Entries from LAist tagged with 'onecity'
February 8, 2008
Video found via Markland at blogging.la This is Britney Spears on Wednesday after being released from UCLA. She may be troubled these days, but who is insane? The Paparazzi. Is anything being done about this? One City Councilman is trying, but non-paparazzi media worry how it could affect them.......
Continue Reading "Midnight Movie: Paparazzi Running in Traffic"January 5, 2007
It’s not every day the media mirror, which clearly can’t get enough of our fair burg, shines itself clearly on what we really are…A SWARMING PIT OF VAMPIRES! Really, the blood sucking, don’t cast reflections, sleep-in-a-casket undead. According to a (hilariously dated) study from Stephen Kaplan of the Vampire Research Center in Elmhurst, NY, in 1995 “Los Angeles was home to 36 vampires -- the highest concentration of vampires in the world." The Los......
Continue Reading "It's '07 -- Watch Your Neck!"August 17, 2005
William H. Parker joined the LAPD on August 8, 1927. After serving 15 years with the Department, Captain Parker took a leave of absence to serve his country in Word War II. After the war, Captain Parker returned to the Department where he rapidly ascended through the ranks. He was appointed Chief of Police on August 9, 1950, and served as such until July 16, 1966, when he died as a result of a......
Continue Reading "The LAist Interview: Sister City's Chief William Parker"