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January 01, 1990 - October 14, 2012 + LA Observed
Carmageddon: We Won 
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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
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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
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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...
Page One: Inside the New York Times
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On Sunday I caught a fragment of the HBO documentary A Matter of Taste. It follows in entertaining detail the opening of a new restaurant...
LA as theater town
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Is Los Angeles a theater town? That question's been hanging in the air in cultural circles for the past week or so...
LA Women
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Anybody who follows me at LAObserved.com knows that I think obituaries are important. When someone dies it's a chance to look at the emerging story...
In the Palisades
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Last weekend I went out to a corner of Los Angeles where I seldom go. And I bet many of you don't either. Pacific Palisades...
Gold Has Its Privileges
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There are many ways to judge if a news item has legs – that it will stick in the city's collective memory, and not just...
Scrubbing Schwarzenegger
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There's been too much media hand wringing over whether outlets should have named the housekeeper who had Arnold Schwarzenegger's secret baby...
The Freeway That Ate Summer
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On a big summer weekend this July, Southern California will experience a
rite of passage. A major milestone in our transportation history...
Jerry Brown, Casual Governor
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I still remember the day I was sitting outside a Starbucks on Ocean Park Boulevard when a squadron of SUV's pulled up. They were all...
Sheriff Baca, Interesting Figure
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You know who has suddenly become one of the most interesting elected officials to follow in LA? For me it's the sheriff, Lee Baca...
Dodgers as Civic Icon
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If the rest of the country even cares about the mess surrounding the Los Angeles Dodgers – and I guess they do, since I was...
LA Times Wins Two Pulitzers
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Congratulations are deserved today for the Los Angeles Times, which won two Pulitzer prizes this afternoon for its journalism.
Dodger Stadium's Problem
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Tonight in San Francisco - within the hour actually - we'll find out how that city reacts to having LA's blue uniforms on its home...
