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From: julian@bongo.tele.com (Julian Macassey)
Subject: Re: Comedy Clubs
Organization: The hole in the wall. Hollywood
Distribution: la
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:50:58 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.051421.8691@xyzoom.info.com> rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach) writes:
>I am very enamored of The Groundlings, on Melrose west of La Brea.
 Insta-delete used here.

>Larraine Newman is a graduate of the Groundlings, as are a
>couple of current SNL comedians. 

	So also are Casandra Peterson (Elvira) and Paul Ruebens (Pee
Wee Herman).

	Groundlings is short comedy sketches. Somewhat like early
Monty Python  which is slickly produced school concert party. If you
like comedy sketches rather than one liners about bodily functions,
you'll love the Groundlings. 

	Plus afterwards, you can cruise Melrose, where the teenage
girls are more provocatively dressed than the hookers on Sunset. I
wonder if the hookers know they are being "out hookered" by
schoolgirls.


-- 
Julian Macassey at bongo. julian@bongo.tele.com Voice: (213) 653-4495
Paper Mail: 742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue, Hollywood, California 90046-7142
Newsgroups: la.general,la.eats
From: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Subject: Re: Comedy Clubs
Reply-To: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA
Distribution: la
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:14:21 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.151252.21403@ttank.ttank.com> karl@ttank.ttank.com (Karl Bunch) writes:
>My wife wants me to take her to a Comedy club of some sort for her birthday.
>
>Any suggestions?
>

I am very enamored of The Groundlings, on Melrose west of La Brea.  It
is a repertory theater, and the show is changed about once a month or
so; I have found the comedy thrillingly original, topical and
inventive.  It is very much like being at a longer "Saturday Night
Live" devoted entirely to comedy, in that the sketches are 5-10
minutes.  Larraine Newman is a graduate of the Groundlings, as are a
couple of current SNL comedians.  I've been there twice in the last
year, and both times found it side-splitting (and the second time I
attended fairly depressed).

--Rob
-- 
Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN | 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice) 
rob@xyzoom.info.com   | "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or 
robl@netcom.com       |  cat are not the better for it."  --Abraham Lincoln
Newsgroups: la.general
From: marks@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Schaeffer)
Subject: Re: Water converted into sewage
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:19:55 GMT

>     I think they let it run in the rain because it's cheaper than
> resetting all the timers.

When I lived in Irvine, the city was talking about putting sensors in the
ground, to check on moisture.  The sprinklers wouldn't come on if the
ground was already wet.  That could be a cost-effective idea, and it sure
would look better not to have sprinklers running during the rain.
From: frisbie@flying-disk.com (Alan Frisbie)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Re: Outlet Malls - partial list
Date: 22 Jan 93 09:01:45 GMT
Organization: Flying Disk Systems, Inc.

> Barstow, on the 15 on the way to Las Vegas.  I have not been to this one
> yet (only by it) but it appears to be much like Cabazon.

We passed it last month on the way to Las Vegas for the DECUS
symposium.   (Actually, we stopped at the In N Out Burger in
front of it.)   My wife commented that she was not interested
in shopping at such a place.

Just before we left Las Vegas to return, she started insisting
that we stop there on the way home!   I was more than a bit
puzzled by this sudden change of mind.   When we got there
I discovered the reason for her excitement: a Coach leather
store.   Their regular prices are high, but so is the quality
of the products.   At the outlet store, it is hard to keep
from going beserk.

Since I overstuff my wallet, they have never lasted very long.
However, the Coach wallet I got for Christmas two years ago is 
just getting properly broken in.   I expect it to last at least
ten years.   Likewise the belt I got at the outlet store for
about half the normal price.

--  Alan E. Frisbie               Frisbie@Flying-Disk.Com
--  Flying Disk Systems, Inc.
--  4759 Round Top Drive          (213) 256-2575 (voice)
--  Los Angeles, CA 90065         (213) 258-3585 (FAX)
Newsgroups: la.general
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: Comedy Clubs
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:43:44 GMT

also there a comedy club in Santa Monica too (on 3rd st promedede) next to
Chillers (near Broadway)
From: tylerh@cco.caltech.edu (Tyler R. Holcomb)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: much of that rainwater *is* kept
Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:36:38 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
Keywords: runoff raindwater

IN light of the recent discussion on the fate of run-off from the
recent raind, I think ya'll may find this interesting.

