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41 Ticketed in an Hour in Cell Phone Sting

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One of our regular contributors sent me this photo of a hands-free cell phone violator the other day.  Maybe law enforcement in other parts of L.A. needs to do more cell phone stings like the one that occurred in Torrance a couple [...]

Ford Fiesta Program

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I had a friend visiting from New York this past week, and naturally the topic of driving came up.  Although he did mention how cell phone use behind the wheel has increased because cops have tapered off ticketing drivers for the offense, [...]

A Street Sweeping and Parking Enforcement Investigation

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Matt Schrader, a broadcast journalism major at USC, wrote to me about a story he’s been putting together over the last few months.  He conducted an investigation into what he calls the City of Los Angeles’ street cleaning double standard: failure to [...]

Without a Car In The World – Diane Meyer

I wanted to share an art exhibition with you all from local artist Diane Meyer taking place at the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica.  Her work is interesting, thought-provoking, and touches upon some of the socioeconomic issues discussed on this site–what makes us tick, why do we drive the way we do, how [...]

Rain, Headlights, Cell Phones, Oh My!

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Two days of rain, and the town’s none the wiser.  This isn’t the best video, but this is all I could get while stopped in traffic.  If you look closely, you can see windshield wipers running on the cars waiting at the [...]