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Mayor Sam's Sister City (Free subscription) | yesterday
First, a bloggin disclaimer: This post is undertaken with no financial compensation or editorial oversight from CD 2 Candidate Paul Krekorian's campaign consultant Eric Hacopian. It seems that the "Observing West LA and his Westside Times" blogger Kevin Roderick has some "breaking news" about an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links,...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The LAT has folded real estate blog L.A. Land into the paper's business and finance blog, Money & Company . Kevin Roderick at LA Observed notes that the blog "never seemed to quite recover its mojo from last year's departure of originator Peter Viles . When real estate reporter Peter Hong left the paper last month on a buyout, the blog became less necessary." New Career...
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viewfromaloft (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
THE PRO: Photographer Martin Schall enjoyed a tour of non-downtown locations courtesy of LAO's Kevin Roderick. It opened a whole new world to, Martin, the honorary Angeleno: "First we drove up Sawtelle Avenue — he didn't know the Japanese district,...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
You remember Steven Mikulan ? The widely-respected journalist and editor the LA Weekly canned last month after 25 years on staff? Mikulan was known for his versatility, earning accolades as both a theater critic and trial reporter. He counted Dominick Dunne as one of his many fans. Mikulan's most recent role at the paper was as editor of the LAW news blog, LA Daily. Said Kevin Roderick...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... / : Discussion: , , , and Discussion: : Mike Axisa / : Joshua Fisher / : Michael Baron / : Kevin Roderick / : Joe Frisaro / : — Marlins hold exclusive negotiating rights until Nov. 19 — MIAMI — Neither one of them was on the roster when the Marlins opened Spring Training in 2009. Yet, both became big contributors. — Now, reliever Brendan Donnelly and first baseman/pinch-hitter Ross...
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Ballbug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... clause in the two-year, $45-million contract he signed in the spring.Joshua Fisher / Mike Axisa / Kevin Roderick / — Outfielder will earn $20 million with Dodgers in 2010 — LOS ANGELES — Outfielder Manny Ramirez notified the Dodgers on Friday that he's exercising his $20 million option and will return to the team for 2010, agent Scott Boras confirmed.Jon Bois / — The Phillies are...
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SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... selection at , and dumps on finalist Michel Moore at .Plus Bratton on "The Colbert Report:"This is Kevin Roderick with LA Observed for KCRW. The William Bratton era is officially over at the Los Angeles Police Department. And any day now, the Charlie Beck era will begin. By LA standards, the process of choosing a new LAPD chief went by so quickly and with so little open political...
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Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Kevin Roderick at LA Observed noticed that the Getty House, the mayoral residence in Windsor Square, has been getting a lot of play lately, attributing the shift to Villaraigosa's "new image shapers." The mayor will be announcing our city's new Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department at the house tomorrow morning. [LA Observed]
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
LAObserved.com "How does this jibe with the LAT's official disdain for TMZ?" asks Kevin Roderick . (It should be noted that an LAT writer just called TMZ founder Harvey Levin a "First Amendment hero.") The new blog will be edited by Christie D'Zurilla .