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October 13, 2007
Don't plan on sailing in or out of Los Angeles on Interstate 5 (or the Antelope Freeway, for that matter) any time soon. Last night's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 12, 2007
Both the Times and Daily News have stories today on efforts to quietly reach a severance settlement with Gloria Jeff, the not very effective chief... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 11, 2007
The Pacifica radio station paid former general manager the equivalent of nine months’ salary, or $63,268, to part ways, former KPFK hand Marc Cooper reports... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This shot of Angels Flight in its old location beside the 3rd Street tunnel is one of the photographs in the exhibition of "Julius Shulman's... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This one's not voluntary. Dave Shulman, who has columnized at the Weekly since 1998 — first as Sitegeist, more recently as Column Dave — was... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez has been taking a pounding in the Times for his extravagant spending with money stuffed in his pockets by the interests... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The big three local network TV stations will still be in the Valley, but NBC made official what's been talked about for awhile: the station... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 10, 2007
Lara Loewenstein gave up her gig as the sex columnist for the Daily Bruin last year, graduated from UCLA and now has a blog where... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This could be good — or not. Times Publisher David Hiller, who likes to explain at length his view of the emerging media world, has... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Based on the coverage, the department's long-awaited report blames bad command decisions, gaps in officer training and a small splinter group of trouble-making demonstrators for... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Remember that episode back in March when Andrés Martinez resigned as editor of the Times editorial pages after the publisher, David Hiller, didn't back... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 09, 2007
In one of those glib, fast-moving pronouncement pieces that magazines are in love with, Details pronounces the suburbs hip in the November issue. The sidebar... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Sam Zell was in Beverly Hills today and more or less swore that he has no plans to sell the Los Angeles Times, assuming that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The last time that Kitty Felde's one-act play "Man With No Shadow" was staged in Los Angeles, the lead actress was Lana Clarkson. Now that... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
It's May Day in October, as Chief Bratton reports on the costly events at MacArthur Park. Also Sheriff Baca, a threat of water rationing, and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
October 08, 2007
Ever wonder how those bright, not very insightful little blurbs about restaurants, shops and nightlife get onto all the city search websites you mostly don't... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Couple of new ones to me, just as Daniel Hernandez prepares to decamp to Mexico City. Abel Salas, who has written for the New York... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
This reorganization was announced Friday, but since I wasn't paying attention then — and I want to have the moves noted in the archives —... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Lennie LaGuire may have taken the sweet buyout to leave the L.A. Times staff, but her fingerprints remain on the weekly-turned-monthly Sunday magazine. As consulting... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Nice post by Deanne Stillman at Native Intelligence on the passing of Tawn Mastrey, once "the voice of heavy metal" in Los Angeles on the... $MTEntryExcerpt$>