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When Mary McNamara was unexpectedly 'demoted' from the book review section to reviewing... TV shows.... it seemed that a great writi...

Both photos are reminiscent of Rubens at his most exuberant heights with their management of controlled chaos. And even by the exceptionall...

I didn't know he had been ill the past six months so his passing was a real shock. The above link goes to the LAT' obit. More late...

Los Angeles's two biggest banking institutions collapsed this past year - leaving us with only City National Bank from the once many loc...

In a political year in which almost every rule was broken - including the myth that Americans were too racist to elect a black man president...

The 'good' news is - one of them is worth reading and it has been mainly number one or two for the almost week since it has been wri...

Charles E. Young is MOCA's new CEO - which is also a new position - and Jeremy Strick is no longer the director - but that position rema...

For Immediate Release: Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 Media Contacts: Elizabeth Hinckley, MOCA, 310-854-8199 or cell 323-864-0429 ...

OK - it's official. It IS the end of the world as we know it. UPDATE! Complete story up - and no one else seems to have the news. Scree...

It's nice to see at least one newspaper knows their reader's priorites.

David Zahniser just wrote a groundbreaking expose of how the City of Los Angeles got caught - by him - hiding a report from the citizens of...

Two posts down, the New York Times says that MOCA is - for now - accepting Eli Broad's offer and working on the details. The below Los ...

Thank God for David Zahniser at the LA Times or it would have take a lot longer to shine some light on the city's proposed solar initiat...

No word from LA Times, but this very good news just in from the New York Times: December 19, 2008 Los Angeles Museum Agrees to Accept Rescue...

Back in the distant reaches of time - about ten years ago, in fact, I launched what was at the start a one man war against Mike Davis and hi...

Los Angeles Times reports story of its potential BK: Tribune is preparing for bankruptcy filing From Reuters Publisher and broadcaster Tribu...

Looks like Sam Zell and the Los Angeles Times may be headed to court... DECEMBER 8, 2008 Tribune Co. Taps Lazard,Weighs Filing for Chapter 1...

No one knows for sure - except likely San Zell. But he just hired the sharpshooters who can either pull things together without going BK - o...

Saving MOCA! Part Two of Three! If you have not yet read Part One – that is the post before this and it covers the immediate short terms ne...

Saving MOCA – Part One of Three parts The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art – as everyone now knows, is so short of cash it has conside...

As if millions of people showing up for the inauguration isn't enough to drive the residents of the greater Washington DC area nuts - th...

The New York Times' gal on the ground in LA - Jennifer Steinhauer - has the best story yet on Bob Baker's Marionette Theater's q...

Obviously, I am indulging in a bit of hyperbole with the above statement - but after reading the below Los Angeles Times editorial - and aft...