Alan Cranston

Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest

Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn woo the carbon-counting strata of Assembly District 50

Veteran Political Consultant Kam Kuwata Found Dead At Home

Kam Kuwata​Updated below with comments from former Mayor Jim Hahn at 1:56 p.m. Kam Kuwata, a veteran political consultant who worked for Sen. Dianne Feinstein and former L.A. Mayor Jim Hahn, has died. He was 57.Kuwata was found dead in his condominium on Main Street in Venice at about 9 a.m. this ... More >>

Star 80: Journos Recall Radio Shack Era of TRS 80s

Like a seemingly innocuous madeleine, an off-hand mention of old Radio Shack computers has unleashed the floodgates of memory at L.A. Observed. Yesterday's post by Kevin Roderick about a group photo of Alan Cranston's 1986 celebrity-packed campaign bus mentioned the TRS-80 (dubbed the "Trash 80") th ... More >>

Today in Photographs: February 12, 1986

Republican primary candidates for U.S. Senator: Assemblyman Robert Naylor, left, State Senator Ed Davis (standing) and Bobbi Fiedler, right. Fiedler, who had recently been indicted for trying to bribe Davis to drop out of the race against incumbent Democratic Senator Alan Cranston, refuses to shake ... More >>

The Wordsmith

Lu Haas, 1917–2004

Groundhog Day

Nader runs again, and we may have to live through another term of Bush

Manic Monday

Raging against the Establishment

The Griles Files

Inside Bush’s plan for California coast

The Unhappy Warrior

Gray Davis: The rise of America’s most calculating politician

Waiting for the World

Back to the future with the World Federalists

Trouble in Paradise

A regional environmental official’s departure raises questions

Letters

Endorsements: Part 2

Our recommendations in the April 10 Los Angeles city election

The Organizer

Alan Cranston, 1914–2000

The World Senator

Alan Cranston’s take on things

What the Democrats Need To Know About Los Angeles

A guide to a city that has everything but a middle class

Behind the Stogies

George Brown, 1920–1999

Where's the Left?

American liberalism at century's end