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Pocket Park: Silver Lake’s Parkman Triangle
By Will Campbell | 5 CommentsAfter some two years in the way of planning and designing, many hours of many weekends this spring were spent by volunteers digging and hauling and planting and nurturing and shaping and scaping what had long been the desolate corner of concrete at the intersection... -
Prop 8 ruled Unconstitutional, rallies planned for tonight. Appeals to follow.
By frazgo | 2 CommentsThe LA Times is reporting that Judge Walker has ruled that Prop 8 which sought to remove the right to marry same sex couples was unconstitutional. In his words regarding the trial “…Proposition 8 ‘fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men... -
Prop 8 Rulings to be read this morning.
By frazgo | 3 CommentsYou remember that pesky proposition that took away the right for gay and lesbian couples to marry? Well the courts are about to release their decision on the first of many challenges. Judge Vaughn Walker is going to be handing down his verdict on whether... -
Cyclists protest light punishment for hit & runs
By Sean Bonner | 1 Comment“On Tuesday, July 27th, and Friday, July 30th, cyclists gathered at the Beverly Hills Courthouse to protest the tepid sentence handed down by Judge Elden S. Fox for Celine Mahdavi. Mahdavi hit cyclist Louis Deliz and left him to die in the street on December... -
Rest In Peace: Silver Lake Walking Man
By Will Campbell | 10 CommentsI’m entirely dumbstruck to learn that one of Silver Lake’s most recognizable and mobile icons, Dr. Marc Abrams — aka The Walking Man, The Walking Dude, Doc Walker — has died. His age is being reported as 58 and he was apparently found dead Wednesday... -
Face Palm: Mayor Pedals Straight From Joy To Pain
By Will Campbell | 5 CommentsHot on the back tire of my post Friday gushing with unbridled joy at finding a photo-op of our up-to-now notoriously bike-blind mayor actually riding an actual bicycle, comes news that Villaraigosa apparently liked it so much (and perhaps the positive reaction it engendered) that... -
Signs the Recession is Still Going Strong
By Travis Koplow | 5 CommentsI am drafting this blog post from my desk at an office building/warehouse in Chatsworth where the water has been turned off all morning. “Why has the water been turned off?” you ask (or more likely you’re not asking because you really don’t care, but... -
Free Dental Care Available this Summer for Kids and Teens
By missrftc | 1 CommentWhen I was growing up, my parents never took me to the dentist unless it was an absolute emergency, so I consider myself very fortunate to have had consistent, company-sponsored dental insurance for the past 10+ years. However, many people are without insurance and can’t... -
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts.”
By Janna Smith | 4 CommentsEvery now and then we Trojans have to join up with those annoying Bruins on some things (and not just hating on Cal). This weekend, we join together on a sad note – mourning the loss of former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. John Wooden... -
LAPD attacks cyclists in Hollywood
By Sean Bonner | 4 CommentsIf you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. This information is all just starting to roll in but it seems on Friday night the LAPD... -
Its really me…and pickle pron
By frazgo | 1 CommentThe Brooklyn Sandwich, with SMOKED Turkey is the bomb-diggettiest. Actually I got in trouble for taking pictures of the pickles. Well whatever. The LA Foodbank box is filling up. REALLY filling up about half way already, the cash box needs a little help. Times are... -
(SHHHH!) I’m not Frazgo!
By frazgo | 1 CommentYikes! Nothing like the Last Days of Metbogs to get all us old glue horses out of retirement to post. It’s been So Long since I posted anything here, though, that I can’t remember my danged password, and even when the system tries to give... -
Tam & Cinthya
By Queequeg | 3 Comments“I wonder if getting a PhD in American studies is going to prove I’m an American?” – Tam Tran, quoted in an article in the Los Angeles Times I suppose death is the time to reflect and celebrate a life – but what of the... -
Venice Overnight Parking Dispute May be Settled — For Some
By Matt Mason | No CommentsPeace may have broken out in the battle between Venice homeowners and the California Coastal Commission regarding the epidemic of overnight parking by those sleeping in their recreational vehicles and cars on Venice streets. Last we left off, the Venice Stakeholders Association had sued the... -
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A New Gator At The LA Zoo, or, My Excuse To Talk About Animals Doing It
By Kevin Ott | 3 CommentsHere’s the thing about alligator sex: It’s weird by mammal standards. See, mammals like you and me have what evolutionary biologists like to call a “ding-dong” and a “what-what,” and the way we mate is that we put the two parts together until one or...
