Posted A Plan for Food Trucks in Downtown to LAist
On Thursday, a new food truck lot will open in downtown's Arts District, the first attempt at a lot since one was shut down last month in Santa Monica. Like Santa Monica, there's no telling how successful or not it will be. "I don't know if this is going to be a prime location. It's all just sort of wild-eyed guessing at this point," said Matt Geller of SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association to...
Posted Let's Move! Michelle Obama Launches Campaign Against Childhood Obesity to LAist
President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity this morning (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) As thousands of people flocked to Denny's for free, yet not ideally healthy, meals this morning, First Lady Michelle Obama launched LetsMove.gov, a campaign to change the way we raise our children. "Childhood obesity or excess weight threatens the healthy future of one third of American children," the website states on the homepage. "We spend $150 billion every year...
Posted Gang Member Turned Gang Interventionist Killed After Confronting Tagger to LAist
Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr We've seen it time after time. Someone approaches a tagger in action and they get shot, usually fatally. The LAPD recommends getting out of harms way and calling 911, but when former Crips gang member Ronald L. Barron saw a tagger spray painting on Sunday evening on Pico Boulevard, he approached him. There was good reason for that, however, as Barron had transformed his life, becoming a gang outreach...
Posted Lines Build for Free Breakfast Across the City to LAist
Taken this morning at Wilshire and Vermont | Photo by Charity Tran/ExperienceLA Denny's does the free breakfast thing every once in awhile and today's that day. Of course, the lines are expected to be long at any Dennys location. Kingsley Anyanwu compared it to a "Hollywood club" on Twitter after he passed by one. You've got until 2 p.m. to take advantage....
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