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Best L.A. Novel Ever: James M. Cain's Double Indemnity vs. Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, Round 1
Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament
October 19, 2012 in Public Spectacle
Space Shuttle Endeavour Street Closures and Viewing Areas
October 12, 2012 in The Informer
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Five Space Shuttle Endeavour Disaster Scenarios
October 11, 2012 in The Informer
NOAA Photo LibraryMoving the space shuttle could be a real Challenger.The Endeavour is scheduled to begin its excruciatingly slow steamroll through South Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon... but the move will...
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CicLAvia Road Closures Hit Downtown, Chinatown on Sunday, Oct. 7
October 04, 2012 in The Informer
Rich JhongCicLaVia 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...
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GOOD Founder Ben Goldhirsh Talks About Launching a New Platform and Firing Editorial Staffers
September 28, 2012 in The Informer
When word hit the street back in June that GOOD Magazine would be transforming its website into a "platform" -- oh, and it was firing the majority of its editorial...
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Study: Close-Up Profile Pic is Ruining Your Game
September 27, 2012 in The Informer
stuartpilbrow via FlickrWhat not to do. You might be losing Facebook friends and alienating potential OK Cupid matches based solely on the distance of your face from the camera in...
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Bomb Scare at 94.7 The Wave Empties Headquarters of KNX, KFWB and the SEC
September 25, 2012 in The Informer
Sakrison.comThe Wilshire Boulevard home to KNX and the Securities and Exchange CommissionUpdated at bottom. Originally posted at 10:30 a.m. Confused commuters were listening to San Francisco Bay Area traffic and...
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Theodore Rowan, 72, Falls to Death at Pacific Design Center
September 14, 2012 in The Informer
David WoodAn 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...
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How to Grow Weed in Los Angeles If Dispensaries Go Away
September 05, 2012 in The Informer
eggrole / FlickrSee 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...
Who Is Pussy Riot, and Why Do So Many Western Musicians Care?
August 27, 2012 in West Coast Sound
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A. Martinez Hired at KPCC; the Madeleine Brand Show Gears Up To Go National
August 17, 2012 in The Informer
BrandMartinez via InstagramBrand and MartinezThis morning marked the last broadcast of KPCC's the Madeleine Brand Show. Don't fret, your favorite Babe of NPR will still be heard weekday mornings on...
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L.A. Is Now Treating Scalpers Like Gang Members
August 10, 2012 in West Coast Sound
Jive667 via FlickrThat 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...
Village Trailer Park Closure Decision Postponed
July 25, 2012 in The Informer
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Best Typo Ever Runs A-1 in the Los Angeles Times
July 20, 2012 in The Informer
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...
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Steve Nash Welcomed to Los Angeles With Freeway Beer: VIDEO
July 16, 2012 in The Informer
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...
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Demand Media Takes Over MTV Building In Santa Monica
July 13, 2012 in The Informer
Energystar.govThere goes the neighborhood.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...
Mario Hernandez and Maribel De La Torre, Feuding Lovers on San Fernando City Council, File Restraining Orders; Hernandez Resigns
July 11, 2012 in The Informer
John Bryson was on Ambien at Time of Accidents, Toxicology Report Shows
July 03, 2012 in The Informer
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D.A. Will Not File Charges in John Bryson Hit and Runs
July 03, 2012 in The Informer
U.S. Deptartment of StateJust weeks after John Bryson quietly tendered his resignation from Obama's cabinet, the Los Angeles district attorney has declined to press charges against the ex-commerce secretary. ...
'Shit People Say in L.A.' Duo Hitched Their Wagon to a Meme
June 27, 2012 in Public Spectacle
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Megan Lee Heart and Reply Girls Game the System
June 27, 2012 in Public Spectacle
A thumbnail advertising one of Megan Lee Heart's videosCheck out our entire YouTube issue here. Megan Lee Heart made tens of thousands of dollars in the last year -- and did...
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CHP Seeking Information in I-5 Beat-Down
June 21, 2012 in The Informer
ghostsofmany via LiveLeak.comUpdate: The CHP has arrested two suspects involved in the fight -- L.A. residents David Mendez, 21, and Edras Ramirez, 27 -- on suspicion of "assault with a...
Alan Quigg On How Reddit Forced CHP Take Note of the I-5 Road Rage Video
June 20, 2012 in The Informer
Jerry Patterson Identified as Victim in the I-5 Beating
June 20, 2012 in The Informer
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VIDEO: Brutal Road Rage Beating on I-5
June 19, 2012 in The Informer
ghostsofmany via LiveLeak.comUpdated at 3:20pm: CHP is looking for more information on the victim. Originally posted at 12:07pm Let's say you're driving down I-5, jamming out to Drake's "Take Care," and...
