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Tibby Rothman

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, Which Celebrated Hot Tubs as a Metaphor in '70s Venice, Gets a New Book (NSFW)

    It was in 1977, in a bathroom in Berkeley, that architect Mark Mack put his body on the line for his fellow man. As a photographer stood by to record the action, a naked Mack gingerly lowered himself, ass first, into a bathtub. The shoot had a simple objective: Demonstrate how a man could enter a b ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Chasing Humbert Humbert

    It was in 1977, in a bathroom in Berkeley, that architect Mark Mack put his body on the line for his fellow man. As a photographer stood by to record the action, a naked Mack gingerly lowered himself, ass first, into a bathtub. The shoot had a simple objective: Demonstrate how a man could enter a b ... More >>

  • News

    January 12, 2012

    If Everybody Had an Ocean

    It was in 1977, in a bathroom in Berkeley, that architect Mark Mack put his body on the line for his fellow man. As a photographer stood by to record the action, a naked Mack gingerly lowered himself, ass first, into a bathtub. The shoot had a simple objective: Demonstrate how a man could enter a b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    $109,000 Salaries to 'Redevelop' The Ghetto? L.A. Leaders Abandon Overpaid City Agency

    Despite its whining about Gov. Jerry Brown's successful move to wipe California's local redevelopment agencies off the face of the earth, City Hall wants nothing to do with the remnants of its own "CRA." No life vests here. The City Council just voted 9-3 to just let the thing die instead of becom ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2011

    From Marina del Rey to Skid Row

    Despite its whining about Gov. Jerry Brown's successful move to wipe California's local redevelopment agencies off the face of the earth, City Hall wants nothing to do with the remnants of its own "CRA." No life vests here. The City Council just voted 9-3 to just let the thing die instead of becom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Larry Bell Gets a Restaurant, Larry's, Where the Opening was a Pacific Standard Time Reunion

    Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 22, 2011

    Ed Moses: I'm Not Creative. Really

    Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 22, 2011

    Barbara T. Smith: How Divorce Causes Performance Art

    Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    September 22, 2011

    Michael Govan: To Understand L.A. Art, I Went to Italy

    Tibby RothmanThe man himself, artist Larry Bell (l.) and art critic Peter Frank (r.) at the recent artists' party for Larry's, a new restaurant in Venice​ Almost all you need to know about artist Larry Bell is written on a wall at Larry's, the recently-opened restaurant that bears his name, li ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?

    The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Beach Bathroom Bingo: Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Gives Santa Monica Surfers A Privileged Place to Pee

    Rendering courtesy the City of Santa Monica.The setup at each bathroom is unique, with the intention of creating a welcoming place.​ Crowded in your bathroom in the morning? Can't get your girl outta the shower? Try sharing sink time with millions -- and you've got the setup at the City of Sa ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2011

    Helping the Rich

    Rendering courtesy the City of Santa Monica.The setup at each bathroom is unique, with the intention of creating a welcoming place.​ Crowded in your bathroom in the morning? Can't get your girl outta the shower? Try sharing sink time with millions -- and you've got the setup at the City of Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Steve and Alex Olson, Skateboarding Father-Son Team, Hit the Paint in Venice (Video)

    Tibby RothmanAlex Olson on deck.​ If skaters in Venice, California, now have a skatepark to themselves, it's still illegal to hit the decks in Venice, Italy. But on June 6, the iconic skateboarder Steve Olson, a pro-skater since he was a teenager in the 1970s, and his son Alex, whose low-key r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Jesus Hates Skater Kids: 'Lincoln Ramp' Half Pipe in Venice Torn Down by Fun-Killers at United Methodist Church

    Juice MagazineThe Lincoln Ramp in better days​Updated after the jump: Photos of the Lincoln Ramp being dismantled, set to be U-Hauled -- in sad little strips -- to various parts of the Valley. Plus, the reverend's defense. The riff-raff who frequent the Lincoln Ramp in east Venice Beach are f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Ed Ruscha, L.A. Pop Art Legend, Forced Out of Venice Studio for City's 'Parking Good'

    Gone, 1992​Sorry, Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha has left the building. The saddest part is, we hardly heard him go. Two years after an initial media storm revealed the City of L.A. might be trying to push the pop-art master out of his Venice studio shack for the sake of a parking lot, he exited quie ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Flawed Science