Copyright 1993, United Press International.  Reprinted without permission.

        LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Los Angeles water officials said Thursday that
January's rainfall will add about 3 billion gallons of water to the vast
underground reservoir beneath the San Fernando Valley.
        Department of Water and Power officials said the runoff from this
month's relentless storms will be stored for emergency supplies and
drought relief.
        The rainwater was diverted from flood control channels and spread in
off-channel basins to recharge the San Fernando Groundwater Basin.
        Spokesman Don Nichols said the network of dams, channels and basins
is intended to save as much rainwater as possible from reaching the
ocean, and that about 80 percent of it is saved from flowing into the
Pacific.
        Nichols said each year the county recharges the San Fernando aquifer
with about 20,000 acre-feet of water, enough for the annual needs of 40,
000 families. An acre-foot is 325,716 gallons.
        After more than six years of drought, 8,000 acre-feet of water has
been spread in the underground basin since the current water year began
Oct. 1. Nichols said more than half that amount came from the storms
that made this the third wettest January on record.
        He said another 5,000-acre feet now stored in the Big Tujunga and
Pacoima dams also will be released to recharge the basin.
        Mel Blevins, who manages the upper Los Angeles River, said the
natural reservoir has a capacity of about 3 million acre-feet -- nearly
five times the amount of water used by the city of Los Angeles in a
year. The San Fernando Groundwater Basin currently holds more than 1.5
million acre-feet of stored groundwater.
        Water officials say the underground water will help offset future
shortages from drought or a major earthquake. A big temblor on the San
Andreas fault could heavily damage the Los Angeles Aqueduct, temporarily
cutting off supplies from the north.
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Newsgroups: la.general
From: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Subject: Re: question
Reply-To: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 07:22:28 GMT

In article <1993Jan20.223053.158@pro-palmtree.socal.com> markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz) writes:
>is there a way to add a new  topic on this area?
>I would like to add La.transportion to the topic in the usenet area
>simlar to ba. transportation in the bay area.
>thanks

Yes, there are ways to create newsgroups.  But it is usually done
after a consensus that it is the wise and prudent thing to do (except,
apparently, in the alt. hierarchy).

Personally, I don't think the article traffic in this newsgroup
warrants splitting off a separate newsgroup for transportation issues
in Los Angeles.  In fact if you took that discussion away from this
newsgroup there would, at times, be little left to talk about.
Cars + freeways / freedom - angst = Los Angeles.

--Rob
-- 
Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN | 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice) 
rob@xyzoom.info.com   | "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or 
robl@netcom.com       |  cat are not the better for it."  --Abraham Lincoln
Newsgroups: la.general
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: vet recommendation needed in Pasadena/Duarte area
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:20:53 GMT

I know of good  cat vet, but she's in Santa Monica. reply if you are still
interested.
Newsgroups: la.general
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: Re: cats
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:44:56 GMT

Cats are purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect
Newsgroups: la.general
From: matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
Subject: Two Airline tickets For Sale (LAX -> Chicago -> RDU)
Reply-To: fang@phy.duke.edu
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Date: 27 Jan 93 23:39:40 GMT

I'm posting this for someone else.  Please reply to him (I hope that
I've managed to successfully add a field so that replies should
automatically go to him).

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Subject: Two One-way airline tickets for sale (LAX->Chicago->RDU)
Keywords: American Airline On Thursday, March 18, 1993

The American Airline flights on Thursday, March 18, 1993:

Flight 88:   Leave   Los Angeles     at  1:01 pm
             Arrive  Chicago/Ohare   at  7:03 pm

Flight 2006: Leave   Chicago/Ohare   at  7:59 pm
             Arrive  Raleigh/Durham  at 10:43 pm

I would sale each ticket for $150,
             or first leg for $85 and second leg for $65.

