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Errant tweet from Santa Monica police chief added to Sunday jitters.
Competing ballot measures on housing in LA. Rising crime rates. Winter heat is back. And much more.
Catching up to a week's worth of media moves and hires, political notes and a whole lot more.
Developments at Porter Ranch. Penske buys Indiewire. Univision buys the Onion. A fake Politico reporter. Local finalists for the National Book Critics Circle. And much more.
Selected items from the media, our in box and other LA Observed sources.
Next for Porter Ranch, Year 30 of the homeless crisis, a busy week for the LAFD and more.
Notes and news items that amassed during the holiday break around here.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines and other officials said a credible electronic threat was received that threatened multiple schools.
Catching up from the holiday on politics and media notes, plus a lot more.
New manager for the Dodgers. Growth politics in LA. Women in Hollywood. Lots and lots of media notes. And more.
Another missile launch coming? That homeless state of emergency pledged in LA never happened. Plus more.
A weather change. Tarantino plans to apologize. A new spokeswoman for Kuehl. More politics, media and place.
Water flows in the LA aqueduct again. Vin Scully repeats next year is his last season. Los Fezil. And more.
A drone knocks out power. La Opinión endorses Kamala Harris. Media notes. And much more.
Catching up to news from politics, media and place. Plus more.
Biden won't run. DWP rates to rise. 99.9 percent chance of an earthquake. Media moves, the Murdoch brothers and more.
Catching up on politics and media news, job moves and some notes on place. Including: Metro losing riders.
A whole lot of news, politics, media and place for the week.
Garcetti and Hillary Clinton. Villaraigosa on Clinton. New Times publisher's salary and, wow, that housing allowance. Hyperion to discharge closer to shore.
Media moves, crime politics, fires, LA bike gangs observed and much more.
Items include Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, Daniele Watts, Eric Garcetti, Frank Gehry, Aja Brown, Wes Craven, Serena Wlliams, Jessica Mendoza, Claudia Puig and more.
Jerry Brown on "Meet the Press." Toni Atkins on "News Conference." A crossword creator dies. And much more.
LAPD as guardians not warriors. Cheating in Compton. A tax lien for LAT's Vargas. Balls at MacArthur Park.
Dave Lesher named to run start-up CalMatters. News from City Hall and the county, and much more.
An old byline returns to the LA Times. Plus how Hillary Clinton should be more like Trump.
Can you help this ex-Marine get her old uniform back? Lots of politics, media and place for a desk-clearing Friday.
A busy day of politics, media and place and another round of Watts riots remembrances.
Trump vs. Megyn Kelly but not on Fox. Bernie Sanders in LA today. Amazing ratings for GOP debate but not "True Detective." James Poniewozik to NYT TV beat. Drone racing. And more.
City Hall politics, media items, books news and place notes, including Maria Sharapova at Gjusta.
Herb Wesson's report card, Ted Rall fights back and new mountain lion cubs in the Santa Monicas. Plus more.
Politics, media and place with a little news thrown in. Catching up from the weekend.
Times editors give another letter grade. CBS2/KCAL promotes Amber Lee. Key and Peele to end their Comedy Central show. More politics and media notes.
Biden was in town. Ex-LA Times reporter takes a job in City Hall. Fernando Valenzuela becomes a citizen. And California's hangup on superheroes. Plus more.
Politics, media and place plus a few tweets of the day.
Ridley-Thomas and more politics notes, DeAndre Jordan stays with Clippers, new hosts at NPR's All Things Considered and more.
Bill Cosby's old admission. Donald Trump coming to LA? Record audience for soccer as U.S. champions come to LA Live. Plus much more politics and media.
Catching up on politics, media and place. Including a piece on KPCC's Latino audience.
Parks and LaBonge check out of the City Council. SCOTUS to take on labor union fees. Gravel yards. Much more politics, media and place.
UCLA and the Sean Combs arrest. Minimum wage, homeless camps and farewell to Tom LaBonge at City Hall. Plus more.
Catching up with a plethora of items on politics, media and place including news this morning from the Supreme Court.
Politics, media, books and place for a new week, plus a couple of tweets.
Minimum wage. Drought shaming. A new head of LAX. Emmy nominees. Gawker unionizes. Plus media moves and much more.
Plans for the 6th Street bridge. Anne Gust Brown profiled. More talk of exemptions from the $15 minimum wage. How much do City Council members pay their help? Drivers for drunk senators. And more.
I've been storing up for a few days.
Clippers lose. Clinton Foundation donations. Loretta Sanchez war whoops. Fassbender as Steve Jobs. Much more.
Marines die in Nepal. The City Council's new secretive ways. LANG parent no longer for sale. Another jab at LAT from Jeff Gottlibeb. Plus more politics, media and place.
Chock full of politics, media, place and an appreciation of Kodak's Tri-X film.
