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Jon Hammer, Hopeful Killer of Small Birds.
Jon Hammer, ex-Marine, in the news 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, was all over the media, calling for his release. My ears pricked up when I heard them say that the gun was an antique, not really usable, and could only be used against small birds. Hmm, why say that unless he was planning to kill these vicious small birds?…
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How Builders in LA Get Away with Murder
2980 Waverly Drive: Who did this to you, sweetie? Beware, Los Angeles, for scary developers are amongst you. This is a story about a great vintage house, turned into a wicked Haunted House, by inept city departments and sneaky flippers. 2980 Waverly Drive. I had to dig deep into the murky clay of Building and Safety to find what builders and flippers like Re-Inhabit can get away with in Los Angeles. Turns out, a lot of bad things! Built in 1926, 2980 Waverly Drive in Silver Lake was bought February 2013 ($668K) and sold by John Aaroe Group, September 2013, for twice the price, ($1,250,000). The 6 months in between…
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Howl-o-ween Dog Contest in Silver Lake
My favorite event of the Halloween season is happening again this year: the Silver Lake Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Pageant! Silver Lake Neighborhood council tells me they hung up 20 laminated flyers for this Halloween party all around Silver Lake this week, and someone took them all down! What kind of jackass would do such a thing??? TO THE POOR DOGS?! So here’s more on the dog parade. Event Details for Dogs in Halloween costumes Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 3Pm to 5 PM Inside the Small Dog Park Free, with lots of great prizes! 5th year of this fun event for dogs and dog lovers. The prizes I saw were pretty…
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LA County Animal Shelters, and Why They Should Be Put to Sleep.
Updated: March 17, 2022 LA County Animal Services are shockingly bad I learned about the LA County Animal Shelters through Facebook 2 years ago, but the first impetus 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 Baldwin Park Animal Shelter. Not too far, just east of Pasadena near the 605. The volunteer who took these pix and posted them on Facebook, Elaine Seamans, said they appeared to be bonded. They do look very friendly, as you can see in the…