Adios, Lucy Casado: The End of an Era in L.A.
ON A PICTURE POSTCARD CALIFORNIA EVENING, a group of Tibetan monks in cardinal robes and gold undershirts traipsed across Melrose Avenue from the direction of Paramount...
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‘A celebrity murder: Quick, someone call Dominick Dunne’
By Tony Castro Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News DOMINICK DUNNE SURVEYED THE ORNATE, hacienda-style lounge at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel, knotted his thick gray eyebrows in disapproval and...
Does the Songwriter of ‘I Love L.A.’ Actually Love L.A.?
The city’s anthem is unmistakably tongue-in-cheek. By Soumya Karlamangla Published Nov. 19, 2021Updated Nov. 26, 2021 Republished with permission of The New York Times Los Angeles hasn’t...
Will Smash & Grabbers Smash & Grab Gascón’s Egalitarian Crusade?
STARING AT AN UPHILL REELECTION FIGHT next year and in the wake of two high profile mob-style luxury store robberies, Los Angeles County’s increasingly unpopular District Attorney George Gascón...
Randy Newman: Why I Wrote ‘I Love L.A.’
BY GEOFF BOUCHER, MAY 11, 2008 Republished with permission of the Los Angeles Times. RANDY NEWMAN HAS MADE a career out of melodic skepticism and deadpan rhythm, but he sounded genuinely...