Native Intelligence archive
for October 2006

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Pod people

A friend sent an irresistible e-mail: wanna watch scenes from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" in the cave where it was filmed?

A Halloween Fable -- Watch What You Witch For

Looking out the car window, the boys were captivated by goblins, ghosts, pumpkins and a decoration they had never seen: witches on brooms that had slammed into trees.

Where is the L.A. River, exactly?

Everyone seems to know that something is going on. But where is the river? And where should you go? And what, exactly, is happening?

Where I live

I live in "Faircrest Heights" We're the neighborhood you see out your car window on the way to the 10 freeway. It's not much to look at, I know, but we're growing good crops here.

From China, a view on the Times

I was one of the people Kurt Andersen spoke to for his column about the L.A. Times' misguided attempt to be a national newspaper when it barely covers Los Angeles. He was right, in so many ways.

Here lies Oscar Madison, oh and Felix the Nut too

Halloween seems a good time to point out where the talent is buried.

Getting the lowdown on downtown at YouTube

YouTube provides different perspectives on the new Downtown. In one video, a homeless man tells the urban pioneers to chill out a little.

Nosy neighbor Kravitz would've loved a wired LA

Internet maps reveal the kind of neighborhood news that doesn't fit in the newspaper, like the robbery last night, or the selling price of the neighbors' house. But, in some cases, old-fashioned snooping was just as unreliable.

The Return of Dominique

Manhattan Beach's most notorious lingerie model is back from holiday and ready for her close-up.

Planet Starbucks knows no boundaries

Starbucks tells the LA Times there are only 100 stores in Los Angeles, wherever that is.

Survivor's Reality--Just Say No

I am not a reality show curmudgeon--not completely. My nephews pointed me first to Junkyard Wars, and after that to...

Sad songs, media say so much

Here in Music City, much of the conversation around this past week revolved around a baseball player from Los Angeles who pitched for a team in New York and who never made it to supper in Nashville.

Ray Harryhausen & me

Back when movies about giant apes, dinosaurs and monsters were considered 'B' fare and not $100 million extravaganzas, Ray Harryhausen was the go-to animator in special effects. He held court this weekend in Burbank.

Hey LAT, how about the Marina?

Will changes at the Los Angeles Times reverse a decades-long policy of not taking big LA stories seriously? Not likely.

The calling

I hate telemarketers. No matter how many you tell Do Not Call, there’s always another one to interrupt your work,...

Tribune Company, meet Secretary Rumsfeld

I got the phone call at home an hour ago: The Tribune Company fired the L.A. Times’ publisher. Tribune insists on pushing into an arena it knows nothing about — greatness in journalism.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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