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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...
October 30, 2008
When I moved from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon four years ago, it was with the sense I was going...
October 29, 2008
Haven't the John Sidneys, the Al Arnolds, the George Herberts and, yes, the Paul Efthemioses suffered enough?
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.
October 28, 2008
I've had the Los Angeles Times delivered every day since 1982. My parents subscribed in 1964. This morning I left...
There was no swooning.
Me and my three die-hard Obama Mama galpals had signed up for the Nevada "Drive For Change" canvassing campaign when...
The Vandals, the Goths, the Saxons…the Zells? A tribe of one, but hey, a billionaire can hire his own legions...
October 26, 2008
On the passing of the big-hearted Tony Hillerman, my college writing instructor.
October 21, 2008
Our nation has certainly come a long way from those ignorant days of yore.
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?
October 8, 2008
A few questions for Barack Obama and John McCain
October 7, 2008
It was 59 years ago today that brunette starlet Jean Spangler vanished, leaving behind a young daughter, gangster pals, movie...
October 6, 2008
Remember when retailers had the decency to wait until Thanksgiving to start the big Christmas push? That's when the symbols...
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.
October 3, 2008
What do Joe Biden and Sarah Palin have to say about poverty in America? Nothing.
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.© 2003-2008 • About LA Observed • Contact the editor
| CBS and ABC have far bigger fish to fry - namely whether their stations can get back the auto and retail advertising that fell off a cliff in 2009.
| Recycling!
| And there's still time to take part!
| Searching for answers after a third loss this year.
| Jihad and cash offers meet American soldiers during the Gulf War, and beyond.
| After a tough year financially, the Museum of Contemporary Art put on a gala party to celebrate with 1,000 of its closest friends.
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