Plus Antonio Villaraigosa's new actress-girlfriend, restaurants come and go and a big day for a Dodger.
Plus Steve Soboroff acquires another famous person's typewriter. And what it was like to play for the bad old Clippers.
Our occasional but often-on-Mondays roundup of politics, media and place.
Baltimore cops charged, more reax to LAPD body cameras, a crooked local chief of police, DWP audits and more.
A morning roundup of politics, media and place plus some tweets of the day.
Politics, media, place and a tweet of the day.
Politics, media, place and some tweets of the day.
Plus a few tweets of the day for Monday morning.
News and notes from LA Observed on politics, media and place plus a couple of tweets of the day.
Carly Fiorina likely to run for president. New Daily Show host. Good magazine relaunches. KPCC drops Multi-American blog. Plus more and tweets of the day.
Jeb Bush to raise cash in Bel Air. Supes look to raise minimum age. A new column in Daily News. More notes on politics, media and place.
Some news and notes of politics, media and place to get the week started.
Catching up with a full day's worth of news and notes on politics, media and this crazy place we call LA.
Plans for an Old Bank District museum, plus a big day of notes in politics, media and place. And tweets of the day.
El Niño but so what. LA losing fog. Did Villaraigosa miss his last moment? Harrison Ford's crash. Plus more notes on politics, media and place and tweets of the day.
LAT parent may buy the San Diego U-T. Steve Lopez still shocked by Skid Row. Who's in the City Council and school board runoffs. Plus more notes on politics, media and place.
Kamala Harris doesn't poll well. Dinging Garcetti. Countdown to Tuesday's elections. Media notes on Harvey Levin, Bill O'Reilly and more.
Inglewood OK's the NFL stadium. Taxpayers did pay for the Kevin DeLeon coronation. Kenneth Turan's favorite Oscar analysis. Drones over the Valley. Plus more politics and media and tweets of the day.
Metrolink crash injures 28. Port logjam could take months. UCLA's superbug problem. Plus politics, media and place notes and a tweet of the day.
Politics, media, place and more. Photo: KPCC's Meghan McCarty looks for an Angeleno who cares about the city election.
Politics notes: An endorsement in the 4th district. Media: Mad Men and Pulitzer prizes. Place: Green sea turtles. And more.
Times endorses Cindy Montañez in the Valley. Why City Hall's special interests love shifting the election years. Garcetti on Snapchat. A final David Carr column. Kicking off Oscars week. Plus more.
LA's overpaid City Council. More suspicious DWP bills. Politics and media notes. Hollyhock House. and more.
Items on Antonio Villaraigosa and Kamala Harris, Eric Garcetti and Nury Martinez, Tom LaBonge, the trendy campaign tactic of this year and more.
Memorial service for Rick Orlov set. Janice Hahn may run for Supes. Promotions at KCRW. More politics, media and books notes.
A little politics, media moves and notes, and news of LA the place.
Mexico admits students are dead. More jostling for Boxer's seat. Huizar vs. Molina. Bestsellers of the week. Baquet, Leovy, Gold, whales and more.
Homicide study. City unions. Running for the council. Going clear at Sundance. Boyle Heights. More Jill Leovy.
City National Bank sold, Southwest Museum, more Villaraigosa and Boxer, and Thom Mayne on Bradbury's house.
Politics, media, place and some tweets of the day. Plus: The Villa Carlotta in Hollywood.
Politics, media, place — a bit of everything.
Brown's budget pushes back at UC's Napolitano. Dean Baquet engages on Facebook with Marc Cooper over Charlie Hebdo. Plus Maria Shriver, Jack Shafer and more.
Metro boss to step down. But more wi-fi is coming. New CEO for KCET. 55% applying for new immigrant licenses failed the written test. Plus much more and a quirky tweet of the day.
Rams owner says he will build stadium in Inglewood. Inauguration day in Sacramento. High speed rail breaks ground Tuesday. Sheriff says he wants civilian panel to be advisory only. Villaraigosa for governor? Plus more.
We've got items about politics, media, place, books, food, sports, the weather and even some news. Now 2015 can begin (for us.)
Politico in talks with Nikki Finke. Hollywood and Obama. LAPD shows support for fallen NYPD officers. Joan Didion at 80. Philippe starts taking plastic. And more.
Sony hacking fallout gets more serious. LAPD adopts body cameras for 7,000 officers and will reform its crime stats methods. Court-appointed panel will monitor LA jails. Dov Charney out at American Apparel. Dodgers axe Brian Wilson. Plus more.
Waze vs. LA neighborhoods. David Denby out as New Yorker film critic. Bill Cosby has a little to say. LA Times news. Kobe Bryant hits a new milestone. Plus more.
Civilian oversight (of some undefined sort) for the Sheriff. Isadore Hall wins a state Senate seat. Where Patty Lopez beat Raul Bocanegra. Rep. Loretta Sanchez's holiday card. David Letterman's final late-night show has a date. Dodgers in Mexico create some bad feelings. Plus more.
