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Fast Food Rant… was: Re: Oppose to the Monster Development? Email

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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"No specific business "provides" jobs. Customer demand provides jobs." Scott, that quote should be up on a giant billboard somewhere. Of course, customer This content is an excerpt only. Please click on the post title to visit the NELAList group and read the full article.

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Lummis Day Videos

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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Just for fun, I set up a "TubePress Gallery" for Lummis Day videos. It's located at http://lummisday2010.nelanews.net/ This content is an excerpt only. Please click on the post title to visit the NELAList group and read the full article.

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Re: Free shuttle service for Lummis Day, Sunday June 6

Saturday, June 5, 2010

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Any word on what time/how often shuttles will run? I'd hate to miss a favorite band 'cuz I mis-timed the shuttle. --cheryl johnson ... Lummis Home and This content is an excerpt only. Please click on the post title to visit the NELAList group and read the full article.

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Google Internet Service

Monday, February 15, 2010

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You can nominate Highland Park for Google Internet Service here: http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options -cheryl johnson

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Re: Villa Sombrero

Thursday, December 17, 2009

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Yes, Felipe Nunez owns the land and building. He sold the Villa Sombrero business to the Manual Salazar family, sometime in what - help me here Pat - the

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Eagle Rock Music Festival TubePress Experiment

Friday, October 9, 2009

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I figured the Eagle Rock Music Festival presented a great opportunity to experiment with Tubepress . So here's the deal. If you shot

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Equality Not Hate Rally In Lincoln Park

Saturday, November 8, 2008

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East Los Angeles Rally Sunday!!! 1pm Lincoln Park PROTEST in the PARK: EQUALITY not H8TE Sponsored by the Latino/a LGBT Coalition latino.lgbt. coalition@ gmail.com This Sun Nov 9th – 1 pm East LA : Lincoln Park 3501 Valley Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90031 A peaceful rally of the people. We rally then we march. In [...]

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Measure J Affects the Southwest Museum

Monday, November 3, 2008

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Measure J on tomorrow’s ballot is a $3.5 billion bond for the Los Angeles Community College District. But did you realize that a YES vote on this measure possibly endangers the Southwest Museum by turning the Museum into a campus?  Zuma Dogg: Why Measure J (Nov 4) Means ADIOS To The Southwest Museum And It’s [...]

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Above the Rainbow Jewelry

Sunday, October 26, 2008

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Well, here’s a project I started fiddling around with about a year ago, so I guess I can’t blame the delay on the lack of a DSL connection for over a week.  But I finally got a few of my friend Lilian’s jewelry pieces set up in an Etsy shop.  You can check it out [...]

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Decision, Decisions

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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So do I watch the Dodgers tonight, Game 5 at 5:22 PM Fox (Channel 11 in L.A) Or do I watch the final presidential debate ? Two TVs?  (I don’t have a modern TV where you can watch multiple channels in different windows.) Or how about Dodgers on the radio, debate on TV?  Or vice versa?  [...]

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The Community of Hermon

Friday, October 10, 2008

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Hermon is situated in a half square-mile valley with chaparral-covered hillsides, bordered by the Arroyo Seco and the historic 110 freeway to the west, Monterey Hills to the south, and South Pasadena to the north and east. At the beginning of the 20th century, Hermon was cut off from nearby Los Angeles and Pasadena for [...]

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Re-Discovery Art Tour November 23

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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The Arroyo Arts Collective thanks Councilmember Ed Reyes and the Historic Highland Park Neighborhood Council for their generous support of the up-coming Re-Discovery Tour, our 16th annual showcase of artists’ homes and studios in Highland Park, Mount Washington and Eagle Rock. Suzanne Jimenez, Field Deputy for Councilmember Reyes, graciously arranged for two shuttle buses for [...]

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Second Saturday Gallery Night October 11

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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The second Saturday of every month is Gallery Night in Northeast Los Angeles:  Your opportunity to explore the Galleries, Shops, Restaurants and Nightlife in the historic and eclectic neighborhoods of Northeast Los Angeles.  Maybe even purchase art for your home or office.     Tour participating galleries this Saturday, October 11 from 7PM – 10 PM.   Wrap [...]

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Avenue 50 Studio: Secrets and Letters from the Dead

Friday, October 3, 2008

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“Secretos y Cartas de los Muertos”   “Secrets and Letters from the Dead” The Avenue 50 Studio presents an exhibition in honor of Dia De Los Muertos, “Secretos y Cartas de los Muertos”.  This innovative art exhibit has as its premise the intimate letters, some containing secrets, purportedly written by individuals who have passed on from the [...]

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Eagle Rock Music Festival This Saturday October 4

Monday, September 29, 2008

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Save the date!  The Tenth Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival is almost here! The yearly FREE music festival with a unique and independent community vibe, takes place on Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, on Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 5p.m.-Midnight. Highlights include: - Abe Vigoda, Crystal Antlers, Earlimart, Mika Miko, Princeton, Pizza!, Gangi, the Evangenitals [...]

