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January 01, 1990 - October 14, 2012 + LA Observed
A Real LA Yarn 
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There must be something in the DNA of Los Angeles that nurtures intriguing mysteries. The noir stories of James M. Cain and James Ellroy make...
Arizona and Immigration
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100430arizona_and_immigrat
Earlier this month my wife and I spent a nice few days in Tucson. We
waited 45 minutes to get a table at our favorite Mexican...
The Sweet Season
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100423the_sweet_season
This time of the year, late April sliding ever so slowly toward May, has been called the sweet spot in the calendar for local sports...
Death of Daryl Gates
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100416death_of_daryl_gates
LA's the Place
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100409las_the_place
Earlier this year, the New York Times travel section recommended the 31 places to visit in 2010. It's a helpful enough list, provided, that is,...
Jaime Escalante, Teacher
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100402jaime_escalante_teac
These days, to be a parent with children in Los Angeles area schools is to live in fear. Fear that it might all go wrong,...
New Journalism
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100326new_journalism
One night this week, I went down to USC to talk to a class of graduate students in the Annenberg School of Journalism. This might...
Political Season Notes
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100319political_season_not
We got a much clearer picture this week of what the election season is
going to be like in California. It's going to be long and...
Whale of a Story
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100312whale_of_a_story
It had the element of crime, that's always important, especially for TV. A Hollywood angle, check, that's good too. Real good. Politics, that'll work, as...
Thanks a Million
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100305thanks_a_million
It's been a while since we checked in on the controversy over illegal billboards and giant signs in Los Angeles. It's a fight that has...
Food Politics
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100226food_politics
Los Angeles’s reputation as a great food city – or more accurately, region – receives a big boost of validation in the current pages of...
LA's Best Soap Opera
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This week, Mayor Villaraigosa and the president of the LA City Council,
that’s Eric Garcetti, made guest appearances on ABC’s long-running
daytime soap All My Children...
Musical Chairs in Local Politics
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100212musical_chairs_in_lo
This must be an especially hard time to be an ambitious politician. City Hall is paralyzed by talk of mass layoffs and the collapse of...
Rainy Day History
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100122rainy_day_history
After a week of tornado damage, power outages, evacuations, hail and snarled traffic, it's time to pronounce all this rain…a welcome
success. Southern California has so...
Jay, Conan and the Rest
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo100115jay_conan_and_the_re
Well here we are at the end of the second week of the great American late night talk show crisis, and I still don't know...
