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for August 2012

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Rainbow over Vin Scully

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Soda tax in El Monte

LAO__porpH.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears Thursdays at LA Observed.

LA Sketchbook: GOP Alley

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Streetscape: Venice Beach

venice-pumps.jpg Green pumps on Pacific Avenue. LA Observed photo.

A legendary voice deserves a voice

Vin-Scully-Bobblehead.jpg Vin Scully's calls are like ice cream - they're all great and everyone's got a favorite. Here are five of his classics that should have been included in the upcoming Vin Scully Bobblehead doll.

LA Sketchbook: Roll film

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Glendale gun show II

LAO__GlendaleGunshow2.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard.

Republicans adopt "Rosemary's Baby Exception"

"It's one thing for a rape victim to give birth to Ethel Waters," said Karl Rove, revealing his little-known fondness for the blues. "But we really have to draw the line at the Devil."

Yuja Wang ready for her closeups, as usual

yuja-wang-promo.jpg The 25-year-old pianist is the hottest example of what our screen-crazed world has produced. The Hollywood Bowl, with its big screens, could not be a more perfect place to advertise her extra-musical charms.

LA Sketchbook: Chop chop

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Glendale gun show

LAO__GlendaleGunshow1.jpg Take my picture Gary Leonard

A cuppa woe

sh-crime-clip.jpg Steve Harvey's Only in LA column.

LA Sketchbook: Third rail

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Who you gonna call?

llano-sign-lao.jpg The shooting of a cop in Texas parallels the story recounted in "Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History," about a deputy killed in the Antelope Valley and life on the other side of Los Angeles County.

The night I lost the Olympics

When cable service was disrupted, my Olympic dream nearly came to an end.

Women and war becomes life for LA photojournalist

MarissaRothsmall-iris.jpg Marissa Roth's show of photographs of women in war zones from Cambodia, Vietnam, Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere opens Aug. 16 at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. "I've probably spent close to $200,000 on the project. I could have given myself a masters and a doctorate...but I thought 'I just have to do this, no matter what it costs.'"

Neil Diamond gets his Hollywood star

neil-diamond-star.jpg Diamond is pictured with Los Angeles City Council members Tom LaBonge (clutching a loaf of pumpkin bread), Eric Garcetti and Joe Buscaino. His first Los Angeles performance was at the Hullabaloo on Sunset Boulevard in 1966, Diamond said.

LA Sketchbook: Gas pump liftoff

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Jerry Brown and the bullet train

LAO__jerrybrown.jpg Take my picture Gary Leonard

LA Sketchbook: Antonovich's loophole

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CA Sketchbook: Tunnel vision

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Dog day afternoon

Take my picture Gary Leonard.

My back pages

There was magic in those grooves of the vinyl the author sold at Rhino Records. And for those of a certain age, they cast a spell that still enchants - and always will. The Kickstarter campaign to back a Rhino documentary ends Friday.

Real Madrid at UCLA

real-madrid-ucla-rg.jpg Real Madrid, the world's most popular football team, is back training at UCLA for the third consecutive summer. Here's information on the workouts and photos from the scene.
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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