Native Intelligence archive
for August 2013

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The sweet bird of peace grows older

jerry-rubin-almtz.jpg Santa Monica peace activist Jerry Rubin celebrates his 70th birthday and 30 years of ranting against war and other harmful pastimes with a 100-day fast, a party and a new flight for the Sweet Bird of Peace.

Milton Quon 100th birthday celebration

LAO__Milton100 copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed. Check out Gary's archive at LAO.

March on Washington was her entry to journalism

linda-deutsch-fb.jpg Linda Deutsch, the Associated Press special correspondent in Los Angeles, talked her way into an assignment to cover the civil rights march on Aug. 29, 1963. She never looked back.

Dinner, a movie and a large can of martinis

Thumbnail image for al-martinez-photo.jpg Martinez visits a dine-in theater and muses over the possibility of edible movies, Matt Damon's expertise at playing his face and large, gallon-sized cans of martinis, hoo-boy!

Supermarket magazine rack

LAO__John_Lennon copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed.

Misquoting Dorothy Parker

Did Dorothy Parker really call Los Angeles "72 of suburbs in search of a city"?

Horsing around in Del Mar

Del Mar finish line 8-10-13.jpg Can you have fun at the Del Mar racetrack even if you can't tell a claimer from a classic? You bet.

Why are young men so vulnerable? Why does it keep happening?

BijanShoushtari.jpg The crowd at the memorial service for Bijan Michael Shoushtari mingled constituencies that seldom spend much time together, especially south of the 10 Freeway. African Americans and Iranians. Teachers, coaches and counselors. A rainbow of middle-class parents and kids.

Only in LA: The signs are out there

sh-walkfame.jpg Steve Harvey's personal take on things he finds (or you tell him about) in LA and beyond.

Sex in the city, lust in the 'burbs

al-martinez-photo.jpg Al Martinez observes sex clubs, playing the flute and trolling among the guppies as eroticism raises its puckish head in the 'burbs.

Mulholland Fountain

LAO_MulhollandFountain copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed.

Two Jews walk into a Catskills hotel...

WhenComedy_poster.jpg The roots of standup comedy were planted in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Such a deal.

A taste of Henry Rollins

9489309451_23da397d24_m.jpg Henry Rollins shares his views on making the world a better place at the Annenberg Space for Photography's Skylight Studio.

A clown in a wheelchair passes by

al-martinez-photo.jpg Martinez relates to an angry clown in a wheel chair as a circus parade of humanity flows down the Third Street Promenade.

Some ideas to help Grand Park become the urban oasis we need

kevinbystanders.jpg Los Angeles has poured money, and years of thought, into the creation of Grand Park. Here are my suggestions to make it more fun to visit.

"It's Time for Everton Football"

DSC01644.JPG Football comes to Chavez Ravine, but it's not the NFL. It's something better and it made someone unexpectedly happy.

Wilshire Boulevard historic street lights

LAO__WG LIGHTS copy.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed. See Gary's archive inside.

Jim McGregor, international basketball ambassador was 91

McGregor's teams played in the original Olympic stadium in Greece, in the courtyard of a palace in Istanbul and in a church in Venice that was converted into a basketball arena. The French sports daily, L'Equipe, called the coach "The Merchant of Happiness."
blackfish-pic.jpg If you see this movie, it's likely you won't be going back to Sea World anytime soon. With interactive entertainment what it is today, have zoos themselves become obsolete?

AB976 -- and why you should write your senator!

Violations.jpg AB976 will ensure that our Malibu beaches are ours not just on paper but also in practice.

Baseball Reliquary

LAO__queenscourt.jpg Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed.
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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