Lindsay William-Ross

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• Commented on Lines Build for Free Breakfast Across the City
  gross. you couldn't pay me to eat there, let alone wait in line for it. nice timing, too: first lady launched her campaign to make kids healthier today: http://www.letsmove.gov/...
• Posted Extra, Extra to LAist
  Photo by Anthony Bevilacqua via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr A small experimental plane crashed today in San Bernardino County, killing a man and woman. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be one of the last few torchbearers on the relay leading up to the opening of the Vancouver Olympics. Actor Charlie Sheen (whose car mysteriously tumbled down a hillside last week) was charged in Colorado with 3 felonies in relation to an alleged...
• Posted Photos: Here's to the Bookworms! to LAist
  A study released late least year ranked Los Angeles as a paltry #62 out of 75 when it came to the city's literacy. And when each year seems to bring word that more and more small independent bookshops are closing down, like this weekend's end of Equator Books in Venice, it seems the good old fashioned printed word is having a hard time staying afloat. But we are readers, right? We still love books, don't...
• Posted Murray Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter in Jackson's Death to LAist
  Murray this morning/TMZ As expected, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has formally filed charges in Superior Court against 56-year-old Conrad Murray, the doctor who administered a fatal dose of propofol to popstar Michael Jackson last summer, reports LA Now. The complaint implicates Murray for acting “without due caution and circumspection," thereby playing a key role in the singer's death. The charges are the result of a 7-month homicide investigation that focused intently...
• Posted Sweets For Your Sweet: Valentine's Day Candy to LAist
  Gentlemen (and ladies) you've got less than a week now to shop for something sweet for your sweetheart. Perhaps your beloved is all about cupcakes; in that case, hie thee to Crumbs to get their Valentine's Day flavors. But if you're thinking chocolate, for crying out loud, skip the drugstore aisles (we've warned you!) and consider some of these local confections to help you pour some sugar on this Hallmark holiday. Brentwood's Compartes (did you...