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 ...

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 ...

Veronique de Turenne is a writer, photographer, and a serial mobile home remodeler. She is the founding editor of LA Now, the LA Times' breaking news blog, was the book critic for NPR's news show, ...

Al Martinez is a columnist for LA Observed. He has previously been a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and the Daily News. In 2012, the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens declared Martinez to ...

Brian Kennedy is an English professor at Pasadena City College who covers the National Hockey League and the Los Angeles Kings for Inside Hockey and other publications. He is the author of books about ...

Gary Leonard has been photographing Los Angeles for 40 years. He first made a name by chronicling the city's punk clubs and nightlife. He's centered mostly in Downtown now, and has a gallery called ...