Archive: 2006 in review

Entries in this category going back awhile
 

Job: Latino-themed content chief

The formal title is Chief Content Officer, and the employer is Radio Bilingue. The project takes a little more explanation. A major new public media programming service in Los Angeles...

2006: Most clicked on

One last look at the year just past, through the lens of the subjects and posts that LA Observed readers devoured, forwarded and talked about the most. In order, from...

2006: Random and quirky

Before we get to the Most Clicked On stories of 2006, here are some personal favorites that don't fit anywhere else. Most interesting car wreck in years: Take an Enzo...

2006: Politics

You can't make this stuff up. Some gems from the archive: Antonio and the schools: Mayor Villaraigosa began the year talking tough about taking over LAUSD, compromised in the Legislature...

2006: Media

Here are some of the top local media items from LA Observed that won't quite make the Most Clicked On list for 2006: Mel Gibson: TMZ got the scoop on...

2006: Tumultuous Times

Did the Los Angeles Times have a tough year or what? Lots of unhappy departures, speculations about a dark future and criticism aimed at the paper. There also was much...

2006: Gone but not forgotten

Some of the Los Angeles-area institutions, famous and not, that didn't make it though the year — as covered by LA Observed. Ambassador Hotel Tower Records Rhino Records Dutton's North...

2006: Passings

Obituaries come in three varieties on LA Observed. Either the death is big news with a SoCal connection, the deceased is prominent in the fields that the site obsesses about,...
New at LA Observed
LAO__garcetti_mayor copy.jpgGary Leonard's long-running series of Los Angeles photos appears on LA Observed on Thursdays. Click to see larger.
That's a lot of fish
catfish-malibu-vdt.jpgNewborn lake catfish swarm for Veronique de Turenne's camera. Here in Malibu
Garcetti and Wakeland
garcetti-wakeland-returns.jpgEric Garcetti and Amy Wakeland, his wife, checking election results Tuesday night in a photo from his campaign.
Sidewalk piñatas
pinatas-dtla-jg.jpgPiñatas for sale on Olympic Boulevard at Central Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. Photo by Judy Graeme. See bigger.
Psychic reader pop up
psychic-reader-vdt.jpgSpotted on Santa Monica Pier by Veronique de Turenne. Here in Malibu