Investigation continues as lanes open around DTLA fire site. What is developer Geoff Palmer's vision? FBI will brief Sony employees on the studio's cyberattack. Pivot TV cancels TakePart Live. California's drought is naturally occurring. Plus more.
Palmer's under-construction Da Vinci apartments in DTLA burn down. Garcetti to unveil quake plans. Rolling Stone changes its correction again. Humboldt County's "trimmigrants." And more.
Beck says LAPD killing of Brian Newt Beaird was wrong. Reviving civilian oversight of the sheriff. Media and politics notes. Plus a Wilt Chamberlain stamp, an exhibit of Steven Soboroff's typewriters, and much more.
Rain and mudslides. Trucks end strike. UC regents thrown the ball into the governor's lap. Website comments. Rare varied thrushes in LA. Plus more.
In the news today: Jerry Brown, the UC Board of Regents, Charles Manson, Bill Cosby, Austin Beutner, the Lakers and some media moves, plus more.
Getty House uses a lot of water. Live Nation at Grand Park costs the city, it turns out. Marlborough School head to step down. Plus Bill Cosby, Pierre Omidyar and more.
The polls close in LA County today at 8 p.m. and mail-in ballots need to be received by today or dropped off at a polling place. A roundup of news items.
Home stretch of Campaign 2014: Jerry Brown, Ashley Swearingen, Bobby Shriver and more. Reaction to the exit of labor's Maria Elena Durazo. Californians not worried about Ebola. Plus much more for a catch-up Friday.
Jill Stewart to acting editor of LA Weekly. CHP's nude photos of suspects. CBC and KPCC host Jian Ghomeshi out over rough sex. Valley residents upset by mound of city asphalt. Plus politics notes, media notes and more obits.
Mexican cartel kills anonymous woman tweeter. Ben Bradlee dies. A food editor returns to LA Times. Kuehl and Shriver don't like each other. Yosemite proposes $30 admission per car. Plus tweets of the day and more.
Mohn's early reign at NPR. Kushner says he wasn't pushed. Vote on fracking. Hillary Clinton in town tonight. Garcetti's in Washington. SoCal Book Award winners, Kings player arrested and suspended, plus more inside.
Working the Ebola beat. Don't trust your data to Whisper. Are the Board of Supes rushing to hire? Kuehl and Shriver debate tonight in Santa Monica. Plus Frank Gehry, Frank Lyga, Joe Donnelly, Tail o' the Pup and more.
The story of Michael Scott Moore's captivity in Somalia. Gary Webb a pariah no more. The media on Ebola. Shriver and Kuehl on Ebola. NPR does the Skid Row cop. A new emcee for the Oscars. Plus more media moves and news.
HBO to stream on the web. Board of Supervisors campaign debate on KCRW. Aaron Kushner set up for an "embarrassing fall." Plus City Hall, state politics, media notes and more.
Back from three weeks away from the routine with a hefty offering of items in politics, media, sports and more. Catching up will continue all week.
I'm getting ready to head out for a couple of weeks of lighter than usual posting. But first: some news notes and items to get off the desk.
Valley days in the media. Why City Hall may like even-year elections. Mismanaging the VA in West LA. Black elders denounce Daniele Watts. Plus more.
Cover story on Patrick Soon-Shiong. Kuehl and Shriver debate. Gov. Brown's unusual campaign. Another sheriff deputy convicted of hiding jail inmate from the feds. Mapping the LA sewer system. You didn't win a genius grant again this year. And more.
LAT goes Republican for secretary of state. Three-foot buffer for bikes takes effect today. Dean Baquet after four months at top of NYT. Clear Channel renames itself. And more.
Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism proposes new $10,000 fee on students. Robert Lopez says LAT tried to keep him. Allie Mac Kay out at KTLA Morning News. LAT hires for Wall Street beat. Plus Hilda Solis and more.
Support for death penalty wanes in California. Voters can't identify Neel Kashkari. Six-state boondoggle falling short. Garcetti has a new business tax idea. DWP pays out on UCLA flood damage. Plus more.
Narco money laundering in LA. Alarcon sentencing update. Stopping work in Bel-Air. Zocalo hiring. Update on Hall of Justice. Plus cops, courts, media and more.
Boxer looks unlikely to run. Mystery respiratory virus. Metrolink ridership keeps dropping. James Corden gets "Late Late Show." New James Ellroy books, Bob Welch's death not heart attack, and more.
Shootings and fear across South LA. Brown and Kashkari debate. Rancor in OC. Blue whale numbers are back. A new gig for Jon Christensen. Plus Scientology's baby Buddha looks like L. Ron Hubbard and more.
Upset over stolen nude photos of celebs. Labor and the Board of Supervisors. Fallows and high speed rail. Bloomberg Politics hires Weigel and Bezos names a publisher. Dunkin' Donuts comes to Santa Monica. And much more.
