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    LA Observed: Manny reverts to Spanish for White Sox media
    When Manny Ramirez met the media for his debut moment with his new Chicago team, he answered in Spanish through coach Joey Cora. With the Dodgers I believe he usually fielded questions in English, at least until this season. Observed Baseball Prospectus: Granted, it is not uncommon for athletes from foreign countries to ask for a translator. However, the twist to this is that the 38-year-old Ramirez has lived in the United States since he was 13, graduated from high school in the Brooklyn Heights section of New York City, and has given interviews in English from the time he was breaking into professional baseball as an Indians prospect in the Appalachian League after being their first-round draft pick in 1991. Yet there was Ramirez listening to and understanding the questions that were posed in English then giving the answers to Cora. "He feels more comfortable with the language," Cora said after Ramirez was asked why he decided to speak Spanish when everyone att
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 02:54 PM)
    LA Observed: Owner of 1930s trunk with infant remains has a name
    LAPD detectives said today they are confident that Janet M. Barrie owned the trunk that contained the mummified remains of a fetus and possibly a newborn baby. Barrie, born in Scotland, was the home nurse for a Los Angeles dentist and died in 1992. The trunk was found in the basement of a Westlake-area apartment building where Barrie lived; it contained 1930s memorabilia such as tickets to the Olympic Games at the Coliseum and the remains were wrapped in newspapers of the era. More detail to come, the LAPD promises.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 01:29 PM)
    Political Blotter: Kellogg honored as labor leader
    Jim Kellogg, a veteran California labor leader and chairman of the California Fish and Game Commission, will be honored as “Labor Leader of the Year” by the Contra Costa Building Trades and Contra Costa Central Labor councils. The Discovery Bay resident was characteristically modest about the award. “There are an awful lot of people out there more [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 01:05 PM)
    Calitics: Psssttt, Carly Supports Prop 23, Opposes AB 32
    At the debate last night, moderator and KTVU political editor Randy Shandobil got frustrated with Fiorina's evasive answers on Prop 23.  Apparently the other reporters at the post-debate press conference were getting pretty frustrated with the situation as well. Well folks, I'm going to let you in on a little secret.  Carly Fiorina supports Prop 23 and the death of AB 32  She said as much in the debate. When she evaded the answer, she said specifically that it would "make sense to suspend it" or something to that effect.  Ladies and germs, that is what Prop 23 is arguing that they want to do.  Not sure how much more clear it can be made. She can hem and haw all she wants, but she can't jujitsu this one.  She opposes Prop 23, but doesn't want to say as much because that will turn off environmentally minded voters and signal that she isn't some sort of moderate that she is trying to play. Nope, Carly Fiorina is just another
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:58 PM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: Funds for Moonbeam’s sick buildings
    SEPT. 2, 2010 By WAYNE LUSVARDI California newspaper editorials cry out that it is “outrageous” and “unacceptable” that almost a year after Congress granted California $25 million in Stimulus Funds to make state buildings more energy efficient that only one percent of the money has been spent thus far. That it typically takes a year [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:33 PM)
    LA Observed: Time clock training at the L.A. Times
    We told you last month about the new time and attendance system in the Los Angeles Times newsroom. Time clocks are a foreign concept in the newsroom, to be sure, and in this memo that went out yesterday, Associate Editor Randy Harvey tells people that the HR department wants everyone trained. Email memo after the jump. Also: The KRONOS system the Times is using to keep track of lunch breaks et al also was recently installed at the Getty, a reader emails. From: Harvey, Randy Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 5:50 PM To: yyeditall Subject: memo As you may be aware, the company has decided to implement a new time-logging and attendance system for payroll purposes known as KRONOS. While it primarily affects hourly employees and their supervisors, the HR department believes it is necessary for all employees to attend training sessions to learn about the new procedures, which include some adjustments to pay policies. Each session will take between a half-hour and
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:30 PM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: Is budget a tragedy or a horror?
