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August 07, 2004
In advance of going out to the stadium tonight, I decided to look at how Eric Gagne has done in the week since the Dodgers... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 06, 2004
Where else but here would deem an eight-story parking garage as a cultural monument. The Beaux Arts-style design by Curlett and Beelman at 816 S.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Preserve L.A. has an update on the old 1920s subway tunnel entrance visible on West 2nd Street at Beverly near downtown. There was a City... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
New entries added at end Former LAT publisher David Laventhol is writing the history of Times Mirror for Public Affairs. The company's former chief exec,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Fark is one of the most popular blogs that links to stories, but competitor (see comments) Jason Calacanis tells Wired News that the site asked... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Manohla Dargis' first film review for the New York Times runs in today's paper. A.O. Scott takes Open Water; she reviews the L.A. movie. In... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mark Glaser writes in USC's Online Journalism Review that more newspapers are cooperating with bloggers to link stories and drive readers to the paper. The... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 05, 2004
L.A. Observed is pleased to introduce a new Premium Sponsor: The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. The community paper is published weekly on Fridays.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
KFI's "John and Ken Show" is holding five local Republican members of Congress hostage in a fashion over illegal immigration. The talk show hosts are... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Slate magazine's Andy Bowers does a little poking around and discovers that in many cities — including Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Pasadena — SUV's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Yes, blook. Ian Williams in the LA Weekly uses the term to describe the recent books by Arianna Huffington and the sister-brother team of Amy... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
That Valley man who was freed from jail on a murder rap after his alibi checked out — thanks to footage from HBO's "Curb Your... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 04, 2004
The headline is from Franklin Avenue, the blog by Michael Schneider and Maria Villar that is having a good week. Their top item today is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Couldn't find an L.A. angle, except that Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs probably hang in every museum in town. The Reuters story on his death at age... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In today's Times food section, Leslee Komaiko offers a quick rundown of restaurants with "secret" fare not on the menu -- you know, the higher-brow... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Not here, not yet — despite some recent talk in various comment threads. But Michelle Malkin, the former L.A. Daily News editorial writer and current... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Almost from the moment that city controller Laura Chick endorsed Jim Hahn for reelection, she has been making noises about changing her mind. After all,... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 03, 2004
Business Week's L.A. bureau chief Ron Grover has a media piece in this issue on Jerrold Perenchio, the "heavyweight on Latin airwaves" who has also... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In today's sports section, The Times' Jason Reid comes up with a pretty good reconstruction of the moves and deliberations behind last week's Dodger shakeup.... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
A few weeks ago there was the banner headline — allegedly called in by Rupert Murdoch — screaming that Kerry had chosen Richard Gephardt to... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Dave Lopez of Channel 2 was voted the best local TV field reporter by readers of Ron Fineman's On the Record. Lopez finished ahead of... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Michael Mann film Collateral stars Tom Cruise as a hitman in downtown L.A. at night, so it was fitting perhaps that the premiere Monday... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 02, 2004
Antonio Villaraigosa called some reporters to his Mt. Washington home today and told them in interviews that he is running for mayor. The Times' Jessica... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
For the third year, the Pasadena Public Library is selecting a book for its "One City, One Story" program. Star-News editor Larry Wilson had the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In today's LAT Business section, Claudia Eller checks the progress of Phil Anschutz' crusade to remake Hollywood. Around the World in 80 Days bombed in... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sam Hall Kaplan, the author and former Times design critic whose columns run in the Downtown News, really doesn't like the Claes Oldenburg and Coosje... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Mayor Jim Hahn made a point of announcing today that he has been briefed by homeland security secretary Tom Ridge and that Los Angeles is... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
August 01, 2004
You know how the website for The New Yorker takes down the story links after each week's issue passes into history, without an archive? A... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
In an op-ed last week in the Daily News, Paul Carnes of Woodland Hills objected to the banners hanging around town for "Orgasms," now being... $MTEntryExcerpt$>