Please reply to me at fang@phy.duke.edu

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
--

Matthew Merzbacher		matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
Moo - Moo Moo  			...!{uunet|rutgers|ucbvax}!cs.ucla.edu!matthew
               			This time, *with* the oys
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From: obrien@Aero.org (Michael O'Brien)
Newsgroups: la.general,alt.sport.photon
Subject: Virtual Reality Centers?
Date: 28 Jan 1993 01:50:57 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
Distribution: la
NNTP-Posting-Host: anpiel.aero.org

A couple of months ago, I was walking down the open-air Santa Monica Mall,
and spotted an empty storefront with a building permit in the window, which
said it was being refurbished as a virtual reality center.  A few days ago,
walking down the same stretch, I find no such thing - there are no blank
storefronts and no virtual reality centers.

Ordinarily I'd say it had just gone *POOF* in record time, except that I
caught the tail end of one of those 30-second bites on the local TV news,
where they were filming in a WORKING virtual reality center!  Now, where is
this?  I've no idea.  Anybody seen it?
--
Mike O'Brien
obrien@aero.org
Newsgroups: la.general
From: mikefitz@csulb.edu (Michael Fitzpatrick)
Subject: basketball
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
Distribution: la
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:13:49 GMT



>
>My friend at Duke was telling me to watch out for the Big West
>(or whatever conference LB State is in).  He rattle off about
>4 teams from the conference who he thought could be ranked.
>Does anyone know the other teams in LB State's conference?
>
>(UNLV? New Mexico State?)
>-- 
>Yoke Tanaka                Togai InfraLogic, Inc.       "fuzzy"
>tanaka@til.com             5 Vanderbilt, Irvine, Calif 92718, USA
>gordius!til!tanaka         714-975-8522

UNLV, New Mexico, UCSB are the big three I know of.  Maybe Fresno, Sac
State.  I don't know.  The big thing will be to see if Long Beach can
avenge it's loss to Santa Barbara on Saturday when they take them on in
the Gold Mine (home gym for CSULB)

Mike

Newsgroups: la.general
From: markp@pro-palmtree.socal.com (Mark Panitz)
Subject: question
Organization: The Palmtree BBS - 310/453-8726 - Santa Monica, CA
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 06:30:53 GMT

is there a way to add a new  topic on this area?
I would like to add La.transportion to the topic in the usenet area
simlar to ba. transportation in the bay area.
thanks
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From: kmeyer@aero.org (Kraig R. Meyer)
Newsgroups: la.general,ca.general,ca.politics
Subject: Metro Red Line extension
Date: 28 Jan 93 17:27:17 GMT
Followup-To: la.general
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: solarium.aero.org


Yesterday's L.A. Times had an excellent op-ed piece on the controversy
surrounding the metro red line.  Basically, as part of the federal
funding for metrorail, Rep. Henry Waxman got a law passed that requires
the extension of the red line to follow a Pico-San Vicente routing
rather than a Wilshire routing.  At the time, he stated that it was for
safety reasons in construction (because of gas pockets) but it has been
widely publicized that the actual reason was political in nature.  The
Pico routing has roughly the same concentration of gas pockets.

The op-ed piece notes that the Pico route would have 30%-50% fewer
riders.  This is because the businesses and residences on/near Pico are
almost exclusively 1 and 2 story buildings with low population density,
whereas the Wilshire district is the most densely populated area in the
Los Angeles basin.

LACTC has stated that it is possible to safely build through the
gas-pocketed areas but apparently doesn't want to deal with trying to
change the routing yet another time.  Waxman has said that, given this
information, he is willing to consider alternative routes for the red
line.

A coalition of environmentalists and urban planners are suing or
planning on filing suit, and this is where my memory gets cloudy,
claiming something like the selection of the San Vicente-Pico routing
did not satisfy the open hearings requirement of CA environmental
impact regulations (sorry that part is a little sketchy).

