64 Worst’s Sweet 16: Gang Violence vs. People Talking On Cell Phones While Driving

From the LAPD’s website:
During the last five years, there were over 23,000 verified violent gang crimes in the City of Los Angeles. These include 784 homicides, nearly 12,000 felony assaults, approximately 10,000 robberies and just under 500…
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64 Worst’s Sweet 16: LAUSD vs. No Metro Service to Dodger Stadium

Whether you blame it on the Dodger owners or the City of Los Angeles, the incredibly poor effort at providing reasonable mass transportation options up the the stadium is a black eye on the city. Last year the stadium boasted a new…

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Assemblyman proposes stiff increase of porn tax

As State Senator Jack Scott (D-Alta Dena) floats increases on sales, property, and other taxes to help adjust for the state deficit, Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-City of Industry) is proposing the ultimate of sin taxes: an increased 8% tax on…

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64 Worst’s Sweet 16: People Who Don’t Pick Up Their Dog’s Poop vs. Hipsters

Before we begin voting on which of the 16 worst things about L.A. will make it the quarterfinals, let’s take a peek at some of what has been eliminated from being the very worst thing about Los Angeles:  the paparazzi, the cost of rent, the…

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Freeway Bloggers vs. LAPD

As much as it pains me to do so, I find myself at the defense of a group of 9/11 Truthers - you know, those people who don’t buy that radical Islamic terrorists were responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center.
On April 11th, a…

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More driving laws? No pets on your lap!

As of July 1st, California drivers will no longer be able to talk on their cell phones without a handsfree device, and, more notoriously, smoking won’t be allowed inside a vehicle when a minor is present.
Now Assemblyman Bill Maze (R-Barstow)…
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HuffPo’s Top 10 celebrity Obama and Clinton supporters…

There’s no mistaking some sort of bias on the side of the Huffington Post editorial staff over the Democratic Presidential candidates. As evidence, take a peek at their top 10 lists of celebrity supporters for Barack Obama and Hillary…

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CNN’s troubled weekend

CNN’s PR folks are doubtlessly having a crazy weekend.
Richard Quest, their British “man on the street” reporter, was caught in New York’s Central Park at 3:40am Saturday morning with meth in his pocket, “a rope around…
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Politics at the LA Times Festival of Books

Whether you’re a political or news junkie, the LA Times Festival of Books is your Woodstock. Or Burning Man. Or pick some other drug, sex and rock n roll infused carnival that beats my own sloppy reference.
Fact of the matter is, whether or…

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By Dawn’s Early Light - April 18, 1953

Fifty five years ago today, the pre-dawn eastern sky was lit up as the glow from an A Bomb test in Arizona reached all the way Los Angeles. I wonder if it was creepier in 1957 than the idea of it is today in a post-9/11 world.
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