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The publisher says the money-losing, 103-year-old journal of LA's Japanese American community will have to close this year unless something changes.
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The publisher says the money-losing, 103-year-old journal of LA's Japanese American community will have to close this year unless something changes.
The longtime Westside councilman and television host entered hospice care last month.
Forty years before "Spotlight" reminded movie-goers what reporters actually do, ATPM was the film making college students want to study journalism.
Aides of the Valley councilwoman and their family members have been called into a grand jury over $5 and $10.
Dodgers official photographer Jon SooHoo begins to chronicle the final season.
Lost LA's Nathan Masters curates a look at the urban carnage wrought by construction of the Hollywood Freeway in the 1950s.
He breaks the news at a Town Hall lunch meeting then takes it to Twitter.
Longtime TV reporter Scott Collins will be TV editor, and Michael Schneider joins Penske Media. Plus more.
The California primary on June 7 is very much in play for Republicans.
Jaweed Kaleem covered religion for HuffPo, where he had been for five years.
Digital First Media acts to rebrand in SoCal after judge OK's sale of Register and Press-Enterprise.
Tribune's high bid is rejected after a federal lawsuit and temporary restraining order. Now on to the judge to decide.
Former freelancer is back looking for vindication.
He wins in the nonfiction category for book about the heroin epidemic in middle-class America.
She remains at Caltech and will work more on the effects of climate change and global warming.
The civil antitrust lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to block last night's auction results.
LA Times parent puts up the most money, but questions remain.
TMZ says the crime lab found no DNA, hair or any other potential evidence.
The former LA County coroner will return on an interim basis to keep things running.
A letter from the Justice Department warns of antitrust concerns if Tribune Publishing were to acquire Freedom communications at auction.
Organizers say the measure belongs on a city ballot to be locally debated.
With his convictions overturned on appeal, Alarcon says he is a candidate for Congress in the Valley.
An unusual open letter from McDonnell says "these cases slice across all socio-economic and racial lines."
Digital First Media's offer is chosen as the stalking horse bid. Read the memo.
A former stand-alone Kentucky Fried Chicken on Pico Boulevard is well along in its conversion.
For better worse, the hottest corner of the downtown Arts District boom now has a giant international art destination.
Mark Fajardo was here less than three years and says the department is understaffed due to budget issues.
The mountain lion's long-term prognosis doesn't get any better on the news that he's probably preying on the LA Zoo's animals now.
The documentary opens Friday in Los Angeles and New York.
Moves announced today are follow ups to the buyouts last year in which something like 90 senior staffers left the paper.
Rebecca Kimitch is moving into PR for the Metropolitan Water District.
A third bidder may yet join the auction but a sale could close by the end of the month.
She discloses the news at DTLA press conference.
Anthony Rendon becomes Speaker, Trump trouble in Silicon Valley, candidate trouble for the Democrats in Simi Valley and more.
Click on the photo to enlarge. LA Observed photo from Sunday. Hennessey + Ingalls, the arts and architecture bookstore that shocked its fans by announcing last fall it was moving...
Other female reporters tell Sports Illustrated a depressing story of hyper-vigilance, fear and never feeling truly safe in their rooms.
"I’m hurting and I’m sad and mad...I’m beginning to feel the city isn’t good for me anymore," Gigi Graciette vents.
Los Angeles needs a mayor whose goal isn't climbing the ladder to the next office, Mitchell Schwartz says.
On its first day under a new publisher, though I don't know if it mattered, the Los Angeles Times editorial board used very strong rhetoric in an editorial blasting...
The editor since 2011 will be the first joint editor-publisher of the LAT possibly since the era of General Harrison Otis. He's the fourth publisher in two years.
Oscar reporters had to demand access to the ceremony after corporate suits took the LAT's passes. Also: could Davan Maharaj add publisher to his title?
Clinton fundraises in LA
Jim Henson Studios on La Brea became a presidential campaign stop on Thursday.
Brown declares disaster area
The natural gas leak above Porter Ranch now qualifies for various government actions. Story
Performing arts with cheer
Donna Perlmutter closes out 2015 with productions downtown and on the Westside.
