Native Intelligence: June 2013 archive

Blow up the Lakers

Phil Wallace | June 30, 2013 4:55 PM

If Dwight Howard decides to leave the Lakers, LA's best course of action is to completely break up the team and start over again as quickly as they can. With cap space available next year, and a historically good draft in 2014, a path back to success is possible.

WeHo on the night of marriage rights

Iris Schneider | June 27, 2013 10:35 PM

Last night, West Hollywood took to the streets to celebrate the Supreme Court's ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and that Proposition 8 was all but finished. Photographer Iris Schneider was there too.

Media walk-through

Gary Leonard | June 27, 2013 8:03 AM

Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears Thursdays at LA Observed.

A summer solstice underground perfume pop-up

Denise Hamilton | June 22, 2013 9:47 AM

Perfume really speaks to my inner witch, so on this sunny summer solstice Saturday, I'm headed to FRAGments, a pop-up organized by an underground perfume collective that taking over MorYork Gallery in Highland Park for a day of panels, talks and spritzing

Echo Park lake renovation

Gary Leonard | June 20, 2013 8:34 AM

Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

UCLA starting to make Omaha a regular destination

Bob Timmermann | June 17, 2013 9:28 PM

UCLA's baseball team is in Omaha for the College World Series for the third time in the last four years.

Only in LA: It's that season

Steve Harvey | June 15, 2013 9:10 PM

Steve Harvey's latest column of observations from around Southern California. Including Satan in a Dodgers jacket.

The sliding constitutional scale

Ellen Alperstein | June 14, 2013 5:43 PM

The Santa Monica College shootings and the NSA's mass surveillance should make clear that security requires controlling both the guns and the spies.

Villaraigosa and Stevie Wonder

Gary Leonard | June 13, 2013 8:23 AM

Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Drummer girls

Judy Graeme | June 11, 2013 10:12 PM

The Grammy Museum bills Ringo: Peace and Love, which opens Wednesday, as the first major exhibit dedicated to the former Beatle's career and the first ever for a drummer. The exhibit runs through March 2014.

John Schwada reflects on getting away from it all

John Schwada | June 10, 2013 12:52 AM

The former television and LA Times political reporter fled to Oman after the Carmen Trutanich and Dennis Zine campaigns for City Hall fizzled. Now he's back: "Hope to see you around the city's political/media souk."

An Alabaman reviews 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Mary Daily | June 6, 2013 11:53 PM

It's a tragic tale and all the more because it's true. It needs to be told to every generation to remind us of where we've been and could easily go again. But it needs to be told in a way that communicates its gravity. Cruel injustice is not a laughing matter.

The night shooter

Andrea Brody | June 6, 2013 11:20 PM

The velvety, black night serves as both inspiration and backdrop for Los Angeles photo artist Darren Pearson, aka Darius Twin. His subjects skeletons and dinosaurs of light have drawn the attention of the Natural History Museum, which has invited him to stage a live dinosaur "light art" presentation in conjunction with the museum's June 9 birthday.

Museum-quality science needs you

Ellen Alperstein | June 6, 2013 6:00 PM

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The Natural History Museum celebrates is centennial anniversary this weekend with an invitation for citizens to help its scientists demystify L.A.

Eric Garcetti and Sergio Alonso

Gary Leonard | June 6, 2013 8:32 AM

Take My Picture Gary Leonard appears on Thursdays at LA Observed.

Native Intelligence archivefor June 2013

Native Intelligence archive
for June 2013