Napa buildings red-tagged with quake damage. Drought lifestyles of the rich and parched. Paying for LA sidewalks. Routing the high-speed train through the Angeles National Forest. Selective prosecution on politico residency. Lizzy Caplan sex-ed teacher to the world. And more.
San Bernardino police officer in critical condition. LAT fails to decertify pressroom union. Council President Wesson and his rubber ducky do the ice bucket thing. Next year's Cicvalvia route in the Valley. Garrett Richards done for the season. Plus tweets of the day and more.
Cops, development, political moves and a giant rubber duck in the Port of LA. Plus Bob Eubanks reflects on bringing the Beatles to LA, a 1985 campaign commercial for Tom Bradley, and the Marvelettes.
Students planned a mass killing at South Pasadena High School. LAPD officer shot in the leg. All print journo jobs are in danger: "Period." Fixing LA's sidewalks. More media arrests in Ferguson. And Letterman catches up to death of Robin Williams. Plus more.
Looks like more film tax credits coming. No active faults under Hollywood projects. Ezell Ford shooting and LAPD. Ethics commission suggests paying Angelenos to vote. Hamburger Hamlet to reopen — well one of them, anyway. Plus more.
Chief Beck reappointed. Ballmer becomes owner of the Clippers. Robin Williams hanged himself. Plus more.
LAPD caught cooking the books on crime stats. Kevin James as City Hall insider. South LA's school board candidates. Maureen Dowd moves. Plus more news, politics and media notes.
Drought pushes California grape harvest earlier. Chief Beck under scrutiny over his daughter. LAPD holds back homicide data. Mayor Garcetti takes questions. Ken Doctor on the LA Times parent, plus more.
Garcetti does Sunset Boulevard photo op. Condoms in porn a bust. Sheriff candidate goes underground. Deputy kills the wrong man. Chief Beck's reappointment. Tribune Publishing spins off. and more.
Kashkari poses as poor. LA's street woes. NYT switches from "Dining" to "Food." "Hair" at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend plus more.
Drought effects. Bobby Shriver gets an endorsement. Obamajam keeps woman in labor from the hospital. Colbert will keep Late Show in NYC. What happens when film and TV productions are denied California's subsidy. Plus media notes: Maria Russo, Chris Long, KCRW's drone and more.
Casey Wasserman quietly leads LA's Olympic bid. The Mexican-born Stanford Law professor named to the state Supreme Court. Andre Birotte confirmed as judge. Sheila Kuehl gets County Fed endorsement. Plus Ron Calderon, George McKenna, Nick Ut, Donald Sterling, SoCal's bestsellers this week and more.
Hottest six months ever in California. Perez drops recount. Considering California's political cast of cast of septuagenarians and octogenarians. Mayor Hahn now in traffic court. Policing the Metro system. Plus a new New Yorker website, James Garner and more.
Water police, Garcetti welcomes immigrant children, yet another new approach to Skid Row, best restaurants in the Valley and more.
NPR news chief leaves (see memo excerpt.) Perez recount could last until after the election. New editor of Slate. LA's sidewalks. Plus more.
LeBron goes back to Cleveland. The Perez recount begins. Bill allows light-rail in the Valley again. LA crime heads up for first time in a decade. Plus more.
Back from a long holiday weekend with some politics, some cops, some media moves and Scarlett Johansson.
Betty Yee may have beaten John Perez. Diversity at NPR and KPCC. Sterling trial over the Clippers. High speed rail shifts strategies. Garcetti, Galperin, Waldie and restaurant closures. Plus more.
Supreme Court rules on Hobby Lobby and union fees. Mayor Garcetti's first year. Judge may decide Clippers sale today. Plus much more.
County CEO to retire. Train link approved for LAX in 2022. Chefs can soon go barehanded again. Naming the Van Nuys post office for Marilyn Monroe. Insurance risk of Uber. Plus Evelyn Taft returns to CBS 2 and more from Twitter.
Supreme Court says no to Aereo and to warrantless cellphone searches. Diane Sawyer to leave ABC News anchor chair, Stephanopoulos upped to chief anchor. Brown leads by 20 points. Garcetti at one year. Rattlesnakes, drought, James Flanigan, driving in the left lane and more.
Egypt jails journalists. Immigration and Rep. Kevin McCarthy. Sen. Kevin de Leon wants changes to high-speed rail. Sheriff's race going to the runoff. Why Nikki Finke won't be welcome back at Deadline. Amy Alkon in the NYT. And more.
Kushner says it's a strategy not an experiment. Donald Sterling harangues his psychiatrists on tape. Garcetti appoints new arts czar. LA's law against sleeping in cars struck down. California blackbirds in sharp decline. The Shirelles on video plus more.
Clayton Kershaw no-hitter. Kings make the cover of SI. Alarcons trial begins today. Another opening coming in California Supreme Court. Dov Charney out at American Apparel. And more.
