Lari Pittman: Finding beauty in the ugly
Lari Pittman is not an easy painter. While some artists are minimalists, Pittman is a maximalist. Every inch of his large canvases is covered in images. His frenetic, complex pieces…
Study: Driving increases wild fires
California Watch has this depressing news: your car emissions are probably increasing desert wild fires. A new study out from the Ecological Society of America shows that nitrogen emitted by…
Warren Olney fan shirt
We love this t-shirt that Warren Olney fan, Breanna Murphy, is sporting while sitting behind a desk at the very cool Filter Magazine. Apparently, her boyfriend made it as…
On SOPA and PIPA: Angelenos and piracy
The debate over online piracy continues. On yesterday’s “Which Way, L.A?” Warren spoke with Kim Masters (“The Business”). We also heard from you, Los Angeles citizens who are impacted by…
Cityhood unlikely for East LA
According to the Los Angeles Times, East L.A. is not going to get to be its own city. The Local Agency Formation Commission is expected to vote no on the…
100 percent chance of rain
Grab an umbrella. It’s gonna rain on Saturday. Meteorologists are predicting that there’s a 100 percent chance of rain. (via Patch) A very special video, below:
Hot to Trot on All Things Considered tonight
We loved and laughed out-loud at this very funny essay by Brian Unger about his senior mom’s dating exploits….
Coverage of the Eisenhower Memorial Flap with Frank Gehry at the Center
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/13/145186448/eisenhower-family-objects-to-design-for-memorial
The wandering wolf
For the first time in 80 years there’s a wolf meandering around California. Don’t fret. He’s not anywhere near Southern California. The Wildlife folks have put up a website so…
The ATM ate my iPhone!
California is the test market for a new ATM-like device that will buy your old phone off of you. The Eco ATM, on display at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show,…
Traffic as art? Only at LACMA
We’ll be talking more about this on Art Talk tomorrow. Image via LAist
My favorite story of the day (and it’s only 4:15)
A kind woman pays her bill at a coffee shop and leaves $100 extra to pay for the bills of the next customers. Hoping to inspire pay-it-forward copycats here… (Via…
Report: Marijuana actually not that bad for your lungs
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. shows that there’s no link between lung damage and pot smoke. Although, with heavy use, there is an…
The man who gets to go to the Santa Monica Pier everyday (and get paid for it)
Rod Merl is the new guy in charge of the iconic landmark also known as the Santa Monica Pier. It’s going through some changes to improve its future. This is…
Kathleen Turner @KCRW
She came in today to talk with me about her new show, Red Hot Patriot, about the legendary journalist Molly Ivins. It opens at the Geffen Playhouse on Wednesday. We’ll…
Bad driving: Stolen car ends up on Fresno roof
There’s no glamor in ending up on a roof in Fresno in a stolen Saturn, wearing only boxer shorts. Also: this isn’t “Drive.” This is real life, where a being…
LA Noir: Arson and ‘Day of the Locust’
Crime writer and editor of “LA Noir,” Denise Hamilton analyzes the recent spate of fires in Los Angeles. Finding a trio of interesting characters in the young cop, the German…
SOPA: Hollywood, Silicon Valley and you
We’re following the showdown in Congress between big lobbying groups. The MPAA (and others) are putting their heft behind a bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). On the…
LA winds, power outages continue
LAIST reports that thousands are still without power due to the heavy winds that swept through Los Angeles. Pasadena has been particularly hard hit. Here’s a great map of damage that…
‘Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe’
It’s Santa Ana season. The winds were howling while we dodged fallen palm fronds on the way into work this morning. Schools are closed for a “wind day” and the…
