Native Intelligence archive
for June 2008

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Librarians are some of my personal heroes, providing a beacon of light in a world that often seems hellbent on...
But please don’t just think of of the victims.

Malibu beach correction

The 17 access gates remain unlocked from the beach side--with one exception.

India: Editing broadsheets abroad*

The right candidates should be alive to [keep abreast of] current events.

It Finally Hits the Fan!

WASHINGTON D.C., JUNE 25, 2008: In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier today struck down as cruel and...

New Chinatown Celebration

The "New Chinatown" re-dedicated at free festival this weekend
Carbon Beach is open 24 hours, and that includes the 56 dry-sand easements.

I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy

Seven words that describe how I feel ...

New mural misery

LA Eastside.com blog covers the fight to save the fading murals of East Los Angeles this week.

Trailer hitch through the windshield at 55 MPH

So I’m driving along Interstate 5, minding my own business, when a car one lane over and ahead of me...

Solstice salon

Skylight Books hosts Skylight Salon this Summer Solstice

'Toasts evenly, too'

You don't have to be a Los Angeleno to greet all diet claims with immediate suspicion.

A brief Father's Day tribute

He did not believe in Father's Day. He found it crass, commercial, and entirely pointless.

On the Magic Bus

On Saturday, author Erik Davis and Esotouric Tours led about 30 enthusiasts on a five hour pilgrimage to local occult landmarks cited in Davis's 2006 book, The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape.

Ancient horse tracks in Death Valley

Prefiguring Trigger's imprint on Hollywood and Vine by eons, Miocene hoofprints are embedded on a Mojave wall.

California Dreaming scavenger hunt announced

The California Myth Authority announces a big scavenger hunt for library conference-goers in Anaheim this month.

A is for Activism

Us mommies are mad. We have baked and fundraised, sold magazines and clocked in endless volunteer hours at our children's schools, trying make up for previous budget cuts that have left our schools without teacher's aides, arts programs, working computers, you name it.

Malibu Beach Notes: the good, the bad, the ugly

Plus the return of the Malibu Public Beaches Safaris. Skills-enhancing activities include a public-private boundary hike, sign watching, a no-kill hunt for accessways, and a public easement potluck.

Pest Control, the Musical

Imagine Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Little Shop of Horrors. Now, throw in cockroaches, cloak & dagger CIA types, hitmen, a love story and lots of rock, rap and dancing.

Hey Bo Diddley

He told me he had played music with guys named Chubby Checker, Fats Domino and someone named Muddy Waters, all names I had never heard of and which made me laugh, they sounded so silly.

The photographs of Charles Brittin

Charles Brittin's images of 1950s and '60s Los Angeles — especially the art avant-garde and Venice Beach before money arrived — might finally bring him the fame he deserves.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game knitting party

The National Needle Arts Association's 3rd annual Stitch N' Pitch tour lands in Dodger Stadium tonight.
KCET control room
kcet-rehearsal-control.jpgA peek inside the TV station's Burbank studios.
Whitt's Wood Yard
whitts-wood-yard.jpgElon Musk wants to drill here at Pico and Sepulveda.
BCAM
bcam-stairs.jpgThe Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA.
David Hockney at LACMA
hockney-arrives-lacma.jpgThe artist arrives to open his latest exhibit.
Mountain lion family
mountain-lion-family-martinez.jpgFrom Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
The power of 'pluribus' plays
Allegiance-9-(1).jpgDon Shirley on theater in LA
Macy's winds down
mannequin-graveyard-macys.jpgThe store in Westside Pavilion has closed down.
Streetscape: Westwood
westwood-sky-lao.jpgWestwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
Streetscape: East LA
la-luz-del-mundo.jpg Iglesia La Luz del Mundo, East 1st Street.
Sign from LA's past
loves-bbq-valley-relics.jpg Sign from an old Love's BBQ restaurant at the Valley Relics Museum in Chatsworth.
Visiting her old ballet costumes
melissa-barak-cost-iris.jpg Melissa Barak at LACMA Chagall exhibit with the artist's memorable designs.
Engine Co. 17
engine-co-17-side.jpg Inside the long-closed Arts District fire station on Santa Fe Avenue.
Wilshire Grand Center lobby
wilshire-grand-lobby-wall.jpg Visitors check out the wall-mounted sculpture by artist Do Ho Suh.
Barnsdall Park
barnsdall-park-trees.jpg Under the trees.
Inside Hollyhock House
hollyhock-columns.jpgPhoto taking was allowed for one weekend. So we did.
Streetscape: Lincoln Heights
el-milagro-market.jpgProductos Mexicanos at El Milagro Market on Avenue 18.
June 6, 1968
rfk-hearse-wide-lapl.jpgThe body of Robert F. Kennedy leaves Good Samaritan hospital. More pics
Streetscape: DTLA
spring-street-bike-lane.jpgSpring Street bike lane.
Palm weeds of Santa Susana
santa-susana-palm-weeds.jpgOak trees, sandstone ridges and fan palms? Ugh. More
Streetscape: West LA
405-at-smblvd.jpg405 North at Santa Monica Boulevard.
Hills turning brown
grman1.jpgThe hills above Gorman.
Arcana Books
arcana-books.jpgIn the Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.
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