Times unveils top 25 L.A.-centric films from past 25 years. What did they miss?

Besides the glaring absence of “Grand Canyon,” and a few others based an apparent rule disallowing more than one film per director, the LA Times has put together a solid selection of films highlighting Los Angeles.
I can’t argue…

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No parking for you!

No parking for you!, originally uploaded by markland.

The signs say Monday to Friday, but they just appeared this (Wednesday) morning, without warning, along both sides of the street in front of my pad on El Cerrito Place.
I suspect it has…

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Tar Pit white board FAQ

Pit 91 FAQ, originally uploaded by M.V. Jantzen.

In a couple hundred thousand years, I wonder if advanced lifeforms will be enearthing the remains of today’s Angelenos, with their ornamental Bluetooth headsets, smoke belching leaf blowers,…

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New to the blogroll: Foothill Cities interviews Carol Liu; Jose Huizar gets Street Hassled; Bayne of Blogs

Some double duty here as I call out some quality blog content while introducing the blogs to the California Faultline blogroll…
The anonymous Centinel at the Foothill Cities blog interviews 21st District senatorial candidate Carol Liu as if she&#…

Los Angeles officially asks U.S. Gov’t to respect its pot laws

Last week, the L.A. City Council passed what will likely be another symbolic local measure, this time asking the Federal government to respect California’s “compassionate” medical marijuana laws, “and to return all assets seized…

DIY Community Improvement in Sherman Oaks

Zach at LAist writes:
Meet the future location of Studio Oaks Park where a grassroots effort is the only way this strip of unusable, rat-infested land will become a park. In Los Angeles, if you really want to get something done, you’ve got to tak…

Clinton: “I was pinned down by sniper fire” on way into NBC’s Burbank studios

After the New York Senator took a seat next to Jay Leno on the Tonight Show set (airing tonight) she said, “It is so great to be here, I was so worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was pinned down by sniper fire.” [via My Way News]
Wh…

Air America host suspended for calling Clinton a prostitute

Liberal radio host Randi Rhodes was suspended for using “abusive, ad hominem language” criticizing Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro at a San Francisco event two weeks ago. [via  The Caucus blog at New York Times]
Watch:

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Alternative media wins big against City of L.A., big media

This morning, Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor went to the Los Angeles Superior Court after allegedly being tipped off by the Dept. of Building and Safety that the LA Weekly was seeking a list of all legal and illegal billboards they had permitted. The me…

LA City Council: Should murder be banned?

Yesterday, on April Fool’s Day no less, the LA City Council debated whether or not they should issue a declaration banning murder and violence for 40 hours.
After a 45-minute debate, the council reworked its resolution, saying the city’s op…

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