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May 30, 2007
A homeowner has voluntarily opened a public accessway next to his house. Yes, voluntarily.
The brand-new accessway on Carbon Beach is at 21950 PCH, on the west edge of the property.
A California postcard
May 26, 2007
The morning after the elusive Lake Machado alligator Reggie was captured and taken to his new home at the L.A. Zoo, I visited with the man who knew him best.
May 25, 2007
A poet works San Vicente Boulevard
May 24, 2007
The birds in Los Angeles, apparently, treat and understand the L.A. River as a river.
The San Francisco Examiner described the evening as "more like a campaign stop than a book signing," which was accurate enough, except this was not billed as either.
May 23, 2007
Unless you've been detained in a Gitmo holding cell you probably know that beatboxer Blake Lewis is poised to win American Idol tonight. In that spirit Idol has flown beatboxing grandaddy Doug E Fresh to L.A. to appear on the show for a duet with Blake.
May 21, 2007
That's it for me. Harper's Bazaar lost me for good with this month's cover. Can't say I didn't warn them....
May 18, 2007
It's entirely possible he wanted the $5 and was foolish enough to think that this complicated scheme was the only way to get it. But I decided it wasn't about money, or food.
May 14, 2007
After 83 years of furnishing the homes of Mid-west LA, Horizon Furniture will close.
May 09, 2007
I visit with Griffith Park-area City Councilman Tom LaBonge, LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, and LAFD Captain Carlos Calvillo. Also, see what it's like below a fire department chopper dumping tons of water.
May 08, 2007
Book projects are just like serial relationships. All the components are there: romance, sex, friendship, arguments, the break up ... and if you're lucky you've saved something for retirement. The Dora book was great while it lasted; we'll always be friends, but it's time to move on and I haven’t yet found someone new. After such a long relationship, I feel awkard in public. I'm not used to dining at a table for one. I haven’t, well . . . dated in a long time.
May 07, 2007
A new leaseholder will operate the National, formerly run by Mann, and has scheduled to reopen this Friday, May 11.
May 04, 2007
Paris Hilton may not have known her license was suspended, but, by God, it seems she's aware that this is Derby weekend.
May 01, 2007
Five reporters on how to take the pulse of tens of thousands of activists
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