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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...