Native Intelligence archive
for February 2015

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How to fix the Lakers

With the Lakers winding down a lost season, Phil Wallace offers five ways that the team can get back on track.

6th Street Viaduct replacement groundbreaking

LAO_6th viaduct.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs weekly at LA Observed. Click on the photo to view bigger. Gary's archive....

Oil drilling in Hermosa Beach: déjà vu all over again?

playadelrey.jpg Hermosa Beach residents have 10 more days to contemplate the future of their beach town and the Santa Monica Bay. Whatever they decide it may feel like déjà vu all over again. The question is which version of the past do they want to see come back?
pensotti-shirley.jpg Shirley also reviews "Cineastas," which closes Saturday at REDCAT downtown.

African American Heritage Month

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

Your fashion and dining guidance for Last Remaining Seats 2015

wizardofoz-lrs-underhill.jpg Ed Fuentes returns with his personal advice for taking in a vintage film on Broadway this season.

Sneak peek inside the Broad Museum space

bcam-couple-iris.jpg The downtown museum-to-be opened its doors on Sunday for a public viewing. Photos inside.

Jacaranda's new music, Maestra Canellakis and Daniil Trifonov

Thomas-Ades-cbso-014.jpg Shades of LA's celebrated avant-garde past lit up the new-music present at Santa Monica's 1st Presbyterian Church. Plus more.

Bruce Lisker goes to federal court, presses case for damages

liskers-2-2015-iris.jpg Lisker is still waiting on a trial for his civil suit against the city of Los Angeles and two LAPD detectives over his wrongful murder conviction.

Hollyhock House a valentine to Los Angeles

hollyhock-iris-girl-in-room.jpg A long line of Angelenos was already outside when the renovated Hollyhock House opened in Barnsdall Park on Friday afternoon. The crowds kept coming all Valentine's Day.

CaliParks: A new way to discover and share your parks

CaliParks300.jpg Parks and technology -- for some park lovers never the twain shall meet. Parks are where you go to escape from technology. But for many others, technology is a way to discover, enjoy, and share experiences and a love for parks.

Overheard in Santa Monica

Sonoma Wine Garden 2-12-15 - Copy.JPG Friends with death benefits.

Chapter 23. Cafeteria

veronica.jpg "Veronica Street" is a novel of Los Angeles by Jenny Burman, serialized here at LA Observed.

Restored Hollyhock House

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

Welcome to Christopher Hawthorne's Third Los Angeles

hawthorne-garcetti-oxy.jpg LA Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne has a grand narrative. And he's not just a chronicler of the Los Angeles story. He's a cheerleader. A goad. And a protagonist now.

36 holes, ocean vu, no fixer

view from Torrey Pines3 2-6-15 - Copy.JPG If the golf at the tournament at Torrey Pines disappoints, just cast your gaze due west.

Remains of the Atomic Cafe

LAO_AtomicCafeDemo copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular feature of LA Observed, appearing weekly on Thursdays.

Not lost in translation*

je suis charlie2 2-4-15 - Copy.JPG I don't understand much of the content of Charlie Hebdo, but just holding it means more than I can communicate.
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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