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FALL SWEEPS: A Street Sweeping and Parking Enforcement Investigation

By Matt Schrader

An investigation into the City of Los Angeles’s street cleaning double standard: failure to sweep streets on the designated days but strict enforcement of cars parked along them. The research revealed widespread governmental miscommunication — allowing the City to rake in millions of dollars every month — and oftentimes from batch, “sweeping” ticketings along streets that were never swept.

Research on this story began on August 28, 2009.

Copyright © Matt Schrader, 2009.
mdschrad@gmail.com

This is why you should go to the library

bathroom-hidden-cameraFrom the Associated Press:

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — A 28-year-old clerk at a Christian bookstore in Simi Valley has been arrested on charges of peeping at customers in the restroom with a video camera. Police said the man was cited and released on suspicion of peeping by means of an electronic device Sunday after a customer spotted the device hidden among boxes in the corner of the bathroom of the Family Christian Book Store.

The 40-year-old woman and her husband called police to report the suspiciously placed camera.

Sgt. Dwight Thompson said the recording shows the suspect hiding the video camera in the bathroom because it was taping as he positioned it.

Thompson says investigators believe the incident was isolated because the victim and the suspect are the only people seen on the video.

How to embed video in Google Wave

embed-video-google-waveClick on the “insert link” button on the wave toolbar.  Paste/type the link into the “link” section and press okay.  Then click on the light bulb that appears to the right of the link and select embed.  Voila!

This was frustrating me so I figured I’d offer up an answer when I finally found it.

Demon City @ Das Bunker this Friday

das-bunkerThe famous Das Bunker industrial disco tech is celebrating the nightmare before Halloween this year by transforming into Demon City. It promises to be all chills with roving photographers, horror themed lounges, air brush artist, treats by their own Das Baker, and a special midnight performance by Combichrist.

..and that’s just the things they’re willing to share.  Costumes are encouraged but not required.
join us Friday October 30th tickets on sale now at www.groovetickets.com and in person Friday.

Das Bunker
@ Jewel’s Catch One
4067 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90019
18+, Full Bar w/21+ ID

http://www.dasbunker.org
http://www.myspace.com/dasbunker
http://www.twitter.com/dasbunker
(and find us on Facebook!)

Outdoor ice skating in Monica @ ICE

ice_skating-santa-monicaICE At Santa Monica Opens Their Outdoor Ice Skating Rink To Families today at 4pm

Coinciding with the release of the Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs Blu-ray disc and DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Tallest Ice Sculpture at the opening of the ice skating rink, ICE at Santa Monica.  The sculpture will be built by 14 skilled sculptors from Ice Bulb LLC over a 4-day period on the ice rink at the ICE at Santa Monica. A Guinness World Records™ adjudicator will be present to oversee the attempt.

Tuesday, October 27, final Scrat sculpture to be unveiled at 4:00pm
ICE at Santa Monica
1324 5th Street (at Arizona Avenue)
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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