Just when you thought it was safe to drink the water...comes an Associated Press report making the rounds today about the vulnerability of the nation's uncovered reservoirs and the ease with which they could be come contaminated. Among the U.S. cities pinpointed for having such gaping holes suitable for infiltrating with all manner of icky parasites and toxins is Los Angeles, where our Silver Lake reservoir is among those not in line with rules put out by the EPA in 2006. more ›

If there's one thing that can be said about Silver Lake is that it's truly a community. One where neighbors band together, through good times and bad times, to make it home. When Dr. Marc Abrams, known as Silver Lake's "Walking Man," died last week (Update: now confirmed as a suicide), it struck the neighborhood in a big way. Big enough that four days after his death, around 500 people gathered to walk five miles of his lengthy daily route. more ›

Many knew Marc Abrams by sight, or by his "Walking Man" nickname, but to many he was Dr. Abrams, a general practitioner. Following his sudden death on Wednesday night, there has been an outpouring of grief from his many admirers in and around the Silver Lake community he called home for 30 years. However, a darker tale has come to light about the doctor, as reported by the LA Times. more ›

Hundreds of people plan to honor Dr. Marc Abrams this Sunday by walking a portion his daily 15-mile route. Known as the Silver Lake "Walking Man," Abrams was a neighborhood fixture and his death on Wednesday shocked many, causing an grief and heartbreak throughout the community. more ›

• Sacramento to California's teachers: I love you, but I just can't pay you. Thousands of teachers across the state this week could receive pink slips in the wake of the $14.5 billion budget gap. Teachers to Sacramento: I'd like to see you try and force us out.
• The Air Quality Management District loves clean air so much they decided to impose fines on those who burn wood in fire places when the pollution is especially evident outside. "It's a fair trade off," they say. "Hands off my chimney," some homeowners responded.
• In political news, Wyoming professed their love for Obama by handing him a caucus win and Bush continues to be enamored of torture.
• On Tuesday, a Veterans Thrift Store owner returned a box with $30,000 that was left inside some clothes she was sifting through. She received a cash reward because the family loved that there are still some honest people out there. The thrift worker said she will send some of the reward to Mexico so her mother can have an eye operation and will use the rest to buy a digital camera.
• No love lost: A whistle blower claims that the state's Planned Parenthood overcharged the government close to $180 million for birth control pills. Planned Parenthood hasn't issued an opinion because they haven't seen the lawsuit yet.
• Birds and water lovers said, Where's the love as they looked on to the dry vestiges of the empty Silverlake reservoir. Now that the reservoir is free of the carcinogenic bromate-tainted water that was discovered a few months back, the LADWP can commence patching and other necessary repairs, Metroblogging said.
• How much do you love sunlight? At 2 a.m., it's officially time to set your clocks ahead one hour.