A homeowner has voluntarily opened a public accessway next to his house. Yes, voluntarily.
Native Intelligence archive
for May 2007
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The brand-new accessway on Carbon Beach is at 21950 PCH, on the west edge of the property.
A California postcard
The morning after the elusive Lake Machado alligator Reggie was captured and taken to his new home at the L.A. Zoo, I visited with the man who knew him best.
A poet works San Vicente Boulevard
The birds in Los Angeles, apparently, treat and understand the L.A. River as a river.
The San Francisco Examiner described the evening as "more like a campaign stop than a book signing," which was accurate enough, except this was not billed as either.
Unless you've been detained in a Gitmo holding cell you probably know that beatboxer Blake Lewis is poised to win American Idol tonight. In that spirit Idol has flown beatboxing grandaddy Doug E Fresh to L.A. to appear on the show for a duet with Blake.
That's it for me. Harper's Bazaar lost me for good with this month's cover. Can't say I didn't warn them....
It's entirely possible he wanted the $5 and was foolish enough to think that this complicated scheme was the only way to get it. But I decided it wasn't about money, or food.
After 83 years of furnishing the homes of Mid-west LA, Horizon Furniture will close.
I visit with Griffith Park-area City Councilman Tom LaBonge, LAPD Chief Bill Bratton, and LAFD Captain Carlos Calvillo. Also, see what it's like below a fire department chopper dumping tons of water.
Book projects are just like serial relationships. All the components are there: romance, sex, friendship, arguments, the break up ... and if you're lucky you've saved something for retirement. The Dora book was great while it lasted; we'll always be friends, but it's time to move on and I haven’t yet found someone new. After such a long relationship, I feel awkard in public. I'm not used to dining at a table for one. I haven’t, well . . . dated in a long time.
A new leaseholder will operate the National, formerly run by Mann, and has scheduled to reopen this Friday, May 11.
Paris Hilton may not have known her license was suspended, but, by God, it seems she's aware that this is Derby weekend.
Five reporters on how to take the pulse of tens of thousands of activists
KCET control room
A peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
Elon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
The artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
From Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
Macy's winds down
The store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
Westwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
Under the trees.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
Productos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
Streetscape: DTLA
Spring Street bike lane.
Streetscape: West LA
405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
The hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
In the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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