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Iris Schneider considers herself an accomplished observer of life in Los Angeles. As a staff photographer at the L.A. Times for 27 years, and as a freelance photographer in New York and Los Angeles, ...

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 ...

Zubin Mehta. Photo: Wilfried Hösl. They were the concertizing cat's meow. They made headlines. They boasted a collection of staggering talent -- decades ago. So you have to count it as a momentous ...

The Southern California News Group likes to share selected buzzworthy stories across the chain — it's part of the business model, here and elsewhere, to fill the pages of print newspapers while ...

I stopped in to see some old friends Saturday in Glendale. They were all there. The Chris' & Pitt's BBQ sign. The neon diver who used to adorn the Virginia Court Motel. The blue Van de Kamp's Bakery ...

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 ...

Paul Tanaka, the former Los Angeles County undersheriff who ran unsuccessfully for sheriff last year, was convicted today of conspiracy and obstruction of justice for interfering in a federal ...

Downtown's One Santa Fe project under construction. LA Observed file photo. Backers of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative to slow development and City Hall's use of planning exceptions announced ...

Washington Post editor Martin Baron usually falls asleep during the Academy Awards, but this year he will have to stay awake. That's because he will be inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood as part of ...