The third eye
Three hours before game time at Dodger Stadium, the day after the team’s third-base coach, Larry Bowa, was ejected for not standing in the coach’s box and then suspended for three games, 10 or 12 re-porters huddle near the dugout, notebooks, pens and… Keep Reading »
The third eye
Three hours before game time at Dodger Stadium, the day after the team’s third-base coach, Larry Bowa, was ejected for not standing in the coach’s box and then suspended for three games, 10 or 12 re-porters huddle near the dugout, notebooks, pens and… Keep Reading »
The bone collector
If you’re a hiker out for an afternoon stroll along the hilly areas of Santa Clarita and Lancaster, or you’re relaxing on one of Malibu’s beaches, or working at one of L.A.’s freshly dug construction sites, there’s a surprisingly good chance you’ll stumble… Keep Reading »
Hard news as a civil right
On a recent Monday morning, Karen Ocamb sits back on a couch and gears up for another heavy week of hard-news journalism. Her one-bedroom apartment in West Hollywood is the command center, where she calls up sources, writes copy on a MacBook Pro and always keeps the television turned on to MSNBC or CNN… Keep Reading »
Anthony Pellicano, onetime “P.I. to the Stars,” was convicted today of 76 of the 77 counts he faced for racketeering, wire fraud and identity theft. As Judge Dale Fischer began reading the first of the jury’s guilty verdicts at 12:15 p.m., Pellicano displayed the stoic bravado he showed throughout the nine-week trial. However, by … Keep Reading »
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My brother Sergio was the first to introduce me a while back to "Yo Gabba Gabba!," a TV show aimed at kids that he was almost as excited about as my nephew, Eligh, his youngest of two. No. He was...
Early Doom In my seven years serving on the Los Angeles City Council, I…
Laura Branigan, Old Milwaukee and a tough angle on the eight ball: A short story
A community thrown into shadow and vistas of the Hollywood sign could be destroyed
Is City Hall corrupt, or just inept?
Writer/director shoots from the hip about his low-budget movie and his high-budget life
In an age when certified rock stars are a dying breed, a Kentucky band stakes its claim
Anatomy of a false confession
Separated by common values
His play is a Broadway hit, but don't ask Stew to come home again
Kevin Scanlon\'s portraits of the people in our neighborhood
Kevin Scanlon\'s portraits
Hear no urging for pacifism, speak no dissenting opinion for fear of disappearing