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January 01, 1990 - January 24, 2013 + LA Observed
Music in Historic Places 
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I don't listen to a lot of classical music, but some. I'm glad it's still available on the radio here. In many parts of the...
Nerds We Have Known
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo111010nerds_we_have_known
The death of Steve Jobs touched a lot of people, to understate an obvious fact.
Saving Their Dad
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo111003saving_their_dad
In the movie 127 Hours, James Franco survives in the wild by cutting off his own arm. Hollywood loves stories like that -- pulled from...
Obama Jamming
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110926obama_jamming
If you're listening in your car, there's a decent chance
you're not moving. On this Monday the traffic jam you're in could be more intense...
Fear of the Unknown
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110919fear_of_the_unknown
No one needs the new poverty numbers to know there's a lot of anxiety in the land. But the image is pretty graphic: the highest...
East West Axis
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110912east_west_axis
Earlier today, men in suits and hardhats held shovels and pretended to dig in dirt for the cameras. These shovel-turning ceremonies used to occur all...
Wild LA
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110905wild_la
Unless you go to school, or have kids who do, Labor Day isn't the marker of time here that it is in less summery places....
Villaraigosa, the Legacy Years
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110829villaraigosa_the_leg
Whenever you hear the media start talking about a politician's legacy,
you know the end game has begun. Whether due to health, defeat or the...
Season of the Maps
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110822season_of_the_maps
You're excused for feeling like the presidential campaign – the 2012 campaign -- has already gone on too long. Every four years seems to come...
Stadium Politics
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110808stadium_politics
I was in Seattle last week and took the chance to do a little LA field research. Since the hottest local political issue here right...
Hollywood Sign as Icon
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110801hollywood_sign_as_ic
Los Angeles has only a few structures that have survived long enough for most to agree they've reached the status of icon...
From Mulholland to Bean
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110725from_mulholland_to_b
On the LA Observed website, this has been a summer for obituaries about talented people....
Carmageddon: We Won
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110718carmageddon_we_won
As I see it, there are two ways to look at what happened during this weekend's threatened run-in with Carmageddon. Both versions will be written...
Preparing for Carmageddon
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110711preparing_for_carmag
It's finally here – the week when we find out how Southern California gets by without our busiest freeway. You must have heard by now...
Dodgers saga CAN get worse
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo110704dodgers_saga_can_get
It's a good thing that Los Angeles is much more mature as a city than it was in 1958. Back then, the arrival from Brooklyn...
