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July 2017: “the palm trees died so we could live” July 2018: “as a young child, I always dreamed of closely associating my personal identity/professional brand with palm tree fires. in Los Angeles, anything is possible” July 2019: “Flaming palm tree: the official symbol of the city of Los Angeles.” July 2020: “not ashamed to admit that the only reason I’ve downloaded the Citizen app is to detect L.A. palm tree fires” Like anything done as a gag for too long, the schtick becomes associated with you, which I have mixed feelings about. I don’t particularly enjoy the thought o...

Every July 4th gives us one of Los Angeles' most important symbols: the flaming palm tree Matt Pearce © (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Palm trees on fire during a 2017 wildfire in Ventura. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Every July 4th, for most of the past decade, I log on to Twitter and start retweeting every photo and video I can find of palm trees accidentally set on fire by illegal fireworks. As with most social media activity conducted compulsively and without regard to consequences, I would not describe my searchable record of commentary around palm trees and Inde...

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned throughout North County and other parts of the county

Photo by Robert Burroughs "I was a Maytag dealer for four years, and it was one of the busiest times of my life. It's not that Maytags break down a lot, it’s just that there are a lot of them out there." There’s a rare affliction called the 38-Year-Old Burned-Out-Carpenter Disease. You wake up one morning and your body is crippled, your wife has left you, you’re broke, and your dog got run over. All I had to show for it was about 700 miles of base. At this point, the carpenter has several options: cocaine (stupid), contractors’ school (did you say school?), change within the trade (po...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial, USS Intrepid Museum Sea, Air & Space Museum Complex, National Desert Storm War Memorial, Commemorative Air Force Museum, and USO to honor Air Force Airmen First Class William Pitsenbarger (Honor of Medal Recipient), the 30th Anniversary of Desert Storm, and our nation’s heroes through a live and virtual tribute event on 31 May 2021 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. This event will honor United States Air Force Airman First Class William H. Pitsenbarger whose story was portrayed in the recent major motion picture “The Last Full Measure�...