Garcetti tells parents to lighten up. "Deliberate rebranding," says McIntyre. Deputy sheriffs endorse McDonnell. D'Arcy warns City Hall. Two transgender news copter pilots. San Marino mayor quits. Plus media moves and more.
Donald Sterling digs for anti-NBA dirt. Political consultant Michael Trujillo. Nikki Finke is back and explains why. Communication moves at LAUSD. The Valley establishment now wants rail. Plus: T.J. Simers devotes a Register column to his old editor at the Times. Much more.
County to pick a child protection czar. No sidewalk repair tax. No mandatory curfew at Bob Hope Airport. Why no one says Silicon Beach. Plus more.
Kushner speaks to the Register staff. LAFD pilot killed. Ed O'Bannon suit against the NCAA. Where Dunkin' Donuts will open. Tail o' the Pup's future. Plus tweets of the day.
Register staff meeting at 4 p.m. How the Clippers bidding went down. Garcetti as governor material. Another bear in Monrovia on video. Plus more.
Campaign 2014 primary races saunter toward the end, SCOTUS won't hear James Risen case, Isla Vista fathers meet, what the Academy will pay LACMA for May Co., Long Beach Register may cut back, and much more.
Auletta sums up Jill Abramson vs the NYT. Maya Angelou dies. Garcetti endorses Duran for Yaroslavsky seat. The mayor also nominated a shipping exec to run the harbor department. Plus more.
All media today: Sulzberger speaks to Vanity Fair. Another digital defection from NYT. Atlantic Cities rebrands. Moves at the LAT, LANG and KCRW. Plus more
Wildfires. Garcetti accepts the NAACP award. LA Times endorses Duran in Supes race. Beck wants to stay as chief. And Sulzberger explains Jill Abramson firing. Plus more.
405 carpool lane to open next week. City Hall's 3-1-1 line doesn't work very well. Voices of the drought. Plus more.
Heat wave arrives. Beverly Hills Hotel hires a familiar image fixer. Plus politics notes and more.
News, notes and observations from LA Observed and selected media. Sometimes daily, often in the morning.
Occasional news, notes and observations from LA Observed, often in the morning.
Curated news, notes and observations from LA Observed.
Selective catching up after staying away from the LA news for a little while. Don Sterling fallout, politics, media, more.
I've been otherwise engaged a lot and will continue that way for another week or so. Al Martinez continues to sit out. But here are some news and notes.
The Dodgers suspended their season ticket sale and said they may raise prices on big games during the season. Magic Johnson says Lakers erred in hiring coach Mike D'Antoni, and the Olympic marathon trials are coming.
Paul Walker autopsy, Mayor Garcetti's tech agenda, hit-and-run in the Palisades, a minor but media-observed earthquake, a mountain lion in Burbank and in praise of copy editors. Plus more.
Crime down again, building on earthquake faults, a 94-year-old mountain man — lots of stories crept into the news over the holiday period, plus media notes and job openings. Here's a little round-up to clear the decks for 2014.
Democrat Matt Dababneh of Encino was declared the winner of the 45th assembly district special election, by 329 votes. Plus more.
Mostly good reads that have been stacking up looking for a home, and less news.
A gunman apparently opened fire in Terminal 3 this morning. NBC reports one TSA agent has been killed and another wounded. The gunman has been identified and reportedly is in a hospital.
Lakers and USC legend Bill Sharman died today at age 87. Plus mentions of Hal Needham, Supt. John Deasy, John Emerson, Wallis Annenberg, the Koch brothers, A.J. Ellis, the county's first flu death and more.
Rim fire 35 percent contained. Brian Banks cut by Falcons. Garcetti's police commissioners approved. Sibila Vargas to NYC. Biographies with local ties recommended by Kirkus. A. Scott Berg profiled. LA Weekly's Web Awards. Leon Whiteson, 82. Plus more
Chef Mark Peel in the New York Times, Brian D'Arcy's record as a political strategist, State Sen. Ron Calderon's dicey choice of a spokesman, a couple of rural Sunday morning earthquakes, Julie Harris, Lamar Odom and more.
There was a flurry of media yesterday circling the news that actress Leah Remini, famously now a disgruntled ex-Scientologist, filed a missing report with the LAPD on Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Church of Scientology head David Miscavige.
The LAPD has warned businesses in Westwood Village that mayhem is possible tonight when pro-Trayvon Martin protesters target the neighborhood. Protesters are expected to gather at Wilshire and Veteran about 6:30.
For the third night in a row, the LAPD has put its officers on citywide tactical alert status to deal with protesters in the streets. 14 were arrested and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck says enforcement will be stricter starting Tuesday.
The lede stories on the 11 o'clock news in Los Angeles are from protests of the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. A crowd of maybe 100 or so was occupying the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, encircled by LAPD officers. The group then began to move east on Hollywood Boulevard.
