LA Observed is a website devoted to independent reporting, informed commentary and selective linkage on Los Angeles news, media, politics, business, books and other topics. The site went live in May ...

LA Observed columnist Bill Boyarsky retired from the Los Angeles Times after serving as national political writer, City-County Bureau chief, city editor and columnist. A former vice president of the ...

Ana Serrano. Photo by Iris Schneider. Ana Serrano loves to build. Equal parts sculpture and architecture, the artist's colorfully painted cardboard cityscapes, installations, and scaled-down buildings ...

Prominent LA architect Thom Mayne razed the longtime Cheviot Hills home and work space of Ray Bradbury to build his own home. Mayne promised the neighborhood and fans a “very, very modest” house that ...

The 1935 LA Times building is in the foreground, at 1st and Spring. To the rear left, at 2nd and Spring, is the 1948 Mirror building. The 1970s Times Mirror wing, at 1st and Broadway, is what would be ...

Now this is Hollywood, and a place where some people will do anything to promote anything. So it could be just that: a promo for something yet to be revealed. But it seems that on Page A7 of Monday's ...

Hitchhikers on Sunset Strip in 1968. Posted by PastDaily.com. Sound archivist Gordon Skene has a huge collection of radio clips and other audio files. After the news broke last week about KFWB AM 980 ...

Wednesday was the last day of work for many of the close to 80 newsroom staffers who are leaving the Los Angeles Times, with farewell gatherings and toasts in several departments. "Hysterical," is how ...

For her NPR piece on the Day of the Dead celebration at Hollywood Forever cemetery, Los Angeles correspondent Mandalit del Barco hooked up with El Mariachi Manchester. Their thing is they cover songs ...

Variety was expected to announce tomorrow the hiring of longtime Los Angeles Times reporter James Rainey, but an hour after I called Rainey tonight and said I was going to post they went ahead and ...

Kerry Slattery, the longtime general manager and co-owner of Skylight Books in Los Feliz, told her staff last night that she is stepping aside. "I’m 70 and I’d like to focus on some writing projects I ...

In 1965, the Temptations went with Jimmy Ruffin's younger brother David. Jimmy went on to record "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted," a hit for Motown Records' Soul label in 1966. His career moved to ...