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Morning Buzz: Tuesday 11.3.09
LA Observed —
The L.A. Times says that deputy chief Charlie Beck, the head of detectives, is the mayor's choice to be the next police chief. LAT Plus: Villaraigosa will take his new chief to South L.A. for a 4:30 p.m. town hall at Expo Center, 3980 Menlo Ave. AG Jerry Brown has raised nearly $10 million from card clubs and other political donors for two charter schools he founded as mayor of Oakland. LAT The FAA rejected a plan to enforce a night-time ban at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. LAT Six of the ten spots rated by location managers as the hardest to film in L.A. are in Downtown. Blogdowntown President Obama has tapped Hollywood for the ...
The Top 10 Hardest Places to Film in L.A.
LAist —
... Six of the ten are downtown, notes blogdowntown's Eric Richardson. He speaks to Tom Gilmore, owner of the Farmers and Merchant Bank, which is named on the list. "I find it odd that we are both one of the most filmed locations in Los Angeles and also the hardest to film location in Los Angeles," said Gilmore who believe filming happens there 80 to 150 days a year. "I find that contradictory." ...
No One Wants to Shoot a Movie at the Zoo
Curbed LA —
... at the zoo. But it also says the information might not be entirely accurate, since location managers don't usually go back to hard to work with sites. Although they do keep coming to downtown's Farmers and Merchant Bank. The buidling's owner told blogdowntown that it's also one of the most filmed locations in the city. ...
