Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Mayor Garcetti to Hold Press Conference on IBEW (the main DWP union) Local 18 Contract 11:30 AM Thursday UPDATE - David Zahn

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Since everyone involved has said how optimistic they were today about the progress that was being made - and since many of the key - and mos...

Four Ways the DWP Union Controls L.A. and Why We Need to Support Mayor Eric Garcetti

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My Huffington Post piece on the battle between our Mayor - Eric Garcetti - and the most powerful political force in Los Angeles - the main u...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Best Ever Craiglist NYC Subway 'Missed Connections' Post Turns Out to be by a Los Angeles Writer

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The V ILLAGE VOICE has uncovered who wrote the Craigslist 'missed Connections' post set in a New York subway that had so quickly tw...

Downtown LA's Fashion Keeps Getting More Fashionable.

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I can still remember when the very first storefront 'high fashion' shops opened around 4th and Main, with SKINGRAFT being one of la...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Malibu Times Reports Grant Adamson's Wife, Terry, and Daughters,Megan and Lauren, Expected to Have Full Physical Recoveries.

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  photo of Lauren Adamson courtesy of the Malibu Times After being critically  injured in the freak hot aid balloon crash that kille...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Downtown News Reports Veteran CRA CEO David Riccitello to Fill Dan Rosenfeld's Post for 2nd District County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas

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Photo by Gary Leonard.  Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas (left) and Senior Deputy Dan Rosenfeld in 2009.   One of the problems created by t...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Post-Production Continues to Leave Los Angeles For New York Due to Tax Credits

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One of the myths local LA business writers and California politicians like to repeat is that it doesn't matter if film and TV produc...

YouTube Shows and Networks Continue to Flourish in LA - Tastemade Builds New Food Network in Santa Monica

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While film and TV shoots continue to leave California, one bright spot for local employment has been the proliferation of new on-line sh...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

If You Saw My Post on the Supposed 1850 Aerial Photo of the Plaza - Here is the Actual First Aerial Photo of Los Angeles in 1887

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Here is my post on the 1850 photo which now appears to be a photo of a model that - possibly has been enhanced at the top a a real aeria...

Explore the Secret Histories of Historic Downtown Los Angeles on a Walking Tour The Next 3 Saturdays August 17th, 24th and 31st from 10:30 - 12:30 PM starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE at 5th & Spring

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The Last Bookstore  (and a  2nd floor with 50,000 books at ONE DOLLAR each!)   Presents   10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours o...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

How Long Will It Take for Jerry Brown and Eric Garcetti to Ask for a Meeting with Elon Musk on His Reboot for High-Speed Rail?

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And here are the reasons why they need to start talking to Elon Musk about his Hyperloop system.

How to Get From Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 Minutes at... 6%... of the Cost of Not So High Speed - High Speed Rail!

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Fist, Mark Lacter at LA OBSERVED explains the how this could save us from the disaster that is called High-Speed Rail.  Second, Business ...
Monday, August 12, 2013

60,000 square Foot Rooftop - Farm - Proposed in Downtown Los Angeles!

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photo of Courtney Guerra and Ari Taymore courtesy of Alma's website While urban rooftop gardens are old news - there is now a proposa...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

UPDATE on Sunday Tour! If there are 4 or more advance reservations there will also be a 2 hour walking tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles at 11 AM Sunday August 11th!

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If anyone was unable to make today's 2 hour walking tour of Historic Downtown LA tour - there will tours next three Saturdays from 10...
Thursday, August 08, 2013

Don't Forget It's Art Walk Tonight! See Ed Fuente's Calendar & Check Out the 10,000's of Just Arrived $1 Books Upstairs at THE LAST BOOKSTORE

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First, here's the link to Ed Fuentes's monthly calendar of everything worth doing or going to on Art Walk tonight - plus his open...

Terry Adamson Awake After Crash That Killed Her Husband Grant - And Asks Professor to Cover Her Classes At Pepperdine Until She Returns

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photo courtesy of The Malibu Times According to the latest story at the Malibu Times ..... Terry Adamson able to communicate, law sch...

Versatile Downtown LA Musician, Artwork Jamal, Passes at 47

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Photograph by Gary Leonard courtesy of Downtown News While known best for his playing of electric blues in the style of Muddy Waters, acc...
Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Malibu's Grant Adamson Dies in Accident; His Wife and Daughters Seriously Injured. Plus Updates at Bottom of Page

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photo courtsey of Malibu Times The Los Angeles Times is now also reporting   the Malibu Times story about the tragic ballooning accident...
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