Native Intelligence archive
for May 2014

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Philippe Petit

DTN__PhilippePetit copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a weekly feature of LA Observed.

Airport authority misses connection to clean water

karthik b.jpg We regret to inform you that we will be experiencing delays in cleaning up Santa Monica Bay. Los Angeles World Airports--the city department that owns and operates LAX--is refusing to go along with a proposal to use airport property for a publicly financed stormwater cleanup project.

He ain't heavy, he's my dog

Pico and Main Street 5-26-14 - Copy.JPG Santa Monica welcomes cyclists, no matter what species you are.

New Clippers owner should change the team's name

After Donald Sterling sells the Clippers, their new owners should break ties with the organization's losing past and establish a new identity with a fresh rebrand. Phil Wallace argues the case for a new name, and offers some ideas for what that name could be.

Meeting of the mind

dog emporium3 Arrow Hiway 5-14 - Copy.JPG Life is complicated, cognition is dissonant, choices abound. So just read the signs already.

Top of Beachwood Canyon

LAO__HollywoodSign copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular weekly feature of LA Observed.

Where's CTG's next great LA play? Plus: Ghostly therapy

camp-david-image.jpg Why isn't Center Theatre Group turning out substantive and powerful dramatizations of American history that demonstrate how the past informs and affects present-day America? Or groundbreaking plays about Los Angeles?

Venice without the beach

Venice photo 1.jpg New reports of ice sheets melting more rapidly than expected in Antarctica have renewed interest in what is likely to happen here as things melt down there. Take a look at Venice Beach--without the beach that is.

Original Pantry's 90th birthday

LAO__Pantry's 90th copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular weekly feature of LA Observed.

These finders don't want to be keepers

unclaimed_property_sardines.jpg The state controller is custodian of unclaimed property, and he'd really, really like to give it back.

Parks Forward

Dockweiler.jpg A blue-ribbon commission studying the troubled California State Parks system is proposing a surprisingly bold vision for the future of parks in California. But it has been met with a strange silence in the media.

Big Jay McNeely

LAO__Big_Jay copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular weekly feature of LA Observed.

Street fight

sidewalk.jpg We may all agree that we have an enormous transportation and pedestrian infrastructure problem here in LA. But the solution is quite contentious.
McCue_cvr2-1.jpg Andy McCue's new biography of Walter O'Malley was 20 years in the making. It's another look at one of the most controversial owners in the history of the game.

Costume designer Sandy Powell at the Getty

YoungVictoria2009-getty.jpg The Oscar winner talked about designing a look for Emily Blunt to portray Queen Victoria. "You don't always have to buy the most expensive to make things look expensive...it's what you do with them."

Trying to help good things happen at Jordan Downs

fatherhood3-iris.jpg During my years at the Los Angeles Times, I spent time at Jordan Downs on assignment and personal projects, documenting the lives of the residents. I went back to see what, if anything, had changed.
misha-man-in-a-case.jpg So what do starry eminences decide when the time comes to hang it up? Leave the stage? Not Flicka. Not Misha.

LA Clippers press conference

LAO__LAClippersNewsConf copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs weekly at LA Observed.
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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