http://www.laobserved.com/ Los Angeles media, news, books and sense of place Copyright 2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Did Lu Parker go along, as she implied she would in that first public glimpsing of the couple at Chevalier's bookstore a month ago? Mayoral spokesman Matt Szabo isn't saying.... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/villaraigosa_off_to_afric.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/villaraigosa_off_to_afric.php Antonio Villaraigosa Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:29:35 -0800 Cynthia Littleton at Variety reports that Brennan, a longtime reporter and editor for The Hollywood Reporter, died today at Cedars-Sinai after a yearlong struggle with cancer. "He was my friend,... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/steve_brennan_hollywood_r.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/steve_brennan_hollywood_r.php Obituaries Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:06:13 -0800 Eater LA, through a post signed by Curbed creator Lockhart Steele, says its post earlier this week leveling blind charges at downtown wine bar The Must "didn't rise to our... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/eater_la_apologizes.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/eater_la_apologizes.php Blogs & bloggers Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:15:19 -0800 Veronique de Turenne drops off a load, posts some pictures at Here in Malibu: "Kind of freaks me out, but it's also fascinating, this other world where tons of junk... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/inside_the_las_virgenes_l.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/inside_the_las_virgenes_l.php Mountains Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:31:12 -0800 http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/pre-holiday_putsch_at_lat.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/pre-holiday_putsch_at_lat.php Los Angeles Times Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:21:40 -0800 LA Observed will begin observing the first holiday weekend of summer by switching early to infrequent posting mode. Enjoy the weekend!... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/holiday_observed.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/holiday_observed.php LA Observed Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:34 -0800 In this issue of Los Angeles Magazine and on the website, Steve Oney revisits the summer of 1969 when Hollywood figures, and then much of the city, were terrified by... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/manson.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/manson.php Los Angeles history Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:35:26 -0800 Steve Greenberg is traveling this week to the annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. While he's gone, we'll post some previously unpublished work. This one was... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/la_sketchbook_pico_rivera.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/la_sketchbook_pico_rivera.php LA Sketchbook Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:07:29 -0800 An elected San Francisco supervisor has been agitating up there for details on the cost of Mayor Gavin Newsom's security detail, without much luck. Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, however, easily tracked... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/antonios_security_detail.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/antonios_security_detail.php Antonio Villaraigosa Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:55:05 -0800 Steve Hymon, who covered the City Hall beat (and later transportation as the Bottleneck blogger) for the Los Angeles Times, is back again, at least virtually. This time, he's doing... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/hymon_working_in_city_hal.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/hymon_working_in_city_hal.php Politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:22:37 -0800