Marchers upset over the not guilty verdict in the Florida trial of George Zimmerman entered the 10 freeway at Crenshaw Boulevard this evening and briefly blocked traffic in both directions. On nearby streets, LA police have fired beanbag rounds on at least one group of protesters.
Noguez could go to work on Monday, Hilda Solis talks about LA, endorsements in Campaign 2013, Berkeley's Chez Panisse closed by fire and more items inside.
These are stories, news or other items that I mentally noted and should have posted about during the last two weeks. Or I overlooked them completely until now. I was trying to spend a little less time tapping on keys.
Mike Trout wins some hardware, a new co-anchor for 'ET,' remembering the colorful Art Snyder, Manhattan Beach's sand, a memorial for John Retsek and more.
I was tied up this morning, but here are some news items from the day.
Gore Vidal's LA house, greening the Arts District, what Jonathan Gold will do next, another state legislator eyes the City Council and more.
Villaraigosa calls for assault weapon ban, police commissioner appointed, two media layoffs and more.
Drew Doughty, the Kings' 22-year-old star, won't be charged in connection with a South Bay woman's police report that he forced her to have sex.Rusty Hicks, political director for the County Federation of Labor, has been called up by the Navy Reserve for a year-long tour in Afghanistan and will miss the Prop. 32 campaign and the mayor's race. He leaves in August.
More inside.
I-5 mess north of LA, a bunch of undecided races from Tuesday's election, an honor for Francis Gary Powers, Don Rickles still shocks, ghost writer David Ritz, Daily News reunion and more.
Best Buy leaving Westwood, the Grapevine reopens, Joan's on Third heads to the Valley, the Kings go up 2-0 and Vin Scully misses his fourth game.
Festival of Books schedule, Daily News hiring, City of Malibu statement on restaurant death and more.
Foo Fighters for Obamajam, Wesson punishes City Council rivals and an LAPD detective arrested, plus more.
Rep. Gabrielle Gifords to leave Congress, Simpson case detective Philip Vannatter dies and more.
Bronson Canyon body parts, Johnny Otis tribute and more.
A roundup of news briefs, observations and email items.
Yes, a roundup of news briefs that's about a day too late. But still, out with the old and in with the new.
Reporters, editors and other staffers at the Daily News offices in the Valley have been told to stop feeding the wildlife.
Romenesko, the Geffen Playhouse, Evelyn Martinez, Haskell Wexler, Winston Doby and more.
Making ready for the coming week, with Jim Ladd, Zev Yaroslavsky, Steve Lopez, Dawn Hudson and more.
A roundup from the news and the email in-box.
UCLA student in Libya, a light quake, a professor selling meth, big waves and more.
Denise Hamilton's Native Intelligence tribute to the late journalist Terry McGarry will air this weekend on KPCC's Off-Ramp, noon Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Off-Ramp blog Police are preparing...
Obama's menu from last night, Lohan sentenced back to county jail, and more.
No Dodger Stadium arrests, Trutanich endorses Hahn, former Daily News editor dies and public radio stations raise money for Japan. Plus more.
Clearing out the backlog, with more to come.
L.A. sits out trend on nonwhite children, more Grim Sleeper victims, Abby Sunderland's book, LACMA partners with New York Times, Nikki Finke plans her return and more.
Mayor Villaraigosa's negotiated deal with the FPPC to pay a $42,000 fine over not reporting free tickets "highlights the need for that agency to clarify its regulations," says Laurie Levinson of Loyola law school. Plus more
Tsunami coverage, Mel Gibson, Arianna Huffington, book notes and more.
Coliseum manager out, Villaraigosa appoints to the DWP commission and more.
Jane Fonda's third act, multi-racial America, The Dude in London and more.
Councilman Bill Rosendahl to undergo heart procedure, and more news notes.
Riordan to close two restaurants, Zine recuses over girlfriend, Yvonne Burke and Matt Toledo get state appointments and is Hollywood L.A. neighborhood of the year?
I thought my daughter's snowed-in-at-Heathrow story was bad enough: eight days late coming home and missing Christmas. But the experience of UC Irvine professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o was even...
Tying up loose ends on the Bell story, Disneyland turns away crowds, re-thinking the Gray Davis recall and more.
Oscar ballots go out, the falling murder rate, new execs at KCET and more.
S. Ireve Virbila, Patrick O'Connor, Brian Lowry, Ryan Kavanaugh, David Kipen and more.
Jerry Brown, the Downtown Art Walk, even Lindsay Lohan. And more.
News, notes and observations from the weekend.
Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere," a forthcoming film set mostly at the Chateau Marmont, won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. LAPD chief Charlie Beck said the...
A round-up from the weekend's email and media.
Broadway theaters in WSJ, McCourts try to settle, Bell's $1.5 million city manager, Pau Gasol in scubs and more.
