posted by at 1:01 PM on March 06, 2007 Just a quick reminder that we now have job listings here on blogging.la and a few positions have been posted already. If you are a book keeper, sales associate, or assistant/associate geologist or engineer looking for work, definitely check.
.. posted by at 11:37 AM on February 21, 2007 Got a position that needs to be filled?
Looking for a new job? As of about 8 minutes ago we now have job listings here on blogging.la - they are empty at the moment (so won't be much help.
.. posted by at 12:15 PM on February 14, 2007 So I saw an email this morning on our mailing list about CBS reporting that a request for an immigration rights rally being denied by the LAPD.
The next email I saw was an email from LAPD's E-Policing system in...
posted by at 8:24 AM on February 14, 2007 Over in Tokyo James Hart put together a little post yesterday noting some of the Valentine's around Metroblogging: See how different cultures celebrate Valentine's: Karachi has an active discussion going on, Detroit has been running a Countdown to the...
posted by at 10:29 PM on February 12, 2007 I seem to associate with the sort of people for whom the Make Blog is mandatory reading. In fact, I bought a year's worth of the magazine for my cousin for Chrismukkah, and continue to hope that my scientist boyfriend..
. posted by at 10:05 AM on February 05, 2007 As of this morning, our little project has turned 52! We are psyched to officially welcome Pittsburgh to the list of cities we totally own.
Extra observant Angelenos will recognize one of the authors, Carolyn Kellogg (previous editor of LAist),...
posted by at 4:13 PM on February 03, 2007 The LAPD is looking for the man (pictured at right) suspected of several break-ins along Ventura Blvd. and Vanowen St. in the past few months.
Check the LAPD blog for more details, or if you have information call 1-877-LAWFULL (1-877-529-3855)...
. posted by at 2:14 PM on January 30, 2007 I've been writing about whale watching on b.la for three seasons now .
.. don't you want to get out there?
Here's your chance, the official Blogging.la Whale Watching Trip When: Monday, February 19th President's Day 10:00 AM-1:00 PM Where: Redondo..
. posted by at 2:42 AM on January 11, 2007 After consulting with his advisors and, disappointed they couldn't find a "magic formula for success in Iraq", President George Bush announced Wednesday night to send 20,000 more troops to Iraq. Local anti-war activists aren't pleased.
Tonight, Answer LA and the...
posted by at 8:57 AM on January 06, 2007 If you had the kind of Christmas tree that doesn't get replanted after the holiday, here's your chance to repair your karma! Green LA Girl has linked to a post about how to recycle your Christmas tree in the LA..
. posted by at 12:59 PM on January 01, 2007 Hope you weren't relying on any checks to come in on Tuesday to make your rent payment this month. All U.
S. post offices will be closed and mail delivery suspended tomorrow "to observe the national day of mourning for President..
. posted by at 1:31 AM on December 22, 2006 While the polling results are suspicious, our completely unscientific web poll shows that blogging.la's Grinch of the Year is City Council District #7 candidate Zuma Dogg!
Dogg received 33% of the 123 votes registered, ahead of real estate mogul Geoff...
posted by at 9:22 PM on November 30, 2006 That's right folks, three years ago today Jason, Caryn and I made the first posts launching this little website. Wow..
three years...
Anyone remember when we looked like this?..
. posted by at 11:30 AM on November 29, 2006 Anastasia Mann, President of the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council, alerts me that: Any hillside streets marked for Red Flag Day parking restrictions will have cars towed today. This is the FIRST day that the Red Flag (wind related) warnings.
.. posted by at 7:51 PM on November 28, 2006 The Museum of Neon Art needs your help.
They are having a party and silent auction on Saturday, December 9th. The auction is located at Design Within Reach in Beverly Hills, and there will be work from many amazing neon..
. posted by at 8:23 AM on November 22, 2006 Photo by Lasagna Boy of an ice cream shop at the Fairfax Farmers Market selling turkeys. Huh?
