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"Tip the world over on it's side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." -- Frank Lloyd Wright. The famous architect understood well L.A.'s structure, or lack thereof. There is something for everyone here. If you're a fan of... 
"Tip the world over on it's side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." -- Frank Lloyd Wright. The famous architect understood well L.A.'s structure, or lack thereof. There is something for everyone here. If you're a fan of beach volleyball, fashion, traffic, celebrities, and decadence, then you belong in Los Angeles. The Web is filled with good L.A. candy, and we have found the best sources and stories about this hyper-diverse, cultural city.
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In today's Morning Call Time podcast, Rand Ravich introduces Morgan Creek to Gregory Burns, Audrina Patridge follows Chris Carmack and Laura Vandervoot into the blue, and Jennifer Howell helps FOX and 20th Century Fox TV "inkubate" some new animation.
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Utah Jazz over LA Lakers 123-115 (OT). With Kobe Bryant visibly affected by a strained back, the Lakers managed to tie the game at the end of regulation after being down by 12 with four minutes to go. But come overtime, the Lakers could not ride that momentum. The Jazz in a complete role reversal got to the line 45...
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We're getting back on the bus in honor LA Observed's fifth (!) anniversary. There have been a couple of thousand posts since the last time...
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With its television revenue down $2.8 million already this year, Playboy Enterprises plans to offer 20 hours of softcore gay male programming to Time Warner...
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Photo by Jimmy Bramlett/LAist
When a team is missing three of their regular starters, it's very difficult for them to win. With defensemen Claudio Suarez suspended for one game, Lawson Vaughn out six weeks with a facial fracture and Jonathan Bornstein out six weeks with a sprained LCL, the Chivas USA lost to the New...
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Hordes of hungry mothers storm the Cheesecake Factory
First, the obligatory Americana report.
Observation 1) The line snaking all the way down the sidewalk for the Cheesecake Factory before opening on Mother's Day was kind of pathetic.
Observation 2) The patio at Katsuya looks pleasant, but...
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Photo by Daniella Zalcman via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
Maybe actor Dennis Farina was taking his former role as an L&O detective too seriously when he packed his suitcase and headed to LAX this morning. Authorities arrested Farina on charges of carrying a concealed weapon when a .22 caliber handgun was...
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Photograph of the Reverend Al Sharpton by Armchair Messiah on Flickr
Gothamist watched a series of civil disobedience events, protesting the Sean Bell shooting verdict, unfold across the city--over 200 people, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, were arrested. Somewhat related, on behalf of a black freelance reporter...
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Any Angeleno worth their salt knows this city can be both bright and happy or sinister and dark by quick turns or subtle steps or shameless spirals. There is much to celebrate about LA and much to shy away from - which makes it the ideal city-as-character in many a writer's novel. A few new books are out that feature LA...
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Driving through Lincoln Heights the other evening, in search of a large box of crayons, I came upon this dusky street in the deepening evening–lit for blocks with the incandescent glow of jacarandas in full-on violet bloom.
Jacaranda season always brings back memories: summers so hot it seemed the sidewalks would...