A Vibrant Time-Lapse Tour of Lake Tahoe
Shortt and Epic Productions’ beautiful time-lapse photography captures the shores of Lake Tahoe and the ski slopes of the Sierras.
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Mike Kelley, the L.A.-based but internationally renowned artist, was found dead in his South Pasadena home Tuesday, police said Wednesday.
Photo: Mike Kelley in 1996. Credit: Los Angeles Times
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Warning! The language here isn’t family friendly so we’re linking instead of embedding. But the video was inspired by a story that Times’ staffer Henry Chu wrote: The iPhone’s Siri doesn’t seem so smart in Scotland
Siri in Scotland
A funny, NSFW video from Gavin McInnes, author of How to Piss in Public (coming in March).
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A woman on a mission: Defense cuts cost Laura Herzog her job, but her work with grieving military families was too important to stop. She launched the nonprofit group Honoring Our Fallen to aid families of deceased service members
Photo: Mary Hargrove, left, gets support from Laura Herzog as she joins relatives and Marine war buddies watching the release of balloons inscribed in memory of her son, Lance Cpl. Justin Swanson, 21, of Anaheim, during a second anniversary memorial at Westminster Memorial Park. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times
California needs to find $3 billion by March: Controller warns that the state could be in the red by then. Republicans and Democrats snipe over the severity of the problem.
Photo: California Assemblywoman Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) and Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) watch as the votes are posted for Brownley’s campaign disclosure bill in Sacramento. The bill, which would have required top campaign donors to be identified in television, radio and print ads, was defeated. Credit: Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
Unspeakable: L.A. teacher arrested, accused of disturbing lewd actsTrigger warning: We have to warn you that this story is NOT pleasant, so please take care when reading.
Mark Berndt, a 61-year-old teacher who taught for three decades at Miramonte Elementary School in South L.A., is accused of lewd acts with 23 children between the ages of 7 and 10 — allegedly tying children up and putting giant cockroaches on their faces. And something else we’re not going to print. Berndt, who was fired in March and bis being held on a $2.3 million bail, wasn’t caught as the result of children coming forward, but a photo-processor who turned pictures of some of the heinous acts over to the authorities. The L.A. Times has more, including a police report. This is just appalling.
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Suits could force L.A. to spend huge sums on sidewalk repair: The civil rights actions claim that broken sidewalks and missing curb ramps violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The city could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.
Photo: Brent Pilgreen, 53, is a quadriplegic. He is a plaintiff in one of the cases against the city of L.A. Credit: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
For woodchuck rescuer, every day is Groundhog Day: Outside Bob Will’s front door is a hibernating local celebrity named Dunkirk Dave, who will draw his share of camera trucks on Feb. 2. But inside Will’s home, there’s a menagerie of mending marmots.
Photo: Bob Will, right, and Bill Verge visit with Dunkirk Dave on Groundhog Day 2011. The two of them rescue groundhogs year-round. Credit: Nicole Gugino / Dunkirk Observer
Florida legislation is the latest to prohibit shoppers from buying ‘nonstaple, unhealthy foods’ with federal aid. It’s a trend driven by health concerns but also by tight budgets.
That bad attitude? Blame the birth month: Numerous studies suggest a link between temperament and health and the month in which a person is born. If you’re overweight, you could be a winter baby.
This is science, not astrology… but it’s just as fun.
Photo: Temperature, sunshine, seasonal foods, winter infections: All can affect the development of a baby and, as a result, its future. Credit: Top and bottom right: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times; bottom left: Adam Pike Riesner / Associated Press
When college applicants plagiarize, Turnitin can spot them: UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and Stanford University are among more than 100 colleges using Turnitin’s database to detect plagiarism in application essays.
Photo: Andrew Ainslie, a senior associate dean at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, pictured with a Turnitin plagiarism report, says “nobody ought to be able to buy their way into business school.” Credit: Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times
Evaluations don’t take into account the real world of today’s Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms.
A must-read on education:
On a recent Wednesday, my second-period class was interrupted by a student who overdosed on alcohol and Ecstasy and nearly died. Earlier in the year, one of our students was shot in the face and hospitalized. Last year, a student was shot in the neck and paralyzed for life; one of my students was standing next to him when it happened. The year before that, one of my students was inside her house when her sister, sitting in a car outside, was shot and blinded in one eye in a gang drive-by. The baby she was holding was struck by a bullet and killed.
There are days, or perhaps just moments, when I feel like giving up. I have had to resign myself to the incomprehensible idea that society has decided to blame many of its failings on teachers. But I know we don’t deserve the rap. I work with an incredibly intelligent, caring, talented group of people. I also work with many brave, sweet, bright, extraordinary teens.
Counter-terrorism chemical labs test for synthetic pot: The drug has sent hundreds of users to hospitals. Testing for it is the latest way a multibillion-dollar national infrastructure built to respond to biological attacks has adapted to the lack of an actual attack.
Photo: Katie Seely, 31, a chemist at the Arkansas Department of Public Health counter-terrorism laboratory, operates a robot called the Zephyr that can simultaneously prepare over 90 samples of synthetic chemicals for analysis. Credit: Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times
