On June 18, an engineering report affirmed that the White Point slide, which took place in December 2010, was the result of erosion and not of any one particular factor.
Another morsel taken from the hour-and-half long meeting: neighborhood residents are about evenly divided on what to do about Paseo del Mar, the street marred by a huge hole in the ground.
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Editor’s Note(Imagine a booming over dub voice): In a world where advertisements are often more entertaining than the films, one lonely and underpaid writer explores the art of the trailer!
After thirty years of playing the role of a video game villain, Ralph strikes out on a journey to find a new identity as a hero. Like Wall-e before it, Disney’s Wreck-it Ralph speaks directly to the modern human condition in which self-worth is too often defined by occupation. Sigmund Freud postulated that a person could find contentment, if not happiness, if he/she struck a balance between a satisfying work and home life. But can Ralph overcome his own brutish nature and a world that expects him to play his role? Director Rich Moore’s great casting includes the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, and Jane Lynch. Expect tears.
Los Angeles is a land of fantasies come true, but there has never been a fantasy quite as big as the tale spun in Cloud Tectonics, currently at the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theatre through July 7.
Rain is only an occasional visitor in La-La land, but Cloud Tectonics begins in the rain, a huge, hurricane-style rain. We meet the very-pregnant Celestina del Sol (Leah Steiner) sitting at a bus stop on the corner of Santa Monica and Virgil, looking for help. She is found, wet and bedraggled, by Anibal de la Luna (Daniel Penilla), who doesn’t notice the odd juxtaposition of his and her name, and takes her home to his bungalow in Hollywood.
By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
Don’t expect the same headlines as you had in last year’s Bayou Festival. This year’s Bayou festival won’t just feature legends of the old guard such as Barbara Morrison, who is playing this year on the Blues stage, and Dr. John, who’s not performing this year.
In fact, this year’s festival features “Nu” generation of zydeco’s progenitors with Chris Ardoin and NuStep, JPaul jr. & the Zydeco Nubreeds, Lil’ Wayne & Same Ol’ 2 Step, and Geno Delafose and French Rockin boogie. Each of these bands bands embody the old school zydeco sound but have infused modern day rhythm and blues, gospel, and hip hop in a genre that already embodies a lot of older musical forms.
By Paul Rosenberg, Senior Editor
If you’re working a minimum wage job in America, where can you afford to live? Other than your parents’ basement, the answer is simple: Nowhere. That’s according to “Out of Reach 2012,” the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s most recent version of its annual report.
“In no state can a minimum wage worker afford a two-bedroom unit at Fair Market Rent, working a standard 40-hour work week,” the report states, above a map showing the number of hours of minimum wage work required in each state.
Marriott developer seeks $67.3 million tax subsidy
By James Preston Allen, Publisher
It seems like every time certain private investors come up short on their grand development ideas––like the current plan to build a 23 story 392 room Marriott hotel next to LA Live––they want to beg, borrow or steal, money from the public purse with the best of intentions.
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a $67.3 million tax give-away even while prepping the public for further austerity measures that would deeply cut into the city’s budget. This current attempt to pillage the public purse––this time by Portland, Ore. developer William/Dame & Associates, with its partner American Life Inc., a Seattle real estate management corporation–– is just the latest tax give back coming to city hall. How will our new Councilman Joe Buscaino vote?
June 15
Free Fridays at the La Zona Rosa
Experience the Free Fridays at La Zona Rosa in San Pedro. Drink specials until 10 p.m., free parking, two dance floors and a male exotic show.
Details: (310) 547-4423
Venue: La Zona Rosa
Location: 1331 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro
By B. Noel Barr, Music Writer Dude
In that mythical land we all call Hollywood, the glamorous and the infamous all find a place around those who truly are artists. The music business, like film, has built an industry off of iconic figures. This is a melting pot of sorts where the magic is served in large doses with a great deal of suspect and irony.
Driver Ed left Circus Venus the next day, but not for the next tour stop. Instead, he walked down the length of the wharf, in broad daylight, and down to Dave’s rig. He would join Dave on the high seas, for after going through plan after backup plan on how to defeat the beast, Dave fell back on the old adage about finding your enemy’s Achilles’ Heel.
June 14
LADWP Workshop
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is hosting a workshop for Council District 15 regarding rate increases, from 6 to 8 p.m. June 14, at the Harbor City Library. The workshop will include a discussion on the challenges and mandates the LADWP is facing and an opportunity for questions to be answered.
Venue: Harbor City Library
Details: 24000 Western Ave., Harbor City
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