    Gone, 1992​Sorry, Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha has left the building. The saddest part is, we hardly heard him go. Two years after an initial media storm revealed the City of L.A. might be trying to push the pop-art master out of his Venice studio shack for the sake of a parking lot, he exited quie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Wilshire Grand Hotel: Los Angeles Digital Skyscraper Goes to a City Council that Has Little Idea What It's Approving

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Wilshire Grand Hotel rendering done at such an extreme angle it's nearly impossible to see light effects.​Update: The City Council has approved the top-to-bottom lighted Wilshire Grand Hotel project.  The vote will read as "unanimous" officially, yet one co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Jerry Brown Redevelopment Alert: Wealthy Eli Broad Gets $52 Million for a Garage; the Entirety of South L.A. Gets $32 Million

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Mitch Handsone Jerry Brown goes after Community Redevelopment Agencies. Do they have bigger guns?​In a move that California Gov. Jerry Brown might see as L.A.'s "let them eat cake" moment, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has set aside $5.5 million i ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    FILM SCHOOL VS. FARMERS MARKET

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Mitch Handsone Jerry Brown goes after Community Redevelopment Agencies. Do they have bigger guns?​In a move that California Gov. Jerry Brown might see as L.A.'s "let them eat cake" moment, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has set aside $5.5 million i ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    BEST PICKLED MEMORY

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Mitch Handsone Jerry Brown goes after Community Redevelopment Agencies. Do they have bigger guns?​In a move that California Gov. Jerry Brown might see as L.A.'s "let them eat cake" moment, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has set aside $5.5 million i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Malibu Lagoon Dredging War Erupts Between Heal the Bay and Wetlands Defense Fund as Coastal Commission Decides Fate

    Tibby RothmanStart your bulldozers​ Updated Wednesday afternoon with unanimous vote by Coastal Commission. When Heal the Bay waded into Malibu Lagoon to devise a way to "restore" the rebuilt-by-man lagoon, they probably weren't thinking their blue chip environmental credentials might get bogg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2010

    Antonio Villaraigosa ticket scandal: Fair Political Practices Commission orders thousands of California politicians to post freebies on Internet to fight corruption

    Now I see the light.​Thanks to Antonio Villaraigosa's practice of ignoring anti-corruption laws, angling for $50,000 to $100,000 in freebies, then failing to tell the City Ethics Commission, the Fair Political Practices Commission has just enacted a strict rule forcing California politicians ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Mike Penner's Difficult Life

    Now I see the light.​Thanks to Antonio Villaraigosa's practice of ignoring anti-corruption laws, angling for $50,000 to $100,000 in freebies, then failing to tell the City Ethics Commission, the Fair Political Practices Commission has just enacted a strict rule forcing California politicians ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    John Chase: Memorial Planned for West Hollywood Urban Planner

    Photo via Gelato Baby​The memorial for John Chase will take place tomorrow 4 pm to 7 pm at Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood. Chase was West Hollywood's urban planner for fourteen years. He died Friday, August 13 at his home in Los Angeles. LA Weekly contributor Tibby Roth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Broad Museum One Step Closer To Downtown

    ​ A museum to house Eli and Edythe Broad's significant modern art collection moved one step closer to a downtown location Friday, as the City Council approved a plan to make it part of the luxury hotel and condo Grand Avenue Project. Councilwoman Jan Parry said construction could begin as soo ... More >>

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    Twist and Shout

    ​ A museum to house Eli and Edythe Broad's significant modern art collection moved one step closer to a downtown location Friday, as the City Council approved a plan to make it part of the luxury hotel and condo Grand Avenue Project. Councilwoman Jan Parry said construction could begin as soo ... More >>

  • News

    July 1, 2010

    The Front-Row Mayor

    ​ A museum to house Eli and Edythe Broad's significant modern art collection moved one step closer to a downtown location Friday, as the City Council approved a plan to make it part of the luxury hotel and condo Grand Avenue Project. Councilwoman Jan Parry said construction could begin as soo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    FOURTH UPDATE Exclusive: Antonio Villaraigosa free tickets are worth $50,000 to $100,000. Full list here of 80 free events; corruption laws ignored

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? ​ L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Lawyer: "Antonio Villaraigosa is above the anticorruption laws; public has no right to know who gave him free tickets"

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart He's very, very special​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's attorneys, after promising the public they would divulge his extensive acceptance of free tickets, meals, alcohol, parking and other goodies that he failed to report under anticorruption laws for the past five ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Villaraigosa "finds" his 5 years' worth of missing free-ticket docs, then cops defiant attitude toward ethics laws