What? Has anyone here had an ice cream turkey? TJ Sullivan points out that only 1.
8% of Los Angeles area homes "are affordable...
posted by at 7:37 PM on November 19, 2006 Joan Luchs, chairperson with the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council, sent some of the area's residents an email warning regarding the "90# Spam Scam". I received a telephone call last evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT T Service..
. posted by at 7:08 PM on November 11, 2006 Computer crashed, RSS feed got backed up, couldn't face the pile of unread posts, blah blah blah. Sweatin' Bullets is back after a brief hiatus.
photo, "Death In the Port of Los Angeles", by GaretFS via Flickr Mel Gibson may...
posted by at 2:23 PM on November 10, 2006 LA.com took a break from their usual entertainment news to bring us a clip about PBJ Fight Hunger Day. L.
A. local Nicole Scofield wants to feed the hungry the direct way: by handing out PBJ sandwiches. Her group is meeting.
.. posted by at 4:18 PM on October 31, 2006 We just made a pretty exciting announcement - You can now read all the Metroblogging sites, including blogging.
la super easily from any Helio mobile device. Of course if you don't have a Helio then this isn't *that* exciting for you,..
. posted by at 7:24 PM on October 16, 2006 My friend Amber Tamblyn is doing a couple of poetry shows later this month. The first one in LA is on Friday the 27th at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Hollywood.
Randomly I ended up at a free comedy...
posted by at 5:11 PM on September 20, 2006 Andrew at Here In Van Nuys comes to the aid of a vigilant robbery victim and tries to chase down the perp in the most exciting blog entry I've read all week. One of my favorite venues, The Shrine..
. posted by at 11:40 AM on September 20, 2006 I figured I'd just come clean with that headline and this is blatant self promo. A few weeks ago I did a phone interview with John Linder at the Baltimore Sun for his 'Blography' podcast which is online and.
.. posted by at 12:06 PM on September 18, 2006 3000 mile roadtrip compressed into a 4 1/2 minute video.
Kris Reynolds of SkeletonMedia.com taped his entire trip from Portland, Maine to Los Angeles - minus the mandatory stops at Cracker Barrell. ZumaDogg (now writing at Mayor Sam) explains.
.. posted by at 6:28 PM on September 14, 2006 [click/big] HA ha!
Fooled you - JOHNNY RYAN CRASHES and BURNS @ Secret Headquarters Friday September 15th, 8pm-10pm Secret Headquarters is pleased to announce an art opening with the lovely and talented JOHNNY RYAN. Johnny first developed his hilarious..
. posted by at 6:35 PM on September 13, 2006 As you may have heard, unfortunately there was another school shooting today. This time it was in Montreal at Dawson College.
One of our fellow Metrobloggers, Jay, works at Dawson College and just posted his first hand account of...
posted by at 3:17 PM on September 13, 2006 Patt Morrison just interviewed "The Black Dahlia" novelist James Ellroy and Dahlia expert Larry Harnisch on 89.3 KPCC, and will be available for streaming rebroadcast online shortly. According to Larry's blog, it looks like a rift between him and Ellroy.
.. posted by at 12:10 AM on September 13, 2006 It isn't a vacation or even premiere passes, but if you're interested in winning a prize pack of Black Dahlia movie goodies check out this post here.
Entry deadline is today at noon...
but with less than ten entries...
posted by at 5:30 PM on September 10, 2006 This week Metroblogging Los Angeles will look at other infamous Los Angeles murders that deserve the silver screen treatment. With last Friday's opening of Hollywoodland, about the mystery surrounding the death of George Reeves, and this Friday's release of The..
. posted by at 12:51 PM on September 10, 2006 [for the love of god only click if you want to see this REALLY BIG] Yeah I did say I wouldn't post any more about Felt Club but they've changed their venue and I feel you have the right..
