Native Intelligence archive
for December 2007

As we cleaned our plates and headed toward dessert and coffee, the DA put the question to me: “So, who are you going to vote for in the primary?”

Lower-level treat of the year

This plan promises to be groundbreaking only to the degree that it models how not to address the health care crisis.

The holiday parties are the worst, when that question comes from strangers and the spouses of friends. "So," they ask, "what do you do?"

Freddie Fields was Hollywood’s most powerful and magnetic behind-the-scenes player, agenting cinema’s A-list when “star power” really meant something. Recognizing Fields’ influence, acumen and reputation, one top show biz insider sought to pay him the ultimate compliment: “Freddie,” he said, “you were Mike Ovitz before Mike Ovitz.” Field’s retort: “No, Mike Ovitz is Freddie Fields after Freddie Fields.”

What do serial killers Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez and Austrian Euro-ghoul Jack Unterweger have in common, besides the obvious?...

When does that hands-free cell phone law go into effect?

Well, that is a bit myopic.... the new camping ban in Malibu places the blame on public access to public lands, rather than concentrates on making one's own efforts to live in one's own city more sustainable.

The developer who recently bought the Cecil Hotel on Main Street and announced a $7 million facelift of the 1927 landmark probably won'tt be drawing attention to the fact that Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger stayed there while murdering L.A. streetwalkers in 1991.