Archive for July, 2009

Reduce the Costs of Traffic Congestion by using Metro

Jul 13, 2009

Just released this week, the Texas Transportation Institute’s Annual Mobility Report concludes that:
“Travelers spent one hour less stuck in traffic in 2007 than they did the year before and wasted one gallon less gasoline than [...]

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The Original Farmers Market Celebrates 75 Years

Jul 11, 2009

Farmers Market early beginnings were humble to say the least. It originally opened 75 years ago with only 18 farmers, who paid $.50 each to rent space for them to sell their colorful harvests. Farmers [...]

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Culver City Downtown Walking Tour

Jul 10, 2009

Over the years, Culver City has gone through a metamorphosis. Gone are its days as a sleepy working class enclave. It’s now a modern, thriving intersection of the arts and motion pictures industries; a design, [...]

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Clover Park – Santa Monica’s Gold Mine of Parks

Jul 09, 2009

With over 20 public parks in Santa Monica, local residents and visitors have a lot of activities to choose from.

Is your favorite sport baseball? Do you have small children, or teenagers?
Whatever your game may be, [...]

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Having Fun in the Sun at Cabrillo Beach

Jul 07, 2009

Can you see yourself in this picture? If you visit Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, you can not only become a part of the scenery, you can frolic in it as well.
But, Cabrillo Beach isn’t [...]

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Free Park and Ride with the Los Angeles Metro

Jul 06, 2009

Free?
Who doesn’t like free stuff?
Free parking is included in the Metro’s Park and Ride Lots throughout the City, and they’re all part of, and connected to, a Metro location.
Why own a Car but also [...]

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Happy 4th of July from San Pedro and Point Fermin Park

Jul 04, 2009

San Pedro sits literally at the southernmost tip of Los Angeles and is located at the southern end of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
As you can see from this vantage point shot, San Pedro is [...]

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The Los Angeles Metro is now on Google Maps

Jul 03, 2009

Just in time for the  4th of July weekend—now anybody can effortlessly access Los Angeles Metro routes simply by using Google Maps. This has been in the works for quite some time and now the [...]

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Long Beach the “other” Great City of Southern California

Jul 02, 2009

Although known to many, and not known to quite more, Long Beach ranks among one of the most important cities in all of California. I’ll get to that part in another story. For this story [...]

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