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Student Recovery Day LA

Today is Student Recovery Day, which means the LA Unified School District will hit the streets looking for dropouts and attempt convince them to go back to school.
From ABClocal:
Hundreds of district officials, from Superintendent Ramon Cortines to lower officials, will hit the streets to find dropouts and convince them to return to class.
“We’re going to [...]

Mayor Villaraigosa ignores his own lawn watering rules

The grass IS always greener after all.  NBC LA investigative reporter Joel Grover confronts Mayor Villaraigosa and ask him why he’s violating his own lawn watering laws.
*update 8/27/75 - this video was mysteriously removed from NBC LA, what’s up folks?

#MyIdea4CA - Fix California by using Twitter

These aren’t easy times for Californians, and in not-so-easy times it’s easy to feel frustrated with the way political issues are handled.   “Well just hold on there for a second young buck” says the Twitter-savvy Governator (he didn’t say that), “I’m open to hearing your ideas on how to fix CA!  Send your ideas to [...]

Miss California 2009, not that cool with gay marriage.

Open Letter to Mayor Villaraigosa - Franne Fox

The following open letter was left as a comment on our Lafayette Park Skate Park post, but I thought I’d call it out here.
By Franne Fox
I heard through the grapevine that there is a possibility that the LA Parks and Recreation will not be having a summer camp this season. I understand that right now [...]