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From: kmeyer@aero.org (Kraig R. Meyer)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Re: Apartments
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:24:47
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: solarium.aero.org
In-reply-to: erc@netcom.com's message of Mon, 28 Sep 92 04:17:41 GMT

On Mon, 28 Sep 92 04:17:41 GMT, erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) said:
> What is the best way to look for an apartment in the area around Culver
> City?  I'm in Northern California and haven't been down there in
> several years.  I have a copy the Sunday L.A. Times but it doesn't have
> as many apartment ads as it seems like it should have.
>
> I want a large studio apartment with air conditioning, nice carpet,
> etc.  How much should I expect to pay?  Is the vacancy rate higher than
> normal or lower than normal now?

The LA Times has very very few listings relative to the number of available
apartments.  Having just moved, I can give a few suggestions: 

(1) If you have a specific neighborhood in mind, go there and drive,
bike, or walk around.  A fair number of apartments are not advertised
anywhere.

(2) Pick up a copy of the commercially produced apartment guides.
These are typically TV-guide sized glossy booklets, are available free
at some drugstores, grocery stores, 7-11s, etc.  There are at least 3
or 4 of them printed that include West LA (and Culver City).  Since the
advertisers have to pay to be listed in these, they are usually larger
buildings with a number of vacancies.

(3) Use an apartment listing service.  There is one service, called the
Rent Times, that is on Fairfax near Melrose.  For $39, you have access
to their listings for 3 months.  Listings are updated weekly, and are
divided into regions of LA (Westside, West Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire,
Downtown, etc) and are sorted by monthly rent.  Also listed are move-in
costs, type of unit (1/2 bedroom), size of building (# of units), etc.
My S.O. and I used this listing service during our recent search, and a
friend and his wife also used it during their search.  We were both
quite pleased with it: a number of listings showed up there in
locations we hadn't thought to check, and a lot of smaller buildings
and individually owned buildings are listed.

A woman I know manages 3-4 buildings on the westside, and she said that
1 bedrooms and studios are in very short supply all over the westside.
You're lucky if you can find a 1 bedroom for $700 and  $900+ is more
typical.  Depending on where in Culver City you're looking, this may
or may not apply to your search.

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Newsgroups: la.general
From: Kenneth Gordon <kgordon@courier6.aero.org>
Subject: Quantum Leap
X-Xxdate: Fri, 2 Oct 92 10:15:56 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 17:12:23 GMT

A few days ago, someone posted an article looking
for a tape of Quantum Leap's 2 hour Season Premiere.

Did you ever get a copy?  I've got one, if you haven't seen 
it yet...  Contact me by E-mail.

	 Ken Gordon
	 kgordon@courier6.aero.org
	 The Aerospace Corporation
From: rlm@surfcty.com (Robert McMillin)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Darwinfish
Keywords: Darwin trumps Robertson
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 18:52:58 PDT
Distribution: la
Organization: Surf City Software, Orange, Calfornia - DUDE!

Does anybody know where to get the crucifish-alike that says DARWIN
instead of IXOYE, and sports little feet underneath?  I spent the better
part of this weekend scouring Hollywood to no avail.  Please send e-mail,
as I don't read this group regularly.
From: orozco@zuben.usc.edu (David Orozco)
Newsgroups: la.general,usc.general
Subject: Washer and Dryer
Date: 6 Oct 92 20:13:29 GMT
Distribution: la
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: zuben.usc.edu

I am looking for a Washer and Dryer in good condition, for a fairly
reasonable price.

Please call me at (213) 888-0144
or 
email: orozco@usc.edu

	Dave
Newsgroups: la.general,grads,ca.general
From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
Subject: New in LA?  Look here.
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 21:35:25 GMT

A previous poster mentioned that he was new to Los Angeles and was wondering
how to get oriented.  If *you're* still wondering, *run*, don't walk to your
nearest throw-paper hutch and grab a copy of this week's special issue of the
LA Reader, The User's Guide to LA.  (The Reader is a free, quality,
left-leaning, weekly tabloid that covers stories the LA Times' corporate
masters won't let Times writers near, as well as carrying the must-read
Straight Dope and News of the Weird.)  The User's Guide has some great tips on
staying alive, sane, and entertained here in our little New Jersey on the
Pacific.

Don't worry too much if they seem a little down on the quality of life here.
I've had my car hit, parts stolen off of my motorcycle and bike, been spit on,
had my apartment building shot up by automatic weapons fire (amazing how many
walls those slugs will go through before they stop) and watched riot fires
burn to within blocks of it, and have a close call every day on the local
roads, but I haven't been robbed, beaten, or killed, or anything like that.
The guys who write the Reader probably live in Hollywood or something; stay on
the Westside like me and you'll be okay.

