December 2011 Archives
Around SoCal:
A big picture look at the region, including how the richest donate, using a cellphone while driving and L.A.'s light rail.
Movie Miento:
Two mistakes recently in L.A.'s venerable Spanish-language La Opinion Twitter feed were too juicy to pass up.
Arts & Culture:
The photographer known as Weegee created a series of lurid and surreal images of L.A. between 1947 and 1952, many of which are currently on view at MOCA, and collected in a book.
Commentary:
An open letter to Commander Andrew Smith.
Around SoCal:
A big picture look around the region, including water rate increases, Occupy L.A., a civil rights review of Metro and more.
Around SoCal:
While the survey covers a plethora of topics, ranging from the 2012 Presidential Election (Obama has 50% of likely voters) to Occupy Wall Street (Californains are more likely to support it than the Tea Party), we'll look at it through the lens of the region.
Where We Are:
For better or worse.
Arts & Culture:
Over his career Saul Bass would revolutionize the art of movie title design, reinvent the ways in which advertising campaigns were conceived and carried out, and basically change the foundations of visual communication in American popular culture.
Commentary:
This type of uncertainty is less than helpful. Incumbents and would-be-candidates do not know the shape and size of their districts. Imagine a scenario in which one set of district lines are in place for a primary election and another set for the general. Chaos would ensue.
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