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A Fire Nearby

A-Fire-Nearby

It’s not everyday you wake up at 3:13 a.m. in West Hollywood due to helicopters, sirens, smoke, and search lights, but even a tree-lined neighborhood just down the road from Monique Lhuillier and DVF gets the opportunity to experience a little “disturbance” now and then. And if you haven’t heard the news about the recent LA car arsons, you were probably living somewhere near the Rose Parade or keeping up on Kim Kardashian’s Twitter background. All this to say, Sunday night was a fun one for us Hollywood folks.

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Off the Beaten Path: Tower 20 Santa Monica

Off the Beaten Path: Tower 20 Santa Monica

Just up the road from lifeguard tower 20 on the Santa Monica beach is Tim Clarke Design’s showroom, aptly titled, well, Tower 20. As you probably know, this part of town—Main Street Santa Monica—exhibits a duality grounded in the bohemian spirit of Venice and the tourist consumerism of downtown Santa Monica. And just off the beaten path of the busiest section of the street lies the Tower 20 store, a beach chic interior boutique that captures the local spirit. Call it Coastal Modern.

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Lisa Hanawalt And My Dirty Dumb Eyes

Writer and cartoonist and generally funny person Lisa Hanawalt will be at Skylight Books on June 3 to read and sign her book My Dirty Dumb Eyes. The book sounds fabulous and hysterical so you should all try to see this.

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Bike Night Photos

The Hammer recently had one of their Bike Nights and they took portraits of people and their bikes. They’re really well done! You’ll also probably see some familiar faces, too.

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Big rig carrying fruit crashes on 210 Freeway, creates jam

In one of the funniest LA headlines and news stories, apparently a big rig with fruit crashed on the 210 and “created a jam.” We’re not sure if there were any injuries to people but 35K pounds of fruit got a little banged up.

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Six Types Of Transplants Ruining LA

Although this article is a *little* drastic, LA Weekly threw their hate in the “Stop fucking with LA!”/#LAHaters conversation with a piece that mapped the six types of Angelenos who are ruining the city. They’re a little mean–but they aren’t entirely wrong.

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Help VIA!

Newcomers VIA are hoping to make some printed items soon. What do they need to do that? Monday! Help them out: they only need a little over $2K and they almost have that money, too. You can catch a video they did for promotion after the jump!

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