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January 01, 1990 - December 05, 2012 + LA Observed
Downtown's Block Party 
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A lot of people who I know still react with disbelief when I tell them we go to Downtown LA now more than ever. That does...
Jacko Story Continues
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If you had told me a week ago that I'd still be reading and listening to all the stories about Michael Jackson, I would have...
Covering Michael Jackson
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Michael Jackson's death yesterday at age 50 is a tragedy for his
children and the rest of the Jackson family, as well as a sad and
surprising...
A New LA Tradition
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First off, congratulations and all that to the Lakers. They're the one L.A. pro sports team that can be counted on to bring home a...
Commencement
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This has been one of those days where I feel lucky to spend many of my hours on campus at UCLA. The first thing I...
Surprise, It's Raining
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Like many of you, I suspect, I was jostled awake this morning by a strange sound from outside. What was that pounding on the deck?...
Spector's Life Twitters Away
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The easiest way to keep your finger on the pulse of the local news media these days is, as I've said before, to follow them...
Winners and Losers
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After every election there's a useful media tradition of going beyond the vote totals and assessing the real winners and losers. Cliché as it sometimes...
Antonio's Turning Point
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Here we are, many of us -- voting again. Ballots are trickling in and on Tuesday night they will count ‘em up and let us...
Is Mannywod over?
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I got my first up close taste of the Manny Ramirez show during spring training in Arizona. It was a beautiful March day, and after...
Money Trouble at the Getty
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The Getty Museum has become an important visual touchstone of Los
Angeles from its perch on a ridgeline of the Santa Monica Mountains,
overlooking the Westside where...
Celebrating Books and Reyner Banham
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I took a walk around the campus at UCLA yesterday to look at preparations for the Festival of Books this weekend. And it was a...
Don't Elect Chief
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How's this for a bad idea? Make the Los Angeles police chief an elected position. The idea's being floated by the Los Angeles Police Protective...
Gaylord Wilshire
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I was surprised recently, as I drove on the 405 freeway between the Valley and the Westside, to see a sign marking a stretch of...
Stupid Government Tricks
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At the risk of sounding a bit too much like one of those shouters on AM
radio, this week the topic on the table is: stupid...
