Native Intelligence: October 2013 archive

Tyrus Wong's 103rd birthday

Kevin Roderick | October 31, 2013 12:02 AM

Gary Leonard covers artist Tyrus Wong's birthday every year. Here is 102 and 101, and some of the Wong...

Only in LA: Prose and cons

Steve Harvey | October 28, 2013 10:11 PM

What's the question every Angeleno has asked, usually during a traffic jam? Exactly, that one. Plus more of Steve Harvey's observations.

LA stages overflow: Beachy Einstein, zappy Zappa and more

Donna Perlmutter | October 27, 2013 8:29 PM

Donna Perlmutter's dance report from the landmark "Einstein on the Beach," or Frank Zappa's finally-mounted "200 Motels," Nederlands Danse Theater and Body Traffic.

The next 100 years, and the next eight

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | October 27, 2013 5:00 PM

The fact that the centenary of the LA Aqueduct coincides with a new mayoral administration in Los Angeles adds real politics to the symbolism.

Behind the scenes at Santa Anita

Ellen Alperstein | October 27, 2013 1:42 PM

At the fabled track, some people watch the races. We watch the barns.

Elliott Erwitt gives young Hollywood an excuse to party

Iris Schneider | October 25, 2013 10:56 PM

Last night at the Leica Gallery, the red carpet and velvet ropes were in place as photography royalty bumped up against the art wannabes. When Matthew McConaughey came through the door, the paparazzi could relax.

I'll still be damned if I'll die in Oakland

Al Martinez | October 24, 2013 10:42 PM

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Even L.A. would do, but I prefer Topanga.

Owens Valley aqueduct intake

Gary Leonard | October 24, 2013 12:33 AM

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Dodgers offseason off to a wild start

Phil Wallace | October 22, 2013 7:27 AM

With yesterday's news about Don Mattingly, Matt Kemp, Alexander Guerrero, and Sue Falsone, Phil Wallace points out six new things we've learned about the Dodgers under Guggenheim Baseball Management.

Some things I've learned about LA from the police scanner

LA Scanner | October 21, 2013 1:14 AM

The native Angeleno behind LAScanner shares wisdom from many nights monitoring for Twitter. Such as nothing good ever happens at a pay phone — and LA has fantastic street names.

What could Sydney teach LA?

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | October 19, 2013 4:11 PM

Sydney's audacious sustainability plan provides a surprisingly pragmatic blueprint for how to achieve energy and water sustainability in other cities, such as Los Angeles.

Advice for the Dodgers next year

Phil Wallace | October 19, 2013 6:12 AM

The Dodgers season may be over, but it's never too early to look ahead. Phil Wallace offers his take on what the Dodgers can do to reach the next level.

A triumph of thumbs

Al Martinez | October 17, 2013 9:58 PM

Al Martinez speculates on the future of fingers when over-usage of the human thumb in the digital age eliminates their need. How will we apply an important gesture of human displeasure when the middle finger is gone?

Indycar racing is both beautiful and terrible

Brian Kennedy | October 17, 2013 9:42 PM

It's not just men and women driving round and round. It's warriors dancing with death, and therein lies the magic.

Beverly Hills equestrian parade

Gary Leonard | October 16, 2013 11:43 PM

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Three new photojournalism books from masters of the craft

Iris Schneider | October 13, 2013 8:38 PM

A review of big new books by Sebastiao Salgado, Steve McCurry and Elliott Erwitt.

Fire and rain

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | October 13, 2013 6:02 PM

Los Angeles is home to more single-family residences exposed to wildfire risk that any city in the American West And we can't get city plan checks to let people use rain barrels the way they were intended?

Dodgers trail Cardinals in games and narratives

Bob Timmermann | October 13, 2013 4:12 PM

The Dodgers are losing to the Cardinals in the NLCS in both games and storylines.

Disney stages a surprise, third time's the charm for 'Carmen'

Donna Perlmutter | October 11, 2013 12:42 AM

Disney Hall celebrated its 10th anniversary without so much as one official standing on stage to bestow thanks to long lists of benefactors or indulge in blandishments and platitudes.

In the autumn of my books

Al Martinez | October 11, 2013 12:30 AM

Trying to straighten out his cluttered office, Martinez agonizes over parting with any of his books, feeling as though he is pushing unwanted children out the door. He just can't do it.

Red city vs blue city in the NLCS

Bob Timmermann | October 10, 2013 10:08 PM

A quick look at the upcoming National League Championship Series. (Little known secret: neither side is morally superior.)

Day 100

Gary Leonard | October 10, 2013 8:35 AM

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These guys have water on the brain

Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | October 6, 2013 6:55 PM

"The guy's got water on the brain," Jake Gittes's assistant Walsh says of Hollis Mulwray in "Chinatown." And, yes, we suffer the same affliction these days.

The damndest cold man ever caught

Al Martinez | October 3, 2013 11:41 PM

Martinez has a cold and imagines himself tended by a wife who responds to his every need, as a woman should, worried by his loud moans and a facial expression of sorrow that would make a coroner cry.

Tom LaBonge 60th

Gary Leonard | October 3, 2013 1:24 AM

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Native Intelligence archivefor October 2013

Native Intelligence archive
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