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This morning's article by Hector Becerra on the potential affects of the new Gold Line on the real Eastside of the City of Los Angeles (...

.... read Christopher Hitchen's Vanity Fair article - "Why Women Aren't Funny"...

Mack Reed just sent me to the newosaur blog which lays out the bloody details of not just the record drop in newspaper print advertising of ...

If you are interested in the future of the Museum of Contemporary Art - join the Facebook Group above - and then attend the group meeting at...

As usual, Tyler Green has the best coverage of what is going on at our local arts institutions. His summary of recent events is so complete...

Whenever there is a crisis in Los Angeles' cultural institutions, there is always one man who will step up and leave the rest behind to ...

As everyone should know by now, MOCA - the Museum of Contemporary Art, is in such financial trouble, there are discussion about it merging w...

All of this month’s COMEDY WALK events will be held at the majestic 2,100-seat Los Angeles Theatre, 615 S. Broadway, Los Angeles Thursday, N...

COMEDY WALK Solves Middle East Crisis On Thursday November 20th from 8 – 10 PM! All of this month’s COMEDY WALK events will be held at the ...

UPDATE at bottom of post! That's the rumor of the day in Historic Downtown Los Angeles. Fashion designer Ed Hardy, who has some of his ...

Below is a press release I received today from several sources: November 13, 2008 WHAT: Emergency Campaign to generate funds to save The Bob...

But not a word on the LA Times website

When I walked into the meeting room of the monthly meeting of the Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Planning and Land Use Committee,...

It took me a long time before I could accept the fact that man caused global warming is not just a myth - but that it is - increasingly - a ...

The Istanbul Modern and the London Design Museums have selected 7 cities to tell the story of modern design (starting with London's Grea...

Washington Post writer Wil Haygood has a moving story in today's Los Angeles Times about a now retired black butler who worked at the Wh...

Looking at myself in a mirror – if I am buck naked, wearing a ski mask and standing far enough away - 60 can look a lot like the new 17. F...

From 8:30 PM - 10 PM Thursday October 16th, Comedy Walk presents 24 top stand-up comedians in six different venues at 8th and Broadway in Do...

(The below needed correction has how been actually corrected - but the link and the dateline of the story was not changed - so it goes to th...

Below is a story that demonstrates why the LA Times local coverage is deeply handicapped by it's policy of hiring people without roots i...

Without realizing it, I have - like almost everyone I know - stopped reading the LA Times. Oh, I still read many of the blogs on the website...

Opening Exhibition. October 11th 7-10pm Mear One, who is among the most prominent artists in the world(and not just the grafitti world)today...

Below is my article in today's CITYWATCH about the newest housing plan for the City of Los Angeles. However, if you click the link abov...

There is a lot of blame to go around for the current financial meltdown, but it's increasingly clear as to how it all started. When Fan...

Yes, when the impossible seems to be happening all around us - just another sign of the Apocalypse. PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Phoenix M...

Margot Gayle was one of the first advocates for the preservation of Victorian architecture in New York and she is also an excellent example ...

It's been a long time since some good news has come out of the Los Angeles Times, but the return of Jim Newton is the best news I have h...

Yes - six free venues with 25 comedians all within 1/2 block of 5th and Spring! 8:30 PM - 10 PM Tonight Thursday September 18th! Go to www....

Google's Chrome! And it ain't even close. Totally blows away the 'competition'.

Hell, this may be the single funniest thing anyone says about anything all year. But - warning - if you have never lived in a small town an...

Well, maybe not... exactly... alike (Buffalo being only second to Detroit in poverty and second to almost no place when it comes to snow), b...