May 15 - May 21, 2011
Friday, May. 20
Eclectic Method - The Apocamix from Eclectic Method on Vimeo. Just getting a head-start on the festivities. Wonder if it'll...
The mayor also wants an independent consultant brought in to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the L.A. Department of Transportation.
The billionaire developer had been pushing for a retail center next to the track since 2004, so his withdrawal is a surprise.
It's one of those good news/bad news things.
The state and local unemployment picture is certainly improving - but that's not saying much.
Any team under 500 on June 1 stands a very small chance of getting into the playoffs.
Gas prices keep dropping, Barnes & Noble gets offer, Couric close to ABC deal, and Elizabeth Taylor's estate is selling Bel-Air property.
Just barely - 11.9 percent in April, down from 12 percent the previous month.
Thursday, May. 19
This has been a huge - and barely covered - story within the local Persian Jewish community.
He set a June 22 court date, which means that if McCourt can't meet payroll in another 10 days or so, he'll be on his own.
The professional-networking site was priced at $45 a shares, opened at $83, reached as high as $122.70, and finished the day at $92.
The long-time network executive says he couldn't come up with an agreement on a new contract.
Program allows the mayor and City Council members to have fines reduced or eliminated for constituents.
Jamie McCourt may force the issue on Dodgers, Hollywood cheats minority and women writers, LinkedIn shares soar, and e-books blow past print.
Wednesday, May. 18
The cops were hit with $41 million in cuts that have not yet been accounted for, and parks and rec got a $19-million haircut,
Republican jawboning is no doubt having an effect.
Clueless, bumbling, parochial, grand-standing - those are just a few of the words that come to mind after catching bits of this morning's session.
An index of well-being has the state doing a little better than the nation as a whole, but that's not the whole story.
Once you pull out Oprah and Lady Gaga, the difference is even greater.
They were all pretty predictable - and curiously unfunny.
Geithner warns of default, gas prices changing behavior, budget day at City Hall, and Disney considers Olympic sponsorship.
Tuesday, May. 17
Company is the largest source of peak downstream Internet traffic in the U.S.
LinkedIn's larger-than-expected offering is already feeding the narrative that California's tech business is back in a big way.
This week's chat looks at the huge L.A. budget deficit and why short-term cuts won't do the trick.
Not all that different, I'm afraid. State government had been on a dysfunctional course well before the recall.
The videogame, officially out today, allows users to skip action sequences in order to appeal to customers more interested in the noirish aspects of the story.
Election Day for Jane Harman's seat, Kim Kardashian scores venture funding, The Counter and Yogurtland coming to LAX, and KIIS-FM still tops.
Monday, May. 16
The two high-rises next to iconic structure would drastically change the Vine and Yucca neighborhood in Hollywood.
All told, 15 comedies are planned, up from 13 a year ago and only eight in 2008.
Told you that they go up a lot faster than they go down.
Last night's Miami-Chicago contest on TNT was the most viewed NBA game in cable history.
The $6.6-billion windfall is way higher than had been projected, but next year's deficit is still running at a little under $10 billion.
Not to state the obvious, but nice is not the same thing as interesting.
But he says that if he had chosen to run, he would have won the GOP nomination and then the general election.
U.S. hits debt ceiling, Brown to release budget revision, DirecTV plans HBO-type channel, and proposed development in Hollywood.
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