LA Wildfires: Station Fire, Morris Fire, Tujunga Fire: Arson

Investigators have concluded that the LA wildfires were the result of arson and will now be investigated as a homicide since two firefighters lost their lives battling the main fire. Evidence of arson has been...

Station Fire in Los Angeles Update: LA Fire Map

The Station Fire in Los Angeles, in the Angeles National Forest is still growing and is estimated to be 121,762 acres in size, and only 5% of the fire is currently contained. See an up-to-date fire map on the Los...

Manny Ramirez Suspended for Steroids

Call it a case of Manny being Manny. Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez has been suspended 50 games for using performance enhancing drugs. Ramirez is now claiming that he did use a banned substance to enhance...

H. Clinton To Visit Japan on her first overseas trip.

By, Uwe Paschen H. Clinton is to visit Japan for her first official overseas trip as US Secretary of State for the Obama administration, She will meet with Prime Minister Taro Aso. Wile here in Japan she will most...

Major Newspapers Join Forces for Global News Coverage

In the face of falling revenue and evaporating advertising revenue, major news media companies including the Tribune Co. and the New York Daily News are seeking partnerships with other media to maintain global and...

Ryan Adams Vs. The L.A. Times

Ryan Adams is furious at the L.A. Times over a recent concert review from his Thursday (December 4) performance opening up for Oasis at the Staple Center. The reviewer, Mikael Wood, suggested that Adams, who has...

Times Mirror Exec Payoffs Revealed in Tribune Bankruptcy Filing

In the wake of Monday morning's announcement that the Tribune Co. is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company revealed many of its financial details, including a long list of hefty 'golden parachute' payouts to former top execs of Times Mirror.And to think that this...

Same-sex couples rush to marry before election day

" Reporting from Sacramento and Los Angeles -- Tom O'Hare hadn't planned on getting married this month to his partner of 30 years. But then on a recent Saturday he happened upon a street-corner rally in support of Proposition 8, which would amend the state...

Rashid Khalidi Unmasked :: Carter's Second Term

" Rashid Khalidi sees perils for the U.S. in empire building while ignoring its own professional Middle East experts and the history of the region. Khalidi is Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and director of...

CBS’s Fall Movie Preview Slants Largely Left :: MAXINE

"THE MOVIES: Fall Movies - The fall film season is upon us, the time that many moviegoers eagerly anticipate, when the studios release many of their best films, films they think may be contenders come Oscar...

LA Times Retracts Tupac Shakur Story

The LA Times has retracted stories about Tupac Shakur's murder that relied on information from 'fabricated' FBI reports. Now that's some Pulitzer-prize worthy reporting.At least they were called out on their...

Los Angeles Reaches Out to Skid Row Kids Through Park Program

Even as LA officials seek to transform downtown from a homeless haven to yuppyville, a park is seen as a way to reach out to local kids.  " Thirteen-year-old Kevin Cedano steps onto the stoop of the Ohio Hotel. "Watch out for the...

News Media and Business: A First-Hand Experience

"Canada Must Be A Just Society", Pierre Elliott Trudeau I couldn’t believe that my business was already ruined before I’d even started. I was still going to have to pay for the merchandise en route bought on...

Idiocy at the LA Times

Josh Marshall is too modest to say it but I will:  His site is one of the most informative news sources on the web (and beyond).  His piece today shows a brutal example of how arrogant centrally planned media can be.  I have taken the rare step of including his...

LOS ANGELES TIMES MANAGING EDITOR RESIGNS - DOUGLAS FRANTZ

Los Angeles Times Managing Editor Douglas Frantz has resigned from his post as Managing Editor as of 6.28.2007. The official statement by the Los Angeles Times: “LOS ANGELES, CA, June 28, 2006 – Douglas Frantz, managing editor of the Los Angeles Times has decided to...

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