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- In light of the additional budget cuts to state parks, the California Parks Foundation is already asking the public to send letters to state politicians. It takes a second to do on this webpage.
- Los Angeles had its first beer float showdown last weekend and no surprise here, Golden State in partnership with Scoops won.
- Let the trend continue! Now the folks behind Kogi BBQ are exploring the possibility of becoming consultants for other mobile food vendors.
- Good news for Los Angeles journalism, HuffPost Local: Los Angeles is revving up to launch and they are looking for a local editor.
- If you act like a dick at city council meetings, you might get banned under a new policy approved today by the Los Angeles City Council.
- Two restaurants close their doors: Murano in West Hollywood and Ma Petit Bakery & Cafe in downtown.
- Funding to fix the sluice gates in the Venice Canals has been approved and the city has 90 days to finish the project.
- "Urban visionary James Rojas captures the energy of L.A.'s transient Chinatown environment in his exhibit Re-imagining Chinatown: An Interactive Planning Process" at the Fifth Floor Gallery in none other than Chinatown.
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