http://www.laobserved.com/ Los Angeles media, news, books and sense of place Copyright 2009 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:19:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ben Golombek, the communications deputy to Controller Wendy Greuel, is marrying Meghan Loper, Public Policy Director at Majestic Realty, on Saturday out in La Quinta. Thus, he will be out... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/city_hall_wedding_bells.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/city_hall_wedding_bells.php Politics Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:19:19 -0800 This month's Angeleno is the magazine's tenth anniversary issue. The mag relives a decade of celebrity photography, highlights some fashionistas who elevated L.A.'s style in the 2000s and anoints as... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/angeleno_celebrates_10_ye.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/angeleno_celebrates_10_ye.php Magazines Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:24:25 -0800 Actually, Santa Monica. The Santa Monica Daily Press is hiring a GA reporter. Full-time there means 10 to 12 stories a week, some holidays and weekends, and "if there’s a... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/be_the_hardest-working_re.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/be_the_hardest-working_re.php Newspapers Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:59:10 -0800 Manny Ramirez has decided to take the $20 million and stay with the Dodgers next season, rather than opt out of his contract and look for work as a drug-tainted,... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/manny_not_going_anywhere.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/manny_not_going_anywhere.php Sports Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:57 -0800 The first L.A. Times/USC poll will run in Sunday's and Monday's papers and will cover a bunch of topics. Some of the findings the Times is teasing: 51% of Calfornia... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/60_dont_want_to_vote_agai.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/60_dont_want_to_vote_agai.php Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:54 -0800 Q: What's more bizarre than the Los Angeles Times having a blog for the paper's most inveterate staff animal lovers to talk about pets, animal causes and, of course, dogs... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/lu_parker_times_pet_blogg.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/lu_parker_times_pet_blogg.php LAT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:49:44 -0800 Journalist Joe Mathews uses an Op-Ed piece in the Times to propose that Gov. Schwarzenegger appoint him for the vacant job of lieutenant governor. I know you're considering smart politicians... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/scribe_nominates_himself.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/scribe_nominates_himself.php Politics Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:15 -0800 http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/lao_on_kcrw_optimistic_ab.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/lao_on_kcrw_optimistic_ab.php LAO on KCRW Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:25:33 -0800 http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/around_la_observed_21.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/around_la_observed_21.php LA Observed Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:46:37 -0800 As Lifetime's "Project Runway" nears the end of its season in Los Angeles, tonight's final challenge was held at the Getty. The surprise guest greeting the contestants on the terrace... http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/mayor_hits_the_runway.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/11/mayor_hits_the_runway.php Television Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:18:38 -0800