"Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World"
Dear JJ:
They say the recyclables you put in the blue bin should be clean, but honestly, just how clean does that pizza box or Aveda shampoo bottle really have to be?
Amanda
Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Dear Amanda:
Now that's a' [...]
What makes L.A. great? Ideas like this one -- walking from downtown L.A. to the ocean, just for the hell of it. You can do all of it or some of it or just meet [...]
After USC's 55-21 loss to Stanford, it seems like everyone in the college football world is trying to figure out what's wrong with Trojan football. I'm going to take a look at a few explanations I've heard in the past few days:
1) Matt Barkley is the problem
First off, Matt Barkley [...]
Should someone be thrown out of the army if their business card identifies the bearer as an "SOA" (soldier of Allah)?
Probably not, but that, along with a number of other warning signs should have indicated that Major Malik Hasan's reported request to leave the army should have been granted before' [...]
After a tough year of financial woes that had more to do with mismanagement than the bad economy, MOCA put on a huge gala opening to celebrate its 30-year retrospective. Over a thousand of L.A.'s brightest lights in the entertainment and art worlds turned out for [...]
A pitched battle to prevent the world's largest garbage dump from being built next to Joshua Tree National Park has been won in the Ninth Circuit of Appeals, thanks largely to Donna and Larry Charpied, a pair of jojoba farmers who live in a trailer at the park's edge and [...]
"Advice for Greenies in a Complicated World"
Dear JJ:
My wife and I are buying a car for our youngest son, who turns 17 next month. We're committed as a family to a low carbon footprint, so my wife drives the Lexus SUV hybrid, I drive a Tesla' [...]
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed a bill that effectively approved construction on a new football stadium in the City of Industry. This is truly a landmark day for those who have been yearning for the NFL to return to LA, myself included, since the Rams and Raiders left [...]
The Dodgers went out with a whimper in their season finale, losing Game 5 to the Phillies 10-4. This will no doubt give ammunition to the Dodger doubters who for months have said they were not built for the playoffs (a series sweep of the Cardinals, notwithstanding).
I've always' [...]
Ceramic artist Dora De Larios knows the exact moment when she began the journey that led to her current retrospective, "Sueños/Yume: Fifty Years of the Art of Dora De Larios," at the Craft and Folk Art Museum on Wilshire Blvd. She was eight years old [...]
The big news in Dodgerland tonight is that Frank and Jamie McCourt have reportedly separated. I've actually been hearing this rumor for a while, but I'm surprised it happened now. It's very disappointing that this news would come out the day before Game 1 of the National League Championship' [...]
We're down the League Championship Series, and the prospect of a Freeway World Series has never been closer. This season, Southern California is truly the king of baseball regions. The Dodgers led the Majors in attendance and finished with the best record in the National League. The Angels finished second' [...]
At 6:55 this morning, still dark here in Portland, there was a knock at my front door. My husband had just left for work and I was still in my nightgown.
"Who is it?" I asked, not being able to see through the keyhole, which, for reasons I have no explanation [...]
Second in an occasional series following Bruce Lisker as he reacquaints with Los Angeles after 26 years in prison. Text and photos by Iris Schneider.
Soon after passing his driving test on Monday morning, Bruce Lisker drove his car to the Sherman Oaks carwash. [...]
For the sixth consecutive year, either the Dodgers or Angels have made the playoffs, and this is the third time in that stretch in which both have reached postseason play. I would love to see a Freeway World Series, but in order to get there, both the Dodgers and Angels [...]
The IOC vote never ceases to surprise, and the 2016 vote was no exception. The eventual winner, Rio de Janeiro, was somewhat expected, but Chicago's early exit caught many people off guard. While there is a lot of goodwill and positive sentiment towards Rio right now, I seriously question the [...]
I have always wondered what it would be like to reenter society after years of wrongful incarceration. Is there anger, bitterness, joy, regret--or all of that? I decided to ask Bruce Lisker, recently released after 26 years in prison for the crime of killing his mother, [...]
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on the host of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, choosing between Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Tokyo. Olympic voting is a subject that I know quite a bit about, as I once worked as an International Relations Analyst for New [...]
If you get TV One in your cable line-up, and if Ken Burns's National Parks is simultaneously making you dizzy with all that zooming in and out on old photos and just boring you to tears with the word-per-minute narrative, the soft fiddle music, and all that pious [...]
At the press preview for Irving Penn's "Small Trades" exhibit at the Getty Center, I was part of a group led through the galleries by curator Virginia Heckert. I should have been paying stricter attention, but I was distracted. All I could think was that [...]
When Barack Obama was running for President, he made a point of bringing Native Americans into his fold, understanding that they are America's first citizens. They responded accordingly and joined the hopeful parade. At the inaugural parties, one tribe presented Michelle Obama with a hand-woven shawl, bedecked with running horses' [...]
In designing a new apartment building for the Skid Row Housing Trust, architect Michael Maltzan decided not to let "freeway adjacent" become a bad thing. The building, alongside the 10 Freeway at Hope and 17th streets, will give homes to 95 homeless and low income residents. [...]
It was dark and there was wine so excuse the quality of the photos, but peeking into the workshops of the furniture designers at the Frogtown Art Walk last night was fascinating.
