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 step up from some people. Not everyone has shoes. That’s why we still allow barbecues in gp!” The shoeless person has a name and a face: Gary Allen Lintz, alleged arsonist. Alleged, my arse. He was arrested Saturday. (although our own Kristin Sabo reported it here in comments a half hour earlier!) He was convicted…

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 third likely arson incident near the Los Angeles Zoo in three weeks. Note that the alert Kristin Sabo, who is caretaker of Amir’s Garden in the park, suspected arson on July 29, in my comments. This was the day of the first fire, and she said as much to Officer Humphreys of the LAFD: I…