Steve Alford was the best coach available to UCLA before they would have had to look at a lower tier of candidates, or take a huge chance on a guy like Andy Enfield. He's a good coach, but it's hard to know if it will work out.
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Steve Alford was the best coach available to UCLA before they would have had to look at a lower tier of candidates, or take a huge chance on a guy like Andy Enfield. He's a good coach, but it's hard to know if it will work out.
UCLA made the right decision in choosing to part ways with Ben Howland. A good coach, Howland wasn't the program lifer that the Bruins need to be an elite squad every year. The right guy for UCLA may be VCU's Shaka Smart. In the meantime, Howland may be a good fit for the USC basketball vacancy.
Down at the Calabasas Swim and Tennis Center there was some excellent tennis to be seen last week at the USTA's Men's Pro Tennis Championships. Calabasas is hardly Indian Wells, but the fans turned up and I saw some first-class tennis.
Tim Leiweke's departure isn't the only reason why the NFL to LA looks like a major longshot. With the NFL's strict rules and unwillingness to compromise, it's hard to figure out a deal that works economically.
UCLA wins the Pac-12 regular season basketball championship. Although, you might not have thought that was possible earlier in the season.
Neighborhood councils are the answer. Here are four commitments the next mayor should make to breathe life into local institutions, shore up our communities, and transform residents into empowered citizens.
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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