Also recommended is the excellent guide put out by UCLA's GSA (can't recall
the exact title or authors), though you probably will have a hard time finding
it off-campus.  Maybe they'll print a new edition this fall, or check out the
library.

Have fun and good luck,
Mike

-- 
--Mike Coleman (coleman@cs.ucla.edu), Lord High Executioner of Anhedonia-----
I wonder why we waste our lives here // When we could run away to paradise
But I am held in some invisible vice // And I can't get away 
                                                        To live and die in L.A.
Xref: sparky la.general:765 ca.general:1310 misc.jobs.contract:3521
From: charles@rayleigh.usc.edu (Charles A. Njinda)
Newsgroups: usc.general,la.general,ca.general,misc.jobs.contract
Subject: Programmer Possition with Test Group in the Dept. of EE-System at USC
Date: 28 Sep 1992 15:04:17 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: rayleigh.usc.edu


The test group in the Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems at
the University of Southern California is looking for a person who
will develop and maintain an Object-Oriented CAD Framework for VLSI
design applications. The position will last until 9/93 and may be
extended contigent on future funding.

Requirement  : 1-2 years experience in Object Oriented Programming.

             : Experience in developing and maintaining Object-Oriented
               Database systems.

             : Experience in using and developing user interfaces based
               on X-Windows.

             : Solid background in C/C++ languages in a UNIX
               environment.

             : MS/BS in EE or CS.

Desired      : Knowledge of VLSI design & Test and CAD tools.

This position is full time (40hrs/pw). Salary: Open. Our need is
IMMEDIATE. Proposed starting dates during Oct. 1992. Please send
resume to
           
                      Prof. M. A. Breuer
                      University of Southern Califonia,
                      EE-Systems Department,
                      Los Angeles, CA 90089-2560.

or by email to mb@poisson.usc.edu.


                  USC is an equal opportunity employer.
From: hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: EarthQUake Kit
Date: 6 Oct 92 21:28:07 GMT
Distribution: la
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: girtab.usc.edu

ANyone knows where I can get an Earthquake survival kit in LA?
If one should put one together, what should go into the kit? :-)
Thanks
H.


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Xref: sparky la.general:780 rec.railroad:7759
From: faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin)
Newsgroups: la.general,rec.railroad
Subject: Re: Ride the Red Cars (PE) and Yellow Cars (LARy) again
Date: 5 Oct 92 14:56:21 GMT
	<1992Oct2.114549.96@pro-palmtree.socal.com>
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: soldan.aero.org
In-reply-to: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com's message of Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:45:49 GMT

On Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:45:49 GMT, markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
said: 

> Do you mean that you can board a "train" at the perris depot which will
> take you to OERM?

During the rail festivals, most certainly! We'll be running a steam train from
the Perris Depot to Neuvo Rd, and three diesel trains from the Perris Depot
into the Museum. In the museum, they will be lot's more. 

I guess it's time for the announcement:

What: The Orange Empire Railway Museum's 1992 Fall Rail Festival 
When: Saturday and Sunday, October 24/25, 1992, 9A-5P
Cost: $8 Adults, $6 Juniors 6-11, Under 6 free
	Admission covers all trolley and train rides.

Join us at the OERM Fall Rail Festival of trolleys, trains, and nostalgia.
Highlights of the Fall Festival include:

o Main-line trains operating to the Perris Depot
o A steam train operating from Perris to Nuevo Rd.
o Multiple trolleycars operating (Pacific Elect. and LA Ry) 
o Vintage automobiles
o Refreshments and food
o Picnic tables
o Music and entertainment
o Displays, gift shop, and more!

Orange Empire Railway Museum is the west's largest operating railway museum.
Come and see the trains that made the west and Los Angeles what it is. Come
and see what is was like to ride the streetcars and "red cars" in Los Angeles.
LA once had the greatest interurban rail system in the country; it is
preserved at OERM.

OERM is located at 2201 So. "A" Street, in Perris, California (17 miles south
of Riverside on CA 215. To get to OERM, find your way to Riverside (via CA 60
or CA 91) and go S on CA 215. Exit 215 at "D" Street or 4th Street (CA 74) and
follow the signs. Stop by and say "hi!"; most of each day I'll probably be
helping load the trains or serving as an attendant in Carbarn 4. My wife
(Karen Davis) who should either be working in concessions or Omar's tent
should know where to find me.

