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May 8, 2008
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- Commuters who take Sunset Blvd. through West LA, beware of extra traffic tonight: a fatal motorcycle crash in the 11500 block will shut down the street between the 405 onramp and Barrington.
- LA Now also reminds us of a happy fact: it's jacaranda season!
- A 90-year-old woman was found dead of physical trauma inside her house in Altadena, where a fire had burned out two of the rooms. The woman's death was unrelated to the fire, so authorities are scratching their heads to determine why the woman died.
- 375 miles of wilderness in the Tehachapi Mountains will be preserved in new conservation efforts spearheaded by the governor and organizations such as the Sierra Club.
- Hit and run: literally. A woman crashed her SUV into a truck on the southbound 110 earlier today -- and just got out and ran away!
- Another toddler seized by a coyote in Lake Arrowhead this week. There's got to be a movie plot in here somewhere. (The coyote released the child when her mother began to run after it.)
- Will the city ever reach a happy compromise on the 101-405 improvement project? Modifications to one of the country's busiest interchanges may severely affect a nearby wildlife refuge.
- You know you want to read it: Jonathan Gold's take on the, um, controversial new Father's Office location.
Metro is looking into connecting the three light rail lines that hit downtown -- Gold, Blue and the soon-to-be Expo -- so that one day, a commuter may be able to travel from Long Beach to Pasadena or from East LA to Culver City -- all without transferring.
Eric Richardon from blogdowntown reports that the two alternatives that Metro is currently looking into differ in cost by only $150 million. That's surprising considering one is undeground and one is at-grade at street level.
With all the talk of a streetcar coming to the neighborhood plus the effects of a light rail snaking through downtown, underground seems to be the choice of most people. Add in the fact that 48 trains per hour will use the Connector during peak times, according to Richardson.
Related: Speaking of streetcars, how about one for the NoHo Arts District?
Photo by Fred Camino of MetroRiderLA
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May 8, 2008
There are two more meetings left (one tonight, one on Monday) for the third round of public meetings with Metro regarding the Westside Extension, often noted as the "subway to the sea." At the last set of meetings, 17 alternatives were proposed which have been honed down to five alternatives being presented this week. What survived was underground heavy rail and one robust rapid bus system. What didn't was at grade trains and aerial transit....
Continue Reading "Getting Closer to the Westside: Subway, Bus, Aerial, Nothing?"
Taken on outside of Intelligentsia in Silver Lake on Sunset Blvd. | Photo by LAist News Editor Andy Sternberg What's the update on these? From the Department of Transportation (.pdf): In Spring of 2008, LADOT will begin to replace an additional 5,000 on-street parking meters with advance technology single space meters and multi-space Park and Pay Stations in locations throughout the City. Each parking space will have a designated number and the customer only...
Continue Reading "Found in LA: The Future of Parking"
Bye-bye Robert Redford - Sundance Channel is being bought by Cablevision. Why "bye-bye"? Because even though Redford will remain "involved", he will not have an ownership stake and without ownership Redford will essentially be a figurehead. Hey, you thought you could move to a Caribbean island and join a start-up engaging in shady media practices like Valence Media's TorrentSpy and think you could get away with it indefinitely? TorrentSpy was one of those "we don't...
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A grand jury report released today (.pdf) said that Orange County patrons of food institutions are hardly notified of the conditions inside the restaurant. Unlike Los Angeles County where A-B-C grades are posted in the front window, Orange County restaurants only have to display placards saying they are either "in substantial compliance" with food-safety standards, or awaiting a re-inspection, according to the OC Register. The report says that the public is "almost universally unaware" of...
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Thursday While at today's Downtown Art Walk, check out the fabulous retro imagery of Melissa Sims in Neon Vacation at M.J Higgins. Crediting her inspiration to Doris Day and Elvis movies & the golden age of TV; this exhibit will be a fun Technicolor time capsule! Runs thru June 8th. Opening reception tonight from 6-9 p.m. M.J Higgins Fine Art & Furnishings 400 S. Main Street, Suite 103 (enter on 4th-east of Main) 213.617.1700 www.mjhiggins.com...
Continue Reading "Art Openings: Neon Vacation, Sock Monkeys & Dreamland"Tom Waits will kick off his 13-date tour in June at The Orpheum... in Phoenix. Sorry Los Angeles, no luck this time. At least the press conference was great....
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Newspapers, like the LA Times, will be very very different in a few years. Hear it from the Times' editor in chief tonight. / Photo by Omar Omar via flickr. BENEFIT* Buy a date for a great cause. Team in Training's Westside Marathon & Triathlon Teams are hosting a "bachelor auction" tonight to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Check the beefcake at www.bachelorforbid.com. How can you resist such descriptions like: "Joel is a...
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Over at B's Wonton Noodle House in Chinatown, LAist Featured Photos contributor ~db~ has a dilemma. "There are still literally dozens of soups I haven't tried at B's, yet the BBQ pork wonton is so incredibly good, I don't know if I'll ever get to the others... I think all this cost about 5 bucks. I could barely finish it, but of course I did." Submit your Eye Nosh food 'porn' photos and mini-reviews...
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Photo by ^riza^ via Flickr As the week comes to the end, hard choices need to be made for tomorrow night. Death To Anders and other great bands play at The Scene in Glendale before new management possibly change that club forever (more info about this concert here in an LAist Feature). Over at The Redwood Bar, The Gray Kid makes an appearance before brunch service begins the next day (does that mean people...
Continue Reading "Tonight in Rock: Tapes 'n Tapes"