Archive: Follow up

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Read the LA Times response to Los Angeles Magazine's piece

lamag-graphic-latimes.jpg Co-managing editor Larry Ingrassia goes after the magazine and writer Ed Leibowitz for "What's the matter with the Los Angeles Times?"

Norms Pico has definitely closed

norms-pico-closed.jpg The windows are covered, cones block the driveway and the We Never Close sign has gone dark.

Winter solstice cave pictograph at Burro Flats

burro-flats-ruggles-3.jpg From the LA Observed archives, a piece for the winter solstice on a Chumash cave painting in the local hills.

James Dean gas station corner to become grocery

james-dean-casadepetrol-thumb-640x444-29454.jpg An update to our guest blogger post from last month about the demise of Casa de Petrol in Sherman Oaks.

Sports Museum of LA has closed after two months

sportsmuseumla-front.jpg The museum holding the collection of Gary Cypres had just opened to the public in July.

Santa Barbara News-Press class of 2006

newspresstape-.jpg It has been 10 years since the owner of the Santa Barbara News-Press declared war on her own newsroom staff.

Bill Cunningham, 87, New York Times photographer

bill-cunningham-street-hat.jpg Cunningham created the genre of street fashion photography and was featured in a 2010 documentary.
grim-sleeper-lonnie-franklin.jpg A 2008 LA Weekly piece by Christine Pelisek named the serial killer responsible for murdering perhaps dozens of South Los Angeles women.

Schwartz lists why he is running against Garcetti

Mitchell-Schwartz-640.jpg Los Angeles needs a mayor whose goal isn't climbing the ladder to the next office, Mitchell Schwartz says.

P.F. Sloan may be the most famous songwriter you never heard of

pfsloan-grab.png Sloan, 70, died Monday night. 'For those who grew up in Southern California in the golden glow of the mid-'60s," Joel Bellman writes, "he produced the soundtrack of our lives."

Stephen Glass pays back Harper's for 1998 story

stephen-glass.jpg He sends a check for $10,000 along with an apology.

Future of Cities event coming in October

bojarsky-event-alcornpan.jpg That June gathering of power players and civic activists at Tony Pritzker's home is going public with a discussion event at LACMA.

Oliver Sacks, 82, neurologist and author dies of cancer

musicophilia.jpg Sacks announced in a February Op-ed piece that he had spreading cancer and was detaching from big world concerns like the Middle East and global warming. "My generation is on the way out…"

Gjusta, Petit Trois make Bon Appetit's hot list

gjusta-bakery.jpg The magazine gets a second wave of publicity with its choice of the 10 best new restaurants in the U.S.

Boston drops out of Olympics running, so LA may be in

olympics-sussman.jpg As LA-based 3 Wire Sports urged last month, Boston is no longer an obstacle to Los Angeles getting the 2024 Summer Games.

New Yorker does LA's backyard entomologists

30newSpeciesoffly-nhm.jpg Remember the post in March about the discovery of 30 new fly species in LA yards?

Pilar Marrero returning to journalism from Solis' staff

pilar-marrero-fb-profile.jpg Marrero left La Opinión in December after 24 years to work for new LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis. She's going to back to work on election coverage.

Access to Malibu's Carbon Beach a long time coming

malibu-overlook-vdt.jpg Jenny Price's very first post at LA Observed -- in 2006 -- began a series that agitated for access to the public Malibu beaches where wealthy property owners kept putting up obstacles.
misty-copeland-gene-schiavone.jpg Copeland came from a difficult situation in San Pedro and Gardena and today becomes the first African-American female principal dancer ever in the company.

Beach tar balls traced to Santa Barbara spill

heal the bay oil cleanup.jpg There's no real surprise here. Yes, the tar that washed up on local beaches came from 100 miles away.
de-leon-prius-bee.jpg A judge says the media can have the calendars of two suspended senators facing federal charges. Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon also halts late-night free rides.

Dancer Robert Fairchild goes to the Tonys

tiler-peck-robbie-fairchild.jpg Fairchild has been in LA Observed a few times, so let's see how he did at Sunday night's Tony Awards -- up for best actor in a musical.

More coverage of that LA leadership event at Pritzker home

lawson-ross-foc-alcorn.jpg Stories by Los Angeles Magazine, THR and the LA Times include the quote of the night: "Building a bike lane at the farmers’ market won’t build a great city. It would build a great Danish village."

Mormon temple finally embraces the brown

mormon-temple-brown-grass.jpg My post last week on the Mormon lawn in Westwood had a weird, short life as a media drought nugget. After hedging, the landmark temple now says, yes, the lawn is going dry to help out.

Art Leahy officially jumps from Metro to Metrolink

art-leahy-metro.jpg The board of Metrolink announced today that Leahy will become CEO on April 20 -- soon after he steps down at Metro.

Andrew Sullivan to shut down The Dish

sully-cartoon-in-dc.png The other shoe has dropped in political blogger Andrew Sullivan's recent decision to stop blogging.

Producer Megan Ellison, Annapurna Pictures step up to save Vidiots

vidiots-annapurna.jpg The producer of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "American Hustle" loves her video store, I guess.
New at LA Observed
Clinton fundraises in LA
kermit-la-brea-closer.jpg Jim Henson Studios on La Brea became a presidential campaign stop on Thursday.
Brown declares disaster area
porter-ranch-sign.jpgThe natural gas leak above Porter Ranch now qualifies for various government actions. Story
Wet coyote
wet-coyote-vdt.jpgSpotted between the storms at Here in Malibu.
Performing arts with cheer
guys-dolls-kevin-parry.jpgDonna Perlmutter closes out 2015 with productions downtown and on the Westside.
Junkyard down
upick-firetruck-560.jpgAfter 53 years, Sun Valley's Aadlen Brothers and U-Pick Parts cleans out. Photos