Ed Padgett Suspended From LA Times For Blogging About Last Week's LAT Press Melt Down!

Go to the above link and then scroll down to read my comment on this story.  But be aware it may not be approved until this afternoon.  So - until then - here it is:

I can not imagine the Los Angeles Times would be clueless enough to fire you. Or at least I would have thought that before last night.  

But after I saw the lead article - and lead photo - on the LAT website last night was a full scale review of a novel written by first time novelist Glen Beck, I realized idiots and morons are running the LA Times.

 

How Can One Neighborhood Be Called Arlington Heights, the Wilshire DIstrict and South Los Angeles - All In One Article?

In the LA Times, the headline correctly says Arlington Heights and the story says South Los Angeles - which is also arguably correct, though some might object - but the URL of the story identifies it as being in the Wilshire District, which is totally wrong.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/man-found-shot-dead-in-his-car-in-wilshire-district.html

Man found shot dead in car in Arlington Heights

June 6, 2010 |  8:22 pm

A  man in his 50s was found dead in his car with a gunshot wound to the head early Sunday morning in South Los Angeles, police said.

A woman, possibly the victim’s daughter, summoned police to the scene in the 2100 block of 2nd Avenue in Arlington Heights about 5:30 a.m., said Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Gregory Baek.

What Stores Are Open On TONIGHT'S Thursday June 17th Fashion Walk!

June 17th 2010 Fashion Walk Map – Noon to 10 PM

MAIN STREET & SIDE STREETS                            

1.  Blends                  125 W 4th St.

Limited Edition Sneakers & Urban Clothing.              

2.  SkinGraft                             125 W. 4th St. #102

Raw underground Style combined

with sleek high-end couture.

3.  Elmer Ave                            120 W. 4th St.

Rock and Roll Rebels do High-End Formal Wear.

              

4.  Stelladottir                                430 S. Main St.

Handmade, vintage inspired clothes & hats.

Downtown store of the year last year - this year's LA Weekly's

Best Buy Open late most nights. 

5.  Pussy & Pooch                    564 S. Main St.

Pet couture, treats, food & grooming.

6.  Soulful Commandoe Skate Café    121 E. 6^th St.

One stop shopping for Downtown Skaters,

’Soulful Commandoe’ line by Nicholas Mayfield

and music & fashion events.

A.  PE LOFTS                  610 S. Main

&

B.  MERCANTILE LOFTS   620 S. Main

One Night Only – Two Huge Spaces

Over 20 hot young designers.

Runway couture & Vintage

Perfect Father’s Day Gifts  

Jewelry, sun glasses, sandals & hats

Menswear, Womenswear & Childswear.

7.  Gather///Otto Gates        630 S. Main St.    

VERY FIRST sneak preview of Downtown’s soon to be hottest

retail store featuring modernized antique furnishings, unique home

wares and rare young apparel  and jewelry.  Be sure and bring

your hard hat!    Closes 9 PM             

8.  Symbiotic Form             NW Corner of 7th & Main on Main

Vintage inspired woman's hand bags, hats, clothes and jewelry

Also unique household wares and one of a kind gifts.     

9.  Not For Sale                      NW Corner of 7^th & Main on Main

Kaws, TrustcoCorp, Tristan Eaton, Monsieur and

Keith Haring Pop Shop – and much more….    May close early

10.  1-Man's Trash        NW Corner of 7th & Main on Main St.                                           Hard to find vintage items and one of a kind re-worked vintage pieces                                          for men, women and children that have been worn by Usher Raymond,                                      Ellen Degeneres and Carmen Electra.818-355-1130

11.  ZZYXX Gallery of  Natural Science    NW Corner 7^th/Main on 7^th

Gems, minerals and crystals.  Closes 8 PM

SIXTH  STREET FROM MAIN TO SPRING                   

12.  apliiq                            6th Street between Main and Spring

apliiq applies unique rare textiles to everyday garments.  Learn

how to customize your own wardrobe and find out how to develop

your own personal style.

 13.  Flea                             6th Street between Main and Spring

Vintage clothes, furniture, hats, design magazines, one of kind

gift items and contemporary art.  Perfect place to find gifts for

the person who has everything - or nothing.  Closes 9 PM

14.  KAPSOUL               6th Street between Main and Spring

Contemporary & vintage clothes, sunglasses, and a wide

selection of unique and unusual gift items.  As cool as 

they come!

SIXTH STREET FROM SPRING TO BROADWAY      

15.  Crack Gallery       204 W. 6th St.

Crack Gallery wants to get the city hooked

on a new drug: their own blend of fashion.

16.  Buchanan Gallery     204 ½ W. 6^th St.

Art Gallery and Art Studio              

17.  Dialect                     215 W. 6^th St #111

Fashion, Jewelry, Art and House wares.

18.  Norbertellen Art Gallery       215 W. 6^th St. #110

Art of every type and medium

19,  BRITTINO     215 W. 6^th Street

One of kind, handmade gifts.  Jewelry xoxes,

flower vases, mobiles and much more.

20.  ZLB                        215 W. 6th     #108

Vintage Clothing from around the country and around the world

of every kind and every price.  If you don’t see it there –

ask them if they have it in storage.     

Spaces Still Available for Thursday June 17th Downtown Fashion Walk!

This Thursday’s June 17^th Downtown  Fashion Walk will have both  over  20 stores open on Main & Spring  between 4^th and 7^th Streets  AND over 20 designers and boutiques who will show for one night only in spaces along Main Street between  6^th and 7^th from  6 to 10 PM.  In addition, there will be special Father’s Days specials for this Sunday’s gift giving.

We will release the first list of participating brands and stores this Tuesday and if you have a brand or a store that would like to participate – spaces are still available to qualifying vendors at only $25 each.  For more information contact:

Brady Westwater at bradywestwater@gmail.com or at 213-804-8396.

$25 Artist & Vendor spaces at June 10th Thursday Art Walk and June 17th Fashion Walk!

Thursday June 10^th Downtown Art Walk Vendor Booths – Onetime special price of $25!    http://www.pelofts.com?

After the PE Lofts ground floor at 6^th and Main was closed for 3 months –  it reopens  to artists, clothing designers, jewelry and creative retailers this Thursday June 10^th Art Walk - when 25,000 people will fill the streets of Historic Downtown  and Gallery Row - and on next Thursday’s Fashion Walk on June 17^th. 

Since the all glass ground floor retail space is just now available, prices to show will be far below usual.  Only $25 will changed for each space - AND each vendor or artist needs to bring their own table or easels or racks, their own lighting and their own extension cords.  Set ups start at 4 PM during the day Thursday June 10^th and doors open to the public at 6 PM until 10:30 PM.

For more information contact bradywestwater@gmail.com  or call 213-804-8396.