    SEPT. 2, 2010 As entertainment goes, the final regular-season episode of the Budget Show in the Capitol was shoddy. The actors – the Assembly members and senators – are B-rate. The speeches, despite their strained attempts to sound Kennedy-esque, were pretentious. Those of us in the audience sometimes rolled our eyes at the predictable plot. [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:27 PM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: Dems boast of state’s great ed system!
    SEPT. 2, 2010 Tuesday brought Californians yet another budget charade. The “drill” that took place in the Assembly and Senate over a supposed budget vote, spoke volumes about the real worth of legislators to the state.  But what senators and Assembly members said during the final day of session while debating the budget, is telling [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:24 PM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: No hope for finance reform success
    SEPT. 2, 2010 As you read this, please keep in mind that I want the new Political Reform Act Task Force to succeed. As someone who’s spent about a decade reading through the campaign finance and personal disclosure reports the act mandates, I would really like to see the money that permeates popular elections presented [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:17 PM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: Todd Spitzer scares people
    Steven Greenhut: Former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer, the Orange Republican who desperately wants to be Orange County’s next district attorney, has been in the news this week after he was fired by DA Tony Rackauckas for some allegedly inappropriate behavior in seeking out information for which he was not entitled. Spitzer has released his personnel files [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:04 PM)
    Political Blotter: CD11: McNerney and Harmer in dead heat
    Congressional District 11 Democratic Rep. Jerry McNerney and GOP challenger David Harmer are in a statistical dead heat, according to a poll released late last night. The New York-based American Action Forum, a conservative policy think tank led by former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin, surveyed 4,000 likely general voters in 10 western Congressional districts [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 11:36 AM)
    Calitics: Nicole Who?
    The Fresno Bee provides some more details on the report that former "Democrat" Nicole Parra, former Assemblymember who fell out with Speaker Karen Bass and the rest of the Democratic caucus after voting against the budget in 2008, is going to help the Meg Whitman campaign: Former Democratic Assemblywoman Nicole Parra has signed on to help Meg Whitman woo Democratic and independent voters, the Republican gubernatorial candidate's campaign said this morning. That's no surprise. Parra is helping Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina in a similar capacity.... In a written statement, Parra said she would travel the state talking to Democratic and independent voters "who are tired of the old ways of thinking and are looking for fresh ideas and a new style of leadership from their elected officials. We will be talking about Meg's plan for improving the economy, controlling spending and fixing our public schools, issues that Californians care most about. Democratic and
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 11:15 AM)
    CalWatchdog: NEW: The Boxer Fiorina jab session
    Katy Grimes: Was that a debate between democrat U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina? I remember taking debate classes in school, and this did not even resemble debate format. It was more of a very controlled Q & A session, obviously with questions even agreed to ahead of time by Boxer’s team. [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 11:04 AM)
    Calitics: What We Have Built: A System By, For, and Of the Lobbyists
    Jim Sanders has some interesting thoughts, many of which have passed between my two ears over the last couple of weeks with the closing of the legislative sessions. Specifically, there have been a few instances of crass political maneuvering outweighing policy.  Not that it is anything new, nor is the impact of lobbyists anything innovative. But it seems, as the legislature has completely lost its institutional knowledge, the power of the almighty lobbyist dollar has become magnified. And Sanders has some specific examples, take for example the interesting case of the plastic bag measure, AB 1998 Plastic bags have been "banned" from major San Francisco groceries for several years now.  The sky has not fallen, and prices have not skyrocketed. You see more reusable bags these days (which is an incontrovertible good), and a bunch more paper (which is a bit of a wash).  But, what is also clear is that the plastic bags are killing the San Francisco Bay
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 09:42 AM)
    LA Observed: 'Bookworm' gets new theme music
    For 21 years, Michael Silverblatt's Bookworm show on KCRW has opened and closed with “You are a Human Animal.” Today's show will unveil new theme music from the rock-pop group, Sparks. "Bookworm" airs Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 09:37 AM)
