http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute en-us Reader-submitted tips http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2467190 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 There is a bomb threat at CSUN right now, with emergency personnel responding. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2466456 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 So everyone who didn’t get any sleep this morning because there were like 7 helicopters hovering over Sherman Oaks: http://twittercounter.com/tweet/Mjk2Nzk0Nw http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9756657 http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2463265 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 fyi - it’s also black history month LAist. but i guess pancakes appeal to everybody? ugh. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2461739 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 They just convicted the swedish rapper on 2nd deg murder http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2458666 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Shelby Howard has zero talent in critical film analysis http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2457849 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 the two dead women found in WeHo were mom and daughter illegally sharing senior section 8 housing - the mom was dead at least 7 days before the daughter hanged herself go to Dead Women: Mother/Daughter Sharing Senior Housing http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2456536 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Something’s going down in Monrovia. Multiple helicopters in the air, Huntington Dr. is shut down, at least a half-dozen cop cars screaming down the street. Word is there’s a bomb threat at Citizens Bank. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2451239 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Jay Leno will be the keynote speaker at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. http://bit.ly/7wQUZD http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2449837 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 are there any events on Friday to go to that will benefit Haiti? i’d like to have my Friday night out go towards a good cause if at all possible! thanks laist! you guys rock! http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2448825 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Santa Clarita councilman addresses minutemen rally, calls self “proud racist” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-y2M23KlyM& http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2448686 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 This hasn’t gotten any media coverage yet, but I think it’s noteworthy. At an anti-immigration rally last Saturday, Santa Clarita Councilman Bob Kellar declared himself to be “a proud racist”. Video of the comments are making their rounds on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-y2M23KlyM http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2447948 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Coachella lineup is out!!! http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2446629 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 can we get some more info on wtf is going on in echo park? robbery/stabbing in the wee hours, and then two armed men arrested “with force” at around 4, sunset between logan and ep ave has been blocked off ever since. i was told they had to investigate because of use of force…explanation please? http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2446456 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Stabbing around 2am last night at Sunset & Alvarado? Any more info? http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2446256 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Several apache helicopters flew over downtown today. Anyone know what that was about? http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2446024 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=4355 http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2443391 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Loud boom in Westwood shortly before 9, early Twitter posts indicate it was possibly a gas line explosion throwing a manhole cover “100 yards in the air”? http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2443241 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Re: Fireworks ruined Xmas Eve. My mom grew up in Little Rock Arkansas in the 1920’s. It was common to celebrate Xmas with fireworks. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2442681 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 A number of business are moving into the retail space at 801 N. Fairfax. So far they include a coffee house, pet store, kitchen showroom, and cardio gym… http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2439558 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 There is a new railroad stoplight system that just started working today at the Chatsworth train depot where the driver missed the signal and the big crash happened. My house overlooks the area of the crash and as of tonight 1/10/10 there is a big, new, green and red changing light is that is now operational (and bright). http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2438599 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 there is a HUGE fire right now coming up from south LA - maybe Palos Verdes area. I can see it out my 22nd floor window in Westwood facing south. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2435635 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 My friend who lives on sycamore and lexington in hollywoods next door neighbor shot his girlfriend and then shot himself on the 29th yet the bodies were only discovered yesterday. Apparently the stench was quite strong http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2434441 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Hello, T-Mobile is trying to erect cellphone towers across the street from my house on top of an apartment building at 5151 Woodman Ave. These towers are suspected of causing brain cancer in surrounding areas. It should be noted that this apartment building is located only a block away from a middle school! They stealthily held a public hearing on Tuesday at 10AM when most of the neighborhood was at work. It also happened to be the day that Paul Krekorian was sworn in as our City Councilmember. His office was completely unresponsible to our requests for help combatting this nuisance. Doing a little online research (http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Paul_Krekorian), I found that as early as 2008, Krekorian had been accepting large campaign contributions from cellphone companies. So much for civic duty! Sincerely, A concerned citizen. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2434372 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Has anyone noticed, or even care that that latimes.com hasn’t updated their copyright date to 2010 on the bottom of their site? C’mon we’re in a 24 hour news cycle. This stuff should be automated by now. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2433522 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2010-01-04-67230.113116_City_home_to_first_food_court_on_wheels.html http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2432720 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Northrop-Grumman-to-Move-prnews-1603417488.html?x=0&.v=1 http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2429400 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2428449 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Re: Firecrackers ruined your Xmas Eve: Firecrackers are very popular during the holidays in Hispanic countries. I was born and raised in Guatemala, and some of my fondest childhood memories are those I spent with my cousins setting off all kinds of fiery goodies on X-mas and New Years. Considering you now live in NoHo -a community with a high Hispanic density- I could only assume you’re simply witnessing families celebrating the way they were taught as kids. Next year, and on Dec 31st, you might want to chalk it off as part of the local color, and perhaps even consider joining them! Poppers and sparklers are perfectly safe. :) http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2426361 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 Has anyone else’s Xmas Eve been ruined by firecrackers? This is the first year I’ve ever been calling the police (who, of course, show up an hour later and keep driving because that VERY moment, there are no fireworks) and I’m was born and lived here alllll my life. (From Atwater to NoHo = downgrade, yeah, perhaps) I can’t and don’t understand when or how this happened, but I can’t comprehend firecrackers on Xmas eve. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2420161 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 friend just witnesses a horrible accident in Hollywood near Gower. A black Mercedes just took out two pedestrians in a crosswalk and drove off dragging a body http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2420139 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 My friend Jimmy Dean Freeman just ran the entire 26 miles of the new LA Marathon route while stopping to eat along the way. He consumed 5,000 calories while running from the Dodger Stadium to the Beach. Here’s the great video he made of the stunt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTMZs6X-9P8 So entertaining! http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2417874 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/sick-san-diego-christmas-puppies.html http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2415138 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 A sign posted at the trailhead of Aliso Canyon Park at Sesnon says they are moving a natural gas station. I can’t find anything about the proposed location on the internet. Can you help investigate this? Concerned Porter Ranch resident who lives in a house overlooking Aliso Canbyon http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2408573 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 LAst night’s Laker action: Never too early to start those “MVP” chants as Kobe dishes out yet another clutch 3 for a victory over the Heat, 108-107. This makes the 8th Laker victory in a row, much to the delight of the fans at the Staples Center and the Lakers who exploded off the bench after the final shot. http://www.Laist.com/labs/contribute/#2404321 Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:17:13 -0500 StrokerMcgurk is a raving nutball and he is dead wrong. -Begley