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Cari Beauchamp is most recently the author of "Joseph P. Kennedy Presents," the story of Joe Kennedy's Hollywood years. She previously authored "Adventures of a Hollywood Secretary: Her Private ...

Jon Christensen is a columnist at LA Observed. Jon Christensen has been an environmental journalist and science writer for more than 30 years, writing for the New York Times, Nature, High Country News ...

Iris Schneider considers herself an accomplished observer of life in Los Angeles. As a staff photographer at the L.A. Times for 27 years, and as a freelance photographer in New York and Los Angeles, ...

LA Observed is a website devoted to independent reporting, informed commentary and selective linkage on Los Angeles news, media, politics, business, books and other topics. The site went live in May ...

Kevin Roderick launched LA Observed in 2003 and is the site's editor and publisher. His bio is here. Website | Email Most of his 10,000 entries have been written for his editor's blog. Browse or ...

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Steve Harvey is an author and the former Only in LA columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Only in LA now appears at LA Observed. Steve Harvey may be reached at steveharvey9@gmail.com. His Twitter ...

Kevin Roderick is the founder, publisher and editor of LA Observed. He is a journalist and radio commentator and the author of two books about Los Angeles. Kevin created LA Observed in 2003 after ...

Judy Graeme is the arts editor for LA Observed. A photographer, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and has shot news, features and fashion for Time, the New York Times, the Los ...

Kevin Roderick is the founder, publisher and editor of LA Observed. He is a journalist and radio commentator and the author of two books about Los Angeles. Kevin created LA Observed in 2003 after ...