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Jerry Brown v. Meg Whitman: Back To Dead Heat

​About two weeks ago we told you how it seemed like Republican Meg Whitman had finally broken through against Democratic Attorney General Jerry Brown in the governor's race, opening an 8 point lead in a Rasmussen poll. But the race has already tightened.

Laura Schlessinger Ending L.A.-Based Radio Show Following N-Word Outbursts

"Dr. Laura."​It wasn't surprising to see Los Angeles-area-based radio host (KFWB, AM 980) Laura Schlessinger announce that she was letting her contract expire at the end of the year after last week's Kramer-like outbreak of n-word rounds fired from the conservative's mouth as she spoke on-air ... More >>

Crowds Got Way Too Close To Racers In Lucern Valley Off-Road Tragedy

Dave Conklin / Associated Press​Authorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>

Wyclef Jean Confirms He's Running for President of Haiti

Putcha hands together: Wyclef Jean​Wyclef Jean, the former member of the Fugees, will appear tonight on the Larry King Show to confirm the rumors he's running for President of Haiti, CNN reports. If elected, it's likely his speeches will be kind of meh, except for the ones where he gets Laury ... More >>

Zócalo Seafood Discussion Tonight: Maybe Eat Sushi Another Night

Anne Fishbeintoro, yellowtail, uni, albacore, wild scallop at Kiyokawa​ A reminder to maybe put down your chopsticks (omakase) and your TV remote (CNN) tonight and consider heading over to the Skirball Center for the Zócalo discussion: Will Seafood Soon Be a Delicacy? Jonathan Gold, his brot ... More >>

Larry King Pulls The Plug On 'Larry King Live,' Says He'll Still Host Specials

​Larry King, the 76-year-old talk show host who's been smeared by critics over ratings and poked fun of by comics for his age, stated Tuesday that he's calling it quits. The Los Angeles-based Larry King Live show has been on the air for 25 years. At the beginning of Tuesday's program, he mad ... More >>

Costumed Superheroes Swept Off Of Hollywood Boulevard

Photo Credit: Clinton Steeds​The LAPD has begun a crackdown on Hollywood's unlicensed superheroes, arresting the costumed characters on suspicion of loitering and obstructing traffic. The arrests began Friday evening when the police took at least eight characters to jail, according to CNN. T ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- The 50 worst restaurants in the world. The fiction edition. [Chicago Tribune] -- How Alinea's Grant Achatz lost and found his sense of taste. [CNN] -- 10 Pepsi flavors you can't get in this count ... More >>

Do As the Romans Did: Turn Old Wine into a Cocktail

Supreme Council Of AntiquitiesShe'd Like Her Kir Extra Dry, Please​CNN reported this week that Egyptian archeologists have discovered a three-foot-tall female mummy dating to 300 B.C., the first Roman mummy found in the Bahariya Oasis (southwest of Cairo). Fashionistas would be pleased to lear ... More >>

CNN Launching Food Blog: Eatocracy Coming Soon

what your new site will look like, more or less​ We have CNN to thank for so much. The invention of Permanent Television, Jane Fonda in a Braves cap, the number of times we get to say "Wolf Blitzer" every day in casual conversation. And now, in addition to giving us Anderson Cooper hour after ... More >>

Plate Spinnings: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: --Portrait of the Food Trucker as a Young Man. [Time] --I'll have a slice of cheese with pigs-in-a-blanket crust, please. Ketchup and maple on the side. [This is Freaking Ridiculous] --Hesperia's Banan ... More >>

Mega-Telethon Broadcasting From L.A., Elsewhere

CNNAnderson Cooper.​A Friday telethon to raise money for the victims of last week's earthquake in Haiti will be broadcast from Los Angeles, New York, London and Haiti, organizers announced Thursday. It will be everywhere: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Show ... More >>

L.A. County Firefighters Make Weekend Rescues In Haiti

​The Los Angeles County Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue task force in Haiti rescued at least five women over the weekend in Haiti. The the saves, which upped the team's total rescues in the earthquake-devastated nation to nine, have put the unit "in high spirits," according to Inspec ... More >>

