Don’t light up in Santa Monica; e-cigarettes banned in non-smoking areas
Photo via Wikimedia Commons Electronic cigarettes will be banned in all non- smoking areas in Santa Monica beginning Thursday, including the Santa Monica Pier, beaches and the Third Street Promenade....
View ArticleConfederate flag controversy comes to L.A.
Photo via Pixabay A congresswoman called on Mayor Eric Garcetti and a city councilman Friday to stop allowing the sale of Confederate flag souvenirs at the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum in Wilmington,...
View ArticleCouncil moves forward with proposal to ban smokeless tobacco at all L.A....
Photo via Wikimedia Commons The City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with a proposal to ban smokeless tobacco products from all venues in Los Angeles where amateur and professional baseball and...
View ArticleDrones and more banned from Rose Parade
Photo by Flying Eye [Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.Spectators may not bring drones to Friday’s 127th Rose Parade, while umbrellas and selfie sticks...
View ArticleMetrolink: No more hoverboards aboard trains starting Monday
Hoverboards are now banned aboard Metrolink trains. Photo by DanielPetkov (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsBeginning Monday, hoverboards...
View ArticleGuess? ceases using banned Angora wool in clothing production
Photo via Pixabay Guess? Inc. announced Friday that it will immediately cease to use Angora wool, which comes from the coats of Angora rabbits. A ban on Angora wool, obtained by shearing, has long been...
View ArticleGrab your canvas, no more plastic grocery bags in California
Photo by Edgar Zuniga Jr./CC-BY-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/, via flickr. Plastic grocery bags will be banned in California, with voters narrowly validating the Legislature’s...
View ArticleCould online voting be banned in future LA neighborhood elections?
Online voting could be forever banned during Los Angeles neighborhood council elections, with the Los Angeles City Council voting to block the recently implemented practice until a report is prepared...
View ArticleSears settles suit over ‘dangerous’ products on website
Photo via Pixabay District attorneys in Orange County and nine other California counties Friday announced a pending settlement with Sears regarding the sales of banned and “dangerous” products from...
View ArticleDon’t light up in Santa Monica; e-cigarettes banned in non-smoking areas
Photo via Wikimedia Commons Electronic cigarettes will be banned in all non- smoking areas in Santa Monica beginning Thursday, including the Santa Monica Pier, beaches and the Third Street Promenade....
View ArticleConfederate flag controversy comes to L.A.
Photo via Pixabay A congresswoman called on Mayor Eric Garcetti and a city councilman Friday to stop allowing the sale of Confederate flag souvenirs at the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum in Wilmington,...
View ArticleCouncil moves forward with proposal to ban smokeless tobacco at all L.A....
Photo via Wikimedia Commons The City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with a proposal to ban smokeless tobacco products from all venues in Los Angeles where amateur and professional baseball and...
View ArticleDrones and more banned from Rose Parade
Photo by Flying Eye [Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.Spectators may not bring drones to Friday’s 127th Rose Parade, while umbrellas and selfie sticks...
View ArticleMetrolink: No more hoverboards aboard trains starting Monday
Hoverboards are now banned aboard Metrolink trains. Photo by DanielPetkov (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsBeginning Monday, hoverboards...
View ArticleGuess? ceases using banned Angora wool in clothing production
Photo via Pixabay Guess? Inc. announced Friday that it will immediately cease to use Angora wool, which comes from the coats of Angora rabbits. A ban on Angora wool, obtained by shearing, has long been...
View ArticleGrab your canvas, no more plastic grocery bags in California
Photo by Edgar Zuniga Jr./CC-BY-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/, via flickr. Plastic grocery bags will be banned in California, with voters narrowly validating the Legislature’s...
View ArticleCould online voting be banned in future LA neighborhood elections?
Online voting could be forever banned during Los Angeles neighborhood council elections, with the Los Angeles City Council voting to block the recently implemented practice until a report is prepared...
View ArticleSears settles suit over ‘dangerous’ products on website
Photo via Pixabay District attorneys in Orange County and nine other California counties Friday announced a pending settlement with Sears regarding the sales of banned and “dangerous” products from...
View ArticleViolence at protests outlawed in LA: Torches, nunchucks, baseball bats banned
Photo via Pixabay. Torches, mace, nunchucks, shields and baseball bats are among a list of items that could soon be banned at public protests and demonstrations in Los Angeles under a proposed amended...
View ArticleElectric Scooters, Bicycles, Skateboards Banned on SM Bike Path
Electric or motorized vehicles such as scooters, bikes, skateboards and Segways are now banned on Santa Monica’s beach bike path, the pier and municipal parks. The Santa Monica City Council voted...
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