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Which corners of the world are doing their best to rep at Coachella? The Atlantic’s Richard Florida crunched the numbers and found that Swedes, Brits, Austinites and Angelenos are overrepresented at the festival. more › Link: Where Coachella Acts Come From and What That Says About American Music
A video captures a sheriff’s deputy punching out a woman on a bus in Bellflower. The video shows the woman yelling at deputies, but she doesn’t seem to be violent. One of the deputies punches her in the face, causing her to topple over. more › Read the original post: Video Captures Sheriff’s Deputy Punching Out Woman Who Called Him a ‘Big Shot’
PETA is slamming Dr. Dre for his fox fur-trimmed headphones designed by Oscar de la Renta . more › More here: PETA is Not a Fan of Dr. Dre’s Fox Fur-Trimmed Headphones
Four out of ten Angelenos are more wigged out than they were five years ago. But, hey, at least we are working harder than the rest of the nation to tackle that stress! more › Original post: Survey: Angelenos Work Harder Than Everyone Else at Reducing Stress, But We’re Still Pretty Wigged Out
Luxury travel publication Conde Nast Traveler has boldly gone where thousands of Angelenos go everyday. Because, like, they live there. It’s L.A.’s “alt-cultural and vegetarian epicenter” Echo Park . more › Continue reading here: Ritzy Travel Mag Slums It With Visit to Echo Park
Angelenos apartment hunting on Craigslist became victims of a recent rental scam. More than two dozen renters were ripped off by the con artists, who preyed on suspects seeking inexpensive apartments. Three suspects have been detained. more › Read the rest here: Renters Beware: Craigslist Scam Rips Off Apartment Hunters
One of Angelenos’ biggest grumbles about taking public transit at night is that service is limited, both in frequency and how late the service runs. Now Metro says they are about to launch what they’re calling a “major expansion” of night service on their rail lines. So what kinds of big changes can we expect? more › Read more here: Metro to Launch “Major Expansion” of Night Service on Rail Lines
On Tuesday, November 1, Angelenos can do good just by being kind. Sounds simple, right? It is. And it will bring a happy and healthy Thanksgiving to hundreds of senior citizens. more › Visit link: Be KIND: Help Feed Senior Citizens This Thanksgiving
Turns out that the ” rampture ” isn’t so near after all. Just weeks before the 90-day closure of the Wilshire Boulevard ramps on the 405 freeway, Los Angeles Metro announced Friday that the so-called “rampture” has been postponed until early 2012. According to Metro , construction crews are still addressing some utility work on Sepulveda and Wilshire Boulevard that needs to be completed before the freeway ramps are reconstructed. The Wilshire Boulevard ramps project is the second phase of the plan to add more high-occupancy-vehicle lanes to the 405 freeway. But besides just widening the highway, the improvements will also make the ramps safer by streamlining traffic flow on the interchanges, as well as update them to comply with the latest seismic standards. It follows July’s ” Carmageddon ,” when a large section of the 405 freeway was completely closed down for more than two days. It passed without incident, as Angelenos chose to take some time off from the roads and stick closer to home that weekend. Of course, it’s going to be harder for Westside-bound commuters (including thousands of UCLA students) to exercise the same restraint for 90 days straight, which is why the “rampture” postponement is a relief — but a short-lived one. Image by Los Angeles Metro via county supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky . Read this article: ‘Rampture’ Postponed, Angelenos Can Breathe Easy
