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January 01, 1990 - December 05, 2012 + LA Observed
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...
Celebrating LACMA
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It's almost impossible to imagine Los Angeles, and certainly the middle stretch of Wilshire Boulevard, without the influential presence of the LA County Museum of...
Street Signs
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For a city supposedly as private as Los Angeles, there's always a lot of chatter about the public streetscape. What belongs, what doesn't, and what...
Guide to the 1930's
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If you're like me, you could use some relief from all the awful news about out-of-control nuclear plants and civil wars. I have a suggestion....
Sobering Wake Up Call
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The disaster unfolding in Japan has a message for us here on the other side of the tectonic plate that shuddered under the Pacific last...
College Incomplete
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If you live in one of the cities where there's an election tomorrow, you already know that it's hard to get information on how to...
Got Libraries?
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If you don't use the libraries in Los Angeles you may not know that – compared to those in other cities –- ours stand out...
What Election?
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As you may have heard, Los Angeles City Hall has a huge hole in the budget. And while the budget hole is pretty big right...
One Corner of the City
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LA is so big and amorphous that some corners of the city just tend get overlooked. One of the most interesting of those forgotten...
