Is slow growth back, or is this the eve of construction?
SENIOR CITY PLANNER Jane Blumenfeld must have known something was up when about a dozen “observers” at a “workshop” about the city’s plans to create more housing kept leaving together and re-entering the conference room in the Henry Medina Parking Enforcement Building on April 24. The “observers” were actually members of a nascent activist… Keep Reading »
Is slow growth back, or is this the eve of construction?
SENIOR CITY PLANNER Jane Blumenfeld must have known something was up when about a dozen “observers” at a “workshop” about the city’s plans to create more housing kept leaving together and re-entering the conference room in the Henry Medina Parking Enforcement Building on April 24. The “observers” were actually members of a nascent activist… Keep Reading »
The mayor says he allowed a record deficit, not knowing the economy had soured
With City Hall this month looking to tax, charge and assess new fees on 4 million residents to make up for the biggest budget debacle in Los Angeles history — $406 million in the red — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is seeking to duck blame by claiming that he had no clue last year that… Keep Reading »
A community thrown into shadow and vistas of the Hollywood sign could be destroyed
A few weeks ago, on a chilly Thursday evening, Chris Shabel, a gray-haired woman with a quick smile, slowly shuffled into Studio 3 at the old CBS TV-and-radio complex at 6121 Sunset Boulevard, with the help of a high-end stroller that doubled as a portable chair. Over the years, the longtime Hollywood community activist… Keep Reading »
Will he be a free bird or a jailbird?
IT’S TAKEN ME HIS ENTIRE NINE-WEEK trial to realize that Anthony Pellicano looks less like his marine-bird namesake than the Vlasic-pickle stork — an elderly-looking fowl with spectacles whose appearance inspires laughter. The former Private Eye to the Stars who, with four co-defendants, faces 78 counts of racketeering, has acted as his own attorney… Keep Reading »
It's all over now, Baby Blue, as Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the third or fourth time
EXCEPT FOR THE PAPERWORK, it’s all over now. Barack Obama is now the presumptive presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. He grabbed the brass ring on Tuesday night by crushing Hillary Clinton in North Carolina and coming within a whisker of surpassing her in Indiana. … Keep Reading »
Is slow growth back, or is this the eve of construction?
Mecca for the monied can't get a loan, but is likely to get City Council's nod
The mayor says he allowed a record deficit, not knowing the economy had soured
It's all over now, Baby Blue, as Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the third or fourth time
Early Doom In my seven years serving on the Los Angeles City Council, I…
It's all over now, Baby Blue, as Barack Obama wins the presidential nomination for the third or fourth time
She lost the race weeks ago, but the Clintons keep haunting Obama
Meanwhile, pilots are vibrantly alive
That's right. As immigrants are leaving the country, federal agents have been staging check-points and rounding people up. The L.A. Times, reporting from the San Diego-Tijuana border, says that ICE is actually defending this policy. In the article by Richard...
This is a billboard that shows a beautiful young mother shielding the eyes of her child from something awful, maybe a traffic accident, or a bloody crime scene. The image feels taut and in motion. It is clearly playing to...
Here are some pscyhobilly kids hanging out at a music festival during May Day on Thursday. The Rebel Cats played, and so did Los Pardos, the Rude Boys, and many others. Half-way through the day I remember thinking, "Oh my,...
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
Fashion Week, SxSW, Vampire Weekend, Scientology protests and more
A collection of Sterling's ads featuring waif-like children and glimmering apartment buildings
Hear no urging for pacifism, speak no dissenting opinion for fear of disappearing