Sunday, May 20, 2012
A mom who has a membership to the zoo is tired of wandering around aimlessly.
To All You Parents Out There: We live so close to a great resource—the Los Angeles Zoo—and so our family, which includes three kids under 12, got a membership two months ago. We all love roaming around, and so we've been going every two weeks or so. It's enough to get our money's worth and support the zoo. But I can't help wondering if there's a way to have a more meaningful experience there. We wander past the animals in their environments and my kids enjoy hitting the playground. So my question to other moms and dads is what can we do to get our kids to engage with the animals and their stories a little more? I know I can hire a zoo tour guide, but that would cost us a whole lot—and that’s not why we bought a membership to begin with. …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Rep. Adam Schiff describes why the Los Angeles River, whose catchment area includes Eagle Rock, should continue with renewal projects.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) authored this op-ed Thursday, originally published in the Los Feliz Ledger: In the past, many viewed the Los Angeles River as little more than a concrete channel winding its way through our backyards, often dry and ignored. But we have now come to recognize that the river’s 32-mile journey through the heart of Los Angeles provides us with an excellent opportunity to unite our communities around a new and exciting waterway. In fact, the river is an asset with the power to connect hundreds of thousands of Angelinos. In 2007, the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan breathed new life into the L.A. River. Under the plan, a renewed River would be a continuous, functioning ecosystem that supports native fish…
Monday, April 30, 2012
The fast food chain has been ordered to pay damages to girl who went into a coma after eating a Twister chicken wrap.
A judge in Australia recently ordered KFC to pay $8.3 million to the family of a girl in Sydney whose brain was damaged after she ate one of the fast food giant’s chicken wraps in 2005 and evidently contracted salmonella. The girl, then aged seven years, went into a coma for months. Although KFC has described the case of food poisoning as “very tragic," it has denied any wrongdoing and has said it would appeal the decision. Click here to read more about the case. We thought we’d ask our readers whether they think the Australian court’s ruling is going to affect how they eat at KFC, which has a franchise right here in Eagle Rock. Share your views in the Comments box below.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Eagle Rock writer Andrew Hindes delivers another PR masterpiece.
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Saturday, April 21
UC is admitting more out-of-state and foreign students to bolster sagging revenues.
Friday, April 20, 2012
You might have heard the term '420' today—April 20—but may not know what it means.
BREAKING NEWS: Twitter reportedly disabled the #420 hashtag on Friday. Check it out by typing "#420" on Twitter.com! Perhaps you've heard the term "420" today, Friday, but are flummoxed by what it means. If so, it stands for International Weed Day, which is celebrated by marijuana advocates around the world on 4/20, that is, April 20. The origin of the term has been widely debated by many so-called stoners gathered around drums circles and under black lights. Some believe the number refers to the amount of cannabinoids, a group of diverse chemical compounds present in cannabis; others believe the term's origins lie in a Santa Cruz police code that meant “marijuana smoking in progress.” Whatever the roots of 420, its oldest reference can be…
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Bike advocates are furious over what they consider city officials' dismissive response to a local teen.
Late last month, Florence Nightingale Middle School Student Jackson Huang sent a letter to Council Member Ed Reyes, requesting that bike lanes called for in Cypress Park through the city's five-year Bicycle Plan be implemented as soon as possible. Reyes responded to Huang's letter about a week later, urging Huang to be patient as he waited for the lanes to be installed in Lincoln Heights. The lanes Huang wrote about would be located on Cypress Avenue and Avenue 28, both of which happen to be located in Cypress Park. That was the first of what local cycling activists consider to be a pair of "dismissive" responses to Huang. Comments made by LADOT Spokesman Bruce Gillman about Huang's Letter in L.A. Streets Blog have prompted the strongest …
Saturday, April 14, 2012
There's a science behind hitting the trail: Besides getting fitter, benefits include improved brain function and mood (toss those Prozac pills over the mountaintop).
It doesn’t take much smarts to figure out that hiking can be a healthy pastime, but did you know that it can also help make you smarter? From losing weight to staving off the degenerative effects of depression and Alzheimer’s, hiking may be the best choice for a comprehensive workout benefiting mind, body and spirit. It’s well known that increased foot mileage decreases the waistline, but there are benefits to hiking that can’t be found on a treadmill or within the confines of a gym. Fresh air, loads of sunshine and even the dirt beneath one’s feet can be credited for improving cognitive function while decreasing anxiety and depression. It’s no coincidence that in addition to hats, shades and sunblock, many people hitting the trails …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Favored by unions, the City Controller is a top contender, along with Garcetti and Yaroslavsky, although many voters haven't picked a favorite yet.
Blog for Eagle Rock Patch!
Have you ever wanted to mix it up—not argue or fight, that is, but to combine what you do at home with something else, whether related to work, sports or some tempting trend out there? If so, you really should be blogging. At a time when millions of people are getting their news and entertainment from blogs rather than from traditional media, your blog can serve as a valuable voice within our community. Among other things, your blog can: • Aid in your personal exploration of a hobby, pastime or passion. (As much as 64 percent of the respondents in a 2010 survey by Technocrati, a respected Internet search engine for blogs, said they blog for fun.) • Serve as a platform for sharing information. • Help you reflect on your life, including …
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