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The LA Weekly begins a series on water and LA's lust for H20 as the DWP contemplates a rate hike in July. And in fluffier news, for fashion week the paper's Steffie Nelson looks at age-appropriate fashion — including some very nice photos, thanks to the website's redesign — and concludes that even 40-year-olds can shop at Forever 21.
A mystery in Long Beach: a deputy who was found dead on her way to work yesterday morning was thought to have accidentally shot herself. But no, her gun wasn't fired, and the bullets that killed her were of a different caliber. Police are now trying to figure out who killed Maria Cecilia Rosa.
Mayors from across the nation will meet in Los Angeles today, and our own Antonio Villaraigosa will be talking about poverty. We hope he got a chance to sleep last night — he looked pretty tired on Channel 9 News's Ask the Mayor (scroll down to the Top 5 videos).
CityBeat catches up with the South Central Farmers and their efforts to hold onto the 14 acre community garden in South LA. It's a response to a piece 2 weeks ago in the LA Weekly that exposed dissent among the activists and organizers — CityBeat's story says it was a few malcontents. While the developer who owns the land has been told by the courts that he can sell the property, the city continues to negotiate quietly to prevent that from happening.
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CAROLYN. I know this isn't relevant to your post, but your piece in the LA Times BLOWS MY MIND. What SXSWi did you go to? I spent practically the entire weekend in a boozy haze from 4pm - 4am burning austin down with the very same 'showered geeks excited about websites' as you. Practically everyone I hung out with was both aggresively learning and networking during the day and going nuts at night! Just because a) people really were interested in the panels and b) you didn't get to any of the good parties doesn't mean it was weak nerdy sauce - and everyone from my company made that "connection" you failed to make. I'm posting this anon because I don't want the signers of my expense report to come across it, but next year I'll be sure to find you and we'll make sure your SXSWi is as awesome as it should have been in 06.
anon - there were some blogebrities & others who had a blast, and I'm glad you were one of them. Maybe next year I'll have something to hide on my expense report, like buying you a tequila shot -- thanks for the party offer.
I blame myself.
We should've totally boozed it up after that mongolian bbq lunch.
Do you think they sexed it up more at the writer's conference? I bet yes.
I'm glad you wrote about your SXSW after dark travails...now I can leave my slightly more lascivious tales in draft on my blog.