    LA Observed: State's lawyers want Lisker back in prison
    The attorney general’s office filed a motion late Wednesday saying that Bruce Lisker, released last year after 26 years in prison on a conviction of killing his mother, should be sent back because the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that inmates should not be allowed to file late petitions for release even if they can prove they are innocent. Lisker has been the subject of an occasional series of posts here at Native Intelligence on adjusting to life outside prison. Photo: Iris Schneider
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 09:28 AM)
    LA Observed: Morning Buzz: Thursday 9.2.10
    Boxer v Fiorina, labor rests on Brown spending, enviros lick their wounds, Baca says pot shops are crime dens, the New Yorker's coming stories on AOL and Facebook, and a blogger gets mugged in her Hollywood neighborhood. Plus more, inside. Boxer and Fiorina, the debate. AP, Bee, Dan Walters, LAT, Register, CalBuzz, NYT, DN The labor groups that have spent $8.6 million on behalf of Jerry Brown over the summer suspended their ad campaign. Bee Environmentalists are stunned by their losses this week in Sacramento. LAT, Steve Lopez Sheriff Lee Baca says week's triple murder in West Hollywood was an example of how criminals have infiltrated medial marijuana dispensaries. LAT The LA Weekly has a feature on women turning to legal Nevada prostitution to support their familis in the recession, with a photo gallery by Kevin Scanlon. LAW Vernon's top city attorneys, already among the highest-paid public employees in the state, have received an unusual pension deal under whi
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 09:20 AM)
    LA Times Political Blog: Candidates are spending more, reaching fewer voters
    Voter participation is going down while campaign spending by gubernatorial candidates is going up. That's the finding of a new report from the Fair Political Practices Commission released Thursday. The commission published a list of money spent per-vote among recent gubernatorial candidates. And the winner is....

 Al Checchi. The former Northwest Airlines chief executive officer spent $70.21 for every vote he received in the 1998 Democratic gubernatorial primary. That's nearly $5 per vote more than Meg Whitman spent per vote in the 2010 Republican primary. “California’s politicians are spending more and more money, but they seem to be reaching fewer and fewer voters,” said commission Chairman Dan Schnur. “There’s no question that the arrival of the self-funded candidate on our political landscape has caused the cost of campaigning to go through the roof for all politicians. No matter where our candidates get their money,
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 07:55 AM)
    California City News: The Aftermath: Salary Reform’s Standing at End of Legislative Session and Looking Ahead
    After legislators raced to pass bills before the year’s legislative session came to a close, many bills simply didn’t make the cut during the last few hectic hours, one of which was SB 501 legislation that would have required local government officials to file an annual statement that discloses their compensation to the public. In addition, SB 501 which would have required the Legislature to post on its Web site the salaries of its elected members and employees, did not gain approval either, thanks to stalling from Senators who did not want to be subject to such a state law like local government officials. However, Senator Lou Correa, who introduced SB 501 plans to re-introduce the legislation during the new session. But even if such a bill does eventually pass, does it go far enough in giving constituents and Californians sufficient information on government spending? Not according to John Moorlach, the 2nd District Orange County supervisor, and Fred Smoller, the
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 07:39 AM)
    LA Times Political Blog: Wrapping up the legislative session, by the numbers
    Tuesday marked the deadline for the Legislature to pass bills in regular session. We have documented some of the major issues that came before the two houses over the last several days, some of the major bills that were sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and others that died in the Legislature. AroundTheCapitol.com, a free Capitol online news and bill tracking service, is keeping tabs on the legislative session that was. Over the last two years, 4,294 bills were introduced over the course of the regular legislative session. So far, 868 bills have been signed while another 771 are awaiting the governor's signature or veto. Schwarzenegger has already vetoed 190 bills this year. Another 2,465 died in the Legislature. AroundTheCapitol.com will keep a running tally on the bills that are signed or vetoed in the coming days. Schwarzenegger has until Sept. 30 to act on the hundreds of bills currently on his desk. -- Anthony York in Sacramento
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 05:07 AM)
    LA Times Political Blog: First Take: Boxer and Fiorina debate. End-of-session wrap-up.
    Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina had some tough exchanges and sharp quips in their first debate Wednesday. Capitol Weekly looks at the chaos and tension that marked the end of the legislative session. Although lawmakers killed some of the Bell-inspired reform bills, Bell residents hailed the measures that did pass. The Los Angeles Unified School District's teachers union and the powerful California Teachers Assn. killed a measure by Senate leader Darrell Steinberg that would have changed the teacher seniority system. -- Anthony York Get the latest from California politics. Follow PolitiCal on Twitter.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 02:25 AM)
    Jon Fleischman's Flash Report: Conflict? [By Supervisor Matt Rexroad - Statewide - Flash Report]
    Lots of newspapers and publications are sending out questionnaires for candidates to fill out.  That comes with this time of year. I get it. Every one of these newspapers would immediately point out the conflict of a legislator that were to inc…
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 02:18 AM)
    LA Observed: New look for Channel 2 news on the web
    It's branded now as CBS Los Angeles and includes stuff from the two TV stations, CBS 2and KCAL 9, and radio stations KNX and KFWB. Plus a whole lot that has little to do with CBS, such as newswire stories, calendar items and L.A guides of various kinds. Check it out.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:19 AM)
    Calitics: Fiorina Routed In CA-Sen Debate
    There was always a massive contradiction - or one might say, a dishonest hypocrisy of stunning proportions - at the heart of Carly Fiorina's US Senate campaign. She touts herself as someone who can create jobs, but her record as the failed and fired CEO of Hewlett-Packard shows her to be one of the worst offenders when it comes to corporate destruction of American jobs. Fiorina destroyed tens of thousands of jobs while CEO of HP between 1999 and 2005, many of which were shipped overseas. When she was excoriated for this, particularly by the Silicon Valley press during the severe dot-com bust of the early '00s, Fiorina responded by calling outsourcing "right-sourcing" and saying "there is no job that is America's god-given right anymore." Her record is that of someone who got rich by destroying jobs - yet she now declares herself an advocate of job creation, even while opposing the federal stimulus, federal aid to states to hire teachers, and other programs that have
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 12:01 AM)
    LA Observed: Dodgers debt worse than we thought
    The Times used an outside accountant to look at the mounds of financial information that has become publicly available as part of the Frank and Jamie McCourt divorce action. The conclusion: "Frank McCourt has so heavily leveraged the team — $433 million in debt as of last year — that he has struggled to find additional financing. The debt load has limited how the Dodgers can pay their players and could affect the team's ability to sign talent." Tonight's story by Bill Shaikin and E. Scott Reckard goes into the Dodgers profitability in reason years, the plans to reduce the Dodgers' investment in players (while raising ticket prices), and the huge amounts of cash that the McCourts removed from the Dodgers. Also this: McCourt was turned down at least three times — by Citibank, by a Chinese investment group and by a Southern California infomercial king — in trying to secure additional financing last year, according to documents filed in
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: Another Google Maps snafu
    Fun as it has been around here to pick out archaic references and just plain mistakes on Google Maps' Los Angeles pages, there are too many to keep going to that well. But this one is new and strange, affecting Pasadena. It's been noticed that Google Maps has shifted all buildings in the city of Pasadena southward by about 350 feet. All those buildings now in streets could make driving more...challenging. "Google hasn’t been very responsive," says one website on geospatial technology. Quips another's commenter: "Think of the Rose Parade come Jan 1, having to zig-zag around all those buildings now…" Previously on LA Observed: Google defeated by complexity of L.A. geography More fun with Google Maps fails Hey Google Maps, it's Sanford * Love this 1918 Los Angeles map Koreatown & Little Bangladesh: peace in our time *
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: City will rent out its own damn golf carts
    After wallowing in the politics of golf carts for seven years, the Recreation and Parks commission voted Wednesday to cancel its search for a new golf cart concessionaire at city courses and will use department employees. Which is what Service Employees International Union Local 721 wanted all along. But which also probably means that the incumbent concessionaire, J.H. Kishi Co., will be around awhile longer — since the city's workers don't really know that much about the golf cart rental business. This week at LA Biz Observed: L.A. entering the golf cart business?
