It’s Worse Than You Think

Well, at least we have the weather.  The future of Los Angeles remains bleak, according to a highly anticipated report released Wednesday by the LA 2020 Commission.  “For too many years we have failed to cultivate and build on our human and economic strengths, while evading the hard choices concerning local government and municipal finance…

This is What Happens When Everyone Dies on Twitter

Where were you when you found out that the actor Paul Walker died? What about James Gandolfini? And Brittany Murphy? Do you know and perhaps more importantly, did you care? I know where I was, or at least what I was doing for all of them — looking at a screen — but what I…

Like Mike … If I could Be Like Mike

In late August, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, barely two months into his first term, sat down with several of the principals of the Creative Artists Agency at their Century City offices. The meeting was short, lasting a little more than 20 minutes, but that was all Garcetti needed to get his message across. He…