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What, exactly, is the harm caused to Catalina by all these "problems"? The rest of the country should be so lucky to be plagued with Catalina's woes. ...

On February 28, 2010 7:03 PM in Extra, Extra, they said:

Man is arrested for putting up a sign on the building he co-owns? Everything is wrong with this story. It's insane that the city has an overgrown homeowners association complex with powers of imprison...

On February 25, 2010 3:55 PM in Apparent Illegal Billboard Installed at Hollywood & Highland, they said:

What bullshit this law is. As long as the property owner gives the go ahead, why is it anyone else's business? The city functions like a huge homeowner's association, nagging property owners when they...

On January 14, 2010 7:01 PM in Banning Mobile Billboards a Tricky Proposition, they said:

Is this not a free speech issue? Signs cause no actual harm, and may be good for promoting economic activity. They are no more distractions than bumper stickers, art cars, spinny hubcaps, or shapely f...

On January 6, 2010 12:36 PM in Photos: Our City Streets--Narrowed, they said:

I'll take LA just the way it is, thank you very much....

Are seatless bikes the new fixed gear or something? WTF is this all about?...

Nonsense. If there were actual harm caused by identity theft, ICE should have prosecuted the individuals responsible. Instead, there was the possibility of identity discrepancies, so it determined tha...

Cracking down on employers, because the economy is so strong right now. The crime... working without government permission. The Obama Administration needs to grow some balls on this issue. It's unfai...

If they bite people, they are no longer fearful of people. They have to be destroyed for the safety of everyone. They probably get this aggressive because of humans, human garbage left behind, and hum...

On September 4, 2009 6:32 PM in Lowering the Prison Population Could Mean Fewer Firefighters, they said:

I never knew convicts made such good workers. Am I evil for finding that last sentence, "It appears they died searching for an escape route for workers, 55 inmates and other fire personnel" funny?...

How's this for a solution: Price water according to it's supposed scarcity. Outside the desire to play enviro-nanny, there's absolutely no incentive to conserve water as long as it remains cheap at ...

On December 22, 2008 11:59 PM in Ghost Town Presently Poisoned by the Past, they said:

Or fall down an abandoned mineshaft. I have no trouble believing this story, with all the detritus from decades worth of small time mining left behind. Randsburg is a pretty freaky place. Oddly, it s...

On December 20, 2008 2:42 PM in Teaching Tolerace in the SCV?, they said:

This isn't new or limited to SCV. It pretty much the modus operandi of private schools everywhere. I can tell you, after going to several Catholic schools around LA county for my entire school years, ...

On December 9, 2008 5:36 PM in Look to the Sky: Space Station Above Los Angeles, they said:

Fast indeed. And brighter than I expected. ...

On November 6, 2008 7:26 PM in LAist Road Trip: Red Rock Canyon State Park, they said:

That's Highway 14 in Kern county, not I-15....

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