please sign this ballot measure petition if you get the chance! https://www.healthystreetsla.com/
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 22 March 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
Public transit into Angeles National Forest being planned for first time in 130 years
For the first time in 130 years, forest lovers might once again ride public transit into the Angeles National Forest, a vast area of mountains, hiking trails, creeks and pine-shaded picnic grounds that make up almost three-quarters of Los Angeles Countyโs open space.Because the only way to reach the 700,176-acre green space towering above Los Angeles is by car. Access is denied to underserved county residents who donโt own a car or have no access to a private vehicle.To change that, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, presented the nonprofit Nature For All a check for $995,000 on Aug. 28 to begin planning and building the Mount Wilson Express Shuttle, a van or bus service starting from the Metro L Line (Gold) Memorial Park Station in Old Pasadena and connecting to western forest locations.It is the most money received by the nonprofit in a single grant. Chu also placed a request for $750,000 in the 2023 House of Representatives appropriations bill, which would raise the shuttle programโs funding to $1,745,000, if approved.Early plans call for a regular, weekend shuttle that will take passengers on the 210 Freeway to Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2), with forest stops at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center at Red Box, Clear Creek Information Center, and trailheads at Eaton Saddle, Colby Canyon and Gould Mesa, explained Bryan Matsumoto, program manager for Nature For All.
Because the only way to reach the 700,176-acre green space towering above Los Angeles is by car. Access is denied to underserved county residents who donโt own a car or have no access to a private vehicle.
To change that, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, presented the nonprofit Nature For All a check for $995,000 on Aug. 28 to begin planning and building the Mount Wilson Express Shuttle, a van or bus service starting from the Metro L Line (Gold) Memorial Park Station in Old Pasadena and connecting to western forest locations.
It is the most money received by the nonprofit in a single grant. Chu also placed a request for $750,000 in the 2023 House of Representatives appropriations bill, which would raise the shuttle programโs funding to $1,745,000, if approved.
Early plans call for a regular, weekend shuttle that will take passengers on the 210 Freeway to Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2), with forest stops at the Mt. Wilson Observatory, the Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center at Red Box, Clear Creek Information Center, and trailheads at Eaton Saddle, Colby Canyon and Gould Mesa, explained Bryan Matsumoto, program manager for Nature For All.
(judy chu is my rep!)
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 24 September 2022 09:09 (two years ago) link
(mine too!)
― nickn, Saturday, 24 September 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
new metro line opening on Oct 7th:The K Line will serve the communities of West Adams, Jefferson Park, Baldwin Hills, Leimert Park, Hyde Park, Inglewood, Westchester and more. Seven K Line stations will open on October 7, 2022.https://kline.metro.net/
― donna rouge, Sunday, 25 September 2022 06:18 (two years ago) link
Eater ran a nice feature on Mary's Market here in Sierra Madre. Big recommendation for their breakfast burritos.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 26 September 2022 21:44 (two years ago) link
need to go there sometime! i got married at the nearby nature friends lodge :)
― donna rouge, Monday, 26 September 2022 22:44 (two years ago) link
Also in Sierra Madre news:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od7KGpEqnT4
(this is a trail I hike on at least 2-3 times a week)
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 26 September 2022 23:31 (two years ago) link
Quite the city council weโve got here.
― omar little, Monday, 10 October 2022 02:32 (one year ago) link
great bunch
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 10 October 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
They aren't going to resign from the council completely, are they?
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 10 October 2022 18:44 (one year ago) link
yeah martinez is going to try to tough it out.
IIUC 2/4 are not standing for re-election in november. they should resign, but OOTH the process by which they would be replaced is not exactly a model of good governance.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 10 October 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
Is that Mt. Wilson? I haven't been that far east. I've hiked the Beaudry Loop in Glendale several times. I've seen coyotes but not bears.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 10 October 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
i don't think he has the power he believes he does, but this is pretty spicy
The owner of the Los Angeles Times has now waded into the political firestorm after his paper broke the story of city councilmembersโ racist remarks pic.twitter.com/CJuHqoKsd1— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) October 10, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Monday, 10 October 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
Is that Mt. Wilson? I haven't been that far east.
Yah, it's the Mt. Wilson trail
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 10 October 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link
damn, RIP Art Laboehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-10/art-laboe-dead
― donna rouge, Monday, 10 October 2022 23:00 (one year ago) link
Apparently not
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 12:54 (one year ago) link
She hasnโt resigned from the council yet right?
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
The stories I've seen today say she has.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
she has stepped down as council president. she's still on the council.
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
You're right, I should have gone past the headlines.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
I donโt know how any of them survive that but especially her. Am really curious about the audio leak, the who and why, considering how old it is.
― omar little, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
yeah it's weird. i've seen speculation it's LAPD, although you'd expect leaks to be directed at council's left wing if it was them.
anyway
One hour before the public city council meeting, @CD6Nury is taking a leave of absence. She retains her seat on council. https://t.co/KHNEZ4vy1v— Cerise Castle (@cerisecastle) October 11, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
The ugliness and arrogance of whatโs on that tape is wild even by the usual low standards of L.A. politics.
