Tessa Stuart

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Who Is Pussy Riot, and Why Do So Many Western Musicians Care?

Tessa Stuart
The moment political causes officially reach critical mass is the same moment a banner espousing that cause is draped over a VW bus -- like the one we saw parked on Sunset Boulevard recently, demanding the Russian government "FREE PUSSY RIOT." To review: three members of the Russian punk group......
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L.A. Is Now Treating Scalpers Like Gang Members

Tessa Stuart
That guy with the cardboard sign yelling "Tickets!" is on par with a gangbanger. At least that's the message City Attorney Carmen Trutanich sent with an announcement yesterday that Los Angeles will institute the nation's first-ever scalper injunction. What that means is that "known scalpers" -- 17 of them in......
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Village Trailer Park Closure Decision Postponed

Tessa Stuart
See also: A Santa Monica Trailer Park -- and Its Senior Residents -- Face Off With Fancy New Development. After hearing from an estimated 70 members of the public during a grueling six hour meeting, the Santa Monica City Council adjourned Tuesday night without any kind of resolution on the......
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Best Typo Ever Runs A-1 in the Los Angeles Times

Tessa Stuart
Updated with explanation from Assistant Managing Editor for Copy Desks, Library and Standards Henry Fuhrmann. The Los Angeles Times has an excellent story in A-1 today about a legendary Las Vegas sheriff. 85-year-old Ralph Lamb, "The Cowboy Sheriff," John M. Glionna writes, was once the most powerful man in Nevada--feared......
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Steve Nash Welcomed to Los Angeles With Freeway Beer: VIDEO

Tessa Stuart
Lakers management officially welcomed Steve Nash to Los Angeles on Wednesday with a purple and gold jersey and a press conference. The city's bros have now welcomed him in their own way--with a Keystone Light roadie. On Friday evening, a car full of bros were on their way to the......
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Demand Media Takes Over MTV Building In Santa Monica

Tessa Stuart
See also: Demand Media, eHow Factory in Santa Monica, Already Worth $1.9 Billion: Retarded Web Searches Prevail and A Santa Monica Trailer Park -- and Its Senior Residents -- Face Off With Fancy New Development. Demand Media--parent to content farm eHow.com and listicle machine Cracked.com--announced a deal to move its......