. posted by at 10:07 PM on September 09, 2006 Just a heads up if you're out and about on Sunday that the LA Triathalon is going on. The Bike portion of the race cuts the widest swath across the city so look sharp for street closings.
Copious notes on...
posted by at 5:30 PM on September 05, 2006 Dahlia expert Larry Harnisch has discovered what appears to be a copies of "Black Dahlia Avenger" signed by writer Steve Hodel to James Ellroy available on eBay. Larry's posted his findings at both the 1947Project site and his own personal..
. posted by at 1:51 PM on September 04, 2006 Happy Birthday to my city of Angels! Sometimes, you smell like a monkey, but I love you anyway.
And without Los Angeles, how could there be a blogging.la? Sorry about choosing sleep instead of that nine mile walk I'd promised.
.. posted by at 5:56 PM on September 01, 2006 If you're still in town and need something to do, how about stopping by the LA Bloggers Garage Sale.
At the moment you'll find weird crap from Carly Milne, Calpernia, lyregal, coreyspears, jason'sroom, michael, popbytes, william, danrenzi and peggy (I...
posted by at 3:54 PM on September 01, 2006 If you haven't gotten hip to Karie Bible's Film Radar, you probably don't want to know what great movies and film events you've been missing. Film Radar can be best summed as whats fallen off the radar of Moviefone and..
. posted by at 11:04 PM on August 31, 2006 News cameraman BeFrank makes no apologies in covering a fluff piece for the day (instead of his usual beat of cop shootings, drive bys, and other violent acts), and gets some great snaps (like the one at right) from..
. posted by at 9:27 AM on August 29, 2006 • Today is the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Councilman John (at Mayor Sam) points out that NWNC President Jim Alger is being recognized in Biloxi today for using his own airplane and coordinating relief and rescue efforts that.
.. posted by at 12:15 PM on August 24, 2006 • LA Taco takes issue with an unwritten Riverside ordinance against $1 tacos they read about in the Press Enterprise, where writer Dan Bernstein describes being denied one taco a la carte: "The best she could offer was three tacos.
.. posted by at 3:58 PM on August 23, 2006 • "Subject Line Here", a live reading by a collection of LA bloggers held a few months ago, raised over $2200 for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society between box office and a DVD of the evening.
Congrats to Shane Nickerson...
posted by at 2:56 PM on August 23, 2006 If you're looking for something to do on Friday night and you have a young adult in your family, then Dutton's bookstore's book party for "A Dog Called Leka" may be just the ticket. Writer Willard Manus will read..
. posted by at 3:45 PM on August 22, 2006 That is a question that comes up from time to time and last week a blogger in Bangalore wrote a very long post about just that. I've spent the past week talking to the folks writing for us, and the.
.. posted by at 11:40 AM on August 16, 2006 Please submit ideas and suggestions for this column or larger blog entries by using the "suggest a story" link in the sidebar at right.
Sploid!, aka ""Drudge Report meets the Weekly World News", is going 404. The Gawker Media/Ken Layne.
.. posted by at 10:36 AM on August 16, 2006 As director Davis Guggenheim mentioned during the Q A after opening day of An Inconvenient Truth at the ArcLight, Al Gore's intention was always to bring his message of global warming and what we need to do about it to the.
.. posted by at 11:06 AM on July 23, 2006 For the one or two of you out there who have missed my posts over the last month or so, you can catch me over on Metroblogging Istanbul for the next week as I blog incessantly about nargileh, kebaps and.
.. posted by at 12:48 PM on July 18, 2006 California just became the first state to have 4 metblogs in place, thanks to today's addition of our capital city Sacramento.
Of course this is also the 49th city in the overall Metroblogging empire network. What will be next?!
...
posted by at 9:50 AM on July 05, 2006 So through some weird convergence of fates two Blogging.la contributors are getting hitched this weekend. And not to each other.
In totally separate incidents eecue and myself are both getting married this weekend...
