Health a factor in shutting down Occupy LA

Roger Morante
December 3, 2011

A nasty cough had been circulating the Occupy Los Angeles camp outside of city hall in Los Angeles, and living conditions had been steadily declining throughout the month of November. Originally the idea was that the camp would clean up their mess, but that idea turned sour, and trash littered the area... Read more »

Lockout threatens to cancel entire 2011/2012 NBA season

Maria Dimera
November 12, 2011

On Nov. 1, myself and many other NBA fans could have been on our way to the Staples Center to watch Kobe Bryant take on Kevin Durant in the Lakers’ first home game for the 2011/12 NBA season. After the Lakers’ painful elimination from last year’s playoffs by the Dallas Mavericks, this was the one... Read more »

NaNoWriMo Memoir 50,000 words, 30 days

Mia Shilpi
November 3, 2011

November is National Novel Writing Month, a month-long challenge to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in 30 days. Described in its motto as “Thirty days and nights of literary abandon,” NaNoWriMo – as it’s known informally – is a massive challenge. Makers of writing software and coffee... Read more »