Here are some of the most talked-about LA Observed items from the past week...
- LA Weekly on the death of Miguel Contreras and LA Observed's scoops on the reaction by (and to) former Weekly editor Harold Meyerson.
- Kurt Andersen tells the L.A. Times that nobody likes them in New York, then concedes a point.
- New York Times reporter and the parking tickets, maybe hers and maybe not.
- The L.A. Times cancels its pre-election voter poll: costs too much.
- Mark Lacter stays on the latest Tribune sale twists.
- Could Starbucks be any more lost?
- This blogger prefers "Junkyard Wars" to "Survivor," race war or not.
- Look who gives USC a $35 million gift.
- A look inside the mayor's private office at City Hall, and Antonio's challenge to the architects of L.A.
- Behold The Sports Examiner, the new guy in town.
- Morning at Echo Park Lake is for the joggers and bird watchers.
- John Force, blue-collar hero of the SoCal drag strips.
Plus: Media people items on El Cucuy, Ross Becker, Otis Chandler and the Economist's man in L.A., plus the latest on Antonio Villaraigosa and a week's helping of Morning Buzz.