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for July 2013
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With the organization being sued for discrimination, Chivas USA was the subject of an HBO Real Sports feature that further embarrassed a franchise that has been reeling since Jorge Vergara took control last year.
Universal Studios has had a costume department since 1915. LA Observed takes a walk around the place with manager Poppy Cannon-Reese.
Big is the word to describe the city's summer scene — with the LA Philharmonic decamping to Hollywood Bowl and the whole humongous American Ballet Theatre occupying downtown's Music Center recently.
We went to see "Chinatown" at Union Station along with a few hundred other folks for the closing night of the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles. Great film, great location.
The fair in Costa Mesa requires traveling to another county where the food and local customs are exotic and edifying.
Eastside artist J. Michael Walker posts on Facebook: "So, last Monday, in the warmest possible hour of a crazy-hot afternoon, two over-packed cars pulled up in front of my house, and out spilled a cornucopia of sweetness and beauty..." More inside.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed. Click on the picture to see it larger.
Congressman Henry Waxman held a community forum on gun violence and mental health at Santa Monica City Hall. The public was welcome, as long as it held its collective tongue.
The Lakers may have of tons cap space next season, but there won't be any good players to use it on. Fans are delusional if they think LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony will come here, says Phil Wallace.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature on LA Observed.
An old dog scratches at the front door. He's tired of wandering and has work to do. So we open the door and Al Martinez trots in. Home at last.
Two guys with eponymous shamrocks on the wall at the doomed Tom Bergin's tavern were too far away to salvage the memorial to their youth before the wrecking ball arrived. What are friends for?
I'll leave it to others to eulogize the fabled saloon, but I'll share a tale that emblemizes the kind of place Bergin's was, a longstanding neighborhood bar where locals could cavort with the occasional drop-by celeb, ranging from Luke Perry to Cary Grant.
Make no mistake about it. Dwight Howard wouldn't be leaving the Lakers if Phil Jackson was employed by the team right now. Jim Buss' stubborn insistence on keeping the "D'Antoni Disaster" alive has resulted in a "Dwightmare" for the franchise. It will take years for the Lakers to be a viable title contending team again.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed.
In his first occasional column for LA Observed, Al Martinez writes about the sweat and ardor behind the blackboards and books at old UC.
One need only sample the tweets of Chicago Cubs fans on Twitter to understand what joy the Los Angeles Dodgers have brought us.
Given that many of these images appeared in the early 1960's in the pages of French and British Vogue, they were certainly shocking for their time. Now, many imitators later, we are not as shocked. High fashion's favorite bad boy never lost sight of his mission: sell the clothes.
The self-proclaimed "bad boy of photography," known for his provocative, edgy and highly sexual fashion images, had a decades-long relationship with Los Angeles. It continued until his death in a 2004 car crash outside the Chateau Marmont, his winter home for many years.
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.
Mountain lion family
From Robert Martinez's trail cam in the San Gabriels.
Streetscape: Westwood
Westwood Boulevard looking north and a little bit skyward.
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.
Barnsdall Park
Under the trees.
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