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Customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power get their first chance Thursday to weigh in on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa s latest plan for hiking electric rates. The DWP commission, whose five members are appointed by Villaraigosa, will m...

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, budget, committee, environment, hike

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For most of the year, the Giant Coreopsis plant looks like a short stubby odd-looking version of a Joshua Tree. Often referred to as the Dr. Seuss plant, it sits flowerless and dead-looking for about nine months of the year. Then wildfl...

topics: beach, hiking, malibu

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Take a beautiful day after a rainy season to visit a local waterfall and you won't be disappointed. Of the six waterfalls in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Escondido Falls ( Hidden Falls ) comes in at the ta...

topics: hike, hiking, los-angeles, malibu, santa-monica

aggregated from: Outposts

The body of 24-year-old Katherine Huether, a hiker missing since March 4, was discovered Saturday at the base of a sheer cliff, reports the Oregonian.A father and son hiking the area discovered the body at the bottom of an 800-foot cliff. Deputies fr...

topics: hike, hiker, hiking

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Bikehugger has a cool video showing the basics of Google s new bicycling directions for Google Maps. Biggest thing to keep in mind is that, with it being a beta, be sure to sanity-check the directions before sallying forth.Taking a more local example...

topics: bike, cycling, hiking, transit

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The rugged vista seen while hiking in Malibu (Photo by Wathana Lim/LAist. See more photos here) A midday workout ended in cuts and bruises for a woman who was the victim of a sexual assault attempt in Malibu, according to the Huffington Post. Th...

topics: beach, hiking, malibu

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KFI AM 640 has a video from a Spanish TV crew showing tons of used condoms off hiking trails in Elysian Park near Little League fields. The radio station says this is a hot spot for males to have anonymous sex. Maybe shining a light on this, hope...

topics: hiking, lapd

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Farmers Market clock tower Photo by M.V. Jantzen via LAist's flickr pool. HIKEThere's an organized night hike of Upper Las Virgenes Canyon tonight at 6:30 pm sponsored by the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. The Trail to the Stars is a two...

topics: beer, book, books, echo-park, farmers-market

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has postponed a Friday news conference on his plan for hiking a surcharge for customers of the Department of Water and Power, replacing that event with one that focuses on his recent lobbying trip to Washington....

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, carson, hike, hiking, los-angeles

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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has postponed a Friday news conference on his plan for hiking a surcharge for customers of the Department of Water and Power, replacing that event with one that focuses on his recent lobbying trip to Washington....

topics: antonio-villaraigosa, carson, hike, hiking, los-angeles