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October 31, 2008
As my kids suit up as skeleton orcs and grim reapers tonight and prepare to trick or treat, I’ll be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 30, 2008
When I moved from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon four years ago, it was with the sense I was going... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 29, 2008
Haven't the John Sidneys, the Al Arnolds, the George Herberts and, yes, the Paul Efthemioses suffered enough? $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Less than a week before our historic presidential election, a growing number of American families are more concerned about where they will sleep tonight than with who will move into the White House in January. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 28, 2008
I've had the Los Angeles Times delivered every day since 1982. My parents subscribed in 1964. This morning I left... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
There was no swooning. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Me and my three die-hard Obama Mama galpals had signed up for the Nevada "Drive For Change" canvassing campaign when... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Vandals, the Goths, the Saxons…the Zells? A tribe of one, but hey, a billionaire can hire his own legions... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 26, 2008
On the passing of the big-hearted Tony Hillerman, my college writing instructor. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 21, 2008
Our nation has certainly come a long way from those ignorant days of yore. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 15, 2008
Even if we rounded a bunch of them up, verified their undecidedness, and tied them down to watch tonight's debate, of what meaningful use would their opinions be? $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 8, 2008
A few questions for Barack Obama and John McCain $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 7, 2008
It was 59 years ago today that brunette starlet Jean Spangler vanished, leaving behind a young daughter, gangster pals, movie... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 6, 2008
Remember when retailers had the decency to wait until Thanksgiving to start the big Christmas push? That's when the symbols... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 4, 2008
Over at Design Observer blog, Steven Heller just
posted a lovely tribute to Los Angeles graphic designer,
Mike Salisbury, and his innovative art direction at
West magazine. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 3, 2008
What do Joe Biden and Sarah Palin have to say about poverty in America? Nothing. $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 1, 2008

Monica Almeida has the perspective of a native Angeleno who photographs Los Angeles for an East Coast newspaper: the New York Times.
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