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 ...

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John Schwada has been a politics-government and investigative reporter for Fox 11 News, the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Herald Examiner for three decades. His journalism DNA can also be found in ...

A novel of Los Angeles by Jenny Burman. New chapter weekly at LA Observed. "Veronica Street" is a novel set in Los Angeles by Jenny Burman. The book is making its debut in serial form weekly at LA ...

An up-and-comer in the sports industry, Phil Wallace has worked in the front office of the Tampa Bay Rays, Chivas USA, and for New York's Olympic bid. Wallace is currently a Board Member for the Los ...

Deanne Stillman brakes for sand. Her latest book is the critically acclaimed "Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History," a Rolling Stone ...