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January 01, 1990 - January 20, 2013 + LA Observed
Money Trouble at the Getty 
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The Getty Museum has become an important visual touchstone of Los
Angeles from its perch on a ridgeline of the Santa Monica Mountains,
overlooking the Westside where...
Celebrating Books and Reyner Banham
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I took a walk around the campus at UCLA yesterday to look at preparations for the Festival of Books this weekend. And it was a...
Don't Elect Chief
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How's this for a bad idea? Make the Los Angeles police chief an elected position. The idea's being floated by the Los Angeles Police Protective...
Gaylord Wilshire
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I was surprised recently, as I drove on the 405 freeway between the Valley and the Westside, to see a sign marking a stretch of...
Stupid Government Tricks
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At the risk of sounding a bit too much like one of those shouters on AM
radio, this week the topic on the table is: stupid...
Craig
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This week I jumped at the chance to check out the man who is getting a lot of the blame – or credit, if you...
Obama's First Visit
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Well, we've made it through President Obama's first visit to Southern California. If you escaped the traffic shutdowns, his two days here probably seemed pleasant...
Transitions in the Media
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Mayor So-so
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The ballots have been counted. The people have spoken.
And Antonio Villaraigosa has been invited to remain the mayor of Los Angeles
for another four years. If...
The Wrap
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I caught a behind-the-scenes glimpse this week at a promising new model for the niche future of news that left me feeling actually kind of...
Measure B
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Most of you within the sound of my voice don't live in the city of Los
Angeles. That means you may be confused by references in...
Water Cooler Stories
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Defining Los Angeles
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For these commentaries, and for my blog at LA Observed.com, I end up monitoring a lot of writing and reporting on Los Angeles. And one...
Safe Landing in the Hudson
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When US Airways flight 1549 landed safely in the almost freezing water of the Hudson River, we got ourselves a new shared hero – and...
Pacific Times
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In the official books that record such things, the state bird of
California is the Valley Quail. You may never have seen one, but
they're smaller than...