. posted by at 10:53 AM on June 28, 2006 Dear Readers - This one is for you! (Since 99% of the stuff we post is for us).
We now have individual RSS feeds for each author on every one of our blogs. This is super awesome news for the..
. posted by at 10:33 AM on June 26, 2006 Just a quick reminder that the LA Blog Reader / Writer Party Thing @ The Farmers Market is this Friday - 6pm till closing. There will be drinks and people and cameraphones and blogtalk aplenty.
Everyone is invited, see you...
posted by at 4:13 PM on June 24, 2006 Didn't get an invite to the premiere party for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at Disneyland (featuring the debut of the new ride) tonight? Well, thanks to the world wide web, you can watch the whole premiere..
. posted by at 6:46 PM on June 19, 2006 We are one of the leeeeeeegion! In an attempt to really capture the "youth market" and get as many 14 year old readers as we can, Metblogs now has its very own Myspace page.
On it you can see...
posted by at 3:37 PM on June 16, 2006 As you may have heard, tonight at Improv Olympic in Hollywood, eight of us bloggers are going to take the stage to read some of our favorite entries in the name of charity. It's something I've always wanted to do..
. posted by at 4:20 PM on June 12, 2006 And by party I mean sitting around at The Farmers Market (on 3rd and Fairfax) with food and drinks and stuff! We're already a month or two late from last year but his will be the 3rd annual LA bloggers.
.. posted by at 11:59 PM on May 29, 2006 Everytime I make one of these posts I'm shocked that I'm making it.
Today we've launched our 47th Metroblogging city (and 4th in India) - Hyderabad! Go check it out and welcome them to the metblogs family!.
.. posted by at 11:13 AM on May 22, 2006 For as flipped out as my new consciousness about impending global doom has me, there are some bright spots.
One of them is the re-jiggered Al Gore, whose modest, longterm, road show on global warming/impending doom has been transformed into...
posted by at 11:38 AM on May 21, 2006 I mentioned it on my interweblog already, but I want to make sure that you all know that there is a Cuban Festival today at Echo Park Lake. I really don't know what to expect, other than music, food, etc..
.. posted by at 1:28 AM on May 12, 2006 Bulldog lovers take note!
If you haven't made plans for sunday yet, here you go: "There is a huge Bulldog Beauty Contest this Sun., May 14, 2 p.m.
, Livingston Park, 4850 E. Livingston Dr. @ St.
Joseph Ave., in Belmont..
. posted by at 11:29 PM on May 11, 2006 Back in February I posted an open letter to the LAPD (and LASD) asking them to please start blogging. I pointed out the fantastic LAFD blog and offered to help them start blogging anyway I could.
I also e-mailed the...
posted by at 10:04 PM on May 11, 2006 Pretty much just that, if you know about it and are interested, keep on reading this entry as the details are after the jump. If you aren't, well, then, don't. This is around USC locationwise, which is probably important to.
.. posted by at 12:14 PM on May 10, 2006 Prisoner of X Reading Signing Hosted By: Allan MacDonell When: Friday May 12, 2006 at 7:30 PM Where: Skylight Books 1818 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90027 Come see Allan MacDonell attempt to read without moving his lips.
.. posted by at 6:13 PM on May 05, 2006 Click to embiggen; all will be revealed.
Inside sources report this year's stuff to be even better than last year's...
. posted by at 6:01 PM on May 04, 2006 Further info on the ins and outs of development in Silver Lake - Rowena Community Vision (RCV) has obtained copies of the MNDs (explained below) for the proposed condo developments at 2844 and 2920-2930 Rowena Ave (12 units and 55..
. posted by at 11:20 AM on May 04, 2006 Okay, it's Mother's Day, and over the years you've already sent your weight in flowers and crappy candy. This year, why not blow Mom's mind with chocolates from Vosges Chocolates?
