Despite numerous injuries to Lakers players, Mike D'Antoni deserves criticism for his coaching job this season. Don't get too excited about Stan Kroenke's land purchase. And Petros Papadakis is worth listening to at a USC basketball game. Phil Wallace looks at those issues and more around the LA sports scene.
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Martinez riffs on a no-food diet: no meat, no sugar, no gluten, no caffeine, no fat, no nuts, no lactose, no alcohol and not a lot of anything else. We will become a world of tall, pencil-skinny people with small mouths and no stomachs.
City Council President Herb Wesson, Councilman Tom LaBonge, and author and food critic Ruth Reichl were among those on hand.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature at LA Observed.
Of the hundreds of shows that I've seen through the decades, this is the one I'll never forget.
Most people visit the San Diego Safari Park to gawk at exotic animals. Its California condors aren't exotic, but they are endangered, and they're fortunate to have a posse of professionals to help them procreate.
It's baffling that Jerry Buss made his son Jim the "Owner/GM" of the team, when he should have known better. Now that the Lakers are failing under Jim's leadership, it's time to transfer control of basketball operations to future brother-in-law Phil Jackson.
The mayor's office unveiled its framework for a sustainable city plan last week to general approval from LA's environmental community. And could the mayor look to Las Vegas for a new leader at the LADWP?
Grace Peng further examines the data behind the high pressure ridge sitting off North America and concludes "this is a severe event....could be a catastrophic disaster. It's time to prepare for the worst drought and wildfire season in California in my lifetime."
Steve Harvey's occasional column of Southern California observations.
Once I was a big UCLA basketball fan. I'm still big, but the whole sport of college basketball has gotten small.
Martinez & Cinelli weigh in on the Oscar Choices: McConaughey or Dern? A male stripper with skinny white legs or an old man's million-dollar quest?
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"While making this movie we did not think This is going to get us to LACMA one day," said director Chris Weitz. But it did.
There's something missing from LA's future in best picture nominee "Her." And there's a new "Green room" at the Santa Monica Bay Aquarium honoring our past.
Martinez takes a sort of near-death trip through Einstein Country with a little white dog that appears and disappears at will. A hound from Hell? A messenger from heaven? Nobody knows. It just sits there watching and waiting.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs on Thursdays at LA Observed.
Governor Jerry Brown's 2014 budget proposal is good news for the environment. Meanwhile, are those cries for help we hear coming from LADWP headquarters?
or an exhibition celebrating 40 years of her iconic wrap dress, New York fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg chose Los Angeles. "LA is very much pop culture and this dress is pop culture," she said Friday.
Martinez taps into his 3-year-old granddaughter's story-telling genius, puts it together with another weird, er, unusual story and emerges with next year's number one best-seller on the New York Times lists. Writers, read on and learn.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed.
As the Lakers continue to struggle, it's time recognize reality. The Lakers will have to get worse this season in order to get better.
The Ace Hotel opened officially today in the building on Broadway that houses the old United Artists theatre. Iris Schneider took some photos before the opening day.
The pop-up installation at 9th and Broadway only looks like a fast food restaurant. The whole thing is made of cardboard — it's like a Caine's Arcade for adults. Place your order and see what happens.
LA Observed's newest contributor puts her science training to work on the latest SoCal weather anomaly to get its own catchphrase.
After an idyllic holiday week of beautiful beach weather at the end of December and New Year's festivities, we'd like to think that 2014 could be a great year for the environment. But after getting back to work, here's a more sober look at what we'd like to see--and what we predict will actually happen.
Body parts are visible from the alley of Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, but it's not what you think.
Take My Picture Gary Leonard is a regular Thursday feature of LA Observed.
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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