A hosptial security guard is under arrest for looting during the June 14, 2009 melee that followed the Lakers championship game. It is the twentieth arrest related to the violence, police said.
L.A.P.D. Lt. Paul Vernon, said 24-year-old Michael Rivas of Hawaiian Gardens can be seen “laughing as he loads cases of soft drinks into a car,” in pictures taken of the scene. “He wasn’t laughing when we showed up at his job to arrest him last Friday,” Vernon said.
Detectives used video footage from the Shell gas station, located at 504 West Olympic Boulevard, as well as well public-domain stills and video posted on Flickr and YouTube, to identify Rivas as the man seen loading cases of soft drinks into a car. “It’s nearly impossible to stay anonymous in this age of cell phones, video, and social websites; and that’s a good thing, if it holds people more accountable for their behavior,” Lt. Vernon added.
Rivas is a security guard at a Whittier hospital, where he was arrested Friday morning, September 25.
The head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stepped down amid increasing concern over recent water main breaks.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Friday that DWP Chief Executive David Nahai has resigned to become senior adviser to the Clinton Climate Initiative.
There have been more than 35 major water main blowouts in the Los Angeles water system since last month, causing flooding of streets, homes and cars.
Mixed martial arts fighter Jeff Monson was sentenced to 90 days of work release for spray-painting anti-war graffiti on the Capitol in Olympia and an armed services recruitment center in Lacey.
Work release will allow the 38-year-old Olympia man to help pay off $22,000 in restitution he was ordered to pay at Thursday’s sentencing in Thurston County Superior Court. He pleaded guilty in July to malicious mischief.
Monson told The Olympian he hopes that spraying the anarchist symbol and the words “no war” last year raised consciousness of the illegality of the Iraq war.
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Thousands of people stood in bewildered silence in downtown Chicago on Friday after the International Olympic Committee surprised everyone by dumping the city from the race for 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting.
The vote in Copenhagen was carried on huge television screens set up in the Daley Center to carry what many had hoped would be approval of Chicago as host. It had seemed so likely to many in a city still basking in the blow of hometown Sen. Barack Obama’s election as president.
Instead, Chicago was bounced in the first round, bringing an audible gasp from the crowd. The elimination came so quickly that some would-be revelers weren’t sure what had happened and they asked bystanders if they had heard what they thought they heard.
Many stood for a few minutes, staring at the screens, and at least one flung his hands into the air in a crude gesture toward the TVs. Within seconds, people began filing out of the plaza.
“I’ve never really had a disappointment like this,” said Ken Rudd, a 33-year-old salesman from Evergreen Park. “This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen.”
Every year on October 1st, World Vegetarian Day kicks off a month of parties, potluck, presentations, food tasting displays...and lots of friendly discussions!
How’s that gladhanding, flyin’ around, Oprah-fyin’ workin’ out fer ya, N∅∅b?
Bye Bye Tokyo!
10/02 at 07:30 AM •
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Is there something in the water?!? the air???!?
I am so freakin sick of “sex” scandals where dumbasses not only can’t keep it in their pants but hafta wave it around afterward for one and all to “admire.” Yeesh. and Yiick.
...Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.
“My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,” Letterman said. “I feel like I need to protect these people—I need to certainly protect my family.”
[whaa?!?!??!]
...Letterman has been married to Regina Lasko, the mother of his child, since March. The two have dated since 1986.
...extortion attempt ...$2 million ...grand jury ...
In other “press” coverage:
David Letterman’s big “get” Thursday night?
David Letterman: crime victim. ...he suddenly announced he’d been the victim of a recent extortion attempt.
As bad as the Garridos—ya can’t have just one! Polansky - “victim.” Phillips as “spokesperson.” bla bla bla SHADDAP!!!
Srsly, “people”—just stop. STOP! Stop screwing around. And if you must, simply must, please do so in a way that I, a perfect stranger, will never, ever, ever have to hear about it.
*gak*
10/01 at 07:06 PM •
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...list of the five most embarrassing speeches by the president (so far) as a world leader…
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its notes from an interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.
10/01 at 08:25 AM •
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The moral compass…
Richmond upon Thames is to charge drivers varying prices based on the carbon dioxide emissions of their vehicle of choice.
The system works for drivers who use the RingGo system to pay for their parking.
Motorists register and pay by phone, and RingGo accesses the DVLA database for each customer’s registration to determine emissions data on the car.
Those who drive gas-guzzlers will pay 25% above the standard rate while those who drive eco-friendly cars will pay 25% less than the standard rate.
In her speech in Copenhagen today, First Lady Michelle Obama said her trip to Denmark, along with the travel of her “dear friend” and “chit-chat buddy” Oprah Winfrey, as well as tomorrow’s visit by President Obama, is a “sacrifice” on behalf of the children of Chicago and the United States. ”As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the president to come for these few days...........
just saying it’s a big sacrifice, that’s all
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Michael Moore used some non-union crewmembers when union workers were available in the production of his latest film “Capitalism: A Love Story,” a documentary that argues the capitalist system allows for greedy corporations to exploit working-class people.
It’s a little early in his administration to draw any broad conclusions, but the evidence is clear: As a younger man, Barack Obama was kidnapped and brainwashed by evil Republican operatives, then sent deep undercover to destroy the Democratic Party and perhaps even the entire liberal worldview.
Buzz
