OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says the city would try to prevent future shutdowns at the port if port officials picked up the $1.5 million tab for the hundreds of police officers that would be needed. Quan also told the Chronicle that the city would probably not be able to prevent port closures anyway since a handful of protesters could sneak around police lines. Anti-Wall Street protesters blocked longshoremen from reporting to work for nearly 24 hours on Dec 12, shutting down much of the port. Police mostly stood back during the demonstration. Excerpt from: Oakland Mayor Warns Port Shutdowns Will Be Hard To Prevent
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Los Angeles — Alonso Duralde wrote a book on Christmas movies called “Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas.” So whom better to turn to this week? Only Duralde – a film critic for the Wrap and my co-host on the YouTube review show “What the Flick?!” – did it with a twist. View original post here: Does it really seem like Christmas? 5 films to try
Vanessa Hudgens Goes Shopping In Beverly Hills December 21, 2011
Vanessa Hudgens was seen doing some holiday shopping without her boyfriend Austin Butler on December 21, 2011. Read the original: Vanessa Hudgens Goes Shopping In Beverly Hills December 21, 2011
Paul Stanley Talks To The Wall Street Journal About Secret Of Kiss’ Success
Almost 40 years later, what’s the secret sauce behind KISS ? The Wall Street Journal set out to answer this and many other questions when they sent a reporter from New York City to visit KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley ‘s home and art studio in Beverly Hills, California. Here is the original post: Paul Stanley Talks To The Wall Street Journal About Secret Of Kiss’ Success
How Happy Are We When It Comes to the Weather?
Does the weather where people in the U.S. and around the globe live make them happy? That’s what an iPhone weather app’s “Happiness Index” seeks to determine. Weathermob has taken how users feel about the weather win their city and ranked the findings from most to least happy. more › Read more here: How Happy Are We When It Comes to the Weather?
Rose Parade Welcomes Its First-Ever AIDS Float, Dedicated To Elizabeth Taylor
Pasadena’s 2012 Tournament of Roses will feature its first-ever Rose Parade float dedicated to HIV/AIDS awareness. The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) announced today that it will dedicate its float to actress Elizabeth Taylor for her “nearly three-decade-long advocacy and compassion on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS.” more › More: Rose Parade Welcomes Its First-Ever AIDS Float, Dedicated To Elizabeth Taylor
Porn Star Asks: ‘Am I Fit to Be Around School Children?’
When Grey got asked onto the View to discuss her reading-to-first-graders scandal, we asked what we all were so afraid of . In the same vein, adult actress Aurora Snow asks whether her work in porn should completely disqualify her from ever working with young school children. more › See original here: Porn Star Asks: ‘Am I Fit to Be Around School Children?’
Sponsored Post: "Luck Be a Lady" with CÎROC
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