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March 9, 2008

Photo by tom.julio via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr TALK Throw on a hoodie and some comfy pants and head out now to make the 2 p.m. start of the Radical Women's International Women’s Day Celebration talk called "Art, Media & Revolution – Three Feminist Visionaries Speak Out." Panelists include artist Susana De Leon, poet Ashley Love, and journalist Amanda Rossi. If getting in touch with your inner grrrrrl makes you hungry,......

Continue Reading "Pencil This In: Sunday"

May 4, 2007

Across from the Sony lot, on West Washington Blvd, lies the unassuming little hole-in-the-wall that is Victor Jr.’s. It is easy to miss, but I urge you not to because it is home to some of the best pizza and Italian subs I have had in Los Angeles. It’s not a secret either--between twelve and two on weekdays the place is packed with busy Hollywood types from Sony who are just dying for a treat.......

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December 21, 2006

Have you seen Santa trying to cross the street this holiday season? Did you yield to him or were you naughty? Those who are bad are getting tickets in the LAPD's Santa Claus Crosswalk Enforcement Detail. You may have also seen a rise in DUI Sobriety Checkpoints, and heard of the free MTA riding this Christmas and New Year's. It's been a busy week for the LAPD and here is some blotter info: A 20-year......

Continue Reading "Crime Blotter: Murders, Road Rage & Cockfighting"

August 13, 2006

by Kevin McCollister I spent yesterday morning surrounded by people who were dead before I was born. At the corner of Normandie and West Washington is the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery. Founded in 1884, it's a "Who Was Who" of Los Angeles since the beginning and is therefore where many mayors, prizefighters and at least one mass murderer can be found. It also has several rows (above) of young men buried with no families, no wives;......

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