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Tuesday is Farmer’s Market Day

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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This week’s Featured Vendor: Do you like mixed nuts? Check out Avitua Farms.  Avitua Farms has been with the market from the very beginning. Run by Joe Avitua, whose been farming in Exeter since 1985. He specializes in citrus, apples, stone fruits and grapes, farming nearly 100 acres. When you come to Old L A Farmer’s Market, Avitua [...]

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Rock Rose Gallery: Artist Reception: Saturday, September 27

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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Rock Rose Art Gallery 8th Annual Latino Heritage Month Art Show LOS TRES Rafael Escamilla, Cecilia Marmol, Lino Martinez Artist Reception: Saturday, September 27, 7 pm- 10 pm Show continues through October 4, 2008   Rock Rose Art Gallery 4108 N. Figueroa Street Highland Park, CA 90065 (323) 635-9125 cell E-mail, rockroseart@yahoo.com Web site, http://www.rockroseartgallery.com Gallery [...]

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New Mural at Los Paisanos

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

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Last month, local bloggers and TV newscasters carried the story of ALZA the sign painter, Los Paisanos Market, and the city’s order to remove the painted signage on the market.  http://www.eclecticangelino.com/?p=61 In the last few days, a new mural has appeared on the side of Los Paisano’s building.  The “Wild Style” letters spell out RESPECT. [...]

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Autumn Equinox

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Our early ancestors were deeply aware of changes in the seasons, and changes in the heavens above them.  As the days shortened, the harvest wound down. The fields were nearly empty, because the crops had been plucked and stored for the coming winter.  As the autumn equinox approached, the ancients celebrated the changing seasons and [...]

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Conrad Romo Reading at Cypress Park Library September 20

Saturday, September 20, 2008

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Announcement: Cypress Park Branch Library hosts a reading by two writers, one from the community. Contact: Conrad Romo, (323) 931-1200, www.tongueandgroovela.com Branch Librarian Patty Rostomian, (323) 224-0039 LOS ANGELES – Most of the attention the working-class, largely Latino community of Cypress Park northeast of downtown receives from major media comes from spasms of gang violence. [...]

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Save this date! Eagle Rock Music Festival October 4

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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Save this date!  The tenth annual Eagle Rock Music Festival  takes place “SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4 2008 // 5PM-MIDNIGHT”. Musicians perform at sixteen unique one-night-only venues ranging from tire shops and formal stages to coffee shops and even motel poolsides up and down Colorado Boulevard, which is closed to vehicle traffic, and open to crowds of [...]

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The AIG Solution: Another one of my crazy ideas

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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OK. Fine.  The U.S. Federal Reserve has stepped in with an emergency $85 billion rescue of AIG Inc to stave off a bankruptcy that officials decided would have a “catastrophic effect on global markets”. This is taxpayer money, right?  So how about giving the taxpayers something in return.  AIG is an insurance company, right?  OK.  [...]

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Old L.A. Farmers Market

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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It’s Tuesday again! Join us at the Old L.A. Farmers Market in Highland Park. The market is open every Tuesday from 3 to 8, on Avenue 58 and Marmion Way. Note:  Old L.A. Farmer’s Market accepts the EBT food stamp cards for food purchases. Every week there is a Neighborhood Council booth where you can [...]

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Second Saturday: Art Gallery Night in Northeast L A

Saturday, September 13, 2008

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The second Saturday of every month is Gallery Night in Northeast Los Angeles:  Your opportunity to explore the Galleries, Shops, Restaurants and Nightlife in the historic and eclectic neighborhoods of Northeast Los Angeles.  Maybe even purchase art for your home or office.   Tour participating galleries this Saturday, September 13, from 7PM – 10 PM.  [...]

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Looking for something to do this Saturday?

Saturday, September 13, 2008

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Looking for something to do today? Here’s just a partial list of events happening in Northeast Los Angeles on Saturday, September 13:                   8:30 – 10:30 am  – Audobon Center in Debs Park:  Family Bird Watching Walk en Español For families with children ages 4 and up. [...]

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“From Daylight to Midnight ~ A Benefit Poetry Marathon”

Friday, September 12, 2008

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  Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 10 am to 12 midnight On September 27, poets from across Southern California will gather for a benefit poetry marathon for  Avenue 50 Studio in LA’s Highland Park.  This non-stop poetry marathon features many top LA poets.  There will be a book give away each hour donated from publishers [...]

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HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FESTIVAL AND FIREWORKS SHOW

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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HIGHLAND PARK COMMUNITY FESTIVAL AND FIREWORKS SHOW SEPTEMBER 13 AT FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD On Saturday, September 13, 2008, there will be a Community Festival and Fireworks Show at the Franklin High School football field, 820 North Avenue 54, from 3 o’clock in the afternoon to 9 o’clock in the evening. Admission will be [...]

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Wild Parrots in Northeast Los Angeles

Sunday, September 7, 2008

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Here you have it, one of my very first attempts to video the wild parrot flocks of Northeast Los Angeles. Yes, a tripod would help. But, here’s the problem, I set up the tripod in my back yard, thinking the parrots would go to the persimmion tree in the back, so instead they go to [...]

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