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January 01, 1990 - November 18, 2012 + LA Observed
Memorial Day 
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For me, Memorial Day has always been one of those holidays that's more
about the day off from work. I don't spend much time thinking...
Meg and Steve and Jerry and Barack
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There are just two weeks left until the California election. And so congratulations to all of us for making it this far with our sanity...
Love-Hate Affair With The 405
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For the million or so people whose daily lives intersect with the 405 freeway as it slices across the Westside, life as they know it...
Hanging Out
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I spent the last few days in New York, mixing business meetings with enjoyment of Manhattan’s cityscape. When I travel, I find myself making silent...
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
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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
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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
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LA's the Place
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Los Angeles’s reputation as a great food city – or more accurately, region – receives a big boost of validation in the current pages of...