Mayor Villaraigosa will name zoning administrator Michael LoGrande to be city planning director, and also talked to Rick Orlov about the Daily News' challenge to show he hasn'[t checked out.
News, media, politics, blogs, food and more.
Before I head off to survey the far-flung reaches of the empire for the 4th, some notes from the week.
Kobe Bryant, Brian D'Arcy, Ron Kaye, John Forsyth and more.
Variety has restored that missing "Iron Cross" review to its website and says it was only down for factual vetting in response to a legal threat, not because of...
Jerry Brown plans to announce officially that he's running for governor, and other notes from the day.
Sunday's News Conference guests, a new column for Amy Wallace, a warning from Nikki Finke and more.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (at the home of attorney Bruce Broillet and his wife Norah) and Sen. Mark Warner are among the Democrats holding L.A. area fundraisers during the congressional recess.
A little afternoon news and notes roundup, plus my script for today's LA Observed commentary on KCRW.
Leading with Rep. Jackie Speier saying she's out of the Democratic race for attorney general.
News and notes for the end of the week.
A roundup of items in the news and our in-box.
The L.A.. Times ran another investigative collaboration with ProPublica on lax enforcement that lets problem nurses keep working. There's a pretty good summation of how 92 digital billboard came...
Holiday week posting will be on the light side. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced a grant of $200,000 to The Huffington Post Investigative Fund, which has...
LAPD chief Charlie Beck reiterated that he will keep Special Order 40, which instructs officers not to question people solely to ascertain their immigration status. Don Novey, the political...
The Michael Jackson memorial cost the city $3.2 million in staff costs and overtime, and generated $4 million in increase economic activity, the city's chief legislative analyst said. DN...
The real reason David Hockney relocated from Los Angeles to Yorkshire is that the U.S. wouldn't allow his partner back into the country, Tyler Green says in chiding the...
LA Biz Observed has followed some of the state budget fallout over there. Cal State university and colleges trustees raised student fees 20% and furloughed employees, as California's higher ed...
Thomas Saenz talks about the MALDEF job and being passed over by the Obama Administration. NPR's Tell Me MoreMarc Haefele says the debate over paying for police services during the...
Former UCLA chancellor Charles Young filed suit asking the California Supreme Court to invalidate the state's 2/3 vote requirement for raising taxes. Dan Walters More chest-beating and attention-seeking by...
Freeways are uncommonly bad out there today, especially the 405 north due to truck crash in Sepulveda Pass. Incoming councilman Paul Koretz signed his chief of staff: Rich Llewellyn,...
Channel 5 had Stan Chambers throw the switch to change over to digital TV, making the point that he worked at the station for the entire analog era. Video...
The L.A. Times was forced to run a correction because Michael Douglas forgot that he hosted a 1991 event honoring his father, Kirk Douglas. The anonymous blogger known as...
Space Shuttle Atlantis might land at Edwards AFB this weekend — and sonically boom us all, twice — or it might proceed on to Florida. NASA With the state...
George Kieffer, partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips and former chair of the L.A. Chamber of Commerce, was appointed a University of California regent, according to Shane Goldmacher of...
That Long Beach State student and two other L.A. County residents are confirmed cases of the new H1N1 or swine flu. More local cases are expected, but the outbreak appears...
Los Angeles city officials are considering the immediate layoffs of 400 workers and eliminating an additional 2,800 positions in the months ahead, according to union officials. LAT A 30-year-old...
Chief Bratton endorses another candidate — this time in New York City. L.A. Now KPFK suspends "anti-Semitic hatefest" show "La Causa" for six weeks; its followers blame the Jews....
Times film columnist and blogger Patrick Goldstein responds to Variety's weekend package on bloggers and says of Peter Bart: "He's launched his own blog, which you'd have to call...
The city of Los Angeles could face nearly a $1 billion — that's with a B — shortfall in the 2010 budget year because of a "mammoth bailout needed...
In a follow to her audit of City Hall gang programs a year ago, Controller Laura Chick says there is still a long ways to go. ReportUnlike in L.A., next...
Because it's been that kind of day: The consulting company belonging to the Screen Actors Guild’s new national executive director, David White, shut down shortly before he was hired because...
David Beckham admits to the Euro press that he's considering an offer to leave the Galaxy and stay with AC Milan: "little more than a formality" says The Independent....
Police say a murder-suicide in Wilmington claimed five children and their parents who had lost jobs at the Kaiser medical center at Venice and La Cienega. The father apparently...
Sharon Waxman's Hollywood news site The Wrap will make its official debut on Monday, and Eric Estrin of LAO (and the LAO Script Project) will be on board as...
Because the desk is flowing over, and I have a few minutes... Film critic John Anderson repeatedly punched veteran publicist Jeff Dowd over a disagreement at Sundance about "Dirt! The...
Some new, some holdovers from the end of the year. I'll be back to regular posting on Monday. Happy New Year everybody! Bell Gardens city counciman Mario Beltran took the...
