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CA Sketchbook: Shadow donors

Shadow-Donors-ONLINE.jpg The latest cartoon on the California election by Steve Greenberg.

Crowds line up to see Endeavour

endeavour-line-gl.jpg The space shuttle Endeavour was packing them in this morning for its first day on exhibit at the California Science Center. Photos by Gary Leonard.
Is it time for fans of the Dodgers to just give up and surrender to the Giants? History advises otherwise.

CA Sketchbook: Prop. 36

Prop36-LesMis-ONLINE1.jpg The latest California election cartoon from Steve Greenberg.

Show of Stanley Kubrick materials to open at LACMA

"Stanley Kubrick" is the first retrospective exhibition of the legendary filmmaker's work in the U.S. It's co-presented with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and opens Nov. 1.

Q&A: Daniel Olivas and USC poet Andrew Allport

body-of-space-in-the-shape-of-the-human.jpg In my day job as a government lawyer, I work with many non-writers who love literature. One of the lawyers on my floor is married to an acclaimed novelist. And I recently learned that one of our newly hired attorneys has an award-winning poet for a husband. That poet is Andrew Allport, who teaches writing and literature at USC and has a newly published full-length collection.

6th Street Bridge

LAO__maltzan.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

CA Sketchbook: Prop. 34

Prop34 toon ONLINE.jpg The latest from Steve Greenberg. Archive...

Hunsicker hire boosts Dodgers organization

The Dodgers hiring of Gerry Hunsicker as a Senior Advisor will bring some much-needed wisdom to the organization, and should improve the club's subpar scouting and player development systems.

Alice's ballet adventures from Canada

alice-red-queen.jpg The National Ballet of Canada's hugely ambitious production of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (in Los Angeles for a brief three day run at the Music Center) has much to offer. But the real stars are the sets, costumes and special effects. Video inside.

The Scapegoat *

thescapegoat.jpg Wandering in the Tate Britain, the metaphor hit close to home: George McGovern never deserved to become the lonely scapegoat for the entire Democratic Party's failure of imagination, of principle, of nerve, and ultimately of competence.

'The Flat' explores complicated family history

arnon-goldfinger-iris.jpg Arnon Goldfinger made 'The Flat' while cleaning out his grandmother's flat in Israel, where she emigrated from Nazi Germany with secrets that took many years to reveal themselves. What do we save and what do we throw away? What do we share and what do we hide?

CA Sketchbook: Molly Munger

38-MollyMunger-ONLINE.jpg The latest cartoon by Steve Greenberg.

Revisiting the Garden of Allah

TTWS-cover-11-SMALL-195x300.jpg New info turns up about the legendary Garden of Allah hotel complex in West Hollywood

Hollywood dirt

LAO__groundbreaking.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears at LA Observed on Thursdays.

LA Sketchbook: Prop. 32

Prop32 Blocks ONLINE.jpg The latest cartoon by Steve Greenberg.

Sign of the times on Angeleno Heights

angeleno heights_sign of times.jpg Coyote-spotting on Angeleno Heights

Endeavour's communal commute

shuttle-ellen-4.jpg Endeavour's slow, middle-of-the-night commute made our hearts race.

Target dog

LAO__targetdog1.jpg New from Gary Leonard.

CA Sketchbook: Why gas prices rise

GasPrices Rise ONLINE.jpg The latest from Steve Greenberg.

Only in LA: Halloween's coming

sh-twin-towers.jpg Halloween won't be a special day for the Museum of Death in Hollywood. And more from the streets of Los Angeles (approximately) by Steve Harvey.

Spider season's web of lies

milking bw venom-Chuck Kristensen-Spider Pharm.jpg October is spider season in L.A., and we're crawling with enthusiasm.

The LA Phil goes dancing at Disney Hall

black-swan-laphil.jpg Disney Hall is not just alive with music these days -- it's throbbing with dance. For their kick-off gala, Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic enlisted American Ballet Theatre stars and stage-worthy others as the featured attraction.

51 years of trying to beat the traffic at Dodger Stadium

dodger-stadium-construction.jpg Why do Dodgers fans leave Dodger Stadium early? It turns out that it's always been that way. From Day One. Literally.

LA Sketchbook: Total Reshame

Arnold Book ONLINE.jpg The latest from Steve Greenberg.

Farmers Field signing

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LA Sketchbook: Carmageddon II

qqCarmageddon2.jpg The latest by Steve Greenberg.
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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