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 04:00 PM)
    LA Observed: Programming note: tonight's debate
    KCRW is preempting "Which Way, L.A.?" to carry the Senate campaign debate between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina tonight. The debate being held upstate in Moraga airs live starting at 7 p.m. It's also on Channel 11.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/02/10 04:00 PM)
    Political Blotter: More from tonight’s Boxer-Fiorina debate
    As per usual, there was a lot more to the story of tonight’s semi-epic debate between U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican senatorial nominee Carly Fiorina debate than I could fit into the story for tomorrow’s editions, so here’s some of the rest. Asked about the minor flap in which she had reprimanded a general testifying [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 09:40 PM)
    Calitics: September 1 Open Thread
    Links: * Why not have some fun in the legislature? * After spending nearly $9 million attacking Meg Whitman, California Working Families, a labor-backed IE, will be gearing down as Jerry Brown prepares to gear up. * Illegal immigration is on the down swing. No big shock when you consider the economy in the United States right now. * A bill that would change the cutoff date for kindergarten passed.
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 07:00 PM)
    Political Blotter: September is National Voter Reg Month
    September is National Voter Registration Month and would-be voters are reminded to fill out the paperwork before the Oct. 18 registration deadline. “Californians have just a few weeks left to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general election, but there’s no need to wait,” said Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state’s chief elections officer. [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 06:22 PM)
    Political Blotter: Israel divestiture measure cleared to circulate
    Secretary of State Debra Bowen today cleared a Sacramento man to take a second crack at putting before California voters an initiative that would bar the state’s gigantic public employee pension funds from investing in companies engaged in certain business activities in Israel. The Attorney General’s official title and summary for the measure is as follows: PROHIBITS [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 06:02 PM)
    CalWatchdog: Mish on CA pensions
    Here is blogger Mish Shedlock on Arnold Schwarzenegger and public pensions (he allows CalWatchdog to reprint his posts): Schwarzenegger on Public Pensions and the Cost of the “Protected Class” Now that Schwarzenegger is a certifiable lame duck (dead duck may be a more appropriate term) Schwarzenegger sees fit to take on public unions in a [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 06:00 PM)
    Calitics: Senator Boxer. Carly Fiorina. Smackdown.
    The Senate debate will be streamed live at 7 PM on ktvu.com, as well as on the real tv in the Bay area on Channel 2. See the flip for full details on where to watch/listen to the debate. There are a number of major issues to be discussed, but expect to hear a lot of questions about the economy, jobs, and perhaps a word or two about the environment. Any thoughts?   August 31st, 2010 by Ian Tomorrow night at 7 p.m. PDT, Senator Boxer will debate Carly Fiorina, and we hope you'll join us by tuning in and watching live. Here's where you'll be able to see the debate: On TV: Bakersfield                                     KGET Chico                                   &
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 06:00 PM)
    Political Blotter: Political events roundup
    Here is a roundup of political events and news: Concord The two candidates vying for California’s 15th Assembly District, Democratic Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan and GOP challenger and San Ramon Mayor Abram Wilson, have agreed to debate on Sept. 10. Organized by the Contra Costa Council, the candidates will answer questions from a moderator and the audience at a [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 05:53 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: Will California’s Hospitals Become Earthquake-Safer Sooner?
