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If your idea of a fun hiking trip involves maximum view for minimal effort, the site of the former Topanga Fire Lookout is a good destination. A quick walk on a fire road provides views of the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Gabriels, the Simi Hills, the Palos Verdes Peninsula, downtown L.A., the Santa Ana Mountains and San Gorgonio Mountain. more › Read more from the original source: The Old Topanga Fire Lookout: Minimal Hiking Effort for Maximum View
A wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service is in effect for the Los Angeles area through 3 p.m. Friday. Winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 35 mph were expected throughout the afternoon. Some isolated gusts up to 40 mph are possible. Use caution when driving high-profile vehicles through the hills. From the official Beverly Hills Facebook page : Beverly Hills residents are advised that current and expected weather conditions have created a severe fire danger in the northern section of the city designated as a ” Very High Hazard Severity Zone .” The Beverly Hills Fire Department has activated the city’s ” Red Flag ” program and will continue to monitor the situation. Additionally, parking has been restricted along predetermined streets north of Sunset Boulevard due to the extreme fire weather conditions: • Calle Vista Drive • Schuyler Road • La Altura Road • El Retiro Way • Miradero Road Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook . Go here to see the original: Fire Danger Issued North of Sunset Blvd.
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Smokers, take heed: the UC system is banning smoking and chewing tobacco on all ten of its campuses altogether starting in 2014. The ban, reports the San Francisco Chronicle , is intended to reduce students’ and faculty’s exposure to second-hand smoke, but it’s also to reduce the number of kids who take up smoking in college. more › The rest is here: Enjoy That Cigarette While You Can: UC Campuses to Ban Tobacco Products in 2014
Burbank’s Bob Hope Airport is losing a major airline. American Airlines announced today they are ceasing operation in and out of BUR, though the decision does not stem from the financially troubled company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, but rather just “normal business changes.” more › Read more from the original source: American Airlines Taking Off From Bob Hope Airport For Good
Downtown drivers, prepare for a few obstacles this morning. A Philadelphia-based healthcare reform group will march and rally starting at 11am to “Occupy Anthem Blue Cross.” Healthcare-Now!, a volunteer group organizing for a national single-taxpayer healthcare system, will march in support of SB 810, a Sacramento bill dubbed the California Universal Healthcare Act. more › See the article here: Activists To March, Rally & ‘Occupy Anthem Blue Cross’ In Downtown L.A.
High school senior says photo “captures her true personality.” Read this article: Sydney Spies Yearbook Pic: School Says Too Sexy
This year the pageant’s recruiters have successfully encouraged a radically different sort of contestant to compete: out-and-proud lesbians who seem to care less about winning a beauty contest and more about being a strong role model for the LGBT community. more › View post: Miss California Recruiters Encouraged Two Out-and-Proud SoCal Women to Become Pageant’s First Lesbians
Actor Brad Pitt arrives at the premiere of Columbia Pictures’ ” Moneyball ” at the Paramount Theatre of the Arts on September 19, 2011 in Oakland, California . Read more: Pitt hurts knee
Wind gusts could hit 60 mph in some areas. Authorities say cars parked in fire-prone areas that block access to firefighting efforts could be ticketed. View original post here: Winds Prompt Brush Fire Fears