I promise you you have never eaten chocolate like...
posted by at 12:49 PM on April 29, 2006 Those of you who can't wait for her big Memorial Day Extravaganza can catch the inimitable Misty Lee TOMORROW at the Derby. Yep, Sunday April 30th, Misty will be magically appearing at The Derby nightclub in Hollywood as a..
. posted by at 4:24 PM on April 28, 2006 Have you been to the yarn store featured in Six Feet Under? If not, you should check it out.
In addition to having a superior selection of yarns, the staff at Unwind is super-nice, very knowlegeable, and absolutely eager...
posted by at 5:18 PM on April 27, 2006 I swore I would never do a post about parking, and yet here I am. But it's not just about parking - Parking info for the newly opened Yoga For Every Body: The studio is an addition to owner Nancy's..
. posted by at 1:31 PM on April 27, 2006 As most Angelenos know, l.a.
Eyeworks is much more than snazzy eye-wear as evidence by their super groovy arty display windows...
continue reading...
posted by at 9:35 AM on April 27, 2006 You may have noticed "No Parking on Red Flag Days" signs going up around the neighborhood. LA City Fire Dept (LAFD) calls a Red Flag Day when the brush is dry and the Santa Anas are blowing in hillside areas..
.. posted by at 2:08 PM on April 26, 2006 My favorite yoga studio, Yoga For Every Body, has moved from Ventura Blvd (near Boneyard Bistro) and is now open.
The new studio, built off owner Nancy's home, is replete with gorgeous bamboo floors and three full rope walls (if...
posted by at 9:21 AM on April 25, 2006 Queen of the Oddballs, eh? There's probaby been strong competition for this title, but with the release of this crazy book, Hillary Carlip has officially claimed it. She's got two and a half events (one's just a signing) planned.
.. posted by at 11:08 PM on April 18, 2006 No, really.
Just found this story on Yahoo! News: A case of bubonic plague has been reported in the second largest US city of Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years, health officials said. An unidentified woman.
.. posted by at 4:07 PM on April 18, 2006 John K has announced that he has put up some lost episodes of Ren and Stimpy.
Does anyone still care? If so, then you'll want to click here..
.. posted by at 12:47 AM on April 18, 2006 Dear Readers!
For years we've tried to make it very hard for you to give suggest things for us to blog about. We've had secret handshakes, high priced bribe fees, and a new cryptic e-mail address every day. Those.
.. posted by at 3:52 PM on April 17, 2006 One of my artists, Seonna Hong, informed me about an upcoming silent art auction at Cartoon Network for a four year old named Fyn Stec who was diagnosed with liver cancer on March 17, 2006.
..continue reading.
.. posted by at 7:27 AM on April 14, 2006 Weather permitting, Vandenberg Air Force Base will launch another Minotaur missile this evening, bearing a payload of the most advanced orbital mind control lasers: Liftoff of the Minotaur rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for 5:10.
.. posted by at 6:07 AM on April 13, 2006 It's taken more than two years at the cost of thousands of dollars and millions of braincells but the bureaucratic nightmare saga of Safari Sam's is finally ending.
Opening night is tonight with Tex and the Horseheads headlining...
. posted by at 1:23 PM on April 11, 2006 Just wanted to take a moment and send a quick "hope everyone is OK" to our friends at Metroblogging Karachi. Looks like there was just a suicide bombing in the middle of a large gathering in a public park.
.. posted by at 3:43 PM on April 10, 2006 While the protests in LA haven't quite started yet, they are already going down all over the country.
It looks like Washington DC was huge, and Portland didn't get rained out. You can follow the coverage on those and other..
. posted by at 2:15 PM on April 10, 2006 Dance Camera West will be hosting the screening of two of The Holy Body Tattoo's films at the Los Angeles Center For Digital Art this Thursday, April 13th at 6 - 9 PM. Here's the schedule.
Both films are...
posted by at 5:49 PM on April 07, 2006 I'm up in San Francisco for the weekend and just sawthis cool post by Phillip Torrone about the recently launched GarbageScout SF, the San Francisco version of New York's Gartbage Scout. Basically from your phone, you can email a..
