Weekly archive
January 16 - January 22, 2005
Friday, Jan. 21
No further postings until the weekend.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It shows up in Jim Hahn's latest campaign disclosure filings with the city Ethics Commission. The fund took in donations of $11,000 before the end of the year and spent... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Oops, forgot to click the "publish" tab on this one. Air America, the liberal radio network, returns to the air in Los Angeles on Feb. 3. Its hosts will be... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Chris Reynolds, who began writing columns for the Times' new Outdoor section in 2003, is moving to be a senior arts writer. The staff announcement follows:... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Jan. 20
The Daily News page-tops a pro-business report by frequent L.A. critic Joel Kotkin—and not usually so biting Jack Kyser—complaining that city officials are more concerned with social issues than creating... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Jan. 19
Author testifies: Former Times reporter Miles Corwin took the stand in the Robert Blake murder trial to explain why he was with LAPD detectives as they searched Blake's home. He... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
If you don't yet see the benefits of community-based policing in an under-policed city like L.A., consider two letters I came upon today in The Argonaut. Both pay tribute to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Finally, someone has made a connection between local politics and hockey that I can give a link. It's a fleeting connection, but still. NBC Sports contributor Evan Weiner has a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Roundup, it's called, is from the editors at Political Pulse and AroundtheCapitol.com. It joins Rough and Tumble ("a daily snapshot of California public policy and politics") in linking to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Jan. 18
On Kitty Felde's Talk of the City yesterday, author Douglas Flamming told some great stories about the little-known history of African Americans in early Los Angeles (including in the expedition... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Jan. 17
Author and journalist Rodger Jacobs hopes to convince the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to name the intersection of Hayworth Avenue and Sunset Boulevard for F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
I have no idea if this is true with other sports, but blogs about baseball can be remarkably good. At their best, they offer the pleasure of eavesdropping on a... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Customers of the Times are not taking well to some of the paper's recent cost-saving steps. The latest Reader's Representative report to the staff says that trims in the TV... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Two televised mayoral debates are being sponsored next month by the Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood Councils. With that name, you might think it's an alliance of the 80-some official neighborhood... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Muff Singer was married to former Los Angeles City Controller Rick Tuttle. She died Sunday at home after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was 62. Singer worked in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Google is known for its creative holiday plays on its familiar logo. Last year artists came up with a logo for most big holidays plus Earth Day, Bloomsday, St. Patrick's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Blogger LAPD Wife recounts that when she checked out recently at Costco, the clerk ringing her up said she could buy either the Sudafed in her cart or the Nyquil—but... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sherry Lansing chats with Newsweek's Sean Smith about leaving Paramount after 12 years as chairman and being the first woman to run a major studio. She insists, of course, that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Off to a fast start: Red carpet: The guv and his missus seemed to enjoy their prime table—and their time in front of the cameras—at the Golden Globes. In the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Close the canyons and the L.A. commute is lost, the Business Journal says in reconstructing last week's hellacious post-storm congestion. Five of the seven mountain roads that connect the Valley... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Columbia professor Todd Gitlin argues on the Times op-ed page Monday that reporting that tries to be objective (by the mainstream journalism definition) is far from finished. Rumors of the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Jan. 16
The Sunday Opinion section in today's Times (with an inauguration cover by the brothers behind JibJab.com, right) introduces a new feature, Outside the Tent. It's billed as "an experimental column... $MTEntryExcerpt$>