Tessa Stuart

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Street Closures and Viewing Areas

Tessa Stuart
After months of preparations--tree cutting, power line lifting, street sign removing--the day is finally upon us. The space shuttle Endeavour left LAX on its final mission to Exposition Park late last night. And it's traveled a few dozen feet so far. There will be rolling street closures to accomodate the......
Moving the space shuttle could be a real Challenger.; Credit: NOAA Photo Library

Five Space Shuttle Endeavour Disaster Scenarios

Tessa Stuart
The Endeavour is scheduled to begin its excruciatingly slow steamroll through South Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon... but the move will likely be delayed if rain remains in the forecast. (The space shuttle's fragile tiles absorb water like little sponges, adding to the shuttle's already considerable 170,000-pound weight.) That's just as......
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CicLAvia Road Closures Hit Downtown, Chinatown on Sunday, Oct. 7

Tessa Stuart
CicLaVia is rolling through the streets of Los Angeles once again this weekend--but not the same streets it usually rolls through. The bicycling block party has new route connecting MacArthur Park in Westlake with Exposition Park near USC, Downtown's newly-opened Grand Park, Chinatown and Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. And......
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Study: Close-Up Profile Pic is Ruining Your Game

Tessa Stuart
You might be losing Facebook friends and alienating potential OK Cupid matches based solely on the distance of your face from the camera in photos. Scientists at Cal Tech have found that people judge the subjects of photographs to be less trustworthy, less attractive and less competent in close-up shots......

Endeavour's Tree-Killing Debut

Tessa Stuart
"Moving the Endeavour will be a marvel of wonder and ingenuity," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said at an August press conference, where it was announced that some 212 traffic signals and streetlights would be dismantled to accommodate the shuttle's slow crawl through South L.A. to its new home at the California......
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Theodore Rowan, 72, Falls to Death at Pacific Design Center

Tessa Stuart
An opening event yesterday evening at the Pacific Design Center was interrupted by apparent suicide. Theodore Edward Rowan, 72, was a resident of West Hollywood, says Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Witnesses say Rowan fell to his death at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the midst of......
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How to Grow Weed in Los Angeles If Dispensaries Go Away

Tessa Stuart
See Also: Medical Weed's Stay of Execution in L.A. Inside 420 W. Pico Ave. in downtown L.A., patients can pick their treatment from a menu; the strains of marijuana have names like "skittles," "sour diesel" and "sucker punch." The main attraction at Kush Connection, though, is "Master Yoda" -- known......