In a horrific act of bureaucratic oversight, L.A. County has decided that the act of throwing a frisbee or football on the beach during the summer is now punishable by a $1,000 fine. It’s true that beaches in L.A. get crowded, and most people aren’t Matt Barkley, but the idea that our city’s residents can’t police their own beach activities is absurd. According to CBS2 News,
The Board of Supervisors this week agreed to raise fines to up to $1,000 for anyone who throws a football or a Frisbee on any beach in Los Angeles County.
In passing the 37-page ordinance on Tuesday, officials sought to outline responsibilities for law enforcement and other public agencies while also providing clarification on beach-goer activities that could potentially disrupt or even injure the public.
The updated rules now prohibit “any person to cast, toss, throw, kick or roll” any object other than a beach ball or volleyball “upon or over any beach” between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Exceptions allow for ball-throwing in predesignated areas, when a person obtains a permit, or playing water polo “in or over the Pacific Ocean”.
In response, a group calling itself the “Frisbee Liberation Front” emailed us saying they were dedicated to a civil disobedience and plan to throw frisbees all summer long, consequences be damned. The group hopes that “the public joins us by throwing frisbees and footballs responsibly in 2012 without fear or intimidation.”
New to DTLA on Tuesdays, Club Dirt Bag kicks off with ITS CASUAL performing live!
To Commemorate The Release of the “Redline” video directed by Rick Kosick of Jackass, It’s Casual will be playing a free show at La Cita Bar on Tues 1.31.12! Directly across the street from you guessed it! The Pershing Square Redline!
Bands start at 1030pm. DJ Organ Donor spinning punk, metal, new wave and more! 21+ Free Show!
The Site UnScene (TSUS*) represent the next generation of Los Angeles art management and curation. Founders JB Jones and Wil Atkinson have taken a different approach to the art world, truly putting the promotion and development of artists ahead of any other goal. To that end, the team is announcing their downtown headquarters, a warehouse style gallery where collectors of every type (from sticker fans to print buyers to serious art collectors) can come check out work by artists such as Septerhed, Destroy All Design, Gregory Siff and others. A unique aspect of the space is a 24 hour “artists gym” where artists can come work and create or have a session on the indoor skateramp. Both the gym and the gallery are available by appointment only but don’t be intimidated, everyone is invited to stop by as long as you call or email first.
In a joint effort to present the arts and culture to the diverse and myriad communities in Southern California, the Museum Marketing Roundtable announces the seventh annual ‘Museums Free-For-All’ Saturday-Sunday, January 28th and 29th, 2012. The museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—will open their doors wide and invite visitors free of charge. Regular Parking and other fees still apply.
Despite ads on MTA buses, a story in the LA Times, and some local news coverage, most people in LA don’t know that the city has brokered a deal to save you up to 40% on prescription drugs. Simply print out or download this card, and use it in retail pharmacies citywide (about 1,500 total). You’ll save money on various prescription drugs thanks to the deal brokered by Mayor Villaraigosa in 2009, fulfilling a campaign promises. Do you use LARx? Let us know in the comments. Here’s some info direct from the site:
Easy
Simply present your card at a participating retail pharmacy in the County of Los Angeles and save on many of your prescription drugs. It is that easy. No enrollment form, no membership fee, available for immediate use.
No Limits
You may use your savings card any time. There are no restrictions and no limits on how many times you may use your card.
For Everyone
Our card is available for use by you, your family, and your friends. If you do not have insurance that covers prescriptions, this card may save you dollars on all your prescription needs. And even if you have a prescription card through your medical insurance plan, you can use this savings card for prescriptions not covered by your current carrier to help save you money.
Thanks to Reddit LA for letting us know about this.
City Attorney Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich promised when running for City Attorney that he would not seek political office while working for the city. In fact, he signed a very specific pledge with repercussions if the contract with voters was broken. Here’s what he signed a couple of years ago when running against Jack Weiss:
We pledge that we will not seek any other elected position including Mayor, U.S. Congress, Attorney General or Los Angeles County District Attorney while serving as Los Angeles City Attorney. By signing this pledge, candidates also agree to a penalty should they violate the terms and conditions outlined above. Such penalty will be a $100,000 fine payable from personal funds to LA’s Best After School Program.
In addition, violators agree to personally finance one (1) full-page newspaper advertisement in every daily newspaper in Los Angeles to be run on the first Sunday following the breach of this contract. Such ad must include a large headshot of the candidate in question, a copy of this pledge and the words, “I AM A LIAR”, in large block print.
It’s now been a few months since Trutanich announced he is running for District Attorney, but no donation to an LA Afterschool program has been announced, and the daily newspapers are still waiting for that full-page ad. In case the issue is finding a graphic designer, we’ve graciously included a version above that could be used, for a nominal fee, by the Trutanich for D.A. team.
The campaign of Alan Jackson, who is running against Trutanich, is trying to get the word out about the broken pledge, but it appears not many people are listening other than the blog LA Dragnet which some in that blog’s comments have suggested is run by Alan’s campaign anyway.
Some have called this the worst pizza in LA, millions more have driven past the sign and wondered. Well, the sign is down due to the 90 MPH winds Los Angeles experienced last night. Got a photo of something that went down last night? Send it to us. Photo via crashkg.
You may remember CBS2 reporter Serene from her unfortunate incident at the Grammys earlier this year. Here she lives up to her name at last night’s OccupyLA raid by calmly ignoring the guy in the background, who has some interesting ideas to share with the world. Thanks to @JetSetGraffiti for the link.
All signs point to this being the night the LAPD makes its move against the peaceful protestors of Occupy Los Angeles. We are following TACO contributor Waltarrr and others on Twitter to bring you the latest images, so refresh for the latest as it comes in. As always, click the images for larger versions. (Continued)
Tuesday, November 1st was a momentous night for the Los Angeles Dodgers and LA sports in general. After two years of disastrous divorce proceedings and revelations that he and his wife had treated the team as their private ATM machine, McCourt and Major League Baseball have announced that the team will be sold at auction. The Times’ Bill Shaikin has been on the case from the beginning, and broke the big story last night. An excerpt:
“The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball announced that they have agreed today to a court-supervised process to sell the team and its attendant media rights in a manner designed to realize maximum value for the Dodgers and their owner, Frank McCourt. The Blackstone Group LP will manage the sale process,” the statement read in its entirety.
Baseball hopes a new Dodgers owner can be in place by opening day next year.
The deal was concluded at about 8:30 p.m. Pacific time, said a person familiar with the discussions but not authorized to talk about them. McCourt, who was in New York for the negotiations, is expected to meet with reporters in Los Angeles at a later date.
There is no guarantee that the new Dodgers’ owners will be bring the team more wins than the McCourts, but there’s little doubt that they will be better owners. As long as things go smoothly, LA TACO promises never to mention the names Frank & Jamie McCourt ever again.
LA’s Saber has been at the forefront of artistic political activism in 2011, bombing the sky for #ArtisNotaCrime, smashing the Fox News twitter timeline, and now creating the ultimate in usable art agitation, a giant American flag that can be broken up into individual protest signs. Check out more of the behind the scenes and see the “making of” video on Saber’s website.