― omar little, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
Thatโs gonna quietly shift into a permanent leave of absence soon enough I gotta imagine.
― omar little, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
looking back on it, wouldn't you love to have resigned from your job before the president of the united states and head of your political party weighed in— Scott Frazier (@safrazie) October 11, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 03:09 (one year ago) link
By coincidence, I was re-re-re-re-reading City Of Quartz over the weekend and when the story broke I literally outbursted "fuck, AGAIN?!"
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 05:48 (one year ago) link
i've seen speculation it's LAPD
LASD, maybe?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 14:21 (one year ago) link
LASD is county. i'm sure they have opinions about council but they don't necessarily have routine access.
seems more and more like it was someone inside the union though.
A source tells me that LA Fed staffers signed an NDA months ago that prevents them from publicly speaking about leadership, and that they are not to go out and protest right now, or it would be grounds for termination. Additionally, their computers are being surveilled.— Jon peltz (@JonnyPeltz) October 11, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
wtf
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
CADOJ will investigate Los Angeles' redistricting process.The leaked audio has cast doubt on a cornerstone of our political processes.We will endeavor to bring the truth to light to help restore confidence in the process for the people of our state. pic.twitter.com/HpvjWf8wAp— Rob Bonta (@AGRobBonta) October 12, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso declares he's not white because he's Italian
https://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-mayoral-candidate-rick-184822598.html
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
I remember LA councilman John Ferraro (also Italian-American) saying he was an "original Latino."
― nickn, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
Wow
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
Statement just in from @CD6Nury: "It is with a broken heart that I resign my seat for Council District 6, the community I grew up in and my home."— Brittny Mejia (@brittny_mejia) October 12, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
Youโll always have a home on nextdoor
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 October 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
My NextDoor group is less racist than them.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 13 October 2022 08:34 (one year ago) link
glad to see council back up running
Capt Castillo on mic announces heโs declaring an unlawful assembly and directing everyone to leave or be arrested or subjected to other police action, including โless lethalโ ammunition. pic.twitter.com/CljSeiR0Xl— Kate Cagle (@KateCagle) October 26, 2022
― ๐ ๐๐ข๐จ (caek), Wednesday, 26 October 2022 19:08 (one year ago) link
Iliad Bookstore hit with arson:https://www.instagram.com/p/CkjIhD8P2j-/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=no one was hurt and damage was apparently minimal but still, incredibly shitty
― donna rouge, Friday, 4 November 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
Bookshop*
They left their flier at the scene?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 November 2022 22:09 (one year ago) link
Karen Bass slightly ahead now. Villanueva is OUT
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 9 November 2022 08:30 (one year ago) link
this fuckin guy
― the late great, Monday, 12 December 2022 04:27 (one year ago) link
rest easy, P-22https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-17/p22-obituary-celebrity-mountain-lion-cougar-puma-griffith-park-california
― donna rouge, Saturday, 17 December 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
BrokenBookSellers on IG names Vroman's/Booksoup as #1 of the 10 worst bookstores of 2022.
Congrats to Dolores Bauer for all her hard work making Vroman's our other #1. Dolores, you win nothing.We received more stories from Vroman's former and current employees than from any other store, some we could not publish for fear of retaliation. Almost all whistleblowers told us some of the worst bookstore stories in this page's history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW: A few of these stories in the panels to come discuss sexual harassment.Where do we start? Where do we end? We spent half the day sorting through the stories to make these graphics and it broke our hearts all over again to read.
We received more stories from Vroman's former and current employees than from any other store, some we could not publish for fear of retaliation. Almost all whistleblowers told us some of the worst bookstore stories in this page's history, many inventive in their cruelty and heartlessness. Bauer hunts her employees like sport. TW: A few of these stories in the panels to come discuss sexual harassment.
Where do we start? Where do we end? We spent half the day sorting through the stories to make these graphics and it broke our hearts all over again to read.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 January 2023 03:43 (one year ago) link
Well, damn. Everybody on the Pasadena fb group I'm in loves Vroman's.
― nickn, Monday, 2 January 2023 06:28 (one year ago) link
I stopped going to Vroman's when they put the wine bar in, devoted more square footage to selling things that aren't books, and then whined loudly about how they were about to go out of business because it was everyone's fault for shopping elsewhere.
Book Alley just down Colorado Blvd. is where it's at anyway.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 January 2023 20:36 (one year ago) link
I still haven't stopped in at Book Alley's "new" location, but used to love the old one. Also RIP Cliff's Books.
― nickn, Monday, 2 January 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
every time Iโve gone to Vromanโs itโs packed like any Barnes and Noble. Didnโt know about its rep, Iโd dealt with them previously on a couple different things though likely dealt with folks who could very well be sources for the stories. My preferred book spot is Iliad, which is not the type of spot that exudes any bad vibes. Iโm conversely not surprised to see them talk about The Last Bookstore.
― omar little, Monday, 2 January 2023 20:58 (one year ago) link
RIP Cliff's Books
Yup. While we're at it - pour one out for Either/Or Books and Acres Of Books too.
Alias Books in Atwater is worth stopping in if you haven't yet. Iliad, Arcana, and the CLUI are my faves right now.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 05:48 (one year ago) link