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for June 2012

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LA Sketchbook: Court giveth

qqxsgCourt Giveth.jpg The latest by Steve Greenberg.

Gary Leonard: #19

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LA Sketchbook: Border Line

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What should the Lakers do next?

The prevailing sentiment right now is that the Lakers aren't good enough to compete for a title. But the new NBA labor deal and lack of available stars makes it extremely difficult for the Lakers to improve. The Purple and Gold may be forced to stand pat and hope teams like the Heat and Thunder magically fall apart. However, Phil Wallace says that they should be shopping Andrew Bynum.

Eating cheaply along the Expo Line with the 99 Cent Chef

expo-earlez-hotdog-bv.jpg Billy Vasquez, who blogs as the 99 Cent Chef, lives within walking distance of the new Expo Line route. He offers a night-and-day, video culinary guide updated with this week's extension into Culver City.

Western Costume feted at LACMA

moses-schmoozes.jpg The Costume Council saluted 100 years of Western Costume Co. at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Moses (Ned Albright) chatted with Miwa Kosuga in the museum's atrium after the program.

Leave it to Beaver guys

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Folding paper: Origami as contemporary art

floderer-boom.jpg Boom!, by the French artist Vincent Floderer, is among the highlights of the season's hit show at the the Japanese American National Museum, "Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami," the first major exhibition to look at origami as a contemporary art form.

LA Sketchbook: Bucks stop here

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Watergate, reconsidered

Watergate was not only one of the most dramatic, compelling and memorable political tutorials any generation could possibly experience: it was also the high-water mark for American journalism. Call it the Woodstein paradox. Investigative reporting today can be exciting, glamorous, award-winning, and lucrative - and entirely inconsequential.

Sports Beat: June 17, 2012

chris-paul-clippers-grab.jpg Giving credit to AEG for its championship teams, to Ned Colletti for getting the Dodgers into contention, and to Don Mattingly for running the clubhouse the right way. Now what about the Clippers: will they blow their chances with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin?

Concert at the Getty

dancing-getty-iris.jpg Dancers enjoy the music on Saturday at the Getty Center's "Saturdays Off the 405" concert series. Photograph by Iris Schneider.

Bob Baker's theater for sale

LAO_bobbaker.jpg Gary Leonard archive at LA Observed...

Only in LA: Time to leash dog owners?

sh-signs-left-right.jpg A Westside apartment where canines are reminded to pick up after their owners. The North Hollywood shootout Chevy. An early LAPD mobile phone. Newsroom binoculars. And more: it's Only in LA.

The most fleeting moment of sporting fame

The recent run of hockey success by the Kings has made one person think back to a street hockey game from 35 years ago that taught him that sometimes you really cannot win no matter what you do.

Ficus eats parking meter

ficus-vs-meter.jpg This was spotted the other day on 32nd Street near Ocean Park in Santa Monica. You might wonder which came first — the ficus or the parking meter?

The power of firsthand narrative: Outsourcing the NHL finals

mycountryishockey.jpg Our Ph.D. in the pressbox won't be at Staples Center tonight. He'll be working the possible Stanley Cup game from France via the Internet and wondering: is there really any substitute for being there?

Disney Hall 'Don Giovanni' doubles Downtown opera

dn-giovanni-2.jpg A posse of arts-elite collaborators led by Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic put on a new, fanciful, hyper-stylized production of "Don Giovanni," while across the street the LA Opera trotted out its old Herb Ross staging of "La Bohème," both houses doing bang-up box office at the same time. Not bad at all.
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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