The City of Los Angeles has a job opening for a gig that pays just over a grand a month, and comes with a one-year contract. Bids open next week for a job as a beaver trapper, reports the Daily Breeze. Although it's a City job, the beaver trapping will actually go down in the Owens Valley on a piece of land similar in size to the city of Los Angeles. L.A.'s next beaver-trapper will be charged with "protecting Department of Water and Power equipment and operations that bring water to Los Angeles."
Can You Trap Beavers? If Yes, L.A. Has a Job for You!
30 Earthquakes Strike Owens Lake Area During 1-Hour Period
Another in a series of quake swarm events struck near Keeler, CA tonight during the 6 p.m. hour.
30 minor to moderate earthquakes struck between 6:09 and 7:10 p.m., according to the United States Geological Survey. The largest shaker was measured at magnitude 5.2 at 6:15 p.m. It was preceded by increasingly larger earthquakes at 3.1, 4.7 and 4.9.
Extra Extra: First You Gotta Do the Truffle Shuffle
The country's safest city (some years, anyway), is getting less and less so: a shooting this morning at a Simi Valley tire store left two dead and two injured. Police have ruled out robbery and suspect a personal motive in the attack. There are a few updates on the potential water cutbacks -- although Los Angeles is okay for now (thanks to the Owens Valley), the time may come when water rationing will be...
More Than 1,000 Outages
DWP brought in crews from Nevada and Owens Valley, made 16-hour shifts and is working fast to get LA back up and running after yesterday's wind attack, which left 109,000 customers in the dark (that would be 8% of the 1.4 million DWP customers): Remarks by DWP Commission President David Nahai Regarding LA Windstorm Power Outages April 13, 2007 9:30 AM Good morning. Thank you for joining us this morning. I’d like to begin by...
A New Stink in the Valley
When DWP starts off an e-mail with these words in red, it can't be good: "San Fernando Valley Customers Can Expect Musty Odor in Their Water."

