Griffith Park & Silver Lake Blog.
Posted in Creatures on Dec 19th, 2012
I’ve been hearing John & Ken talk for over a week on KFI about this poor man who was being kept in a Mexican jail because he was trying to move a gun across the border. Jon Hammer, a former Marine, had already been held in jail since August, and now his mother, Olivia Hammer, [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Aug 6th, 2011
I learned about the LA County Animal Shelters through Facebook 2 years ago, but the first push to write this was either a chicken or her egg. Or her good friend, the duck. * They were found together, wandering near the road (of course – the chicken wanted to cross it), and picked up by [...]
Posted in Creatures on Mar 24th, 2011
A lot of people worry about what I worry about, it turns out: Why do people kill a horse with a broken leg? This is my most popular post on this blog by far, and it was researched and written from the heart. Just today I found the greatest video of a miniature horse who [...]
Posted in Creatures, People who don't know any better on Jul 1st, 2010
Zocalo recently posted a chat in the weekly updates and announcements they send out, called What is the Cruelest Food You’ve Ever Eaten? I haven’t been to Zocalo in a couple of years, but they do have some good events and free food, (which isn’t cruel at all). Their lectures are free, and they tackle [...]
Posted in Creatures on Mar 16th, 2010
Found on CNN: Prosecutors charged Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of Santa Monica’s The Hump, and chef Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45, with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose. Although it is considered a delicacy in Japan and some other countries, meat from whales — an endangered species — is [...]
Posted in Creatures on Mar 15th, 2010
Got an interesting comment today to a post I made on mountain lions 2 years ago: A good friend (we’re both ultra runners) spotted a mtn lion at the hub (5-way) junction up above the east side of the park in ‘09. I’m emailing him to get more information. I run at least 60 miles [...]
