One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
ICYMI: David Bowie Worked On A Musical That Featured Space Aliens And Mariachi Music
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Pasadena. (Photo by Karol Franks via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
- Follow LAist on Twitter, on Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also see what T-shirt LAist Arts & Culture Editor Carman Tse is wearing today on the Shirts of My Boss Instagram. And to get the top stories mailed to you, sign up here.
- Even in his death, David Bowie continues to weird us out (in the best possible way). Novelist Michael Cunningham revealed that he'd spent a year with Bowie collaborating on a musical that involved space aliens and a mariachi band.
- After a long and winding road, it looks like Marissa Mayer will be resigning as CEO of Yahoo.
- Here's a pretty in-depth look at LAX's anti-terrorism intelligence unit.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, saying that McConnell should apply the same standards to President-elect Donald Trump as he had to President Barack Obama. Somewhat archly, Schumer had sent almost the exact same letter as McConnell had sent to Harry Reid, then the Democratic majority leader of the Senate. Only the names were the difference.
- Attendees of the InStyle/Warner Bros. Golden Globes party were treated to...shoes in a can?
- J.J. Abrams says he's done with reboots, as they're no longer a source of inspiration for him. Well, who's going to make the Small Wonder movie now?
- Condoleezza Rice has stepped back into the spotlight to endorse Jeff Sessions to become our new attorney general. Everything's just going fine.
- Some "Coffee and TV" in Hong Kong with Blur:
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
