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Tamarra Graham, Stephen Guarino and Ryan Nealy in "Handjob." Photo by Darrett Sanders. You've probably heard of the old gimmick of beginning an ad (or an article) with the word "SEX" followed by the ...

This week the New York Times is testing the concept of a morning newsletter on California news. This morning's first one, written by Los Angeles bureau reporter Ian Lovett, starts with an update on ...

The 1935 LA Times building is in the foreground, at 1st and Spring. To the rear left, at 2nd and Spring, is the 1948 Mirror building. The 1970s Times Mirror wing, at 1st and Broadway, is what would be ...

Now this is Hollywood, and a place where some people will do anything to promote anything. So it could be just that: a promo for something yet to be revealed. But it seems that on Page A7 of Monday's ...

Downtown's One Santa Fe project under construction. LA Observed file photo. Backers of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative to slow development and City Hall's use of planning exceptions announced ...

Edited and updated after publication. In advance of more moves anticipated Wednesday by Tribune Publishing, Politico's Ken Doctor has two good stories about new dramas inside the Los Angeles Times and ...

Washington Post editor Martin Baron usually falls asleep during the Academy Awards, but this year he will have to stay awake. That's because he will be inside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood as part of ...

Wednesday was the last day of work for many of the close to 80 newsroom staffers who are leaving the Los Angeles Times, with farewell gatherings and toasts in several departments. "Hysterical," is how ...

Austin Beutner makes an appearance this weekend on CNN's "Reliable Sources," taking questions from host Brian Stelter about his firing as publisher of the Los Angeles Times and the future of ...

A little bit different view of the LA Times building. If you had any doubts that the Los Angeles Times newsrooms (all of them) are consumed with one topic right now — whether to take the buyout or ...

The other domino has fallen from the Los Angeles Times' move last month of political editor Cathleen Decker to politics columnist. David Lauter, the bureau chief in Washington, will run coverage of ...