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April 3, 2008

Photo by DRB62 via Flickr Two female bank employees, ages 41 and 39, were transported to Northridge Hospital in stable condition after they were exposed to a $100 bill at San Fernando Valley Washington Mutual this afternoon. The incident, which took place at 10370 Mason Ave. in Chatsworth, happened around 1:00 p.m. The Los Angeles Fire Department's Hazardous Materials Squad were deployed after one teller complained that her hand was burning after touching the......

Continue Reading "$100 Bill Sends Two from Bank to Hospital*"

February 6, 2008

KNX1070 is reporting that "a police manhunt is ongoing West of a Washington Mutual bank at Ventura and Topanga Canyon in Woodland Hills. Authorities are searching for two armed kidnapping suspects." Things were something close to touch-and-go late this afternoon on the Blue Line near 5501 S Long Beach Ave when a female pedestrian fell near the tracks as a train passed by, but did not have any direct contact with the train itself.......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: Life on the Other Side"

December 29, 2007

Nataline Sarkisyan, the 17-year-old Northridge girl who died two weeks ago because her health care provider denied funding of a liver transplant, was buried yesterday. $151 million: That's the amount in salary and benefits that the The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers say that writers have lost since the beginning of the strike. $10.64: The new minimum wage or "so-called living wage" for workers at hotels near LAX. More than a 1,000......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"

July 19, 2007

I am a long time user of your banks. I signed up at one of your Westwood branches because of your witty advertising and I stayed loyal because of your Grade-A customer service, most notably your people working the phones. Because I am headed for a short summer vacation next week I checked out my online statement a few nights ago and saw two charges onto my debit MasterCard that I didn't recognize, so......

Continue Reading "Dear Washington Mutual,"

May 14, 2007

- FBI Top 10 Most Wanted caught in Canada. The former Long Beach gun club president accused of child molestation - AP - 150 people in the North Hollywood Washington Mutual were evacuated by firefighters because of fumes. 11 taken to the hospital - Daily News - NBC is spinning off "Heroes" after just one season - AP - Maypole erected in front of Brentwood girls school - LAT - Researchers discover that the......

Continue Reading "Extra, Extra - Not Yet Banned by the DOD"

January 12, 2007

#36 Strip Club King running for City Council for 7th time. Town will make him King, but not councilman - St. Pete Times #37 Male swim coach accused of videotaping 11-year-old girls undressing in his office. And yes, the accused's name is Kimberly. - TBO.com #38 Mayor of Miami-Dade County criticized for reaching out to Gay community - Miami.com #39 Orlando man says Singles Club women were not hot enough, wants his $1,000 back......

Continue Reading "1001 Reasons LA is better than Florida"

October 2, 2006

Chirac sez that Turkey shouldn't be allowed in the EU unless it admits to killing 1.5 million Armenians back in the day. - LA Daily News Dude who got mugged for $20,000 after leaving Washington Mutual in Palmdale blames new bank design. - LAT UCLA scientist gets $3.8 million to study a radical new approach to pinpoint schizophrenia. For $380 we would have just given them our Little Black Book. - CBS2 "Open Season"......

Continue Reading "AM News: Turkeys, Blamers, $38 million"

September 1, 2006

Assuming you couldn't find street parking... That's the Washington Mutual at Sunset and Vine: a $4 parking lot adjacent to about three $10 ones to the north of it. 3 extra minutes of walking to The Pantages, Avalon, Basque or wherever equals $6 saved. So why is it always empty?......

Continue Reading "Sunset & Vine: Why does no one park here?"

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