Security Tightens At LAX As Feds Assess Threat In The Wake Of Detroit Plane Bombing Attempt

​After we put shampoo in little bottles, took off our shoes before check-in and endured long lines at airports in the wake of 9/11, Americans have to be asking if it has all been for naught. After all, a Nigerian who had recently been in the terrorist-rich nation of Yemen allegedly got on boar ... More >>

HOORAY FOR NOLLYWOOD

​After we put shampoo in little bottles, took off our shoes before check-in and endured long lines at airports in the wake of 9/11, Americans have to be asking if it has all been for naught. After all, a Nigerian who had recently been in the terrorist-rich nation of Yemen allegedly got on boar ... More >>

CNN Rejects Anti-Dobbs Ad, Group Says

Groups affiliated with a campaign to persuade CNN to drop commentator Lou Dobbs because of his anti-illegal-immigrant stance say the network is refusing to air its spot criticizing the commentator.CNNLou Dobbs​"CNN is willing to stand behind Dobbs, but it hides from legitimate criticism," said Eri ... More >>

What Would 9-11 Be Like in the Age of Social Media?

During the President's health care speech two days ago, the shared experience that is the realtime Internet reacted to a perfect Twitter-fodder event -- Joe Wilson's "you lie" outburst -- with a surprising amount of conversation about the real issue in the room, health care reform. This realtime 2 ... More >>

Jasmine Fiore Murder Frenzy

L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick fumes over KNBC's ultra-cheesy Web coverage of murder victim Jasmine Fiore, whose body was discovered inside a discarded suitcase last weekend in Orange County. Roderick's headline, "Murder just another chance to say 'naked,'" refers to Channel 4's necrophiliac descrip ... More >>

THE JOKER

L.A. Observed's Kevin Roderick fumes over KNBC's ultra-cheesy Web coverage of murder victim Jasmine Fiore, whose body was discovered inside a discarded suitcase last weekend in Orange County. Roderick's headline, "Murder just another chance to say 'naked,'" refers to Channel 4's necrophiliac descrip ... More >>

CNN Launches Multimedia Report Dedicated to the Grim Sleeper's Kill Spree

CNN reports today on the investigation by Los Angeles police of the Grim Sleeper serial killer who has killed mostly African American women in South Los Angeles since 1985. Dubbed the Grim Sleeper by the LA Weekly because of his 13-year break between killings, he is the longest operating serial kil ... More >>

Hillary's Emoluments Problem

One of the many learning perks of the recent election cycle was watching how political arguments would form in the blogosphere, whirl around a bit and then burst into the mainstream media. Like tropical depressions forming off the coast of Africa before they rolled into the Caribbean as hurricanes, ... More >>

The Night the World Began: The View From L.A. Union Rooms

Phone bankers in East L.A., bus drivers in Echo Park celebrate Obama's victory

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They Shoot News Anchors: Part II

Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

They Shoot News Anchors, Don’t They?

Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

Misspeak No Evil

Media moguls, not looters, killed Katrina’s truth tellers

Riding the Storm Out

Democrats huddle with only hope to get them through the night

Shovin’ It

Democrats, Hardballers and Class Warriors

Editor's Letter: The Print Moment

Democrats, Hardballers and Class Warriors

How AMERICAN Is It?

Fox News vs. CNN International

The Television War

Fox News vs. CNN International

Shooting the Messenger

The march on CNN

The Logo-Spangled Banner

Slices of a digital war

Hollywood Ending

A shocking and awful week winds down

Coming Back to Earth

The shuttle disaster and the Quiet American within

The Road to Baghdad

And the making of CNN

As the World Turns

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Crime Wave

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Royal Treatments

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Less Than Ground Zero

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Wicked Games

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The Back Story

A Week 6 reading list

Media Fundamentalism

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Generation Hex

Douglas Coupland: All Families Are Psychotic

Gassed at CNN

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CNN Cops Out

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Ill Wind

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