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January 01, 1990 - January 20, 2013 + LA Observed
Closure, 2009 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091218closure_2009
Now that 2009 is coming to a close, I suspect we can all agree it's been a pretty rough year. The recession became more harsh...
An LA Style Election
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091211an_la_style_election
In a corner of the San Fernando Valley section of LA, the voters in one city council district this week put another election to bed....
Spector Shows Up Uninvited
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091204spector_shows_up_uni
An occupational hazard of following the news obsessively is that you're rarely surprised -– truly surprised -– by anything that happens. It doesn't mean that...
Tales of Gavin Newsom
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091120tales_of_gavin_newso
This past week I managed to break free of the Los Angeles gravity for a few days and travel among our fellow Californians who live...
Eyes on L.A.
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091113eyes_on_la
We didn't plan it this way, but earlier this week on the LA Observed website we had two posts back to back about photographers from...
Betting on Beck
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091106betting_on_beck
The William Bratton era is officially over at the Los Angeles Police Department. And any day now, the Charlie Beck era will begin...
The Mayor's Day
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091030the_mayors_day
Every evening, Mayor Villaraigosa's office sends out his public schedule for the following day. It goes by email to journalists and assignment desks at the...
Defending Harvey Levin
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091023defending_harvey_lev
Remember back about three years ago when Mel Gibson, the actor, was arrested in Malibu for driving under the influence? There's a new controversy swirling...
The McCourt's Messy Divide
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091016the_mccourts_messy_d
Ordinarily, the breakup of a marriage isn't the stuff of public conversation. Usually, it's none of our business. But every so often there's a marriage...
New Yorker and Nikki Finke
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091009new_yorker_and_nikki
As if we needed any more proof, this week brought fresh evidence of the
ways that the media picture is changing, in L.A. and in the
geography-free,...
Inner Sanctum
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo091002inner_sanctum
One of the services we like to provide at LA Observed is to take listeners and readers behind the scenes in Los Angeles, to give...
Little Water Wars
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo090925little_water_wars
Some wise observer whose name I don't remember once said that everything in the West is about water. Who has it, who wants it, who...
German Lessons
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo090918german_lessons
The favorite civic catch phrase in Los Angeles lately has been livable city. The goal of making LA more people friendly has been used to...
Friends from France
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo090911friends_from_france
Labor Day has come and gone. The kids are back in school, or getting ready. Pretty soon, the foreign visitors will fade from Hollywood Boulevard...
Week of Fires
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo090904week_of_fires
A cooling trend in this weekend's weather forecast is the first real
piece of good news since fires began to dominate life here more than a
week...
