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This picture was taken from my backyard last night. Our view from the deck, looking back towards LA Crest foothills you could see the smoke from the Cajon pass fire and all around us the wind was billowing, there was a ring of thunder, lightening and this beautiful rainbow.
We had a friend visiting from NY and we answered, “of course, this is typical Los Angeles,” even though he knew better.
Jeremy took this picture and I’m so glad he did. (thanks JZ)
Carousel Detail, Santa Monica Pier
Actress Anna May Wong dressed for tree planting, 1938. In Los Angeles Chinatown, I’m pretty sure.
Jeez, I never realized how big exactly LA is.
NYC could fit inside Los Angeles. via @LACityNerd
Can I PLEASE know who does the maps for Keeping Up With The Kardashians?
Los Angeles is NOT in Mexico……
Six months of time lapse photography in one gorgeous vimeo.
This is a really terrific piece that quotes a great friend and hero of mine, Corinne Dufka, who walked away from a very successful career as a photojournalist to become a human rights researcher.


Pretty awesome Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slide deck about the use of social media to help scientists track down the source of the bacteria legionella pneumophila at the Playboy Mansion.
Dr. Caitlin Reed at a conference of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta … said social media were helpful in the disease investigation, which helped investigators identify the outbreak quickly, enabling them to receive responses quickly from attendees, who had traveled from 30 countries; and allowed for the issuing of speedy recommendations for patients to receive lab testing.

Awesome list.
25 Best films of the last 25 years (published 2008) set in Los Angeles, compiled by the Los Angeles Times
2 rules: The movie had to communicate some inherent truth about the L.A. experience, and only one film per director was allowed on the list.
1. LA Confidential
2. Boogie Nights
3. Jackie Brown
4. Boyz N the Hood
5. Beverly Hills Cop
6. The Player
7. Clueless
8. Repo Man
9. Collateral
10. The Big Lebowski
11. Mulholland Drive
12. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
13. Training Day
14. Swingers
15. Devil in a Blue Dress
16. Friday
17. Speed
18. Valley Girl
19. To Live and Die in L.A.
20. L.A. Story
21. To Sleep with Anger
22. Less than Zero
23. Fletch
24. Mi Vida Loca
25. Crash