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January 01, 1990 - December 11, 2012 + LA Observed
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...
Emergency Room Doctor
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080321emergency_room_docto
You've probably been hearing that, after several years of improving
numbers, the murder rate in Los Angeles has jumped. By 27 percent. Gangs are slaughtering each...
Her Ex
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080314her_ex
It's probably hard for many of you to imagine this. But Los Angeles used to be a real newspaper town. Before television and the Internet,...
I See Dead People
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080307i_see_dead_people
This doesn't happen to me very often. But this morning I was thinking about, of all people, Lindsay Lohan. It wasn't her nude spread in...
LA North
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080229la_north
I took a nice trip the other day to the farthest edge of Los Angeles. The outer limits of the LA empire are a four...
Sam Was Here
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080222sam_was_here
I finally got to meet LA's newest media mogul last night. Face to face. We even shook hands...
The Rock
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080215the_rock
At 11 o’clock this morning, the Los Angeles TV stations that do news switched live to the funeral of a cop...
One Woman, One Vote
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080208one_woman_one_vote
Reporters who spend a lot of time covering election campaigns can turn
cynical about the system. Listening to the same carefully crafted
talking points and messages over...
Election Day
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080205election_day
Can you feel it? That unfamiliar energy in the air is good old election buzz. How strange, and how welcome.
The Traffic Mess
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080118the_traffic_mess
Here's a question for Friday rush hour. Can anything ever really fix the traffic mess in Los Angeles?
Passings of 2007
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo080104passings_of_2007
Going back to revisit stories from the past year is a funny ritual in the news business. Often it's just a way to fill space...
L.A.'s New Zellionaire
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo071228las_new_zellionaire
The Los Angeles media scene got an early Christmas present last week in the form of an unconventional –- and potentially entertaining – new personality.,,
South LA Fun Run
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/lo/lo071214south_la_fun_run
The political reporter in me can hardly wait for next spring. And I
know that a lot of the journalists in Los Angeles will be with...
