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February 2, 2010
Anti-billboard "renegade sign bandit" speaks about the fools at Fuel Outdoor
Editor's note: Our colleague at laist.com, Zach Behrens, published a post on January 29 about "renegade sign bandits" -- so dubbed by a city official after a mystery activist slapped real-looking "illegal sign" warnings adorned with the City of Los Angeles seal onto tacky mini-billboards placed all ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2009
Google's Surface-Street Traffic Maps Debut
LAist's Zach Behrens draws everyone's attention to a new Google Maps traffic feature. Like many mapping and news outfits, Google Maps has a color-coded feature to monitor local freeway speeds. Now, however, GM has launched a program that allows Internet users to get information on the real-time spee ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Cuts Threaten UCLA Arts Library
According to LAist, another library may bite the dust soon, thanks to state budget cuts. This one is no local outpost of the LAPL, however, but UCLA's wonderful Arts Library, located on North Campus. A tipster alerted writer Zach Behrens to both the planned closure and a petition drive t ... More >>
Blogs
August 14, 2009
Villaraigosa Video Spoof Takes Top Billing in Mayor's 'Community Clips'
In city halls and state houses across the country, politicians often have a thing called "clipping" services. It's something that culls all of the headlines from print and digital media -- newspapers and blogs -- in a neat package so, say, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa can quickly get a beat of what's ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2009
L.A.ndmarks: Mapping Local Scenes from '500 Days of Summer'
It was inevitable: A movie that is purportedly as much a love song to L.A. as was Woody Allen's Manhattan to the city of the same name had to produce its own map. And now here it is, courtesy of LAist, which lists and locates 500 Days of Summer's key L.A.-centric landmarks for our viewing and drivin ... More >>
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June 9, 2009
Downtown's Traffic Pedi Cure
Special thanks to LAist's Zach Behrens for flagging Eric Richardson's blogdowntown post delving into the maw of bureaucracy to retrieve a city's good intentions. Of course, L.A.'s streets have been paved with plenty of those over the years. This time the story is about how the city shut down a pair ... More >>
Blogs
March 20, 2009
City Council's Birthday Gift to Scientology
LAist and L.A. Observed are among those questioning why the L.A. City Council, in the depths of an economic sinkhole, voted to waive $3,000 in city fees for the Shrine Auditorium celebration of L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. Zach Behrens quotes from Councilman Bernard Parks' motion: "This annual celebra ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2009
Department of Public Works Answers Critics
A recent LAist post by editor Zach Behrens has apparently caused some soul-searching at the Department of Public Works. Behrens complained about a Kafka-like encounter with the department's bureaucracy, when he attempted to locate an online form so he could report a dumped couch. This, he pointed ou ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2009
How Many PIOs Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?
Don't get Zach Behrens started on the city's public information officers. Those are the go-to officials who, in theory, provide troubled and confused citizens (and journalists) with instant access to information and statistics. Every major department has one -- that guy at the wildfire wearing a fir ... More >>

Blogs

Anti-billboard "renegade sign bandit" speaks about the fools at Fuel Outdoor

Blogs

Google's Surface-Street Traffic Maps Debut

Blogs

Cuts Threaten UCLA Arts Library

Blogs

Villaraigosa Video Spoof Takes Top Billing in Mayor's 'Community Clips'

Blogs

L.A.ndmarks: Mapping Local Scenes from '500 Days of Summer'

Blogs

Downtown's Traffic Pedi Cure

Blogs

City Council's Birthday Gift to Scientology

Blogs

Department of Public Works Answers Critics

Blogs

How Many PIOs Does It Take to Screw in a Light Bulb?

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