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Harold Nelson is out as director of the Long Beach Museum of Art, replaced on an interim basis by former board president Ron Nelson in a move by trustees to broaden the museum's offerings.
Mayor Villaraigosa gets a seat of honor at the opening day of the state Assembly session.
If you've never had the pleasure of visiting the Thursday farmers market in Chinatown, let LA Observed video blogger Jacob Soboroff take you over at Native Intelligence.
What ex-Supervisor and L.A. City Councilman Ed Edelman does for his $200,000 as Santa Monica's homeless czar.
East Coast culture blogger Lee Rosenbaum gives her take on new Getty chief James Wood: "He conceives his artworld role not so much as that of a brilliant scholar, a high-profile spokesman or a social schmoozer, but as a public servant in the best sense."
LA Observed contributor Victor Merina is blogging from Washington on the Supreme Court's oral arguments on school desegregation for the USC Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism.
The Dodgers signed closer Takashi Saito to a new deal and were named the sport's top organization by the publication Baseball America.