The op-ed writers are looking for public support for their case.  If
you're interested in writing, here are some addresses:

Metro Red Line Public Affairs		213-623-1194
c/o RCC
818 W. 7th Street, Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Rep. Henry Waxman			213-651-1040
8425 West 30th Street, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90048

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From: tsoi@lint.tus.dec.com (Stella M. Tsoi)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Re: vet recommendation needed in Pasadena/Duarte area
Date: 22 Jan 1993 17:57:54 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: world
Reply-To: tsoi@lint.tus.dec.com (Stella M. Tsoi)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 16.62.64.110


Thank you very much for the vet recommendations.  We decided to go with Dr.
Diegnann (sp?) at the Cat Clinic at Pasadena.  He is very nice and quite
capable.  I was surprised to see that he has 3 very friendly resident cats roaming around, and 2 cats in cages in the sitting area waiting for adoption.
It's nice to know that at least he is in the practice because he likes cats,
unlike the previous vet we had who seemed to be in it to make $$$$.

Thanks again.

/Stella

**************************************************************
#include <std/disclaimers.h>

Stella Tsoi
Digital Equipment Corporation
Irvine, California

tsoi@lint.tus.dec.com
Newsgroups: la.general
From: mikefitz@csulb.edu (Michael Fitzpatrick)
Subject: Awesome Basketball!
Organization: Cal State Long Beach
Distribution: la
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:20:18 GMT

It was a miracle.  Tonight Long Beach State beat the no.1 ranked team of
Kansas by 15 points!  What a game.  From what I can tell by the
highlights they dominated the whole game.

Go Beach!

Mike

Newsgroups: la.general,gnu.misc.discuss,twinsun.general
From: coleman@rocky.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Coleman)
Subject: Re: Richard Stallman @ UCLA Law School 1/29
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Distribution: la
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 04:44:42 GMT

|PLEASE FORWARD OR POST


|  Richard stallman will be speaking at UCLA Law school

|  Friday, January 29th.,  12:00 - 2:00   Room 2448

|  All are welcome

|Title:

|    Protecting the Freedom to Write Software
| The new software monopolies, and what we can do about them


|Abstract:

|     New monopolies threaten the freedom of programmers to continue
|     doing their work.  Copyrighted interfaces prohibit supporting
|     the commands users know and expect.  Patented algorithms and
|     techniques make each design decision carry the risk of a
|     lawsuit.

|Richard Stallman will talk about how these monopolies originated and
|why they are bad for computer users and programmers.  He will then
|suggest what you can do to help eliminate them.


|Bio:

|Richard Stallman is one of the founders of the League for Programming
|Freedom, a grassroots organization whose aim is to protect the freedom
|to write programs.  Specifically, the League aims to abolish two
|recently established forms of monopoly which restrict programmers'
|freedom to do their work: interface copyright and software patents.

|In the field of software, Richard Stallman is best known for
|developing the extensible editor, Emacs, while working at the MIT
|Artifical Intelligence lab between 1971 and 1984.  Today he is working
|to develop the free UNIX-compatible software system known as GNU.
|Like many other software developers, he fears that the new monopolies
|will make his work impossible to continue.

|In 1990, Stallman received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship; he also
|received the 1990 ACM Grace Hopper Award for his work on Emacs.


|Position papers:

|There are several papers that I distribute at talks.  These give more
|information about the issues and about the League for Programming
|Freedom.

|I may be able to bring copies with me to hand out, but this may be
|very difficult if I have to travel by air.  So please look for a way
|to make copies locally.  I can send you a master which you can simply
|photocopy, or I can send you sources which you can print out and then
|copy.


|                                   John DeGolyer
|                                   John@law.ucla.edu
|                                   310-825-9461


-- 
--Mike Coleman (coleman@cs.ucla.edu), Lord High Executioner of Anhedonia-----
			Hatred is not a family value.
Newsgroups: la.general
From: rob@xyzoom.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Subject: Where to get Pendleton wool blankets?
Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA
Distribution: la
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:25:36 GMT

Recently I was in Leadville, Colorado, and happened into a store that
had a nice collection of beautiful Pendleton wool blankets, in
Southwestern colors and motifs.  

I would like to find a store in the L.A. area that carries
these...does anyone know of one?

