“The 1984 project was all about portraying L.A. as a the mural capital of the world, she said. But because of these whitewashing policies from Metro and Caltrans, the city has never lived up to that title — ‘Not by any stretch of the imagination,’ she says. ‘I would say that something like 60% of [...]
Tag: Los Angeles
Defendez les Kittens!
“Reddington says that L.A. has an urgent need for more kitten fosters. Every time someone fosters a litter of kittens, rescues and shelters have room to save more (and euthanize less). “Reddington started her kitten program two years ago, basing it out of the shelters in Baldwin Hills and Downey, which have the highest stray [...]
Transplants cause gentrification
"Rents in Los Angeles are sky-high and they've risen astronomically in the past few years. That's because loads of people want to live here and we've spent decades not building enough housing to keep up with demand. Newbies arrive in L.A. and move into whatever neighborhoods they can afford. Those 'hoods become more desirable so [...]
All of you who say you want more women in tech, well here’s your chance
Twins' Tuition 4 Women's StartUpLab "America and Penelope are first-generation Latina students who are majoring in Computer Science at different schools. Penelope is a student at California State University, Los Angeles. America attends Los Angeles City College. They both were recently accepted to an accelerator program in Silicon Valley known as Women's Startup Lab."
How LA can be one kind of city
"LINCOLN HEIGHTS,Union Pacific's Piggyback Yard sprawls over approximately 125 acres between Mission Road and the L.A. River. The busy rail yard would be transformed into parkland and wetlands next to the L.A. River IF the city manages to raise enough money and the Union Pacific ever decides to sell. Tom Carroll, in his Tom Explores [...]
Droning us out
"Yesterday, as a task force of 125 officers, some riding Snowcats in the rugged terrain, continued their search, it was revealed that Dorner has become the first human target for remotely-controlled airborne drones on US soil." Man hunt for ex-soldier who shot police chief's daughter and killed policeman, Express, February 10, 2013 Even if the [...]
LA Art Book Show this weekend in LA of all places (at the Geffen, yay!)
If you are LA, you might want to go to this: LA Art Book Fair. Here's the LA Times article about it. Opening: Thursday, January 31, 6–9 pm Friday, February 1, 11-5 pm Saturday, February 2, 11 am–6 pm Sunday, February 3, 12 pm–6 pm Oh, and there's a Metro stop across the street from [...]
People of Los Angeles County
Did you know there's a very useful Citizens Guide to (LA) County Services 2012-2013? No? Well, neither did I until I found it at PalosVerdes.com. It's full of useful information, such as the freaking address of the county seat in Norwalk. And, y'know, I could not, to save my life, find that address on the [...]
Sharrows
Photo removed due to cranky comment below that didn't bother to give me a url to linkback for credit. So the photo, which was put here to help everyone, especially LA cyclists, is removed because I just want everyone to be happy no matter how much they hate me. Sigh, I'm used to it. However, [...]
Hooray for Los Angeles! for once
"Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a hard-fought victory to environmentalists and promising to change the way Angelenos do their grocery shopping. "The City Council voted 13 to 1 to phase out plastic bags over the next 16 months at [...]