February 14 - February 20, 2010
Friday, Feb. 19
Downtown News editorializes on the chaos at City Hall.
Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps" doesn't open until April, but the trailers are already making the rounds.
Here is the mayor being asked to explain how he intends to deal with the budget crisis - and not a complete sentence in sight.
A long-awaited report, just out this morning, says that the two north runways should remain in their current configuration.
If today's carnival tells us anything, it's that pro golf without Tiger Woods becomes a second or even third-tier sport.
Candys leave Bev Hills, Jaime McCourt wants more, no to three digital billboards, and LAX falls flat.
Thursday, Feb. 18
Agency heads are being instructed to eliminate 3,000 additional jobs - by layoffs, if necessary, by July 1.
Monday is the groundbreaking for the Bradley West project, which will greatly expand the congested international terminal.
Bankruptcy judge has given the media conglomerate (and parent of the LAT) until the end of March to file a reorganization plan.
Intrade, the online trading exchange, has "The Hurt Locker" leading the pack, followed by "Avatar."
The numbers are getting better, but permanent mortgage relief remains elusive.
More manufacturers are hiring, women still lagging at corporate level, no to L.A. privatization, and additional runway lights at LAX.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
The change affects about $3.2 billion of debt, a clear indication that Wall Street doesn't like what it sees..
Content would have to be really good and unavailable for free, an enormous burden for an online publication.
Brouhaha over the handling of tickets for Bruce Springsteen concerts is apparently being resolved by the feds and the company.
He's expected to apologize and discuss his future plans at a meeting on Friday near his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
The plane, which apparently struck a transmission tower, was owned by an executive with the electric-car company.
Now under new studio management, the Mouse House is only interested in two types of movies.
It's the $35 million purchase of an 8,704-square-foot Bev Hills home by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Dumping laid-off city employees to the airport, port and DWP never seemed like a good idea.
It's darkest before the dawn and all that, but today's NYT story about party gridlock is enough to get folks good and nervous.
Toyota's latest problem, still-struggling L.A. economy, port traffic shows some improvement, and NYT reporter explains plagiarism.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
Absentee buyers bought 22.3 percent of the homes sold last month, the highest level for any month since at least 2000.
Andy Rooney thinks it's pretty funny that CBS shelled out two grand to have him shuffle around at the Super Bowl.
Some singular events do stir wholesale buying and selling. But it's not the norm.
The quake is believed to have killed 200,000 to 250,000 people and caused $7.7 billion in damages.
With L.A. being such a have- and have-not region, the 25th place showing makes sense, kinda.
More sales in January involved distressed properties and lower-cost inland homes rather than the pricier fare closer to the water.
More foreclosures expected, tax credits won't generate many jobs, new troubles for Toyota, and Mattel's hot toy.
Monday, Feb. 15
Zachery Kouwe, a reporter for the Dealbook blog, apparently swindled passages from the WSJ and other news organizations.
Barbara Walters says she's sick of the post-award lovefest in which she profiles several celebs.
The airline did everything right, and Smith is a jerk - a Hollywood jerk, the worst kind.
Too bad the folks in San Pedro chose to squabble for so many years on how to redevelop their aging community.
Attention is focused on changing the federal formula for determining how homeless dollars get divvied out.
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