http://www.laobserved.com/ Los Angeles media, news, books and sense of place Copyright 2009 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:15:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Channel 7 reported tonight that Michael Jackson's casket was removed from Staples Center after Tuesday's memorial while hidden in a SWAT van. Chief Bratton would neither confirm nor deny, saying...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=WUeYwWgpUI4:-mTDd-VJBqY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/jackson_casket_moved_by_l.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/jackson_casket_moved_by_l.php Celebrity culture Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:15:27 -0800 Jonathan Kirsch reviews "A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California," Dorothy Lamb Crawford's study of the 1930s emigres to Los Angeles such as Igor Stravinsky, Arnold...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NoaHJWPfpv0:yoylxRPO-kA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/hitlers_music_exiles_in_s.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/hitlers_music_exiles_in_s.php Books Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:59:01 -0800 Aaron Sorkin will take over the script, Steven Soderbergh will no longer direct, but Brad Pitt is still attached to star and the movie remains at Sony, says Variety's Marc...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=eJC4ucOA6OE:u2QkK_9lzIk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/moneyball_back_on.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/moneyball_back_on.php Hollywood Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:36:25 -0800 Hmm, selling in a down market. Let the speculation begin. The Times' Hot Property column says that LAPD Chief William Bratton and his wife Rikki Klieman are asking 1.875 million...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=8_od6RPpxr8:aX2OAPtPRso:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/bratton_puts_house_on_the.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/bratton_puts_house_on_the.php Police beat Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:58:00 -0800 Her husband Eric Weisbard posts on Facebook that he will be teaching in Tuscaloosa. Powers says in a Facebook note that she will continue to write as L.A. Times pop...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=pl6EaNRe1rQ:thz_bcvRS6Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/times_critic_ann_powers_m.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/times_critic_ann_powers_m.php Los Angeles Times Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:22:26 -0800 Joel Kotkin posits five suspects in a new piece at Forbes. It took some amazing incompetence to toss this best-endowed of places down into the dustbin of history. Yet conventional...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=mhxel42hZLk:1nQbOtNcKH4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/who_killed_californias_ec.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/who_killed_californias_ec.php California Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:53:42 -0800 Catching up to this via the SoCal Minds blog: Pepperdine law professor Douglas Kmiec, a regular on op-ed pages and elsewhere in the media, was nominated by President Obama to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NLuXrinzSnA:tZfHLjBFuVk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/kmiec_named_ambassador_to.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/kmiec_named_ambassador_to.php Law Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:18:27 -0800 The Getty remains closed today due to that mostly contained fire in Sepulveda Pass, and Sepulveda Boulevard is still closed from Sunset to Mulholland. LAT, KNX Capitol Weekly's Anthony...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=NL5zWVv-f-M:-MwXvEWSjsg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/morning_buzz_thursday_790.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/morning_buzz_thursday_790.php Morning Buzz Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:31:27 -0800 Back in June, when I posted about Mayor Villaraigosa's Twitter updates lagging behind by hours, the account at HTRimalower tweeted the link and a question: "Why is L.A.Observed hating on...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=A-vRUy96zcg:Zi6E4MX99vk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/villaraigosa_tweeter_unco.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/villaraigosa_tweeter_unco.php Antonio Villaraigosa Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:20:26 -0800 The L.A. Times says its comparison of LAPD crime stats to the department's online maps that are supposed to show what's going on in neighborhoods found that 40% of serious...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?a=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/LAObserved?i=PflI8QMrNhs:3_Rm2mj231g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/lapd_crime_maps_miss_40_o.php http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2009/07/lapd_crime_maps_miss_40_o.php Police beat Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:50:03 -0800