Kevin Roderick launched LA Observed in 2003 and is the site's editor and publisher. His bio is here. Website | Email Most of his 10,000 entries have been written for his editor's blog. Browse or ...

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 ...

Gary Leonard has been photographing Los Angeles for 40 years. He first made a name by chronicling the city's punk clubs and nightlife. He's centered mostly in Downtown now, and has a gallery called ...

Tamarra Graham, Stephen Guarino and Ryan Nealy in "Handjob." Photo by Darrett Sanders. You've probably heard of the old gimmick of beginning an ad (or an article) with the word "SEX" followed by the ...

This week the New York Times is testing the concept of a morning newsletter on California news. This morning's first one, written by Los Angeles bureau reporter Ian Lovett, starts with an update on ...

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 ...

Filthy McNasty owned two well-remembered music clubs in the Los Angeles area. His Filthy McNasty's on Sunset Strip occupied the spot where the Viper Room is now. After leaving the Strip, McNasty ran ...

Ron Rogers, a longtime presence in the Los Angeles public relations business and civic affairs, died on Friday. The cause was respiratory complications related to cancer, the LA Times reports. Rogers ...

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 ...

Austin Beutner makes an appearance this weekend on CNN's "Reliable Sources," taking questions from host Brian Stelter about his firing as publisher of the Los Angeles Times and the future of ...

A little bit different view of the LA Times building. If you had any doubts that the Los Angeles Times newsrooms (all of them) are consumed with one topic right now — whether to take the buyout or ...