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Blood Ties
In December I drove down to Del Mar to attend a baby expo across from the racetrack. The point of a baby expo is to introduce new parents to all the baby products on the market, a good many of which...
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Street Cred: L.A. Now Has Techie-Pampering Buses, Too
If we were all searching for a sign that L.A. tech is really taking off, we may have it: Industry buses have sprouted in the Southland, whisking employees to work in Wi-Fi -equipped, cozy-seated...
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Selling Off Unused Parking Meter Time: There’s an App for That
In June, the City Attorney of San Francisco issued a cease and desist for the MonkeyParking App, which allows users to auction off time left on their metered parking spots. The program uses a GPS to...
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PSA: Macing Your Fellow Theatergoer Is Not the Proper Response to Being Asked...
THE STORY: On Monday night at an AFI Fest screening of Mr. Turner, a man was reportedly maced in the face after he asked another theatergoer to turn off her cell phone. According to Mashable, here’s...
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Uber Bad News: What’s an Angeleno to Do?
Los Angeles’ most popular rideshare app, Uber, has been the center of some, pardon the pun, uber bad press recently. Reports of female passengers being harassed by drivers surfaced, and the company did...
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In the Wake of Eric Garner’s Death, Police Commissioner Steve Soboroff is...
When a New York jury decided this week not to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who was unarmed when Pantaleo restrained him with a deadly chokehold,...
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The James Franco Movie That Might Destroy a Studio
WHAT: What did James Franco do this time? We kid, we kid. On November 24, while Americans were brining turkeys, hackers breached the Sony Pictures network exposing the names, birth dates, and social...
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Fed-up Westsiders, Valley-ites Trying to Bring Down Waze
We now know that traffic is threatening our physical well-being, but we’re getting close to confirming it’s turning Angelenos into lying, crazed, rage-monsters. Exhibit A: the new trend of Waze...
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There’s Now a Shazam for Cars
We’ve all seen a gorgeous vehicle idling in traffic, but can’t get a good enough view to identify the make and model. State Farm Insurance, rather ingeniously, is on its way to creating a solution to...
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The Short Stack: The Los Angeles Week in Review, 12/15/2014 – 12/19/2014
NEWS The Time We All Got Along The scars of Rodney King and Watts receded some on Sunday, when a peaceful protest against policy brutality made its way through Old Pasadena. With cooperation from the...
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How to Get Home on NYE Without Getting Gouged by Uber
If you’re one of the hearty souls braving near-freezing temps tonight to party around town (like at the big festival in Grand Park), driving is probably the last thing you want to do. Being behind the...
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We’re #1! Los Angeles Tops New Survey on “Digital Cities”
As Angelenos toasted the start of 2015, city officials found one last reason to celebrate 2014: Los Angeles ranked first among cities with populations of 250,000 or more in e.Republic’s Center for...
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Los Angeles County Scores Not One But Two Data Plan Upgrades
L.A. is really connecting. Last week the Metro got moving on an $800,000 project to provide cell phone service to subway riders plus WiFi service at stations. While full installation won’t be complete...
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Police Demand Waze Shut Off Cop Tracking Feature
Let’s be honest: One of the most useful features of Waze, the real-time, social networking traffic app, is the warning that officers are just ’round the bend. But that aspect of Waze is also inherently...
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WeHo’s $18M Robo Garage Almost Powered Up
Discussed and planned for years, West Hollywood’s automated parking garage is almost ready to stack its first car. City officials held a topping-off ceremony on Tuesday for the project, which sits...
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New Uber Will Get You Across the Westside for 5 Bucks
Following Lyft’s lead, Uber launched a service that includes carpooling—similar to a shared ride van that ferries people to and from LAX. uberPOOL, as it’s called, allows riders to save money by...
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iCar: Detroit Hopes Tech Advances Encourage Upgrade Fever
Car companies are now hoping to foment an upgrade obsession with the customers, using the same model that Apple so expertly harvested with cell phone users. The idea is to get drivers frustrated with...
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Google Lets You Take Pac-Man Through the Streets of L.A.
Navigating the streets of Los Angeles often feels like a game—with traps (closed streets), tricks (wrong info on Waze), and sometimes rewards (a moving 405!) available. Let’s be honest though, it’s...
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The Newest Driving Distraction: Digital Bus Ads
L.A. may have banned digital advertising on billboards, but the Antelope Valley just introduced them on buses. The Antelope Valley Transit Authority launched a five-year pilot program last week to see...
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L.A.’s Milken Institute Global Conference Had Just One L.A.-Themed Panel
This year’s Milken Institute Global Conference spanned four days and included talks on topics ranging from the economic future of the Middle East to how to engage the curious mind (Brian Grazer’s, to...
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