by | Sep 2, 2009 | Los Angeles
from The LA Times Mt. Wilson’s famous, and besieged, observatory Man once viewed the heavens by flickering firelight; now a raging blaze threatens a site where stargazing history was made. Tim Rutten, September 2, 2009 There has been tragedy and loss aplenty in...
by | Aug 7, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from Lee Bailey’s EUR WEB HERBIE HANCOCK JOINS L.A. PHILHARMONIC: Jazz great named creative chair; begins two-year tenure in 2010. The Los Angeles Philharmonic has tapped Herbie Hancock as its new creative chair for jazz, a post that oversees jazz programming at...
by | Aug 4, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Literary News, Los Angeles
from FishbowlLA @ MediaBistro Emmy Format Shift Angers Writers The Emmy awards announced Thursday plans for a change in the format of the ceremony. Eight of the 28 Emmy categories will be pre-taped, in order to shave minutes off the lengthy program time. Two of the...
by | Jul 26, 2009 | Los Angeles
from The NY Daily News Sicko porn star arrested outside L.A. for stalking two teenage girls BY SIMONE WEICHSELBAUMDAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU Wednesday, July 22nd 2009, 4:00 AM A porn star once busted for allegedly flashing women on New York subways was arrested...
by | Jul 23, 2009 | Los Angeles
from the San Jose Mercury News Woman found dead in machine at SoCal food processor that supplies McDonald’s Associated Press Posted: 07/21/2009 08:31:31 PM PDT Updated: 07/21/2009 08:50:12 PM PDT INDUSTRY, Calif. — A 40-year-old woman has been...
by | Jul 20, 2009 | Culture Music Art, Los Angeles
from The LA Times Strapped city wants donors for Watts Towers conservation 11:33 AM, July 17, 2009 The Watts Towers may be a unique and symbolically rich work of folk art, but it is also a world-class money trap, vulnerable to earthquakes and the elements, and...
