It's Francis, It's Francis

Saint Francis was my favorite saint when I was a kid. He was the environmentalist saint that befriended animals, bringing them into church during service. He even baptized a wolf that was terrorizing a village. He walked through fire in an attempt to convert the Sultan of Egypt to christianity during the crusades. We were so much more civilized back then...Happy Feast Day St. Francis!

Smoggy Sunset

The Santa Ana winds have been working their autumn magic on L.A., blowing the smog out to sea and making colorful sunsets, like this one over Smog Shoppe on La Cienega Blvd. I'm a sucker for the iconic silhouettes of palm trees and power poles that inevitably find their way onto Los Angeles photographs.

3 Great Bike Rides Tomorrow!

I've done the L.A. Critical Mass twice now, but Santa Monica CM keeps tempting me, with the Oh So Busy Protecting And Serving SMPD keeping close eye on who's got a bike light and where is it mounted, what angle a left turn is being made at, among other nonsense and tomfoolery.

Ride Arc is an architectural tour of different spots in L.A. Tonight's feature neighborhood is Watts, and meets at the 103rd St. Blue Line Station at 9pm.

And If you just want to have fun, head over to CSUN for a game of Bike Ditch, Zombie Style!

RIDE SAFE, people are dying and double dying out on these streets! Can we please get a fully functional bicycle transportation network installed asap, Mayor Antonio?

WORD UP FOR EARMARKS, a bike commuter tax break passed with the big financial bailout! Awesome!

It All Boils Down To This...

Pro-McCain Group Offering Cash for Protesters @ VP Debate

The NRCC front group "Vets for Freedom" has resorted to recruiting paid "demonstrators" from local college fraternities to maintain the illusion of popular support for Sarah Palin at the upcoming VP debate. The tactic echoes the 2000 "Brooks Brothers Riot," when GOP congressional staff were flown from DC to fake a protest against the FLA recount .

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The Anti-Park: Affordable Housing Subsidies To Be Diverted For A Park No One Wants

Way to Go Los Angeles! You took the promise of L.A.'s first major park and paved it over! They ought to call it the Anti-Park. Wow, those renderings of concrete and monstrous shade devices look so inviting!!! I can't wait to have a picnic on the broiling hot concrete park we're paying to build instead of affordable housing! How badly can you screw up some grass and trees? In Los Angeles, the sky's the limit.

Read the nitty gritty by LA Weekly's Tibby Rothman.

Evidence mounts: McCain just wanted Tina Fey back on SNL

Sarah Palin miserably fails to name a single source of her news.