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The futility of advocating ethics in Los Angeles
City ethics commissioner Bill Boyarsky heard from friends what the scene was like inside the exclusive, closed "VIP reception" before last week's political roast at...
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Good day for a print journo
The OC Weekly's Nick Schou got a double dose of good news today. Universal is developing a film based on his 2006 book "Kill the...
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Friday Morning LAFD Memorial to Draw a Crowd to Downtown
LAFD trucks hanging a flag outside City Hall. Photo by Eric Richardson. A large crowd is expected to coverge Downtown on Friday morning to attend the public memorial service for fallen Los Angeles Firefighter Brent Lovrie. While the service itself is at 9:30am, attendees will start…
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The Art of Book Reviewing
Over ten pages of notes on a yellow legal pad, handwritten, black ink on some evenings, blue ink from a fine point Pilot pen on others. The author of the novel, I observe on the yellow paper, is writing of a time in U.S. history (1905-1915) of great catastrophes and “the rapid gathering of…
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When in need, tell a joke
Sen. Hillary Clinton used her entrance on "The Tonight Show" (Channel 4, 11:35 pm) to defuse the mocking over her tale about dodging gunfire in...
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1938 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 1938 Butler Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, originally uploaded by Here in Van Nuys. This is a house in the Sawtelle neighborhood…
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Bearak located in Harare jail
New York Times reporter Barry Bearak and another journalist were detained for "practicing without accreditation," a government spokesman in Zimbabwe confirmed. Bearak is a former...
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Grey is the New Red
LAist Featured Photos contributor discarted submits these two below photos and asks "Can anyone figure out the whims of the Parking Enforcement these days? For months, years even, they’ve ignored this “grey” space, but then all of the sudden they decided it’s illegal to park here,…
Extra Extra: They're Coming For Your Brain, But They Will Leave With Your Head
Photo by Try Hank via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A SWAT standoff in Glassell Park ends peacefully: "About 11:30 a.m., the man who was the object of the search warrant was found hiding in a vehicle outside the home and arrested....The identity of the man, who is in his 40s, was…
No bonds yet between Lockyer, Moody's
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer gave one thumb up to Moody's Investors Service for allowing California and other municipal bond issuers to be rated -- if they ask -- on the same scale as corporate bonds. Lockyer has complained that munis...
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New to the web
Some recent web stuff: Paul Thornton wants to score some of that $4 billion Uncle Sam is spending to keep real estate prices up. Standard & Poor's says don't blame us for the tough times in municipal budgeting. And three...
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Cocks Leave Neighborhood, Residents Have Peace
“Last night was the first night I could open my windows and enjoy my home undisturbed by the roosters,” a neighbor said to the Los Angeles City Animal Cruelty Task Force (ACTF). He lived near or on the 10400 block of Variel Avenue in Chatsworth where someone tipped the ACTF off to an…
'John Adams' Sure Could Use Some Robitussin [Short Ends]
newVideoPlayer("dladams_defamer.flv", 463, 387,"");· Man, we are SO glad we made the decision not to invest any of our time watching John Adams. Wake us when it's over. [YouTube] · Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon are fucking a dead horse. Indeed. [CC Insider] · Hate sci-fi but…
Immigration games
Considering that other than the occasional round of Wii Tennis, I haven't played a video game since I failed to beat "Legend of Zelda" in the late 1980s, I'm not the best person to comment on the medium. But an...
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Clinton, Obama and the Murdochs
The kingmaking Kennedys may be the most high-profile family whose allegiance has split along Clinton-Obama lines, but the Murdochs offer their own intriguing form of political discord. If you think they're dealing with a red-blue divide (as when Republican presidential...
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A TIME AND PLACE - Christian Moeller: Mojo
"robotic arm holding theater spotlight shines perfect circle of light onto sidewalk corner of 7th & Centre Streets. Two videocameras attached to roof of building survey area around the sculpture while Mojo tries to follow the passers-by with light beam."
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George Clooney Predictably Charming on Letterman [Stonehenge]
newVideoPlayer("cloonbrit_defamer.flv", 463, 387,"");George Clooney can do no wrong. He's the biggest star in the world even though no one sees his movies (we're looking at you, Leatherheads). Ladies wanna do him, guys wanna hang out with him. Even when he's telling a clearly rehearsed story…
Crowd Control Strategies and Changes to SWAT selection criteria
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton announced the Department’s strategy for crowd management at the upcoming immigration rights demonstration on May 1, 2008, and changes to selection process for Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). Training Group Commanding...