--Rob
-- 
Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN | 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice) 
rob@xyzoom.info.com   | "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or 
robl@netcom.com       |  cat are not the better for it."  --Abraham Lincoln
Newsgroups: la.general,la.eats
From: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Subject: Re: Comedy Clubs
Reply-To: rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA
Distribution: la
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:29:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.165058.16215@bongo.tele.com> julian@bongo.tele.com (Julian Macassey) writes:
>In article <1993Jan23.051421.8691@xyzoom.info.com> rob@xyzoom.info.com.info.com (Rob Lingelbach) writes:
>>I am very enamored of The Groundlings, on Melrose west of La Brea.
> Insta-delete used here.
>
>>Larraine Newman is a graduate of the Groundlings, as are a
>>couple of current SNL comedians. 
>
>	So also are Casandra Peterson (Elvira) and Paul Ruebens (Pee
>Wee Herman).

Phil Hartman of the current SNL cast too.



-- 
Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN | 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice) 
rob@xyzoom.info.com   | "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or 
robl@netcom.com       |  cat are not the better for it."  --Abraham Lincoln
Newsgroups: la.general,la.eats
From: Kenneth Gordon <kgordon@courier6.aero.org>
Subject: Re: Comedy Clubs
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A78573E1FB018577@kengordon.aero.org>
X-Xxdate: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:50:25 GMT
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:50:46 GMT

In article <1993Jan22.151252.21403@ttank.ttank.com> Karl Bunch,
karl@ttank.ttank.com writes:
>My wife wants me to take her to a Comedy club of some sort for her
birthday.
>
>Any suggestions?

If you live in the South Bay, the Comedy and Magic Club is a great place
to catch top-notch entertainment.  Jay Leno regularly practices material
for The Tonight Show there.  It is located in Hermosa Beach, and
reservations are definitely recommended.  Their phone number is (310)
372-1193.

--
Ken Gordon                 | 
kgordon@courier6.aero.org  | 186,282 miles per second 
The Aerospace Corporation  |  - Not just a good idea,
Disclaimer:  The usual     |    it's the law!
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Newsgroups: la.general,la.eats
Subject: Comedy Clubs
From: karl@ttank.ttank.com (Karl Bunch)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:12:52 GMT
Distribution: la
Organization: Think Tank Software, Norwalk, CA

My wife wants me to take her to a Comedy club of some sort for her birthday.

Any suggestions?

Is the "Laugh Factory" as good as it is hyped up to be?

Do I have to buy tickets or make reservations for these things or what?

Does it look like I'm a neophyte that never gets out-doors?  On second
thought, don't answer that one.

Thanks in advance,
Karl
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% Think Tank Software               ||| INTERNET: karl@ttank.com
% 42.5% of all quoted statistics are made up, of those 23.185% are right. :-)
From: mberteig@cco.caltech.edu (Michelle Berteig)
Newsgroups: la.general
Subject: Re: vet recommendation needed in Pasadena/Duarte area
Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:40:20 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu

Hello,

I can recommend very highly Dr. Domotor at the Monrovia Animal
Hospital, which is on Myrtle Ave. just north of the 210 freeway.

-Michelle Berteig


Newsgroups: alt.adoption,la.seminars
From: spenderg@world.std.com (Stephen L Pendergast)
Subject: Meeting of OCAPA 1/29/93 @ UofPhoenix "What Adoption Means to Children"
Summary: a meeting of adoptive parents group
Keywords: adoption
Reply-To: penderga@hac2arpa.hac.COM
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co GSG
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:37:52 GMT

A meeting of the Orange County Adoptive Parents Association will be held on
January 29, 1993, beginning at 7:30PM in classroom 3 at the University of
Phoenix, 10540 Talbert, Fountain Valley (Talbert & Ward Ave, Euclid N exit
from the 405 freeway).

Dr. Lori Horlacher of Parenting Resources will speak on:
"What Adoption means to children".
She can speak authoritatively on this subject, as she not only has experience
in counselling individuals and families, but is herself and adult adoptee.
In addition to specializing in adoption and foster care issues, she also has
a specialty in psychological testing of children. All are welcome to attend.

Newsgroups: la.seminars