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Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress Senate AMENDED Agenda #4b added; #12 modified Saturday June 2nd, 2007 (10:00 a.m.) DIFFERENT LO...

During my four years at UCLA, I almost never attended my undergrad classes. I instead bought the texts and the class notes and showed up on...

If so, I can predict next year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize... Birth-Control Pill Halts Women's Periods Tuesday May 22, 5:33 pm...

When I first read that literary agent/blogger Miss Snark was shutting down her blog -I didn't post the news, hoping that she might chang...

Today's article on the immigration march/rally at MacArthur Park had three interesting, if contradictory, statements: Waving American fl...

View from Here - Schooling the School Board Mayor’s picks kick butt. What does it have to do with NCs? Tuesday, the Mayor's candid...

Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Congress Senate Agenda Saturday May 19th, 2007 (12:30 p.m.) DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN NORMAL!!! LOS ANGELES ...

Just realized I forgot to post that I will be appearing on a panel discussion about neighborhood councils and planning and land use issues t...

LA Times results at 8 AM Election results Board of Education District 3 26.48% precincts reporting votes percent Jon M. Lauritzen* 9,321 39....

Well, there are some hours old results - but they are largely the very first absentee votes. To find out who really won those races - and t...

The good news is that the LA Times is starting to cover Los Angeles. The bad news is that it's not always the serious news that impacts ...

Below is my article today in today's CITYWATCH: Can Neighborhood Councils Save Los Angeles From Burning? By Brady Westwater Well, i...

Below is my update on the DWP in today's CITYWATCH: View from Here - Down the Rabbit Hole with the DWP! By Brady Westwater Since C...

Help! Every time I open the LA Times website - blaring loud - are KTLA stories - and no matter what I do - it happens every time I come back...

Much ink has been spilled in the past few weeks about the Mayor's recent defeats. Below is my article in today's CITYWATCH which off...

The Times was two hours later in even mentioning that there was any violence at McArthur Park last night, and even then got all their facts ...

I largely kept track of the marches today by checking in with the LA Times website. It was pretty quiet until the marchers finally paraded u...

Who knew? When it comes to the being the king of the males - it's ducks over stallion and bulls. And it's not even close... May 1, ...

While three of the largest newspapers in the country had rises in their circulation figures, the LA Times had the largest drop both in absol...

1. It's one of the great civic events in Los Angeles so if you didn't go Saturday - go today. As usual, I saw 40 or 50 people I kn...

There's a new sheriff in town when the Times kicks the Daily News' butt on a Valley story like this - and on a Saturday night.! El C...

There's a new sheriff in town when the Times kicks the Daily News' butt on a Valley story like this - and on a Saturday night.! El C...

Today the City Council of Los Angeles will review the results of a public hearing recently held to get public comment about turning the Fron...

My 2 AM in the morning response to Kate Coe's 20 stupid blogger questions... Tuesday, Apr 24 FBLA 20 Questions: Brady Westwater Downtown...

The normally reliable D. J. Waldie has a rather unusual Op-ed in Sunday's Los Angeles Times about Downtown Los Angeles in which he contr...

Saturday April 21st from 8:30 AM – 3 PM the Congress of Neighborhoods will meet at the Bonaventure Hotel at 404 S. Figueroa Street in the Ca...

Public Hosed Down at DWP Board Meet By Brady Westwater LA’s Board of Water and Power Commissioners surreptitiously maneuvered two expensive ...

This is only the beginning of the examination of the contracting mess at the DWP. Lots more to come - and I have an article that will be pu...

WP adds to in-house work crews Compromise with union means higher project costs BY KERRY CAVANAUGH, Staff Writer Article Last Updated: 04...

About 100%, of course. (though first the verb was corrected, then the entire sentence rewritten since this post) Wrong number gets suspects ...

Clarification of DWP Board Meeting Today: Due to the complete lack of notice to the neighborhood councils, the public or the press – it is a...

I just talked with the reporter from the Daily News, Kerry Cavanaugh, who broke the story of the multi-million dollar give away of DWP rate ...

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is about violated the MOU agreement with the by giving away millions dollars of rate payers fu...