    An effort to strengthen more of California’s hospitals against earthquakes sooner is awaiting action by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The measure is the latest in a line of legislation dating back to 1973 attempting to ensure hospitals withstand the jolt of a major quake. Nearly 40 years later, 721 hospital buildings out of 2,670 buildings at 416 facilities [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 05:16 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: One of Life’s Mysteries Revealed…
    Hotel Guest to Desk Clerk: “Is the tide going out?” Desk Clerk to Hotel Guest: “It changes several times during the day.” -30-
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 04:17 PM)
    Political Blotter: Tussle at East County Tea Party
    My oh my. I guess I should have gone to this East County Tea Party candidate event for Congressional GOP nominee David Harmer after all. A blogger at Patch.com wrote that a jealous husband of one of the event organizers lept onto the stage in Brentwood and put a choke hold on a man who inadvertently [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 03:55 PM)
    Calitics: Majority Vote And Referenda: The Not So Dirty, Not So Secret
    Over in the right wing California blogosphere, they've worked themselves into a lather at the possibility of being denied the right to put some legislation to a referendum.  Well, Joel Fox, Jon Fleischman and other Chamber of Commerce types anyway. This delightful post is from Loren Kaye of the California Foundation for Commerce: Enter Proposition 25. Through careful word-smithing, the drafters created a loophole in the referendum power. They created a category of statutes, called "other bills providing for appropriations related to the budget bill," that would be approved by a majority vote, yet qualify for the exemption under "urgency measures," because they go into effect immediately. Here's the heart of the complaint: urgency measures, such as budget trailer bills, go into effect right away. And thus, they can't be put to a referendum.  Under the old rules, I suppose the Right didn't have a problem with that because they had a minority that co
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 03:55 PM)
    Political Blotter: Green business confab set for Dublin
    A Tri-Valley Green Business Conference will be held Sept. 8 in Dublin to provide residents with information about federal, state, local and private resources to grow local green businesses. Sponsored by Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, the conference will take place from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Shannon Community Center, 11600 Shannon Ave., in Dublin. Speakers include Erik Stenehjem, [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 03:37 PM)
    Jon Fleischman's Flash Report: Senate Debate: Carly did well, journalists failed [By Jennifer Nelson - San Francisco Bay Area - Flash Report]
    Tonight’s debate between Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer was probably the worst debate I’ve ever seen in all my years of watching political debates.  Not on Fiorina’s part—she did a great job for her first general electio…
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 03:05 PM)
    Hogue News: Afghanistan: What Have We Done?
    I have written ten or so articles on Afghanistan detailing the waste of lives and our tax dollars.  This story is about what unfettered checks and balances, given President Hamid Karzai, has wrought. If you recall Congresswoman  Maxine Waters is in trouble for helping get TARP money for her husbands bank.  That is nothing compared to [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 02:31 PM)
    Political Blotter: DiFi to co-chair campaign against Prop. 19
    U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca will co-chair the campaign against Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization measure on November’s ballot – largely honorary positions meant to leverage the pair’s widespread name recognition to mobilize votes against the initiative. Feinstein – who had announced her opposition to the measure in July, [...]
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 02:04 PM)
    Greg Lucas's California Capitol: Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Edict Nixing New State Worker Hires

    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 02:01 PM)
    LA Observed: A campanile in Culver City *
    That Eric Owen Moss tower in the Hayden Tract in Culver City has been compared to a campanile, most recently by critic Christopher Hawthorne in today's L.A. Times. So awhile back, John Rabe of KPCC's "Off-Ramp" took the chef of Campanile, Mark Peel, up to the top to check out the view. Backstory Also this: Moss has a speaking style "I'd call one part free association, one part surrealist poetry, one part Yogi Berra," says journalist Scott Timberg, who interviewed Moss in 2009. "One of the most innovative, influential and feared architects in the southland."
    . . . [more] (posted 09/01/10 12:21 PM)