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Harassed at the TCW Group building in Los Angeles

Today, July 24th, 2008 at 3:40pm, I got harassed in Downtown Los Angeles at the TCW Group building on W 8th Pl and S Figueroa St. I got nine photos in before I got approached by Daron [last name withheld]. He told me I couldn’t take photos of the building, despite my being on the [...]

Photographers take a stand in LA - June 1st, 2008

Photographers throughout Los Angeles, with cameras in hand, will gather at Hollywood and Highland and Union Station to peacefully rally against the unnecessary treatment they have received from security guards, LAPD, and LASD while photographing in public places, and on the Metro.
Start Time: 11:00am
Location: Hollywood and Highland, 6801 Hollywood Los Angeles, CA 90028
At about 1:30pm [...]

[July 2007] California Driving Cell Phone Ban Only A Rumor

California drivers recently rushed to get Bluetooth and other hands-free phone equipment due to a circulating email announcing that new hands-free cell phone laws would be going into effect in the state as of today. Turns out that they have another year to worry about it; California is indeed enacting a ban on cell phone [...]

Getting spied on by the NSA

I try not to get political here (only because I don’t know much about politics), but when I read that some major phone companies have allowed the NSA to collect their phone call records, I couldn’t help but send a mass-email to a number of contacts.
At the Daily Kos, at least two posts have been [...]