Archive: 2007 in review

Entries in this category going back awhile
 

2007: Those wacky Times

It's amazing, really, to look back at all the distraction, disruption and toe-shooting the new Los Angeles Times can pack into a single year. In 2007 alone: The #2 editor...

2007: Antonio and Mirthala

The Internet has spoken — no Los Angeles story came close to surpassing the interest in Antonio Villaraigosa and his affair with Telemundo rising star Mirthala Salinas. First came the...

2007: Passings

Noting the deaths of noteworthy Los Angeles figures and LAO's colleagues and friends in the media is just something we do here. Here are most of the passings that LA...
New at LA Observed
LAO__Mayor&Wonder copy.jpgTake My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed. See bigger.
Ringo Starr exhibit
ringo-drums-girls.jpgVisitors at a new Ringo Starr exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Downtown check out the Ludwig Classic Liverpool drum set that Starr played when the Beatles toured Japan in 1966. Native Intelligence
Construction
expo-line-frames.jpgWood frames for the Expo Line extension at Pico and Sawtelle tower above Billingsley's. LAO photo.
LA legends
puig-koufax-soohoo.jpgYasiel Puig and Sandy Koufax at Dodger Stadium. Team photographer Jon SooHoo posted dozens of photos from the first Old-Timers Game at the stadium since 1995.
Coachella has your keys and cellphone
coachella-lost-keys.jpgCoachella music festival promoter Goldenvoice has been trying since April to repatriate hundreds of wallets, cellphones, car keys and other items with the fans who left them behind in the desert. Read up