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Sean, Xeni and Koga Investigate MPAA Cameras

By Eric Richardson — June 07, 2005
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blogging.la and Wired News both cover the MPAA-funded cameras in the fashion district today. They set out to find the locations of the four cameras currently in operation, and return with plenty of pictures and evidence that the presence of the cameras is having little effect on movie sales. From blogging.la: Nothing like a photo shoot to prove the cameras...


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First Meeting of Red Car Board

By Eric Richardson — June 06, 2005
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The first meeting of the reinvigorated LA Red Car Advisory Board was tonight. I was asked to participate as a residential / student voice, so I’ll try to keep people up to date on the issues that could affect those stakeholder groups as the process goes along. This Board will be interacting with the IBI Group, the consultants doing the CRA’s feasibility...


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Angry Loft Residents Hurling Things?

By Eric Richardson — June 06, 2005
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The helicoptor that you can barely see in this thumbnail was circling in the vicinity of the library for twenty minutes or so Saturday night as I was waiting outside McCormick and Schmick’s to meet the town criers for dinner. It kept circling very low, and I was having a hard time making out what was going on. When the first criers arrived they said they...


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Town Crier Competition

By Eric Richardson — June 05, 2005

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The first Los Angeles Town Crier Competition happened this weekend. The brainchild of Los Angeles Town Crier Don Garza, the competition was sponsored by several local organizations, including the 9th Council District and DLANC. We had six criers participate, from California, Washington, and Canada. It was a great time, and I really look forward to the next time...


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Cornfield Complaints on the PR Wire

By Eric Richardson — June 02, 2005

A couple months ago there was news about an art project using a portion of the land in the future Cornfield park as a – well, a corn field. Some people aren’t happy about that, and today there’s a fun press release on the free news wires. It’s titled ”Community Duped By Annenberg Foundation, State Parks Promise to Be Inclusive States...


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LAT Calendar Takes a Look at the Blue Bongo

By Eric Richardson — June 01, 2005

There’s a fun piece on Little Pedro’s in the LA Times calendar section today. Getting capricious clubgoers to frequent a place with a dubious past (and one off the beaten path, no less) without totally remodeling it or establishing a whole new identity is nearly impossible. But Little Pedro’s is not only doing it, it’s doing it with...


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MPAA Cameras in the Fashion District

By Eric Richardson — June 01, 2005

The new MPAA-funded cameras in the Fashion District are up now. I enjoyed a quote from this article on p2pnet: “The MPAA is delighted to assist the fine and dedicated efforts of Los Angeles law enforcement officials in catching people selling illegal DVDs,” said MPAA mouthpiece John G. Malcolm. “It is our pleasure to assist them with these...


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DLANC Special Election Results

By Eric Richardson — May 31, 2005
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Jim did indeed beat me to the punch, posting details from tonight’s DLANC special election for Area-Wide Resident. j. russell brown won the special election for a new at-large representative to the downtown los angeles neighborhood council with 16 votes to run-off runner-up david poffenberger’s 14. there was one abstention in the run-off –...


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Last Chance for DLANC Special Election

By Eric Richardson — May 31, 2005

Just a quick reminder that the DLANC Special Election to fill the Area-wide Resident seat is tonight, at the Los Angeles Theatre on Broadway. Registration begins at 6:30pm, and the vote will happen at 7:30.


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NBC on Downtown Animal Sales

By Eric Richardson — May 31, 2005

NBC4 has a story (with images and video) online today about illegal animal sales Downtown. But there’s also a big business illegal going on in selling live animals on the street. Parakeets by the thousand have been sold this year, reported Kriegel. Little iguanas that will grow to be five feet long are sold. Also for sale are small turtles, which can...