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Debate or not to Debate? Whatever. Live Blogging Tonight – UPDATED
I’ll be live blogging the debate but with a TiVo delay. (I teach in Irvine today so must...
The Gang Injunction: Upsides and Downsides
In this morning’s LA Times there is an interestingly nuanced article by Scott Gold about a...
The Shooting – an Update
The next installment of the new series begun here last week, titled The Shooting, about the death...
The Eviction: Was Bernard Parks Playing Politics With City Rentals?
As we remain glued to the dual drama of the bailout and the election (and the debate-or-no-debate...
LA Times Kitty – The Sequel
No, fortunately, to my knowledge there are no additional cats featured on the front page of the LA...
BAILOUT Part 2: GO MARCIE! (What She Said) – UPDATED
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THE BAIL OUT: NEW RULES
I long to get back to discussing Los Angeles issues, but right now I don’t think we have the...
UPDATE: Supreme Court Issues Stay for Troy Davis
3 p.m. Here’s what SCOTUS BLOG put up a few minutes ago: The Supreme Court blocked the...
The LA Times Has….um… Image Issues – UPDATED
Look, I like cute cat and dog photos as much as the next person. (Actually, to be honest, I...
Is Georgia About to Execute an Innocent Man? – UPDATED
Unless the US Supreme court intervenes today, Troy Anthony Davis will be executed at 7 p.m...
MORNING MUST READS: BAILING AND B.S. – UPADATED
While there are interesting things to read on other subjects, this morning it was a tad difficult...
James Crumley: 1939 – 2008 – The Outlaw Rides Away
“When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic...
Promotion, Alaskan Style?
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> When she-who-must-not-be-named made that teensy weensy...
Sandra On Fire – LIVE!
Sandra Tsing Loh has a new book out—Mother on Fire—about her adventures in the public...
The Shooting
NOTE: The story below is the beginning of a tale that will run as a...
“Bless Her Heart!”
Okay, not to be mean, but…. (which is what my East LA friend, Pam, always says right before...
The Great Sacramento Budget Wars….Get Worse
Oh, it’s going to be a fun month. First, anyone who opened up their statement this week...