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A very big City Hall payout. Tail O' the Pup returns. Trump will find a new LA Times correspondent in Mexico. And more.
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A very big City Hall payout. Tail O' the Pup returns. Trump will find a new LA Times correspondent in Mexico. And more.
Joe Hicks, the co-founder of Community Advocates Inc. and a long-time media commentator on race and columnist in Los Angeles, died Sunday.
Long worked on "The Big News" at KNXT and was VP and news director at NBC 4.
Chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken have been VIPs in the LA food scene since they opened City Cafe in 1981.
Juan Gabriel, Tronc, gentrification and of course Clinton and Trump are in the news, plus job moves and random notes.
Minor league baseball is leaving the city where Don Drysdale and Mike Piazza perfected their games.
Readers of the Southern California News Group papers are warned how to watch out for the stuff.
MONA had to leave downtown in 2011 but things are all right now. Visiting is like seeing old friends again.
The new telephones going into the newsroom at the Los Angeles Times carry the Tronc brand.
Gawker.com's last day. Clinton is in town for fundraisers. Media moves. Jobs. And in praise of the Olympics.
Herb Wesson has received five default notices for being late with mortgage payments.
Halpert reported for all three network stations in LA and hosted "KNBC News Conference."
With the Rio Olympics fully involved in track and field this week, LA sports historian and journalist David Davis revisits one of the most emotional moments — and photographs — of the 1984 Los Angeles games.
The French-born chef built a national empire after his two hit Los Angeles eateries.
The councilman from the northeast Valley stayed less than one term.
The LA bureau of the New York Times is down to one news reporter, one Hollywood reporter and film reviewer Manohla Dargis plus bureau chief Adam Nagourney.
Villaraigosa was married to Patricia Govea at a hotel in San Miguel de Allende.
Historian Michael Beschloss has an active Twitter presence and posted this stylized map to the sights of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Vice revisits the story of how designer Amy Inouye saved Chicken Boy from the landfill.
Huffington plans to leave the Huffington Post, the site she started 11 years ago, in the coming weeks.
Jeff Gottlieb's lawyer represented T.J. Simers in his recent suit against the Times. Also: Another newsroom exit and confirmation of the Timers building's sale.
Veteran reporters Jason Song and Garrett Therolf are leaving, along with a recent hire from Texas, and a new education reporter comes from Florida.
After grand jury indictment, the former lawman could get 20 years but probably wouldn't.
Mike Bresnahan goes to TWC Sportsnet and Tania Ganguli joins the LA Times from ESPN.com.
Weekend news report in the Times is an exact copy of a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2010.
The Secretary of State gave Joe Shammas a certificate saying he finished second to Rep. Tony Cardenas. Then he took it away.
He's not on the road trip and looks headed for Oklahoma City in the minor leagues.
LA County's disgraced former sheriff withdraws his guilty plea for lying to the FBI about jail abuse.
Longtime LA investigative reporter Karen Foshay rolls out her first series for KCRW, a five-parter on the treatment of workers in LA restaurants.
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.
