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for July 2015

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Michelle Obama at Special Olympics

LAO_Michelle_Obama_SpecialOlympics copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs weekly on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Changes afoot here

jc-mg-200-names.jpg Changes afoot at UCLA mean changes here. Mark Gold is moving on at UCLA. Peter Kareiva joins UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability as new director. And this column reboots.

Only in LA: The real game of thrones

andy-gump-helmets-copy.jpg Welcome to our annual Salute to the Toilet, spotlighting the aesthetic side of that noble apparatus and recent technological breakthroughs.

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

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

'Endless Summer' poolside

endless-summer-roosevelt-iris.jpg The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel hosted an poolside screening of "Endless Summer" for the 50th anniversary of the surfing culture...

Goodbye to all this

Los Angeles is losing one of its fiercest critics and lovers just when we need her most. Emily Green is leaving LA after 17 years, a crucial, insightful voice on the essential subject of water.

Pete Rose and the best 20 minutes in baseball

pete-rose-asg.jpg Rose did his time and that should be enough, says the former baseball columnist.

Phil and Dave Alvin

LAO_AlvinBrothers_EdPearl copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears every Thursday at LA Observed.

Wine and jazz at Hollywood and Highland

jazz-dad-kid-iris.jpg Kamasi Washington and the West Coast Get Down performed at Hollywood and Highland's Wine and Jazz Summer Concerts series.

Author interview: Molly Knight on the Los Angeles Dodgers

EE0cdfoN.jpg Molly Knight didn't set out to write a behind-the-scenes book when she began covering the divorce proceedings between Frank and Jamie McCourt for ESPN. But the self-confessed Dodgers fan realized she had a story with more plot twists than a soap opera. Her summertime read goes down as easily as a sudsy beer in the bleachers.

Hanging out with Mya Taylor of 'Tangerine'

mya-taylor-donuttime-iris.jpg The buddy movie takes you on a wild ride along Santa Monica Boulevard one Christmas Eve -- a raucous adventure that keeps you laughing despite sordid car sex, cheating husbands, lots of drugs, angry johns, fits of rage and outright acts of cruelty.

Pacific Palisades parade

LAO_RichardBloom copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears every Thursday at LA Observed.

4th of July with Cinefamily and 'Jazz on a Summer's Day'

cinefamily-bbq3.jpg The event I attended perfectly represented the Cinefamily mission "to reinvigorate the movie-going experience by fostering a spirit of community and a sense of discovery."

Arbitrage in the Grass

Stanley L turf terminators 600.jpg Turf Terminators will buy your lawn for the low cost of destroying it and replacing it on the cheap, sell the missing lawn at a higher cost for a public subsidy, then pocket the difference. You don't have to pay a thing. But there's no free lunch. And no free lawn removal.

Lakers, Angels have analytics allergy

Both the Lakers and Angels seem to be operating without a clue. The Lakers can't convince any top free agent to come to LA, while the Angels just had GM Jerry DiPoto resign after a feud with Mike Scioscia.

Noah Purifoy and Larry Sultan at LACMA

larry-sultan-mother-lacma.jpg What is the role of the artist in an imperfect world? Noah Purifoy, the son of sharecroppers in the South, seemed to have it right.

The Mighty Echos

LAO_MightyEchos.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears 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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