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Newsblips: Condo High, Cop Shot, Coachella, Computers
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Random pot-shots from the bell-tower:
How Many Condos Can Downtown Support?
Just when you thought the downtown building-and-renovation boom in loft conversions and condo blocks couldn't get any more overheated, Downtown L.A. News reports that city planning officials may approve a plan to convert the 42-story AT&T skyscraper into 500+ condos. Modern engineering being what it is, I still can't picture that many homeowners wanting to live 30+ stories off the ground in earthquake country in a building over which they have no sole control. (But then, I'm a wuss that way.)
Tossing a behemoth like this into the mix triggers some thought-provoking questions: Are we headed for a downtown housing glut? Cheaper rents? High-rise squats? ...
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Officer (and Suspect) Down:
A shootout near MacArthur Park before dawn this morning left a suspect dead and an LAPD officer injured: Six officers have been shot at since the new year, and two have been hit, Bratton said.
"This year, this month, we've seen a significant increase," Bratton said. "This is a concern."
In the same period last year, one officer had been struck by gunfire, police said. Coachella Revealed:
Don't bother with the Coachella.com site, they're still showing the 2006 lineup and schedule. KROQ published the '07 lineup which features, as LAT reports, the reunited Rage Against the Machine, plus Bjork, Arcade Fire, Interpol, Willie Nelson, the Roots, Manu Chao, the Decemberists, Arctic Monkeys, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Air, Tiësto and Kings of Leon. Tix are $85/day, with a whopping dollar of that going to charity.
The Evil Empire Feeds L.A. Education:
Loathe Microsoft as I may (but that's a separate rant), I'd like to hate the latest Windows-pimping publicity stunt, but just can't develop enough bile: Microsoft is giving $1 million to the East-L.A.-based Oscar de la Hoya Learning Center: The Oscar de la Hoya Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to the development of children, families and communities in Los Angeles. The Oscar de la Hoya & Microsoft Learning Center provides thousands of children with a safe and positive educational and training environment, emphasizing self-esteem and success through hard work, dedication, good citizenship and school achievement ...(snip)
The grant will help create the first Windows Vista-equipped youth and community learning center in the country and will offer youths and families in East Los Angeles access to computers with the most updated software applications available. Currently, less than 7 percent of households in East Los Angeles have access to computers and computer software. Community members will have access to the learning center to use, explore and learn new software. Anything - short of theft - to put computers into the hands of kids who need them.
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| Posted by: Mack_Reed on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 11:25 AM
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