Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Everyone's a Photographer on Aug 29th, 2008
I liked this juxtaposition of the burned land in gp, and the lush river. Bring your camera! And for very little gas money! (This part works better if you’re me.) I can see a glimpse of the LA River from where I live, and have been asking friends for YEARS if they want to go [...]
Posted in Meetings as Theatre on Aug 28th, 2008
There’s been a lot of press lately about Griffith Park’s move to get historic-cultural status – that is, be a designated Cultural Landmark. I thought, why all the fuss and the flurries of emails? It seems obvious that a park with a rather lurid past (look up Colonel Griffith and prepare to learn), that is [...]
Posted in Forest Fire on Aug 27th, 2008
Not that I’m one to call people names. Some people are referring to him as a transient. Some call him homeless. Me, I like how Councilman Tom LaBonge describes our gp visitors with poor money management skills: “As we all look around at each other here..and down at our shoes and socks… we’re living a [...]
Posted in Forest Fire, Meetings as Theatre, People who don't know any better on Aug 19th, 2008
There were tv crews and everything at the meeting on arsonists tonight. Carolyn Ramsay, of Councilman LaBonge’s office, was at the door handing out important pieces of paper. I reached for one, and she said the agenda was on the seats. There weren’t any seats left, so I held my hand out to her again, [...]
Posted in Fire Department 101 on Aug 19th, 2008
Or, How cb Makes Every Fire a Photo Op. I mean, really, he looked like he’d been lugging the hoses himself the other night, didn’t he? Our councilman, also our fireman. Well, almost! I got this VERY last minute notice of a meeting tonight, in my comments: From: “LaBonge News” Date: August 18, 2008 4:39:35 [...]
Posted in Forest Fire on Aug 16th, 2008
This is the 3rd fire in gp near the zoo, in a month. And now arson is suspected, writes Channel2. There is nothing in the LAFD blog yet about it. Firefighters say they have detected as many as five separate ignition points as they battle a series of brush fires in Griffith Park Saturday, the [...]
