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The Los Angeles Times reported on 11/29/2004 that a carjacking occurred in North Hills on Sunday night. Police searched today for two men who carjacked a car in North Hills, leaving one man dead and two others hurt. The men on Sunday night approached a Toyota Camry that had pulled to the side of Sepulveda Boulevard, near Chase Street, because one of the occupants felt ill, Detective Gary Barthelmess said. LAist hopes it's not...

LAist shed a big fat tear of pity for Los Angeles Times writer Lynell George who was probably forced at gun point to write today's oh-so-lame story, "What is hip?" So, like a dutiful hostage corporate soldier, she interviews both John Leland about his new book Hip: The History and Laren Stover who has recently authored Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge, which tracks the lifestyle. The story yields nothing...

As noted in LAObserved.com yesterday, the Los Angeles Times published a story this weekend about Los Angeles mayoral candidates wooing various financial backers for support. Candidates are going to need full coffers in order to pay for the heavy TV advertising necessary to compete in this spring's election. Reporter Michael Finnegan wrote: The top contenders for mayor of Los Angeles have jostled for months to make a favorable impression on Eric Bauman. Four have...

The Los Angeles Times posted a story on 11/29/2004 about USC's efforts to recruit students from around the globe. Aided by strong recruiting and an international base of fiercely loyal alumni, USC for the third year in a row is the nation's leader in enrolling foreign students, according to a recent survey. More than 6,600 were enrolled at the Los Angeles school in the last academic year, significantly more than those next on the...

Lots to do in SoCal in the coming week: We're hoping to take the Metrolink to Pitzer college on Wednesday, December 1st at 6 PM for a free screening of "Afro Punk," a 66-minute documentary, which explores race identity within the punk scene. The director, James Spooner, will be in attendance. Venue: Pitzer College--Avery Auditorium 1050 N. Mills Avenue 909 - 607 - 3633 Time: 6pm The 2nd West Coast Conference of the New...

WeHo Ages!

The Los Angeles Times profiled a group of urban cyclist in "Blazing Trails to Urban Freedom" in the Calendar section on November 27, 2004. Reporter John Balzar even joined Ben Guzman, Jimmy Lizama and others for a midmorning ride one Sunday. Guzman and Lizama have opened a community workshop called the Bicycle Kitchen in an empty apartment off of Vermont Boulevard, not far from the 101 freeway. We're excited to learn that there's a...

The November issue of In Style includes a feature called "Hollywood's Cool List." In addition to predictable plugs for impossibly posh services offered by the likes of Time and Place Homes, which rents luxury vacation properties, or high-end T shirts by Landes Daily at Fred Segal Fun, the magazine cites Cooks Library bookstore on Third Street as the place stars head to "when they want to be creative in the kitchen." Founded by a...

Alone the Long Beach or Los Angeles ports would be the largest in the U.S. Together, they handle more than 1 million cruise passengers and $200 billion in trade annually, including half the petroleum products used in the Western U.S.

LAist did a double-take while scanning the seafood counter at Whole Foods on Fairfax last night. Crab was in season and the store signs offered the treat at $5.99 a pound, which is pretty good considering how overpriced items are in that store. That means it's CRAB SEASON! This 11/20/2004 Daily News article "Hectic crab season is depressing early prices" confirms the obvious: The season-opening fishing frenzy for the much-desired delicacy causes a glut...