http://www.laobserved.com/ Los Angeles media, politics, news and place Copyright 2013 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Kevin Roderick: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made his most direct comment yet about his future political plans in a conversation with "Airtalk" host Larry Mantle on KPCC. He doesn't say when he would run for governor, which is kind of crucial. More inside. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/villaraigosa_i_plan_to_ru.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/villaraigosa_i_plan_to_ru.php Villaraigosa Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:42:43 -0800 Kevin Roderick: The revised lineup, brought about in part by the demise of NPR's "Talk of the Nation," will include a one-hour repackaging of that day's two-hour morning show, "Take Two." There will also be the NPR interview show, "Tell Me More," hosted by Michel Martin, on weeknights. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/kpcc_adds_six_shows_to_ni.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/kpcc_adds_six_shows_to_ni.php Radio Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:11:12 -0800 Mark Lacter: Here's a proposal that's hugely important for local businesses and developers, and yet it's barely gotten noticed. http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2013/06/is_merging_planning.php http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2013/06/is_merging_planning.php Business Update on KPCC Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:02:18 -0800 Kevin Roderick: Mediabistro is calling it a hiatus but says that "within the next few weeks, all existing FishbowlLA content will be folded into the FishbowlNY archives." Current editor Richard Horgan will move over to FishbowlNY "to cover the Hollywood trades, awards season and a broad range of national media stories." http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/fishbowl_la_going_dark_af.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/fishbowl_la_going_dark_af.php Blogosphere Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:05 -0800 Mark Lacter: Final approval is expected next week, but today's 13-1 vote pretty much assures that L.A. will be the nation's largest city to prohibit stores from using plastic bags. http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2013/06/council_moving_towar.php http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2013/06/council_moving_towar.php City Hall Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:24:51 -0800 Kevin Roderick: LA to ban plastic bags in markets. Garcetti heads to NYC. A new parklet on Spring Street. IRS goes after Sam Zell's Tribune deal. New LAT bureau chief in Sacramento. Jake Jacoby and the Hillside Strangler et al. Indiewire's Hollywood influencers. When Vin Scully almost became a Yankee. And more. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_tuesday_6181.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_tuesday_6181.php Morning Buzz Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:28:19 -0800 Bob Timmermann: UCLA's baseball team is in Omaha for the College World Series for the third time in the last four years. http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/ucla_continues_to_make_omaha_a.php http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/ucla_continues_to_make_omaha_a.php Native Intelligence Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:28:07 -0800 Kevin Roderick: The daughter of BoingBoing editor Mark Frauenfelder was going through security with a school group at LAX on Sunday when a male TSA officer hissed at her, "You're only 15, COVER YOURSELF!" Not cool. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/15-year-old_girl_told_by.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/15-year-old_girl_told_by.php LAX Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:11:33 -0800 Kevin Roderick: JJ Yore was a journalist on the creative team that created Marketplace in 1988, and was the executive producer until moving upstairs to VP/General Manager in 2011. Today the word got out in the Downtown Los Angeles offices that Yore will be leaving. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/jj_yore_leaving_marketpla.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/jj_yore_leaving_marketpla.php Media people Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:04:48 -0800 Kevin Roderick: Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti just announced that the chief of staff in his City Council office, Ana Guerrero, will fill the same role when Garcetti moves down to the mayor's third floor suite. "Ana was the key player in my work to cut budget costs and revitalize neighborhoods," Garcetti said in a statement. "Together, we're going to build on this foundation with new solutions to fix City Hall and strengthen communities citywide." http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/garcetti_names_ana_guerre.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/garcetti_names_ana_guerre.php City Hall Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:46:22 -0800 Veronique de Turenne: Again with the only-in-SoCal preferences. http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/favorite_things_1.php http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/favorite_things_1.php Here in Malibu Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:18:47 -0800 Kevin Roderick: Murder suspect from the Valley arrested in Joshua Tree, an Obama ambassador from HBO, Metro bus drivers sickened by pesticides, LA grapples with digital billboards, Garcetti breakfasts with Greuel, LAPD buys 188 cars, LA may be part of Rupert Murdoch's soccer plans, Dodger dollars don't add up, plus media moves, Zoey Tur and the 19th anniversary of OJ's slow-speed chase. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_monday_61713.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_monday_61713.php Morning Buzz Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:17:54 -0800 Kevin Roderick: Wilshire Boulevard will be closed two extra hours for this Ciclavia. On Thursday evening, I will take part in a panel put on by Ciclavia and Hidden LA for the Getty's Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in LA. http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/ciclavia_route_map_for_wi.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/ciclavia_route_map_for_wi.php Place Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:56:31 -0800 Kevin Roderick: on how artist James Turrell has "knocked the art world off its feet," partly by opening three major shows in different cities inside a month. One of those cities is Los Angeles, as we have posted already. What hasn't been covered in LA is just how close the intricate LACMA show came to not being ready on time.]]> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/james_turrell_in_nyt_mag.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/james_turrell_in_nyt_mag.php Arts Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:40:28 -0800 Veronique de Turenne: Another slide show. Also, Happy Father's Day! http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/the_garden_before_and_after.php http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/the_garden_before_and_after.php Here in Malibu Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:25:17 -0800 Steve Harvey: Steve Harvey's latest column of observations from around Southern California. Including Satan in a Dodgers jacket. http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/only_in_la_1.php http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/only_in_la_1.php Only in LA Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:10:47 -0800 Veronique de Turenne: The golden rule, as Maisie sees it. http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/signs_of_saturday_woof.php http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/signs_of_saturday_woof.php Here in Malibu Sat, 15 Jun 2013 11:33:32 -0800 Ellen Alperstein: The Santa Monica College shootings and the NSA's mass surveillance should make clear that security requires controlling both the guns and the spies. http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/the_sliding_constitutional_sca.php http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2013/06/the_sliding_constitutional_sca.php Native Intelligence Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:43:35 -0800 Kevin Roderick: Airports chief wants to keep job under Garcetti. The mayor-elect's Reddit chat. Koch brothers fire back at Reed Hundt. Tow truck driver who killed a Metro bus driver did not have a commercial license. Figure much less local snow in the future. Hollywood skyscrapers a big lobbying topic. Schwarzenegger confirms role in 'Terminator 5." Plus unpaid interns, Al Michaels, Levon Helm and it's UCLA graduation day (and week.) http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_friday_61413.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/06/morning_buzz_friday_61413.php Morning Buzz Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:05:11 -0800 Veronique de Turenne: Just as the sun slipped out of sight. http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/light_on_the_lake.php http://www.laobserved.com/malibu/2013/06/light_on_the_lake.php Here in Malibu Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:43:20 -0800