Don't you just love autumn? It's the time of new beginnings, even for established institutions such as the popular Downtown Art Walk series, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary, but seems to be going through some growing pains.
The Los Angeles Downtown News reports that some gallery owners [...]
I've never been a big fan of Bill Plaschke. I respect his writing style and the numerous awards that he was won. But I've long accepted that Plaschke and I see the sports through completely different lenses, and I haven't criticized his work as much as I've wanted to.
One of [...]
Listening to sports talk radio yesterday, the broadcasters were positively giddy over the Angels' acquisition of Scott Kazmir. Bill Shaikin in the LA Times is similarly excited by the deal, saying Kazmir is just what the Halos needed. While Kazmir does improve the Angels rotation this season, trading' [...]
For first time in school history, a true freshman will start at quarterback for USC on Opening Day. Matt Barkley will do the honors against San Jose State on September 5.
The move is somewhat surprising, considering that experience and consistency at QB have been real hallmarks of the position [...]
What's a Marine Protected Area? It's like a national park for the sea. Areas of the coast are set aside as protected areas which, studies show, give the plants and fish and mammals a chance to retrench, regroup and [...]
Tony Bruno has graced the airwaves in Los Angeles once again. Just a few weeks ago, I was highly critical of JT the Brick and Tomm Looney's show on AM 570, particularly their "analysis" of the Dodgers trade options.
I suggested that Fox Sports Radio consider replacing JT [...]
Hi, my name is David, and I'm a honker.
To be frank, I'm not sure this is a problem. I don't honk alone, and I can live without it. You'll never catch me laying on the horn when I drive by someone holding a "Honk if you" [...]
The Lakers lost a valued member of their coaching staff this week, as Kurt Rambis has been named the head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rambis' departure will not only hurt the coaching staff, but it also mucks up the picture for Phil Jackson's successor.
For a while it [...]
When you see white people toting their lawn chairs to MacArthur Park at dusk and settling in with Hollywood Bowl-worthy picnics, you know things have changed.
For years, MacArthur Park, in LA's Westlake area, was not the kind of park for picnicking or lawn chairs. Not even close. As LAPD [...]
After nearly 20 dimly lit years of providing writers with a musty, unpretentious, AC-free place [...]
But then the Rocky closed in February, and, like a lot of journalists' [...]
Will this era see the end of our great partner and icon, the mustang (not to mention the great road trip car named in its honor)? Given the misleading media coverage, the real thing may soon be heading off a cliff, spurred one step closer in the July 27th Los [...]
It's a really busy day in the LA sports world, and it only got busier today with Lamar Odom re-signing with the Lakers. I have no idea what took so long, but I'm glad that it all worked out in the end.
[...]According to MLB.com, the Dodgers have traded for Baltimore Orioles closer George Sherrill. The team reportedly gave up minor leaguers Josh Bell and Steve Johnson, and they will use Sherrill in a setup role.
I have lukewarm feelings about this deal, and I like the analysis from Jon Weisman's' [...]
The New York Times reports today that Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz tested positive for performance enhancing substances in 2003. Their names were on the now famous list of positive tests from 2003; a list that was supposed to be destroyed.
What does this mean for the Dodgers? Well, honestly, [...]
There is something gaspingly lovely about seeing a girl in a striped panty being swung through the air at the end of a piece of fluttering silk. That lust for loveliness is what animates Cirque Berzerk, currently doing an extended run at the Los Angeles Historical [...]
The moving image is THE art form of the 20th century. If there is one person you would expect to appreciate that fact it is the head of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art - after all Los Angeles has been creating that art for over 100 years and [...]
It seems as if everything I'm reading and hearing indicates that Roy Halladay won't be a Dodger. For now, it appears the Blue Jays asking price is so high that even the group of prospects I discussed in yesterday's post won't be enough to get a deal done.
Trading Billingsley' [...]
I am convinced that the Dodgers are the most misunderstood team in Major League Baseball. As it stands now, the Dodgers have the best record in baseball and an 8-game division lead, yet no one in the media can seem to tell you why.
This has become obvious as we [...]
I received an email this morning alerting me to the murder of Lily Burk, 17. I thought, Lily, Greg's daughter? No, no...
Yes. I am not going to detail it. I am going to say that I got in the shower and wept. I was not very close with Greg, [...]
To: Los Angeles media outlets
From: Eddy Hartenstein, publisher, Los Angeles Times
Re: I call your attention to another innovative marketing campaign by The Times. This will be announced on Monday. Text of the announcement follows.
Dear Readers and Staff Members,It is with great excitement and pride that The Los Angeles Times introduces [...]
In keeping with its tradition of "salesmanship and silliness," L.A.'s beloved Farmers Market celebrated its 75th birthday this week with a hokey card trick, homemade cupcakes, City Council proclamations and the horns of the USC Marching Band.
About 200 regulars, invited guests, and merchants past and [...]
Summer is in full swing, and that means two things in Malibu:
1. Lawyers!! They're battling against the opening of a new accessway on Carbon Beach, a new one on Malibu Rd., and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy's newly-approved plan to create public campsites. (Just my top three [...]
