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Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress Senate Agenda February 3, 2007 (10 a.m.) DWP John Ferraro Building (Conference Rooms behind Cafet...

In a staggering display of shamelessness even by his standards, Nicola Ouroussoff, former architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times and t...

Below is the actual lede of the story on the website: By Andrew Blankstein, Times Staff Writer 11:04 AM PST, February 1, 2007 The company be...

First, thanks to LAOBSERVED for the tip to Jack Shafer's media column over at SLATE where he uses the phrase 'walks the cow around t...

One of the most frustrating things about using G-mail and Google's Blogspot is that neither one of them is capable of recognizing the ex...

So back in November we asked the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, who oversees Neighborhood Councils, for a quick 5 question intervie...

WTF is this story doing on the LAT website on January 18th? And it's also listed as second most viewed story on the front page of the w...

Forget 'Ugly Betty' - the best comedy series is - 'Ugly LA Times'! Chandlers, L.A. moguls float rival bids for Tribune By Ja...

The good news for Lisa Sarno is that after being replaced as General Manager for the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, if there is eve...

Just when you thought the soap opera couldn't get any more complicated - Eli Broad, Ron Burkle, the Tribune - and the Chandlers - soon m...

Or - kicking a dead magazine when it's down. The above link to FISHBOWLLA touches on just some of the reasons why the latest issue of We...

Below is a message from Julie Rico on the opening of the Red Dot Bistro: Hi Everyone, I would like to cordially invite you to the new Red Do...

While few people realize it, Wyatt Earp from his teenage years when he drove a stage for Phineas Banning until his death many decades later,...

Some dude in short pants to accompany her.... The Beckhams -- a soccer icon and a former Spice Girl -- are leaving London for the lights of ...

Somehow I missed the news that a major new gallery was going to open in Gallery Row in the Bradbury Building: Villaraigosa has also distribu...

First, I know what it is like to loose almost everything you own in a fire, though in my case it was not my house that burned. I also helpe...

Once again, the Downtown News scoops the LA Times on an important story - the sale and - hopefully - reopening of a major cultural venue: Ka...

There appears to be an error in the below linked story about the vote to unionize the press workers at the LA Times. Below is what LAOBSERV...

According to the linked story from LAOBSERVED on the post above this one, the vote tallies were different and the winning margin was nine. F...

.... one on the scene observer... Ed Padgett... has the following observation: .... I polled twenty percent of my co-workers, with some havi...

The voting on the pressmen at the Los Angeles Times going union - or staying non-union - ended over a hour ago, and it was going to take an ...

When long time Fairfax fixture, Arnold Herr Bookseller, posted its closing notice after losing its lease last year, the story got a lot of i...

FISHBOWLLA SAG Award Nominees Unveiled -- Nation Yawns Steve Carell and Leo DiCaprio lead the pack of performers with three nominations a pi...

I've read about how dishonest the coverage of the Los Angeles Times has been on the recent Long Beach hate crimes incident. But until K...

Below is a statement made to anyone who uses BLOGSPOT: The New Version of Blogger The new version of Blogger in beta is dead! Long live the ...

Two things were clear from the start. First, we would spend the rest of our lives together. There was never any question about that. Second,...

For those three people left alive who are still unaware who Miss Snark is, she posts an anonymous eponymous blog that enlightens writers on ...

Well, an 'overwhelming number' of exactly four fellow Snarklings asked me to post this, the first page to the Long Rider..... In the...

According to both the print and the on-line edition of the Sunday Los Angeles Times,the present California congressional delegation is domin...

After being unable to make it through more than a few minutes of any of previous episodes of the critically acclaimed Friday Nights Light...

Evidently... yes! From Poytner: Posted by Fons Tuinstra 6:07:06 AM Has Google Built a Smarter Internet? Google Google.com Google appears to ...

1. I have been wanted for a capital offense in India for over 30 years. 2. I lost my virginity in a Nevada brothel at age 17. 3. A wild h...

First... the headline: The holiday fixture is a film classic, but the production wasn't always angelic. OK - so it seems clear that some...

In linking to The Los Angeles Business Journal's article on Japanese businesses in Torrance, Mark Lacter's LAOBSERVED business blog ...

The City of Los Angeles’ master plan to drive every non-profit and profit making cultural institution from the city limits continues unabate...

A not uncommon occurrence when I talk to an LA Times writer after an article appears in print (or on-line) is that they almost 'died...

Justin: "Kate Winslet is one of my favorite older actresses. Kate Winslet just turned... 31.

Most of the article welcomes having an art professional running an arts institution... duh!... and then goes into more detail about James Wo...

I just received the below email: Dear Recipients, Attached, please see my FINAL announcement. Thank you. Hamid Behdad, PE Office of Mayor...

Below are the three most intriguing questions and answers in Tyler Green's interview with new uber-Getty boss, Jim Wood aka James Wood a...

First, Tyler Green agrees that getting a great art person trumps having someone with LA ties for this position: What we think: Wood is a fir...

JAMES N. WOOD, FORMER DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, NAMED PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE J. PAUL GETTY TRUST LOS ANGELES...

The Chicago'ification of LA continues- but in a good way - with the Getty Trust landing one of the most brilliant and knowledgeable and ...