A "Perfect Storm" of traffic and assorted items for Saturday

Streets and alleys or the 110 freeway??

Events galore to test the north-south traffic artery known as the 110 Freeway, just hope that angioplase is not needed by late evening. Here is a narrative for today's "Bumper to Bumper Fest" on the San Pedro to Pasadena Highway.

****"Palinfest" at the "No Home Depot Complex" in Carson at 2:00 PM. Good for the 110 that most of the crowd will approach from the east beyond the Orange Curtain, with exception of Zuma Dogg and a certain "NO HO VALLEY PALIN GUY".

Memo to a certain "LA Times Blogger in Malibu", does your buddy "Observing West LA Life and your Times", aka "WWG", allow comments on his blog??, Then why the cheap shot "Headline" on Palin?? A little hypocritical in my opinion...

BREAKING NEWS!! 26,000 + REQUEST FOR TICKETS, OVERFLOW AREA BEING MADE AVALIBLE FOR MASSIVE CROWD

****USC, that four year community college on Fig., attempts to make it 0-2 against the Oregon schools at 5:00 PM, weather permitting. (One hate to see "Elmers the Mule" get wet, makes for messy glue)

****The "Mighty Azuls" seek to send Cubs fans back to their grave sites in Cook County where they will find their absentee ballots already cast in favor of "THE ONE". Sweep festivities begin at 7:00 PM.

****UCLA intramurals will commence at 7:15 PM in the "Jewel of the Arroyo Seco". Rumor is that a game will be played against a certain Eastern Washington team before the main event.

****Huma and her friend Hillary Clinton will raise cash for that fund to pay off the debt to Mike Trujillo and friends in regards to their hard work on behalf of Clinton-Villar 08 Campaign, err Obama. Cash only at the Edison Club on 2nd street this evening. (KFWB reports that Hillary hosted event for her California campaign staffers last evening.)

****Neil Diamond will belt out "Song, Song, Blue (hairs)" for a capacity crowd of manic fans who can venture across the "405 Divide" and make to Staples by 8:00 PM. One can expect Diamond to belt out the hits influence by the mystical "Tin Pan Alley".

****For the younger crowd, the area around City Hall is the site of the LA Weekly's "Detour Music Festival" which runs through Sunday. One must wonder if they were given a Special Event Waiver, this after the Weekly's deconstruction of "11/100" Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

......and for a late night/ early morning meal, there is the "Original Pantry", Richard Roirdan will appreciate your business.

Only in Los Angeles!!

Observations on a Sunday Morning

I had a great time appearing on John Phillips' show on KABC Radio Saturday night.  John was great to hang with and the folks at KABC treated me first rate with my name on the lobby marquee and setting me up in the "green room" prior to going on air.  Dodger baseball keeps John's Saturday night show off the air for a few weeks, but you can always catch John each morning on McIntyre in the Morning.

On the way back from KABC a stop at The Original Pantry restaurant was in order for dinner.  Their salmon is incredible! I didn't know that the restaurant (owned by former Mayor Richard Riordan of course) no longer provides the fresh vegetable platter it had for decades.  This is part of the same nanny state nonsense that took the mustard off tables at The Original Philipe's and the bacon off the hot dogs on Latino vendor carts.  With respect to the first two for sure those traditions went back nearly a century and no one died.  Why all of a sudden now do we need government to protect us?

If you want to run for Mayor against Antonio Villaraigosa this is your issue: crime.  Crime and the perception of rising crime is growing in Los Angeles.  The folks in the Valley and parts of the Westside are pissed about development and that's a strong issue.  However crime cuts deep and is the one thing that will impede the progress of the city on every level.  The Mayor has produced nothing in terms of the crime issue; continuing to raise taxes while showing no real visible on the street increase in LAPD strength.  The candidate that can successfully take on this issue - including embracing Jamiel's Law without making it a racial issue - has a real shot at beating the Mayor.