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The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Sues City of LA

December 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Barrett S Litt, Michael Rapkin, Scott Rapkin, Susan Millmann and Carol A. Sobel have filed a Civil Rights complaint against the City of Los Angeles on behalf of Plaintiffs Cheyenne Desertrain, Steve Jacobs-Elstein, Bradford Eckhart, Patricia Warivonchik, Leroy Butler, William Cagle and Terry Hendrickson. Click here to download [...]

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OVO Signed By Mayor. Signs Up in 2-3 Weeks

December 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

Click here for the pdf files. Mayor Villaraigosa has signed the Oversize Vehicle Urgency Ordinance and transmitted the file to City Clerk. The Ordinance is effective as of November 30, 2010. If your block has signed the forms, you can expect to see signs go up in two to three weeks. THE PEOPLE OF THE [...]

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Dead Body Found in Van on Rose

December 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Official details have not been released, but at approximately 1pm the County Coroner was called to Rose Ave to remove a body that was found inside of a parked van. Initial reports are that the deceased lived inside of the vehicle. RIP. More information to follow when we get it. Updated: We now have news [...]

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Streets of Venice First Fridays: Rumormongering

December 1st, 2010 · 4 Comments

As posted before, the Abbot Kinney Merchants Committee has pulled parking permits with the city to essentially “uninvite” the “Nouveau” Food Trucks from the party that they created, “First Fridays”. A small handful of people and food trucks are calling for a boycott of First Fridays, but what is more interesting is some of the [...]

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Happy Chanukah, Yo!

December 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Chanukah starts today! Happy Chanukah! From Chabad.com: Chanukah in a Nutshell: Chanukah — the eight-day festival of light that begins on the eve of the 25th of the Jewish month of Kislev — celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. Join the forum discussion on this post

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