Camille Johnston, who left as the Dodgers' director of communications in 2007, lands with the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the...
Should a new public school in Carson be named for Cesar Chavez or slain LAPD officer Randal Simmons, as originally proposed? Daily Breeze Add Sen. Gil Cedillo and the...
Heavy snow (by SoCal standards) has closed highways in and out of the Antelope Valley, San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains and of course over the Grapevine on...
Word out of KCBS/KCAL is that there have been layoffs today, including assistant news director Jim Hattendorf. Also, the copy desks of the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, San Bernardino...
Ex-Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in prison. LA Biz Observed Las Lomas project in the Newhall Pass appears to be dead. Ron Kaye The...
Get a look at Rep. Loretta Sanchez's holiday card for this year. It reportedly costs her campaign contributors $130,000 a year to produce the season's greetings. Latino Politics Blog...
Political consultant Sue Burnside denies she was hired by candidate Ben Austin to circulate his petitions: "I was on my honeymoon in South America." Sausage Factory Controller Laura Chick...
Planning commission president Jane Usher resigned, confirming gossip that swept offices this week, saying she needs a job and offering the mayor some advice in her exit letter. LAT,...
NBC will announce that Jay Leno is getting a 10 p.m. slot when his "Tonight Show" run ends. NYT Political writer Joe Mathews offers five steps to victory over...
In addition to today's three Daily News layoffs, LANG has also eliminated the DN Travel section and reassigned the chain's sports editor, Kevin Modesti, to be a metro reporter....
Media and politics tidbits from around the greater Los Angeles universe. Controller Laura Chick is quoted on the CBS Evening News in a story about the impact of car dealers...
Politics, media and assorted news briefs from the greater Los Angeles universe. Heavy fog in Sacramento aborted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's flight from Santa Monica, so he made his fiscal emergency...
News of Los Angeles, a little from here, a little from there... District Attorney Steve Cooley's office is looking into possible lobbying violations by former L.A. councilman Richard Alatorre and...
Mark Ridley-Thomas will resign his Senate seat on Sunday, in time to allow for a March 3 special election. Sausage Factory Russ Parsons returns as food editor at the...
And now, some stuff I missed because I was actually working. Let's start here at LAO: Today's biz headlines (Japan is in recession) and an answer (hah) to the subprime...
OK -- man, alligator, bar. The patrons freak out, the Huntington Beach cops get called to Johnny's Saloon, and even though this all happened on Saturday night, word about the...
Esha Momeni, a 28-year-old Iranian-American working on a documentary about the women's movement in Iran, has been held since being arrested on Oct. 15. A friend of her family says...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gets a seat on President-elect Barack Obama's Transition Economic Advisory Board, which will meet Friday in Chicago. Talking Points Memo Controller Laura Chick is volunteering to...
Metrolink appointed an 11-person panel of industry experts to take a comprehensive look at commuter rail safety and operating procedures. LAT A homeless man died after being set on...
Add the LA Weekly's Detour festival to the list of Downtown traffic challenges on Saturday. Not to mention that at 5 pm, Sen. Hillary Clinton and celebrities like Natalie...
The MTA approved putting a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot that could raise between $30 billion and $40 billion for transit and highway projects. LAT, Under...
At least two Japanese gangsters who received liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center then donated $100,000, the LAT reports. (WitnessLA adds some context to the UCLA transplant stories.) Todd...
Bob Hertzberg is also sniffing around a challenge to Mayor Villaraigosa — or a run for city attorney against Jack Weiss — the former Villaraigosa friend and foe tells...
Sallie Hofmeister is the new business editor at the Los Angeles Times, reporting to the managing editor. LA Biz Observed Scary forecast about the financial future of newspapers, also...
KPFK wants to broadcast "your big fat gay wedding," as the OC Weekly's Gustavo Arellano puts it. Navel Gazing Catch a photo of FishbowlLA bloggers Mayrav Saar (on the...
California Supreme Court chief justice Ronald George gives a two-hour interview to the LAT's Maura Dolan and talks about the court's milestone same-sex marriage ruling: "I think there are...
I'm still tied up on a deadline, but here are some items in the news this morning: The Breeze's Gene Maddaus examines the Fox 11 report alleging Councilwoman Janice Hahn...
Lunchtime brawls at Locke High in South Los Angeles involved hundreds of students and led to four arrests, as well as a campus lockdown. Overwhelmed school officials called in...
Jane Gross exits NYT Former L.A. Times reporter (and ex-New York Times L.A. bureau correspondent) Jane Gross takes the NYT buyout offer. Romenesko The Advocate sold cheap PlanetOut Inc. agreed...
Woman shot and killed on Harbor Freeway Samantha Padilla, 19, was fired at five times while exiting the northbound freeway at Slauson shortly after midnight. LAT Many Pellicano charges dropped...
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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.
