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    July 26, 2011

    George Ramos, Late L.A. Times Reporter, Honored by City Council

    Los Angeles TimesGeorge Ramos.​The Los Angeles City Council adjourned today in memory of late, great Los Angeles Times staffer George Ramos. The journalist was found dead at his home over the weekend in Morro Bay after co-workers at CalCoastNews called authorities because they hadn't heard fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    BloomfestLA: Food Art Bands Downtown

    Zadi Diaz/flickrBloomfestLA 2009​ On Monday, Michael Jackson subbed for Patt Morrison on KPCC and tried to tie some ridiculous bowstrings around the Carmaggedon that wasn't. He started out asking callers for reactions to the 405's strife-free closing -- the absence of the usual "car-strangled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Carmageddon: Authorities Ready For Possibility of Midnight Ridazz Bicyclists, Skateboard Flash Mobs on an Empty 405

    ThirdApe23The devil's playground.​Is the after-hours bicycle mob known as Midnight Ridazz planning to bomb the 405 freeway during this weekend's much-hyped "Carmageddon" shutdown? The group is organizing an event it calls "4PACOLYPSE: The BIG 405 CLOSURE ride" for midnight Saturday/Sunday. Ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Zooey Deschanel vs. Patt Morrison: Westside Actress Disses Downtown L.A., Then Blames Times Columnist For Pointing it Out

    What she meant was that downtown was "duurty."​Zooey Deschanel fought back against venerable Los Angeles Times columnist and KPCC (89.3 FM) host Patt Morrison this week after the journalist called out the actress for dissing downtown L.A. during the royal couple's visit. Deschanel's retort wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer Vs. Carly Fiorina Gets Nastier On KPPC: Fiorina's Ideas Are "A Disaster" And Boxer "Became A Multi-Millionaire" Instead Of Working In Senate

    Republican senatorial candidate Carly Fiorina​In one of the most adversarial senate races that Californians have seen, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, the incumbent Democrat, and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, the Republican challenger, clashed at a debate sponsored by KPCC 89.3 FM and La Opinion, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Chili Cheese Dog Fight: Pink's Vs. Carney's

    We're not sure who really came up with the idea of taking a processed tube of (potentially cancerous) mystery meat, then pouring a thick stew of heavily cooked-down meat on top of it -- but they should probably be congratulated, or yelled at, or both. Now you can order chili dogs almost everywhere, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 17, 2010

    OUR LIFE & TIMES

    We're not sure who really came up with the idea of taking a processed tube of (potentially cancerous) mystery meat, then pouring a thick stew of heavily cooked-down meat on top of it -- but they should probably be congratulated, or yelled at, or both. Now you can order chili dogs almost everywhere, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Mayor Villaraigosa 'Saddened' By Anti-Gang Group Homeboy Industries' Financial Woes

    Father Gregory Boyle's recently published book.​Reacting to this week's news that gang-prevention group Homeboy Industries had to lay off 330 of 427 employees, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told Patt Morrison on her KPCC (89.3) radio show Friday that he was "saddened" and "concerned." Homeboy fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    'Save The Peak' Effort To Preserve Land Near Hollywood Sign Has One Day, $3 Million To Go Before Deadline

    Shannon Cottrell​Efforts to "save the peak" near the historic Hollywood sign have one day and $3 million to go to purchase the land for public use, the Trust for Public Land states. The group has raised more than $9 million toward the $12 million purchase price of the 138-acre swath of land o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Where's Antonio? Chatting with Seacrest, Pushing a Rate Hike

    With Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa battling the L.A. City Council over a DWP rate hike this week, he didn't have much time to hit the luncheon-and-dinner-awards circuit he's so fond of. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (bobble head version)​But it was a week full of TV and radio interviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Are Gang Members In L.A. Getting Too Old To Bang?

    Chief Charlie Beck.​Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was asked if one of the reasons gang crime was low in the city because gang members are getting too old to get down. He didn't think so, telling a town-hall gathering of listeners of KPCC (89.3 FM) that "gang membership is not down -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Chief Bratton: L.A. Weekly Story "Voodoo Reporting"

    "I'm not a politician," Police Chief Bill Bratton told a radio audience yesterday. "I work in a political environment, which shows how sane I am." During Wednesday's Patt Morrison show on KPCC, the LAPD Chief went after a recent L.A. Weekly cover story that questioned his department's use of crime s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Stage Raw: Frost/Nixon

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES FROST/NIXON Alan Cox and Stacy Keach in Frost/Nixon Photo by Carol RoseggAfter Stacy Keach as Nixon in Frost/Nixon, which opened last night at the Ahmanson, finished a late night pho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    Radio Today: L.A. Weekly on Theater

    L.A. theatergoers can get an earful today as the L.A. Weekly's critic-at-large Steven Leigh Morris joins Back Stage's Dany Margolies and Frontier's Wenzel Jones to offer reviews and stage news. Join them on Patt Morrison's show on KPCC, from 2-3 p.m.

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    May Day Melee Tab: $12.85 Million

    The L.A. City Council today settled with lawyers representing demonstrators assaulted by police officersof the LAPD's Metro Division during a 2007 immigration-rights rally in MacArthur Park. The council unanimously voted to approve a $12.85 payout to clear the books of nine separate lawsuits involvi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    L.A. Weekly's Steven Leigh Morris on the Air

    The L.A. Weekly's theater critic-at-large, Steven Leigh Morris, will be making the radio rounds today and tomorrow. Friday afternoon listeners can hear him hold forth on L.A. theater at 2:30 p.m., on Patt Morrison's eponymous KPCC show. (89.3 FM)Steven Leigh Morris: Hear him on radioSaturday, Morri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Stage Raw: The Wallowa Project

    Theatre Movement Bazaar's Model Behavior; i.e., The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, opens this weekend at 24th Street Theatre, and is being reviewed this weekend. Photo courtesy of CalArts Photography Check back here on Monday afternoon for that review, plus reviews of the West Coast ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 29, 2009

    Snark Attack

    Theatre Movement Bazaar's Model Behavior; i.e., The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, opens this weekend at 24th Street Theatre, and is being reviewed this weekend. Photo courtesy of CalArts Photography Check back here on Monday afternoon for that review, plus reviews of the West Coast ... More >>

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