. posted by at 5:46 PM on April 05, 2006 TOTALLY cannibalized from an email I got: If you haven't already heard about it, Councilmember Tom LaBonge's office sent out this invitation for the April 6th Fourth Council District Community Congress on Land Use and Planning, featuring a keynote by..
. posted by at 11:46 PM on April 03, 2006 The city has posted the street closure plans for tomorrows funeral service for Deputy Sheriff Maria Rosa. Looks like Hill and Temple will be the main closures with traffic diverted around them.
If you need to be in that area...
posted by at 8:46 AM on April 03, 2006 Our next and newest and 45th destination on Metroblogging's rocksteady global tour is Bangalore, India. Go say namaskar, won't you?.
.. posted by at 8:30 AM on April 03, 2006 Once again Brian Humphrey and the folks at the Los Angeles Fire Department put their blog to wonderful use.
In a post this morning called Storm Activity and Road Closures in Los Angeles they address how the weather effects...
posted by at 5:46 PM on April 02, 2006 I'm surfacing from underneath all of my boxes long enough to write this post...
As big as my apartment is for a one-bedroom and as much as I love it, all of our crap we've acquired over the years...
posted by at 4:02 PM on April 01, 2006 ...
is You Gotta Talk About Felt Club! This ain't no ordinary craft fair - it's a place where all manner of hipsters and nerds can come together in the pursuit of superfantastic handmade goodies. Felt Club is Hollywood's spanking-new.
.. posted by at 11:22 AM on March 30, 2006 Holy Crap - Outside of the Bletchley Park Post Office I'd never expect to be able to see AN ENIGMA MACHINE in the flesh (so to speak).
But due to yet another Internet Miracle, here's one on eBay! The other..
. posted by at 7:18 AM on March 30, 2006 Just wanna give a congrats out to LAist's Carolyn Kellogg whose engaging recollections of this month's SXSW Interactive can be found featured in today's LA Times..
.. posted by at 5:36 PM on March 29, 2006 Just in case you ever wanted to checkout what was happening on every single metroblogging city - all at once - now you can.
This feed: http://feeds.metroblogging.com/allcities.
xml includes all of the posts from all of our cities. Updated in..
. posted by at 4:15 PM on March 18, 2006 Okay so the news was only half wrong about the location of the Buddhist relics on display today and Sunday. They said Summit and Washington, and it's really at Summit and Mountain.
If you exit the 134 at Fair...
posted by at 4:59 PM on March 14, 2006 So you might remember that for Valentines day I delivered flowers all over Hollywood and Los Feliz. Moki dog and I delivered red roses and chocolate goodness to lucky recipients. I myself didn't get any flowers because the boyf was.
.. posted by at 12:44 PM on February 28, 2006 Jay Bumgardner, one of our Peanut Gallery regulars and overall far-too-productive guy, is giving a presentation tonight at USC about how to make a Karl Marx toy in Flash.
How can you not want to make a Karl Marx toy...
posted by at 8:07 AM on February 27, 2006 This morning the Metroblogging family turned 43 with the addition of Nashville. When I used to drive between Florida and Chicago Nashville was a manditory stop because of their amazing fireworks. Which we always set off safely and leagally.
.. posted by at 9:31 AM on February 25, 2006 Anyone in the general reading audience with a MySpace.
com account should change their passwords immediately. Wannabe crackers (imitation hackers, who crack rather than hack - not the slang term for white trash) have posted thousands of MySpace names and passwords..
. posted by at 3:22 PM on February 20, 2006 If you are reading this via RSS you might want to go ahead and open a browser to see the brand new design we just put into place. If you are reading this in a browser already, then you are.
.. posted by at 1:11 PM on February 14, 2006 Just a quick note from all of us here in LA to our new metblog brethren in Denver!
Welcome to the family!..
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