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January 01, 1990 - November 20, 2012 + LA Observed
Incredible Shrinking Times 
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080718incredible_shrinking
If it weren't so sad for the families involved -- and damaging to the
community fabric of Los Angeles -- what happened this week at the...
Ray Bradbury's Rant
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080711ray_bradburys_rant
I recently was invited to speak at the Geffen Playhouse to the
Friends of the Westwood Library. I was struck by all the nostalgia I
heard for...
Good Week for Blogs
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080627good_week_for_blogs
This has been another of those weeks in the local news media, where you could feel the rules changing. Score one for the blogs. Or...
Travels with Antonio
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080620travels_with_antonio
Since this is the first day of summer, it seems appropriate to talk about traveling. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa flew to Israel last week on official...
Degrees of Separation
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080613degrees_of_separatio
This week I was struck -– again -- by the uncanny way that news stories in Los Angeles overlap through time and main characters. Many...
Circling Back
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080606circling_back
One of the complaints people have about the media is that stories
that fill the airwaves for one or two news cycles are too often just
dropped....
Election Daze
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080530election_daze
You might not know this. In fact, you probably don't know or care. But there will be an election in California on Tuesday...
Toilet to Tap?
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080516toilet_to_tap
Did you know that we're almost three years into the Antonio
Villaraigosa era in Los Angeles? I know, I know, it seems like longer.
With all that...
Times Are Tough
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080509times_are_tough
Just because gas prices have dipped back down below four dollars a
gallon in most parts of LA doesn't mean that you can call off the
recession...
Special Order 40
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080502special_order_40
Well, May 1 came and went without incident in Los Angeles. It's always a good thing when we get past May Day without a half-million...
Bookish LA
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080425bookish_la
I suspect that, by now, just about everyone has heard the claim that
Los Angeles is the biggest and most vibrant book selling market in the
country...
Writing Noir LA
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080418writing_noir_la
If Los Angeles has a native literary genre, it would have to be noir fiction. Think of all the hard-boiled, cynical detectives, private eyes and...
Mirthala Speaks
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080411mirthala_speaks
We finally heard this week from Mirthala Salinas. Her side of last year's messy affair with the mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa...
They're Killing Us
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080404theyre_killing_us
f you aren't one of the four million or so people who live within the
formal limits of Los Angeles, you probably don't pay much attention...
Coliseum Party
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080328coliseum_party
Now that I've written books about Los Angeles history, I sometimes get labeled a historian. I'm still not used to it. You mean me, I...
