Cell phone photos from a few hours ago. There were cops and cones at every street and alley for three blocks surrounding the Santa Monica Synagogue at 1448 18th Street in Santa Monica. I knew it was bad when I saw even the Park Rangers were there helping. I guess they ran out of parking peeps.
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X-15 Art Imitates Life
Which one is from real life? And which one is the still from MGM’s X-15 film. This week’s quiz involves NASA’s experimental manned space plane, the X-15. One of these photos is from the Dryden Flight Research Center archives. Check back tomorrow for the answer.
Avoid Wilshire and Sepulveda Tonight and Tomorrow
It can’t be that bad, right? Friday, April 8, at 10 p.m., a contractor will begin placing K-rails and installing temporary lighting and signals there. For 12 hours, all traffic signals will be turned off at the intersection and traffic control officers will direct traffic. via TAKE SUNSET, OR PICO, AVOID WILSHIRE : Santa MonicaContinue reading “Avoid Wilshire and Sepulveda Tonight and Tomorrow”
West LA Hit and Run Wednesday Morning
A woman was in a crosswalk at Cotner Avenue at 10:40 a.m. when she was struck by a truck that was turning from westbound Santa Monica Boulevard onto the northbound 405 Freeway. The truck kept going. via Pedestrian killed at 405 on-ramp in West LA | abc7.com.
My First V-8 (part one)
In the late spring of 1995 I was returning from my freshman year of college. At 19, I’d made good marks and even gotten on the dean’s list my first semester. So, when I returned from New England after that first year I had earned some credibility with dear-old-dad and figured I might be ableContinue reading “My First V-8 (part one)”
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