Weekly archive
November 25 - December 1, 2007
Friday, Nov. 30
The red flag alert is definitely over. No Morning Buzz today. My KCRW commentary this afternoon at 4:44 will talk about USC and the Coliseum.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Thursday, Nov. 29
Among them is director Oz E. Scott, appointed to the Cultural Heritage Commission. Release with bios follows.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Signal in Santa Clarita on Wednesday published a column and accompanying editorial cartoon skewering the manipulation of faith and politics. After some readers complained that the cartoon was offensive,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Villaraigosa accepts the NFL won't come to Coliseum Time to forget the NFL dream and give a USC a long-term deal, the mayor says. LAT Christopher Hawthorne on the Coliseum... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Wednesday, Nov. 28
An open letter from Athletic Director Mike Garrett. Excerpt: It gives me no pleasure to write a letter of this kind, but there are issues facing our university that you... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Airbus returns to LAX today An Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft, will arrive at LAX at 11:45 a.m. on Runway 25L then taxi to the Flight Path Learning... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
USC alumni don't want to gather on campus Saturday mornings, touch the statue then get on a bus. They want to walk to the stadium. Skepticism abounds over the Times... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Tuesday, Nov. 27
The Santa Anas are back and the LAFD has declared a red flag day in the hills for Wednesday. Those who live there know what it means: no parking on... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Los Angeles Press Club is getting into the non-geographic awards game, announcing it will accept entries (for $35 each) and give out the National Entertainment Journalism Awards next year.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts: People can minimize it all they want, but these round-numbered birthdays are times that I take stock, and looking at myself, I see a complicated... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
No word in the Times web story on when civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman begins serving his federal prison term for tax evasion, money laundering and bankruptcy fraud. But the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sometimes the hiring memos at the L.A. Times yield some insight into the interests an editor brings to the table. In this case, we learn that new California Editor David... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remember Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, the journalist who quit the L.A. Times in a huffy outburst and resurfaced as a successful novelist? (And who more recently mourned the death of Cathy Seipp.)... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
We told you Saturday that Matt Welch had left the L.A. Times editorial page to return to Reason magazine, and said to await further details. Well, here they are via... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yagman dances, sentencing delayed Civil rights lawyer Stephen Yagman talked so long at Monday's sentencing hearing that it won't be until today that he finds out how long he is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Commenters on the God Blog have attacked the Jewish Journal for employing a "God-fearing Christian" with the last name of Greenberg to write for the weekly. (Brad) Greenberg explains his... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Monday, Nov. 26
Mayor Villaraigosa's office says that Carol Baker Tharp, general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, has died. The mayor just released this statement: “Carol Baker Tharp loved the City... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Malibu toll: 53 homes County fire chief says this blaze could easily have taken 250 homes, but he credits firefighters. LAT, Here in Malibu Villaraigosa no longer frontrunner for governor... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Here are quick links to some posts from the weekend, which wasn't all about Malibu fire coverage and the end of Mayor Villaraigosa's affair with Mirthala Salinas. In case you... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sunday, Nov. 25
In the December issue of Vanity Fair, David Friend writes that this Oct. 31, 1974 photo of President Gerald Ford and then-Gov. Ronald Reagan — a few months after Richard... $MTEntryExcerpt$>