Native Intelligence archive
for August 2015

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These summer nights at Hollywood Bowl

mirga-square.jpg Watching Mirga, Yuja, and other young symphonic star-gazers.

Things to do in the desert in August

psweather.net 8-30-15.jpg We had the whole golf course to ourselves. You can too, if it's August in Indio.

Untitled Woody Allen project

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

LA Times flashback: 1982 newsroom phone list

latimes-phone-list-1982.jpg Note the extension for "Nuts," where Times operators would switch incoming calls from offbeat characters. Often the callers were then relayed to our columnist.

Remembering Watts, 1965: A birthday story

watts-towers-inside-lao.jpg Fifty years ago, two baby girls were born on the same August day in a Los Angeles hospital. One was black, one was white.
beatles-color-beck-telegraph.jpg Fifty years ago on Aug. 27, Ivor Davis was the only newspaper reporter to go with the Beatles to Elvis Presley's Bel Air mansion. It was memorable.

The disappearance of the Halloween house

mansionization-la-example.jpg How the real estate boom is changing our Westwood neighborhood and so many others.

Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria

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

Station to Station: Doug Aitken's different conversation

aitken-iris.jpg The artist's latest big idea is his way to have a different conversation about art, music, time and place.

'Listen to me Marlon' lets us understand Brando the man

brando-streetcar.jpg The documentary is based on tapes that Marlon Brando made over the course of his career, trying to make sense of himself and his life.
bessie-still.jpg Michael T. Boyd should have been nominated for "Bessie" and Terry Dresbach for "Outlander."
lukas-room.jpg Alfresco theater is one of the best features of an LA summer, yet the big LA media usually ignore it. The Theatricum in Topanga Canyon is having an especially strong season.

When meteors are stars

Perseid meteor shower 2014 - Copy.jpg This time every year, a comet's trash turns into a human's treasure.

Gordon Henderson

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

Bernie Sanders fills the LA Sports Arena

sanders-rally-stage-iris.jpg Sanders filled the Los Angeles Sports Arena to capacity on Monday.

Special Olympics

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

Conspirator in murder of an LAPD officer may get parole

thomas-williams-lapd.jpg Reporter Arnold Friedman covered the 1985 murder of detective Thomas Williams, his fraternity brother at San Fernando Valley State. He wants you to know that one of those convicted could get out after a vote this week.

Overheard in Time Warner Cable land

TWC screen2 8-15 - Copy.JPG Time Warner Cable pays another visit. Confusion ensues.

Dodgers make brilliant trade; LA media complains

dodgers-kasten-right-lao.jpg Despite an MLB-record payroll, a budding farm system and a trade that brought in five useful players, some in the media are still upset.
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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