Los Angeles, CA

What do you get when you squeeze the theory of 80,000 Bob Smiths within a workshop?

Analyzation.

Challenge your I.Q. at a screening of Neil Abramson’s film Bob Smith U.S.A., being held at Center For Inquiry West. Your thinking cap is required to rub elbows and wits with brainiacs in this discussion.

When: Sunday, August 19th
Where: 4773 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Time: 11AM
Cost: Price: $6 (or $3 for students)
323-666-9797

Tomorrow, Best Friends Network wants you to bring your canine friend to the LA Riptide vs. San Diego Drago Lacrosse Game so you can get in for FREE!

Date: Saturday, July 28th
Location: Home Depot Center
18400 Avalon Blvd
Carson, CA 90746

The Dog Event starts at 5:30 pm, with the game following at 7:30 pm. But you have to register prior to the event. Each admission is priced at $5 per ticket with one owner per dog FREE. Dog ticket sales, optional donations and $5 of all dog owners’ guest’s sales for the East side of the Home Depot Stadium will be donated to Best Friends Animal Society.

Last week I wrote about The Old Spaghetti Factory soon being closed down in LA.

Now there’s an event being held by the Southern California Restaurant Historical Society in which they will celebrate restaurants both past and present. By commemorating restaurants still open, they also keep the memory alive of former places that no longer exist. At 10:00A.M. on May 26th, the event is going to be held at Clifton’s Brookdale Cafeteria. The cost is completely free to attend, with the motto of “Pay What you Wish, Dine Free Unless Delighted”.

Special guests to be present at the event are D.J. Waldie, Charlie Perry, Chris Nichols, and Robert Clifton, all of whom have a strong connection to culinary arts in the L.A. basin.

For more information on how to attend, and details of the event, visit LottaLiving.com and Clifton’s Cafeteria.

[From blogging.la]

Today in the suburb of Lake View Terrace, people from Girl Scout troops, wildlife lovers, and all walks of life are planting trees. Supported by volunteers from TreePeople, everyone was instructed and trained on what to do, and as a result, the trees were able to be planted in 20 minutes or less. The last day of the planting season was today, so everyone is making the most of it.

One girl scout troop reportedly planted 25 trees in the Lake View Terrace Recreational Center.

All planted trees were named as well.

If you’re a car buff or into car shows, you might wanna head on down to Ontario Convention Center today and catch the last day of the Inland Empire Auto Show. They’ve got everything from classics, to suped-up motorcyles and concept cars. Extreme Motorsports, too!

It’s open from 10AM - 5PM, and the ticket prices are $7 online, or $10 at the door. Kids under 12 get in free with a paying adult, so bring the kiddos along too!

Today is Big Sunday; an annual event where volunteers from all across Los Angeles gather to help the community by completing projects, such as planting trees, removing graffiti, picking up trash, donating clothes and food, and even building playgrounds and community centers for children. What started out as a community service day has expanded into a community building day as well. Anybody is welcome to volunteer. The main goal of the event is to help anybody in anyway you can.

Last year there were 32,000 people involved in over 300 projects city-wide. This year the expected turn out is 50,000 working on over 400 projects.