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R.I.P., Glendale's Ice Cream Man
Just steps from our house 63 years ago, Irv Robbins opened up the Snowbird Ice Cream shop (above, in Adams Square -- a kebab shop now sits where Snowbird once stood). A few years later, his brother-in-law, Burt Baskin, opened an ice cream shop in Pasadena. The two eventually merged their…
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Kim named to head DONE
BongHwan Kim moved up from assistant to become interim general manager of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment after last November's death of Carol Baker Tharp....
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SoCal Smackdown: LA and San Diego Derby Dolls @ The Doll Factory, 5/3/08
3.05pm. Hollywood, CA. Come on girl, that’s it! Faster! Break through the pack! Oh, hello. You’ve caught DF in the middle of his second-favorite derby, that of the Kentucky-and-horse-racing variety. Isn’t the commonality of vocabulary one invokes in rooting for both forms of derby…
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Glad that's cleared up
Never thought I'd see this disclaimer on an invitation in my email box: Views and opinions expressed by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan are not...
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Parked Generator on 6th Begs the Question: Do We Really Need that Lane for Traffic?
LADWP generator parked on 6th street, between Broadway and Spring. Photo by Eric Richardson. For several weeks a generator has been sitting in the northbound curb lane on 6th street with cables feeding down a small drain hole into the utility vault below. That lane is supposed to be for…
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That Sort Of Courtyard
Peering down from the balcony of my seventh-floor hotel room, I spy a woman in the courtyard. It’s one of those California faux Hacienda-style courtyards, wistfully recalling the lost days of Spanish occupation and the large landed estates used for ranching or farming by the proud…
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Darryl Strawberry, the book
You could say that former Dodger and product of Los Angeles Darryl Strawberry had the book thrown at him so often he should write one....
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Does it Offend You, Yeah; Yo Majesty @ El Rey Thursday May 2 2008
DIOYY: Best 30 minute set I have ever seen. Also, possibly the only 30 minute set I have ever seen. DIOYY stuck with the harder songs from You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, including Weird Science, Battle Royale, With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You), and hits…
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She walked the line...
As an amateur admirer of mariachi, I enjoyed CityBeat's feature on the female ensemble Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. But I was stopped by the...
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THE CITY FIX: Exploring Sustainable Solutions To The Problems of Urban Mobility " 2007 " March
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Tale of two ex-editors
Take your pick: on Thursday, USC Annenberg fetes Michael Parks, the outgoing director of the Annenberg School of Journalism. He is the former editor of...
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Clinton cancels Wednesday's schedule
The pundits pretty much agree that Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has reached the realistic end, after she lost big today in North Carolina and...
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The frakking genius of 'Battlestar'
The problem with writing for a family newspaper — or being a screenwriter for a TV show on basic cable, for that matter — is that there are times when the most apt possible word for the situation you’re trying...
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Ripped From The Headlines | Los Angeles Magazine
Former Los Angeles Times editors in chief speak out about the gig, the paper and the management.
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DRUDGE CALLS IT
So, what does he know that we don’t know? Or is he just being gutsy? (And, well, Drudge-y) Russert says that Clinton has canceled all Wednesday morning’s TV appearances. (This via Andrew Sullivan.) MEANWHILE….. we wait for… (Ha! I see Andrew Sullivan has his own …
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…And How Can One Person Look This Bad??
How far can Mischa Barton fall this week?? First, she was exposed as having the ass of a ninety year old, and now she appears to be covering said ass with the reject wardrobe from Shrek on Ice! Somebody’s stylist needs to get fiiiired! Image used with permission of www.SplashNewsOnline.com…
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Gisele & Tom Brady: It’s Not Even Funny…
How can two people look THIS frickin’ good??? Come on!! Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bunchen and American supermodel NFL star Tom Brady were THE couple at last night’s Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute Gala. Wow, so you’ve got David Beckham and Tom Brady……
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North Carolina and Indiana…..Barack Back On His Game
Obama’s found his voice again and he’s got a new musical refrain… Instead of Yes We Can—which he uses not mostly as a punchline—he is using as his repeating chorus “I trust the American people. And he uses it well: We can choose not to be divided…..we…
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Want to curb illegal immigration? Stop cracking down.
So we've had all this back-and-forth about the effect of immigrants (legal and otherwise) on the economy, dwindling natural resources and societal well-being, as if it were a one-way street. But what about the economy's effect on immigrants? From NPR:...
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San Diego Coastal Homestays
Great homestay program in San Diego. Stay with host family, meet new people, surf, beach, sightseeing, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Los Angeles and San Diego tours, Griffith Park, Hollywood
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Clean Up on Victory.
On Victory, just east of Sepulveda, a community-minded property owner has painted and landscaped five one-story residential rental buildings. The units were previously painted uniformly bland beige, and the new colors, in various shades of autumnal hues, provide a unified and clean presence in…
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Extra Extra: Just Because You Have An Opinion Doesn't Mean You Should Share It
Photo by hyperbolation via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The LA Times is projecting that Barack Obama will win North Carolina, while the primary race in Indiana is still too close to call. Nikki Finke is reporting that AMPTP/SAG talks have stalled, "even though the leadership…