Daniel







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Newsgroups: la.general
From: brihut@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Brian Hutchings)
Subject: Re: New in LA?  Look here, don`let the whiteboy scare you
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 18:24:48 GMT

into staying on the Westside, although it's generally *cooler*, and
use a bicycle -- much better feel fo`the'hoods!
From: xerxes@midiline.la.ca.us (Keith Chiem)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Fishing
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 23:30:49 PDT
Organization: MIDILine BBS - Altadena, CA - (818) 797-3285

Where is the best fishing spot around LA?  I know that seal beach is 
probably the cleanist, but where do you catch the most amount of fish?  


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xerxes@midiline.la.ca.us (Keith Chiem) 
MIDILine BBS (midiline.la.ca.us) - Altadena CA - (818)797-3285
From: mludwig@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Michael Scott Ludwig)
Subject: Re: LA metro
Newsgroups: la.general
Reply-To: mludwig@ics.uci.edu (Michael Scott Ludwig)
Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept.
Date: 28 Sep 92 06:38:00 GMT

markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz) writes:
=the RTD 456 (the Express bus to Long Beach) never used a dimonad line
=for the reason there was no express lanes on the Long Beach Freeway.
=but the fare was $2.30 via the freeway, and the Blue line fare (for now
=anyway) is only $1.10. (but you and I know it will go up eventally)

All true.  Even the prediction of the future - of course the fare will go up
eventually, because all prices rise over time - that's inflation.

A while ago, Jim Gottlieb stated that riders complained that the Blue Line
was slower than the RTD 456.  I don't see how this can be true, since I
looked at the schedules of both soon after the 456 was deleted, and they
were both scheduled to take almost exactly one hour (unless the 456 bus
consistently arrived early, which I doubt).


"Planet Bog - pools of toxic chemicals | Michael Ludwig
bubble under a choking atmosphere      |
of poisonous gases.  But aside from    | mludwig@bonnie.ics.uci.edu
that, it's not much like Earth."       |
        - Calvin (of Calvin & Hobbes)  | UCI and I don't agree on anything.
From: pmphelan@ada.seas.ucla.edu (Patrick M. Phelan)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: I need a ride to San Francisco
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:07:18 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles


Newsgroups: la.general
From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
Subject: Re: Apartments
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 05:42:22 GMT

erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
|What is the best way to look for an apartment in the area around Culver
|City?  I'm in Northern California and haven't been down there in
|several years.

I don't think the LA Times is very good, unless you've got lots of bucks.
I've had a lot of luck with the roommate board at UCLAs housing office, which
is open to the public, but if you want to look at their apt. listings (e.g.,
to rent your own single), you have to be a student.  You could check the
Recycler, which has ads for cheaper places than the Times.  Probably better
still is to just drive around in the area you want to live looking for signs.

|I want a large studio apartment with air conditioning, nice carpet,
|etc.  How much should I expect to pay?  

A lot.  Maybe $400-500/mo.

|Is the vacancy rate higher than normal or lower than normal now?

Conventional wisdom would say that places fill up around the beginning of the
school year, I guess.  I wouldn't worry too much, though.

Mike

-- 
--Mike Coleman (coleman@cs.ucla.edu), Lord High Executioner of Anhedonia-----
		    Where are you when I need you, Nikki?
From: hho@usc.edu (*** N.T.K.C.D. ***)
Newsgroups: usc.general,la.general
Subject: EarthQuake Kit
Date: 5 Oct 1992 08:13:05 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: la
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu


Does anyone know where to buy an Earthquake it around LA area? :_)))
Or if you can put together one, what should be included? :-)

Thanks
H.

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                           hho@usc.edu      hung@phsys.com      hung@cccogp.com
Newsgroups: la.general
From: cygnus@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Marshall Robin)
Subject: Stuff to do...
Organization: Bruins for "Bob"
Distribution: la
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:55:25 GMT

I've been here a week and I haven't gone beyond the UCLA/Westwood area.
I'm looking for interesting things to do, like music, pop culture,
and anything odd or unique to los angeles. (by music i mean stuff mostly
in the alternative or metal genres (no glam!!), either recorded or live.)
also bars, because strattons grill just doesnt cut it for me.

please help, i am starved for stuff to do!

-marsh

--
Marshall Robin         /\ one thousand miles an hour
cygnus@oahu.cs.ucla.edu /\ i'm just like anyone
gweep with attitude      /\ i want to feel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/\ the road of tar beneath the wheel
                           /\ named extinction

Xref: sparky la.general:776 soc.culture.indian:32951
From: adesai@skat.usc.edu (Axay)
Newsgroups: usc.general,la.general,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Looking for Room/Roommate
Date: 4 Oct 92 19:31:13 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: skat.usc.edu



Hi!

I am looking for  a room and rommmate both in orange county. Preferably in
Garden Grrove, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Stanton, Cypress, Westminister
Lakewood, Los Alamitos or Seal Beach. My Tel. No. is 714-894-7577 (Daytime)
and 213-748-7928 (Evening, Message). Thanx in advance...
Please contact me by Telephone. Do not send e-mail...