    By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Nobody can tell him what to do​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he has found -- and on Friday will release -- five years worth of documents showing who gave him free seating, tickets, meals, liquor and parking for dozens of sports and cultural events ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Cry for Yelp

    The popular Web site stands accused of acting like a "modern-day Mafia"

  • Columns

    February 18, 2010

    First Rule in a Flood: Save the Louis Vuitton

    The popular Web site stands accused of acting like a "modern-day Mafia"

  • News

    February 5, 2010

    VANS ARE NOT ALWAYS SNEAKERS

    The popular Web site stands accused of acting like a "modern-day Mafia"

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Anti-billboard "renegade sign bandit" speaks about the fools at Fuel Outdoor

    Editor's note: Our colleague at laist.com, Zach Behrens, published a post on January 29 about "renegade sign bandits" -- so dubbed by a city official after a mystery activist slapped real-looking "illegal sign" warnings adorned with the City of Los Angeles seal onto tacky mini-billboards placed all ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    HOLY SEVERANCE PAY, BATMAN!

    Editor's note: Our colleague at laist.com, Zach Behrens, published a post on January 29 about "renegade sign bandits" -- so dubbed by a city official after a mystery activist slapped real-looking "illegal sign" warnings adorned with the City of Los Angeles seal onto tacky mini-billboards placed all ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2010

    Under the Influence: Did L.A. Weekly Inhale?

    Editor's note: Our colleague at laist.com, Zach Behrens, published a post on January 29 about "renegade sign bandits" -- so dubbed by a city official after a mystery activist slapped real-looking "illegal sign" warnings adorned with the City of Los Angeles seal onto tacky mini-billboards placed all ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Trutanich Probes Pot Backer Duncan

    Having done little homework, the City Council prepares to approve a medical pot law

  • News

    November 26, 2009

    L.A.'s Medical-Weed Wars

    How the potheads outwitted Antonio Villaraigosa and the L.A. City Council

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Staples Center Owner To Kick In For City's Jackson Memorial Costs

    By Tibby Rothman and Dennis Romero Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of Staples Center and the organizer behind the controversial Michael Jackson memorial there in July, will pay to defray at least some of the city's costs to police, direct traffic and clean-up during and after the event, acc ... More >>

  • News

    October 15, 2009

    "Shady stories” Come Out

    By Tibby Rothman and Dennis Romero Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of Staples Center and the organizer behind the controversial Michael Jackson memorial there in July, will pay to defray at least some of the city's costs to police, direct traffic and clean-up during and after the event, acc ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Earl Krugel, Irv Rubin: Silenced?

    By Tibby Rothman and Dennis Romero Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of Staples Center and the organizer behind the controversial Michael Jackson memorial there in July, will pay to defray at least some of the city's costs to police, direct traffic and clean-up during and after the event, acc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry Running for Mayor?

    Today, the L.A. Times published a flattering day-in-the-life piece on L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, who's been the acting mayor of Los Angeles since Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti have been out of town for the past several days.L.A. City Councilwoman Jan PerryThe " ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    L.A. Weekly News Editor Responds to L.A. Times Hit Piece

    Today, the L.A. Times published a flattering day-in-the-life piece on L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, who's been the acting mayor of Los Angeles since Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti have been out of town for the past several days.L.A. City Councilwoman Jan PerryThe " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    LA Weekly News Editor Jill Stewart responds to LA Times' Jim Rainey

    Here's the letter I sent out early this morning to friends and colleagues about the attack column published in the LA Times today and written by James Rainey. On the following page, you'll see some of the support I've received today from writers and others. I've emailed this letter to James Rainey a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Bill Rosendahl Unexpectedly Votes for LAPD Hiring Freeze

    Over the course of Bill Rosendahl's run as L.A.'s 11th District councilman, he has been called a lot of things by friends and foes alike: eccentric, opportunistic, someone who knows the issues and gets the job done. Few people have ever considered calling the politician courageous, but as a member o ... More >>

  • News

    April 30, 2009

    On City Officials: Useless and Overpaid? Or Just Weekly Hyperbole?

    Over the course of Bill Rosendahl's run as L.A.'s 11th District councilman, he has been called a lot of things by friends and foes alike: eccentric, opportunistic, someone who knows the issues and gets the job done. Few people have ever considered calling the politician courageous, but as a member o ... More >>

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Ella Taylor, a Jewel Revisited

    Also, the Germs: What We Do fails to impress

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    Gang Crackdown or Police Overkill

    Delgadillo spun a Venice raid as a success. Suck and excess might be closer, residents say

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