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January 01, 1990 - February 22, 2013 + LA Observed
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...
Looking Ahead

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Welcome to the new news year. When the calendar turns, convention calls for being upbeat about the unknown opportunities the future may hold...
Looking Back at 2008

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Those of you who hear me in this spot through the year probably realize that I occasionally take the chance go back and close the...
Jane Usher

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This has been a rich week where my inner news junkie has several candidates for the title of favorite story...
Saving the News

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Anyone in L.A. who thinks thriving, independent fearless news reporting is important has to be feeling pretty grim this week. While attention has been focused...
Carleton Watkins

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I beg your pardon for using two consecutive weeks of LA Observed to talk, a least loosely, about art in Los Angeles. Last week it...
Saving MOCA

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There's a real civic sadness looming in the reports that LA's Museum of Contemporary Art is reeling in financial trouble. If MOCA were to disappear...
LA's Era in DC

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Because Los Angeles is a city that mainly elects Democrats, the Bush years have not been especially good ones for LA's clout. But with the...
Prop 8 Aftermath

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We -– and by that I mean all of us in California -- have had a week and a half to absorb all that changed...
Obamamania

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The lobby of the Century Plaza Hotel is usually a pretty quiet place. Sedate comes to mind. You could fall asleep there and probably nothing...
No Endoresments Here

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So – finally -- it's almost over. The longest, most expensive and in
many ways ugliest political campaign season most of us have ever seen. I'm...
History Lives On

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So Angelina Jolie is in a new Clint Eastwood movie about a Los Angeles
historical episode. I can already hear the cynicism dripping all over
town...
Digital Billboards

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Just when we have nearly conquered the plague of television commercials thanks to Tivo and the web, we now have giant commercials staring us in...