Native Intelligence archive
for May 2015

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Only in LA: Harvey's healthcare guide

diethrupharmacy.jpg Your official Harvey Healthcare Guide will keep you from feeling like you're just a number.

Prom night

LAO_UnionStationProm.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears weekly at LA Observed.

The 99-Seat plan's long goodbye

enron-ds.jpg You may have heard that LA's 99-seat theaters are about to enter a year of living on the edge.

Things you don't see in San Dimas...

treeman1 Main Street & Marine 5-25-15 - Copy (2).JPG These people walk among you. On stilts. Dressed in leaves and bark.

James Cameron's outlook: sunny with a chance of doom

Cameron300.jpg It was a beautiful, sunny late afternoon in the Santa Monica Mountains, and James Cameron was sending mixed signals. The director of "Avatar" had just unveiled his latest invention: open-source solar sunflowers. This was a celebration, but there was a dark cloud on the director's mind.

Lakers can't afford to screw up No. 2 pick

Jahlil-Okafor-twitter.jpg The Lakers front office has a chance to take a superstar in next month's NBA Draft. But if recent history is any guide, there's a strong possibility that they'll take a complete bust.

Old-timer's game

LAO_Yasiel_Puig.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears weekly at LA Observed.

New breed pianist, perfect dancers and a string quartet

alvin-ailey-dt.jpg Donna Perlmutter sees Igor Levit, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Ballet Jazz Montréal and the Brentano String Quartet.

'Mad Men' finale at the Ace Hotel

mad-men-ace-stage-iris.jpg Creator Matthew Weiner thanked the audience for their loyalty and they cheered, laughed and cried through the final episode.

Chris Burden's Ode to Santos Dumont

burden-dumont-iris.jpg Burden's final finished work goes on display Monday at LACMA.

Only in LA: Attention, shoppers

sh-emergency.jpg Questions every smart consumer should ask, from the Only in LA columnist.

Urban Light

LAO_ChrisBurden.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs every Thursday on LA Observed.

'Truthiness' is not a core news value

latimes-sign-sideview.jpg All newspapers makes mistakes; they're inevitable and forgivable, as long as they correct them promptly and honestly. So why didn't the LA Times do so?

I heard it through the musical grapevine

motown-gaye-ds.jpg Two musicals currently playing in LA are at least partially set in bygone days of LA's pop music business. Both of them focus on music-industry pioneers.

Operators are standing by

The public radio pledge drive at KCRW draws a diverse crew of people eager to take your call.

Pedestrian enforcement

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

Silent Joan of Arc under the viaduct*

the-viaduct-film-iris.jpg On Sunday night about 200 people gathered to watch an outdoor screening of the silent classic, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," under the Buena Vista bridge.
chiara-sierra-getty.jpg As a photographer, it was exhilarating to visit the Getty and meet photographers who are exploring frontiers, sometimes breaking new ground and sometimes riffing on the work of earlier pioneers.

An atlas of LA's multitudes

LAfreeways.jpg LAtitudes: An Angeleno's Atlas, a new book just out from Heyday, whole-heartedly embraces the Whitmanesque myth of Los Angeles: "Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." Book launch events at Clockshop and Skylight Books on May 2 and 3.

Chapter 26. Sold!

veronica.jpg Eugenio walks into Vega's, where he is not well-liked.
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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