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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...

The above linked article lists just the newest way Los Angeles County social workers have found to steal from the taxpayers. And they have ...

The headline reads - 40 million awarded to Mattel by Jury. But the AP article reads - 100 million awarded by jury to Mattel. And at the mo...

The above linked story about the renovation of the historic Westlake Theatre on Alvarado shows the LA Times continuing lack of even a cursor...

Not a lot new in the below article - other than to say he is a native of the Southland for the first time, but nothing more specific on that...

Below are portions Kevin's post over at LA OSERVED quoting an email from a LA Times employee: Just got out of a meeting with Eddy.... He...

Despite the combined efforts of a staff writer, an editor and a copy editor - the LA Times story with a headline claiming that 400 S. Wester...

Today's LAT's Staff memo from FISHBOWLLA: New L.A. Times Publisher Eddy Hartenstein sent the staff the following good morning: G...

Nikki Finke has just exposed one of the worst ideas ever to hit this city. Taking active duty cops off the streets and having them baby sit...

.... join me at the 01 Gallery for a new opening curated by Retna! .... Undisputed Champions, featuring the work of Sam Fuchs and Adam Gray....

BOXeight Studios is celebrating the grand opening of their new, permanent space Downtown with a big ol' party tonight. Head down to chec...

The headline on the morning version of the LAT website was: 2 found dead in burned building in Windsor Square Now why would it use the term ...

Eddy Hartenstein may be the perfect publisher for the Los Angeles Times - at least on paper. And I've had some time to check him out th...

Also go to the above link to see the comments on her post. Rocket Scientist New LA Times Publisher? EXCLUSIVE: Reliable sources tell me that...

More later!

It starts at 7 PM at the main Library Downtown and seats are stand-by only - but speakers will be set up in the courtyard for the overflow c...

If you want to see the a preview of the hot new show starring Adam Gray and Sam Fuchs premiering at 01 Gallery this Saturday, get yourself d...

* Get your FREE TICKET at www.ComedyWalk.com or just come to the LATC Theatre. * Thursday, August 14th, 2008, 8:30pm-10pm COMEDY WALK is the...

INTERACTIVE PLANNING WORKSHOP (CHARRETTE) ABOUT THE BROADWAY STREETCAR Sponsored by Councilmember Jose' Huizar, Bringing Back Broadway, ...

As is too often the case - the headline of a story in the Los Angeles Times - likely not written by the writer of the story - contradicts w...

L.A. City Council tells Delgadillo, Chick to simmer down The board wants the city attorney and controller to 'cease' their court bat...

From the New York Times: August 11, 2008, 6:26 pm A Modern-Day Blackout: Gmail Goes Dark By Miguel Helft UPDATED 6:35 p.m. After about 90 ...

BELOW IS THE ERROR MESSAGE I'VE BEEN GETTING FOR ALMOST AN HOUR NOW: Gmail by Google Temporary Error (502) We’re sorry, but your ...

.... and if the Allied powers knew then what we know now - would they have taken appropriate actions to stop Hitler? And will we today take...

Now that the main stream media has - finally - covered the story of John Edward's affair (but only after they had no choice), you would ...

To begin with, East Los Angeles, Lincoln Heights and Boyle Heights are three very different communities. But you would never know this is y...

Today - Saturday - there will be a gathering of Mongolians from all over Southern California for their annual cultural festival. I will be o...

When in testifying in a court case, when asked to compare the degree of lawlessness in frontier Los Angeles - and Tombstone - Wyatt Earp mad...

Since no one else seems to have mentioned it - for a couple weeks banner announcing that a Yogurt Factory will open in one of the many, many...

A few weeks ago I started noticing that some of the Ralphs Brand Carb Master Yogurt had almost no peach flavor to it and that it had a sour ...

As I thought, the earthquake was quite a few miles away (in the Chino Hills) and there seems to be no real damage Downtown other than a few ...

At Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring my bookcases were waving back and forth on the 10th floor - but nothing fell out of them. Started ve...

This morning the Grand Avenue Authority granted a series of extensions for the Related Group to finish their construction documents and get ...

Below is the opening for a well thought out and excellently researched story on the current condo market in Downtown: With penthouses, downt...

And also this link: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-covermak27-2008jul27,0,1379685.story For some time alien life forms from a culture...

The recent story in the Times about the health department shutting down public pools due to pollution missed one particular part of the prob...

The HABEAS INDEX presents: PARK 101, Thursday, July 24 12:30 - 1:30 PM Informal lunchtime discussion with Project Managers Gaurav Srivasta...

In "How Fiction Works", James Wood's newest collection of essays - 123 numbered mini-essays strong - Woods again tackles the q...