that his 62-year-old magazine should move on and adapt. The website already had. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Center for Investigative Reporting got the story rolling. Now Steve Lopez is on the case. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If upheld, the Dodgers will play Games 3 and 4 against the Mets one man down. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Oct. 11
May 15, 1965 was a bigger than usual Saturday taping night in the KHJ Channel 9 studios. $MTEntryExcerpt$>