August 6 - August 12, 2006
Saturday, Aug. 12
Life at Playa Vista: Despite its turbulent legal history, the planned community gets very positive reviews among residents interviewed by...
Friday, Aug. 11
By now we all know about the cover treatment that Kate Moss is getting in the September issue of Vanity...
Todd Hausberger's chance encounter with Mel Gibson at Moonshadows in Malibu will result in a payday of anywhere from $80,000...
L.A. County home sales fell 25 percent in July, the eighth straight month of declines, according to a survey by...
As the big guns in Washington debate the nation's energy policy - and debate and debate and debate - it's...
Gas prices: This week's trouble with the BP oil field in Alaska hasn't had much impact at the local pumps....
Thursday, Aug. 10
The Hollywood Reporter's Chris Morris, citing a confidential source familiar with Tower Record's balance sheet, puts the company's debt to...
A big study by the Pew Hispanic Center finds no evidence that increases in immigration since 1990 led to higher...
State health officials are putting the boot on dirty footbaths that can harbor dangerous bacteria. It's no joke - a...
Funds associated with his private equity firm Yucaipa Cos. will to buy up to $680 million worth of stock in...
Now that the AFL-CIO has agreed to help out day labor organizers, it's worth taking another look at a groundbreaking...
This morning's terrorist scare hasn't had much impact on the financial markets. Stocks are inching up and oil prices have...
Brace yourself for non-stop coverage of the thwarted plot to blow up multiple airlines between Britain and the United States...
Wednesday, Aug. 9
Remember when ABC could do no wrong? The network was cleaning up with "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" -...
L.A.'s most celebrated chef, Wolfgang Puck, gets some ink in the food sections of the L.A. Times and New York...
By my count, 11 companies in Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties are among the 78 that have come under...
Disney earnings: Good-looking results reported this morning for the third quarter were helped by growth at the theme parks and...
Tuesday, Aug. 8
Several reports that top executives at Pixar Animation Studios, the computer-animation company that was acquired by Walt Disney Co., received...
I'm not sure how they can measure this, but the placement of Wonder Bread in the Will Ferrell comedy "Talladega...
The number being thrown around nationwide is $425 million, the result of Federated Department Stores overhauling its ad budget now...
A survey of gas statons by the AAA found that prices remained steady, even on the West Coast. Meanwhile, the...
What about gas prices?: The L.A. Times' Elizabeth Douglass provides an excellent look at how the BP oil field shutdown...
Monday, Aug. 7
Now that they're winning again, this could be fun: a free on-demand channel on Time Warner Cable (formerly Adelphia) that...
The Hollywood Stock Exchange is a kind of online game where "traders" use $2 million in play money to make...
The search company agrees to pay News Corp. at least $900 million to power the search functions on MySpace and...
The death of In-N-Out Burger co-founder Esther Snyder is bound to raise speculation about where the storied chain is headed,...
When you have an economy teetering on the edge, it doesn't take that much to cause real problems. The shutdown...
Pipeline problems: The shutdown of BP's Prudhoe Bay oil field because of pipeline corrosion could signal local gasoline price hikes....
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The funeral for Mark Lacter will be held Sunday, Nov. 24 at 12 noon at Hillside Memorial Park, 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, Los Angeles 90045. Reception to follow.
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