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Good morning! Are you ready for breakfast? LAist Featured Photos pool contributor Robbie's Eye Nosh offering might kick-start some cravings. This is the Tortilla de Papas from Local in Silverlake, and the verdict is "Yummy." Simple and pure, right? Well, that seems to be pretty much in line with the Local philosophy. They describe themselves as being "committed to using locally sourced, organic ingredients whenever possible," and use "only recycled and/or 100% biodegradable packaging,"...

Cancel that Sonic Boom heads-up warning for today: NASA has announced that they will not be landing the space shuttle Atlantis here in Southern California at Edwards Air Force Base. The local landing was decided upon when weather conditions in Florida were determined to be less favorable than here, but ultimately the shuttle won't be landing anywhere today, period. NASA is holding off the landing until tomorrow, and prefers Florida's Kennedy Space Center, but...

Photos of Newsom announcing his candidacy on Twitter via Twitpic via Nate Ballard Late yesterday afternoon LA Observed's Kevin Roderick offered up some insight on the recent goings-on in local politics during his KCRW commentary. In addition to taking a look at this week's winners and losers--err, in the context of elections--Roderick took a look at what may or may not be the pop culture litmus test for potential electoral success. Yes, you guessed...

LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia, seen here discussing layoffs at the March 31st Board meeting Following yesterday's walkouts at Santee High School, where hundreds of students marched from their campus to the Downtown headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified District, Board President Monica Garcia has issued a statement. Her emphasis, however, is focused neither on the Board changing their minds about layoffs and budgetary decisions, nor on punishing the students, but rather on using...

With an ailing economy in the era of prolific self-expression via a multitude of platforms, sometimes the best way to be heard is to grab some paper and a pen and put the message up on your own four wheels. This is what one San Fernando Valley resident seems to be fond of doing, as found byLAist Featured Photos pool contributor CookieDuster, who explains the sign-maker's most recent foray into their version of Twittering:...

We may have just wrapped up a Craft Beer Festival and learned we're "ready for craft beer culture," but the brew enthusiasts at HalogenLife aren't totally sold on Los Angeles as being beer-friendly. In fact, in their story spotlighting the nation's 10 best "must try" local beers they preface their L.A. pick by pointing out we aren't "exactly a beer drinkers kind of town."

If you live in an apartment and you don't appreciate your neighbors' cigarette smoke drifting in from common areas into your area, is there anything you can do besides close your window? Or move? In Long Beach, landlords and tenants interested in finding out their options plan to meet this afternoon for the "Smoke Free Apartments Community Forum" hosted by the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services, explains the Press-Telegram.

Photo by jorizaga via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The city of Burbank is ready to make their energy a whole lot greener, the Leader is reporting. There, "construction crews are set to break ground on a $14.9-million Burbank Water and Power project as part of what officials called an aggressive plan to serve as a model of sustainability." Work is expected to begin next month and run through January, resulting in...

Fear not! Or, rather, if you're alarmist, fear! A new case of H1N1, aka Swine Flu, has been logged in LA County. | There was a gruesome discovery early this morning at a Riverside elementary school. | Authorities revealed today that a man committed suicide by hanging Saturday inside the LA County Arboretum.

Students protest against LAUSD this morning. Photo via CutsHurtKids/Twitter Last Friday, protests against the LAUSD began before the school day began. Hundreds of teachers called in sick to work, and many participated, with students and their parents, in gatherings on campuses and outside LAUSD headquarters, despite orders not to. Wearing black to symbolize mourning for the loss of funds and jobs, the protests continued through the day, blocking traffic, shutting down streets, and resulting...

Photo by lady_lbrty via Flickr Plans to build a $1 billion power plant in Carson--touted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as the "cleanest and greenest" in the nation when it was announced in 2006--have just recently been "quietly abandoned," the Contra Costa Times reports, citing "inhospitable" ecological conditions at the proposed site, and "resistance from local environmentalists." The resistance is characterized as a split between groups considered to be "mainstream" environmentalist organizations, and those categorized...

Photo by Jake Dobkin/Gothamist. Gothamist observed the intense reaction to two very different things—a public art project involving knitting and a woman's unfortunate encounter of with a subway pervert. Londonist, feeling distinctly peckish, enjoyed a gourmet breakfast, the "best pizza outside of Italy", a Brick Lane curry and some bathtub-cooked salmon. Phillyist was pleased by the announcement of the colors, logo, and name for Philadelphia's new MLS team: the Union. Shanghaiist brushed our teeth...