Axay
Newsgroups: la.general
From: erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith)
Subject: Apartments
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 04:17:41 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)


What is the best way to look for an apartment in the area around Culver
City?  I'm in Northern California and haven't been down there in
several years.  I have a copy the Sunday L.A. Times but it doesn't have
as many apartment ads as it seems like it should have.

I want a large studio apartment with air conditioning, nice carpet,
etc.  How much should I expect to pay?  Is the vacancy rate higher than
normal or lower than normal now?
Newsgroups: la.general
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: Ride the Red Cars (PE) and Yellow Cars (LARy) again
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 18:45:49 GMT

Do you mean that you can board a "train" at the perris depot which will
take you to OERM?
From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: California Aerospace Forums
X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Sep 21 1992
Date: 29 Sep 92  08:33:26

California's Aerospace Industry To be the Focus of Forums
 
    The California Space Development Council, a coalition of
pro-space organizations in California, is sponsoring a series of
forums during October to discuss the future of the aerospace
industry in California, and the future direction of America's
space program. 
    On Saturday, October 3, at the Riverside Central Library, 
in downtown Riverside, a congressional candidate forum will be
hosted by the Inland Empire Space Group at 10 am. Among the
candidates invited to the forum are Congressman George Brown,
the current chairman of the House Committee on Space and
Technology, and Dick Rutan, the pilot of the Voyager
around-the-world aircraft. The candidates will address the
issues of preserving aerospace jobs in California, and the
future of the nation's space program.
    On Thursday, October 8, at 7:30 pm at the Reuben H. Fleet Space
Theater in Balboa Park, San Diego, congressional candidates will
discuss aerospace issues and the space program. The event will
be hosted by San Diego L5, a chapter of the National Space
Society.
    On Saturday, October 24, at 10am, at the Sandman Inn, in Santa
Barbara, a forum on the future of the California aerospace
industry will feature representatives of industry and political
figures.
    The general public is invited to attend all of these events and
admission is free.
    For more information on these events or the California Space
Development Council, please contact David Anderman, Events
Coordinator for CSDC, at 714/524-1674.
 

--- Maximus 2.00
From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: SUMMARY: Whale watching
Date: 28 Sep 1992 19:45:18 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: almaak.usc.edu

Here is what I found out.

I got email from paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) suggesting
I contact the Cabrillo Marine Museum in San Pedro.  Their numbers are
310-548-756{2,3}.  They have a program which trains you to become a
narrator.  It consists of six 1.5 hour sessions, conducted at 7:30
evening each Tuesday starting the 6th.

I called the AAA and got a pointer to "LA Harbour Sport Fishing".
They are (310)-547-9916.  They conduct whalewatching trips from
26th Dec onwards till late March.  Each trip is 1.5 hours or so,
and costs $12 adult, $9 child.

(When is the best time?  Any other companies which do better trips?)

        -ans.
-- 
Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu
From: kmeyer@aero.org (Kraig R. Meyer)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Re: Stuff to do...
Date: 28 Sep 92 13:39:50
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Distribution: la
NNTP-Posting-Host: solarium.aero.org
In-reply-to: cygnus@oahu.cs.ucla.edu's message of Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:55:25 GMT

On Sat, 26 Sep 92 16:55:25 GMT, cygnus@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Marshall Robin) said:
> I've been here a week and I haven't gone beyond the UCLA/Westwood area.
> I'm looking for interesting things to do, like music, pop culture,
> and anything odd or unique to los angeles. (by music i mean stuff mostly
> in the alternative or metal genres (no glam!!), either recorded or live.)
> also bars, because strattons grill just doesnt cut it for me.
> please help, i am starved for stuff to do!

The LA Reader and LA Weekly (mentioned in other posts in this group) 
should give you a lot of ideas, especially if you're looking for 
pop culture, alternative, or metal.  For bohemian style try Melrose
near Fairfax, for more nouveau artsy try La Brea near Beverly.  Lots
of cafes and restaurants and some nightclubs.  For wierder, or more
alternative or more underground, try Hollywood clubs.   I'm not into
metal, but I understand there are several metal clubs in Hollywood, and
also the Troubador on Santa Monica Blvd at the border of West Hollywood
and Beverly Hills.  Santa Monica's third street promenade is also nice,
but it is not terribly alternative and only moderately interesting.
Check out venice beach during the day.

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Newsgroups: la.general
From: dhosek@cbrown.claremont.edu
Subject: Pez?
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:00:11 PDT

Does anybody know where I can find Pez in the LA area?

-dh