Kevin is the founder, publisher and editor of LA Observed. He is an experienced and respected journalist and radio commentator, the author of two books about Los Angeles, and a native Angeleno.

He has been a Contributing Writer at Los Angeles magazine for several years, reporting mostly on politics and media. Before launching LA Observed in 2003, Kevin was the founding Los Angeles bureau chief for the late Industry Standard magazine. He spent two decades as a staff writer, line editor and senior editor at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in in-depth projects and coverage of politics, urban affairs and the state of California. He shared in two Pulitzer Prizes awarded for staff coverage of the Rodney King riots and the Northridge earthquake.

In addition to Los Angeles and The Industry Standard, Kevin's writing has appeared in Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times Book Review, C, the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles and L.A. Architect.

His most recent book, Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and end-of-year Favorite Book of the Times Book Review. Wilshire Boulevard, now in its third printing, also was a Book of the Year finalist of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. His first book, The San Fernando Valley: America's Suburb, was praised by California State Librarian Emeritus Kevin Starr and remains the leading work on the basin of 1.7 million inhabitants.

Kevin won a Golden Mike Award for his weekly LA Observed commentary on KCRW, the National Public Radio station based in Santa Monica, and has hosted the station's program The Politics of Culture. He appears frequently in the media as a commentator on Los Angeles and its institutions. Kevin has been quoted, cited or interviewed in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Business Journal, LA Weekly and the Los Angeles Independent. He has appeared on C-SPAN, National Public Radio, American Public Media, "KNBC News Conference," "Eye on L.A.", "Fox-11 News," "Life & Times," "Which Way, L.A.?," "The Politics of Culture," "Airtalk with Larry Mantle," "Talk of the City," "Patt Morrison," "Deadline L.A.," "Call Sheet," "Off-Ramp" and "The Ira Fistell Show."

Kevin also has moderated panels and discussions for Zocalo and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, participated on panels at UC Berkeley, USC, UCLA and UC Irvine, and has been a journalism judge for PEN Center USA and the Online News Association. He is a former member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting.

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