Who Is Eli and What Does His Ear Have to Do With Misinformation on Covid-19 in SoCal?
This is a photo of Eli, a new acquaintance of mine. He allowed me to take this photo, which I wanted because his ear …
Black Pols Shine Bold New Light on Redistricting | Media Meltdown Matters | LABJ’s Miss, Bakewell’s Dare | FivePoint’s Transition Lab | Conrad’s Fit
A vitally important story that went largely overlooked last week should reverberate in LA, where City Council districts are being redrawn. It has to …
More Questions on Ethics, Homelessness Programs in LA | Santa Ana Sideshow Obscures Case of Crooked Cop | Crenshaw’s Millennials Missing | About Brandman’s New Brand
Here’s the latest question about the ethics of public officials and homelessness programs in Los Angeles, prompted by emails among employees of the City …
Haddad’s Move Part of ‘Vision’? | SoCal Symbiosis in Art World | Another AECOM Angle | Struppa’s Head Start
There’s a composite image on the website of Irvine-based FivePoint Holdings LLC, the master planner behind the Great Park Neighborhoods and FivePoint Gateway in …
Media Matters: Soon-Shiong Buzzwords Sway NYT | Merida’s ‘Mind Meld’ | More About Irvine’s ‘Big Plan’ | AECOM’s Coffee Break in DTLA | Elephants Loose in OC
You could almost feel the bubble descending over the New York Times interview show called “Sway” during its August 12 edition featuring Patrick Soon-Shiong, …
Where’s Latino Left on Villanueva? | City of Hope Grows Again | Residential Twist Possible for NB Hotels | Alden’s Definition | Serrano’s Sales Pitch
Question for the local Latino-American left in LA: Where is the outrage over LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has specialized in outrageous behavior …
‘Big Plan’ Tells Biggest OC Story | Leiweke Scores in Queens | ASU in DTLA | Shourie, Yoshino to NYC | Tiny Sheds | Angel of the Arts District
Take 93,000 acres of prime SoCal land … identify five personalities who were prime stewards, shapers and visionaries of how the land would be …
LA City Hall Squelched Internal Query on Paloma Deal | Garcetti Gulls NYT’s Klein | Gross as The Guy | Pimco’s Problems | Community Connection in Hollywood
Want to know how the culture of corruption that pervades the City of Los Angeles has siphoned off taxpayers’ funds that were supposed to …
What Activists, Legacy Media Miss in Chinatown | Raj Stays Under Radar | Another Take on Lakers Stake | Cash Gets Expensive in Jewelry District Crackdown | Dunn Deal in OC
Residential projects are the shiny objects of gentrification, with developers tearing down older, cheaper housing stock to profit on new upscale apartments or condos …
Consumers of Media Everywhere Should Question Coverage on Police Killing of Black Man in Hawaii: Go Inside Numbers, Give Local Circumstance and Considerations Their Due
This week’s column is based on recent events in Hawaii but also addresses matters of local interest in a broad and vital sense of …