LA Observed

Morning Buzz: Wednesday 12.9.09
LA Observed – 2 hrs 16 mins ago

Day after on Krekorian over Essel, Garcetti admits interest in mayor or Senate, Judge Real off the Alex Sanchez case, and the battling McCourts agree on something finally. More after... Full Story »
Krekorian well ahead in 2nd CD *
LA Observed – Wed Dec 9, 2:23 am ET

State assemblyman Paul Krekorian has a 2,000 vote lead over Christine Essel with 37% of the precincts counted, but that percentage could be misleading. Most of the votes were cast... Full Story »
"Nine" packs a crowd
LA Observed – Wed Dec 9, 2:08 am ET

One tactic the Hollywood news site The Wrap is using to get its name out there is to host free film screenings. Judging by tonight, it's working. So many people... Full Story »
LAT hires in Sacramento
LA Observed – Wed Dec 9, 1:23 am ET

Here's the new addition to the Los Angeles Times I alluded to in the previous post: an investigative reporter in Sacramento. Tonight's memo in the newsroom from David Lauter, the... Full Story »
Discouraged ex-LATers, part 3
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 9:08 pm ET

In the last installment of their survey of each other, most former Los Angeles Times newsroom staffers polled say they expect their old paper to fold — just 16% expect... Full Story »
NYT tech writer jumps to AOL
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 6:53 pm ET

Saul Hansell will be Programming Director of AOL's new Seed.com., a content management platform expected to launch this month. He blogs about it.... Full Story »
Council moves to cap pot dispensaries
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 6:53 pm ET

The Times says the Los Angeles City Council opted to allow only 70 medical marijuana outlets, the LA Weekly says it's 137. In any case, there already are ten times... Full Story »
Leo Wolinsky named editor of Daily Variety *
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 5:38 pm ET

Leo Wolinsky, an editor and reporter at the Los Angeles Times for 31 years, has been named editor of Daily Variety, "encompassing both the L.A. and Gotham editions," the trade... Full Story »
Peter Gammons leaving ESPN
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 5:08 pm ET

When ESPN's new Los Angeles presence debuts Dec. 21, the network will be without baseball writer Peter Gammons. He's leaving to pursue other challenges and a lighter schedule.... Full Story »
Lawyer shot at home in Rolling Hills Estates
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 5:08 pm ET

Jeffrey Tidus, an attorney with Baute & Tidus in downtown Los Angeles, died this morning of his wounds. He was found shot on the lawn in front of his home... Full Story »
Heidi Androl arrested for DUI
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 4:53 pm ET

The interviewer on Los Angeles Kings telecasts on Fox Sports West was stopped early Monday morning, allegedly for driving too slow on the 105 freeway. She was booked on suspicion... Full Story »
Sam Rubin v. Perez Hilton
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 4:23 pm ET

Oh boy, did Sam Rubin go off on Perez Hilton on the KTLA Morning News this morning — to cheers and atta-boys from his fellow Channel 5sters. It seems... Full Story »
Morning Buzz: Tuesday 12.8.09
LA Observed – Tue Dec 8, 12:23 pm ET

More excessive radiation from CT scans, delays on the Expo Line, surviving six months on a bus bench in the Valley, and voting ends today in the 2nd district —... Full Story »
Drama over 9900 Wilshire
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 7:23 pm ET

The former Robinson's store at the edge of Beverly Hills has been the target of a drawn-out financial and legal wrangle, which Dakota Smith tries to unravel over at Curbed... Full Story »
Marichal v. Roseboro, the play
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 5:38 pm ET

Roger Guenveur Smith was six years old and living in Los Angeles the summer day in 1965 when San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal conked Dodgers catcher John Roseboro over... Full Story »
Dating advice from Sharon Tay
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 5:23 pm ET

Her Channel 2 colleague, Kent Shocknek, blogs Sharon Tay's personal dating do's and don't's, starting with the preamble "I have been single for a long time. But HATE dating! In... Full Story »
Dry spots in the rain
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 5:08 pm ET

The county's official rainfall map for the past 24 hours shows 0.00 for two high profile measuring stations: the ones at USC (presumably the gauge formerly known as Civic Center)... Full Story »
New from David Foster Wallace *
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 12:23 pm ET

This week's New Yorker publishes All That, new fiction by the late David Foster Wallace, who killed himself last year. In March, the magazine published an excerpt from his last... Full Story »
Morning Buzz: Monday 12.7.09
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 12:23 pm ET

Looking at all the labor money in the CD 2 race, old LAPD riot helmets headed to Washington state, and artist Richard Ankrom's guerrilla freeway sign has been found. Plus... Full Story »
Mel Brooks at the Kennedy Center
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 2:53 am ET

At this weekend's Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, Mel Brooks said that picking up the award at the age of 83 was “better late than never.” Other honorees were Dave... Full Story »
Bruce Lisker gets a girlfriend
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 2:08 am ET

In part three of Iris Schneider's exclusive-to-LA Observed posts following Bruce Lisker's reentry to society after 26 years behind bars, Bruce moves in with Kara in Marina del Rey. Iris... Full Story »
New life for old newspaper stories
LA Observed – Mon Dec 7, 12:38 am ET

Time Capsule Press was started last year by Narda Zacchino, a former top editor at the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle, and Dickson Louie, an ex-LAT and Times... Full Story »
In praise of Alice McGrath
LA Observed – Sun Dec 6, 11:53 pm ET

Carlos Valdez Lozano, an assistant city editor at the Los Angeles Times, offers up a personal Op-Ed tribute to his friend Alice McGrath, a longtime union and left-wing activist in... Full Story »
Seacrest the invisible
LA Observed – Sun Dec 6, 11:38 pm ET

Nice portrait (by Michael Muller) that goes with a profile of Ryan Seacrest by Amanda Fortini in today's T Magazine in the New York Times. She calls Seacrest the invisible... Full Story »
Blogging the hospital
LA Observed – Sun Dec 6, 3:53 am ET

Television writer Earl Pomerantz has been blogging about his time in the hospital leading up to, and after, open heart surgery. If nothing else, he seems in a good enough... Full Story »