Ani DiFranco, Susan Faludi, Big Head Todd, [To Do]
· Ani DiFranco is a singer songwriter loved by the Lilith Fair set. Susan Faludi is the best-selling author of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women, which won the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, and Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man. Tonight…
Ron Kaye called 'last competent editor' in LANG
That's coming from Paul Oberjuerge, who lost his job as a sports columnist in the recent putsch so may not be the most objective observer....
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Jews Take A Page From Scientology [Xenjew]
As a Jew, I've often heard that my people control the media. That's why on my Bar Mitzvah, I was expecting to be handed the keys to a movie studio and told to "have at it, Ketzele." But, it's been years since that momentous occasion, and still no key. Despite my membership in the tribe, I control…
Dead OC Deputy Was to Be Arrested for Child Molestation
Officials still haven't determined whether or not the Orange County Sheriff's deputy found dead in an unmarked car yesterday shot himself or was a homicide victim. BUT...Just hours before he was found, [41-year-old Gerald] Stenger was charged Wednesday morning with molesting a 12-year-old boy…
LA Weekly - News - Singleton's "Small-Town L.A." Papers Nosedive - Mark Cromer - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles
"Journalists were screwed the minute Singleton was allowed to buy nearly every paper within a hundred miles and start squeezing the life out of them."
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Anne Hathaway's Shady Boyfriend Tossed Into The Pokey For Bouncing Checks ... Big Ones! [What A Man]
Making good girl Anne Hathaway look bad is no easy feat, but her longtime boyfriend has managed to pull it off by allegedly committing check fraud. Raffaelo Follieri, Hathaway's 29-year old Italian real estate developer boyfriend, was apparently ordered by a D.C. court to pay up $250k in overdue…
Why Is William Morris Involved in Big Financial Filing? Agency Mum...
The so-called "SPAC", to the tune of $575 million, is a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation whose paperwork has been filed with the SEC. (SPACs are investment vehicles with a whole host of SEC requirements attached to them. They're shell or blank-check companies that have no operations but…
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Raising Awareness for L.A. River Bridges
Looking north at the bridges of the L.A. River. The Sixth Street Viaduct is in the foreground. Photo by Eric Richardson. The Los Angeles Conservancy hopes to raise awareness of the historic bridges over the L.A. River with a pair of events to be held next week. "Spanning History," kicks…
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New LA-based Gaming Company Uses Hollywood as Bottom Line
Interesting news in the gaming world this week. The Hollywood Reporter's Paul Hyman notes that video game power house publisher 3D Realms Entertainment has announced the inception of two subsidiary companies called Radar Group and Depth Entertainment, both focusing on publishing titles that…
Brendan Fraser and The Rock To Fight C.O.B.R.A., Sing Y.M.C.A. [Yo Joe]
Actors have finally been found to play the two soldiers in the G.I. Joe crew who most resemble members of the Village People. At least, according to movie scoop site Latino Review they have. G.I. Joe, Steven Sommer's tentpole movie about the legendary action figures, will be hitting theaters in…
Taylor Thomson Seeks to Suppress Pamela Miller's Testimony in Pellicano Trial
In another strange twist at the Pellicano trial, Canadian heiress Taylor Thomson has filed a motion to intervene and suppress the testimony of former nanny Pamela Miller, citing her fears that Miller will "demean and ridicule" her former employer. She also is concerned with how the trial is…
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EXCLUSIVE! Dad insists: "Lindsay Lohan was NOT blackmailed into appearing on TMZ TV show"
When we'd heard that Lindsay Lohan made an appearance on the inconsequential whitewashed syndicated television version of the corporate porn-pushing gossip site TMZ.com the other night, we hadn't realized that she'd not only given the appearance of cooperation, but that she'd actually gone into…
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TV Junkie: Thursday
Thursdays have returned to boring-ness what with "Lost" on hiatus. Tonight we have the return of Earl which does look funny. Other than a couple season finales the evening is relatively empty. Supposedly MTV is celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Yo! MTV Raps" with all kind of reruns etc. but…
The prospect of Francis Ford Coppola imposing ... [Casting Slang]
The prospect of Francis Ford Coppola imposing a "sex change" on Javier Bardem had us a million ways of excited (and just a little faint) today — and then we read the fine print. It turns out the director decided during rehearsals for his upcoming film Tetro that a woman would be a better…