The fact that you need extra light because you’re blind is only blinding the rest of us !!!

hello from a concerned community member,

pro-lifers, get off this post. this is not for you. if you read this and get butthurt, you are a part of the problem.

i want to inform all of those who come across this "clinic" to stay away at all costs. there is a fake pregnancy clinic under the name of Horizon Pregnancy Clinic in Long Beach at 261 E Willow Street, 90806, CA.

this place is an outright attack on those who are pregnant in our community because they try to persuade people to have children in the name of "religion." my braindead primary care physician from anaheim sent me here and i was so stressed to the point where i can't even think straight to do research on the place. i thought i could trust my own doctor. i was completely wrong. no one should have to go through what i went through today.

UPDATE: did research on the doctor that sent me to this place and she is religious based off her Facebook post promoting gospel music. Reporting immediately to all necessary boards. because some KIND person thought i was out of touch with reality about her being religious, her entire facebook is nothing but religious propaganda to a militant church group. Is that enough proof?????

UPDATE #2: the doctor is directly affiliated with the Nurse manager at this fake clinic. reporting both of them.

when i went today, it was clear at the end of my visit what their motives were. during the duration of the visit, there were no indication of it being a CPC. at the end, the counselor began to ask me what religion i believed in. she started handing me brochures with false information about a made up disorder called post abortion syndrome to try to scare me into having the child. a quick google search shows that no such thing is even acknowledged by the American Psychological Association. they handed me bible studies to attend for "post abortion recovery." they also handed me prenatal vitamins with text on it saying "all life is precious," and other pro-life messages that do not help people feel comfortable making an informed decision. this place takes advantage of people in a vulnerable situation in the case of becoming pregnant.

if you care about a pregnant person in your life and want to spare them the stress of being manipulated and guilted by religious dogma. this place also has a location in Huntington Beach.

please avoid at all costs. fuck this place.

every pregnant person should have the right to make a choice for their own body without the shame or stigma from outside pressures.

resources that won't push religion or shame on your decision:

• Planned Parenthood,
• All-Options offers compassionate guidance and support to people trying to make a decision about abortion as well as those who have had an abortion. Reach them at 888-493-0092.
• Exhale offers post-abortion support by text or telephone. Call 866-439-4253 or text 617-749-2948.
• AidAccess provides online access to abortion pills for women, girls, trans men, nonbinary and all people with an unwanted pregnancy.
• FPA Clinic is a trusted facility with years of experience and has multiple locations in LA county. They take Medi-Cal insurance as well.

message me if you need any support. sending love to those who need it.

Yesterday I was riding the Expo (the best line, btw) westbound and it was about 75% full in our car. A guy fires up a joint and we were all about to get hotboxed. Each passenger took a turn to give him the eye, but he didn't care. A lady 65-ish across from me with a walker said 'honey, I've gotta take a test in the morning. Please? Otherwise I'd be over there smoking with ya'. She laughed after she said it. He put it out and told her Sorry About That. He got of at the next stop, then she said 'shit, I don't smoke. I just learned that trick a long time ago. Just tell em you've gotta take a test.'

Paying for overnight parking sucks. Rideshare rates are freaking crazy right now and take forever to book. Getting towed/ticketed sucks, too.

But all of these options sting way, way less than the thousands of dollars you'll spend and other punishments you'll get with a DUI, (night in jail, if not more, community service + labor, classes, AA, potential house arrest, car repairs if you crash) all of which also steals time from your job that actually allows you to pay for all these things and family life.

There's prob quite a few people who moved here during the pandemic and haven't ingratiated into normal driving culture yet. What seems shitty at the time is leagues and leagues better than a DUI.

And I haven't even gotten to the "you can hurt and kill someone else" part.

Signed, someone that has to go schlep to pick up their car from a parking garage this morning, and kind of dreading what it will cost, but didn't hurt themselves or someone else last night.

Earlier this year we learned that our neighbor’s house is being consumed by a wood-destroying fungus, most likely poria incrassata. For those unfamiliar, here is an old LA Times article about it. Basically it can grow quickly, compromise wood quickly, and unlike most wood-eating fungi, does not need a direct water source to do its work. It can pull moisture from dozens of feet away via a root-like structure called a rhizomorph. It destroys wood and it's not uncommon for an infected house to need to be torn down! We discovered that the fungus had made its way underground towards us and was presenting on the exposed studs of an exterior wall in our crawlspace. We had to remove all the infected wood, as well as any wood surrounding the area.

Well, it's been flaring up badly at our neighbors house over the past couple weeks and has made a reappearance in the soil under our house (we're in Northeast LA). We've seen pictures of a flare-up where it's growing through someone's floor on the west side, and one of the contractors we had out to look at it mentioned that it seems to be having a moment right now in the LA area specifically. So, if you own a home in LA, do a maintenance check around your foundation and in your crawlspace. Consider removing any dead trees or shrubs close to your foundation, and make sure you don't have any water leaks. You don't want to mess with this stuff, and unfortunately for most people who have it, they don't realize it's there until it fruits through their floor or walls and suddenly they're tens of thousands deep in a remediation/renovation.

Wanted to let people know so hopefully if they find it they can get on top of it quickly. It's been really hard to find information about this stuff online beyond the sensational stuff that big remediation contractors write in their blog posts (which is usually just plagiarized from old articles). If anyone here has dealt with it (or knows someone who has), I'd love to hear about your experience and which contractors helped. It has been really difficult to find qualified professionals; I've seen people recommend a company called Twin Home Experts but they weren't able to take on our job.

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I feel so fucking dumb and embarrassed, but figured I'd warn anyone else in case they find themselves in the same situation. I was walking around West Hollywood and these 2 nice guys pulled over and were super self-aware "Hey man, I know this sounds crazy. We're trying to hook someone up with a deal before headed back to work, and you look like a nice guy.". Claimed they were home theater audio installers and used every scam tactic to get me to stay and listen and not have a chance to think clearly. I ended up buying a fake surround sound system using Zelle (really cool feature about Zelle, no fraud prevention!) for a few hundred dollars. I know you're probably yelling "You fucking moron!" but it's crazy how a good con artist will hypnotize you with a pitch and make it so you can't think clearly and feel bad/stupid leaving without a purchase.

I'm trying to think of it as - everyone gets robbed in LA at least once, and luckily mine was cordial.

Anyway, watch out for two men in their mid-late 20s trying to sell speakers branded "SPW Cinema"

Not complaining. Just learned something new about living in LA and doing laundry on a Saturday.

I had a very positive experience using the new LAX economy parking structure. I will definitely use it again.

Book in advance online. It will save a lot of money and it will simplify your trip immensely. It was $92 for 5 1/2 days. Upon arrival the gate simply scanned my license plate and opened, and I was able to go find a parking spot. There are a ton of chargers if you have an electric car, I do not so I was on level 2.

Shuttles were lined up on the lower level. They could use a few more signs to guide people there but it was very quick and easy and I was at my terminal in about 15 minutes.

Returning to the parking structure after my trip, it was simple. Find the car and exit - no ticket, no pay station, it just reads your license plate and you're on your way.

They do give you a QR code in case for any reason the machine doesn't recognize your car.

Friendly volunteer poll clerk here to remind ya'll that you have until 8pm tomorrow to vote at the polls in-person; to drop off absentee ballots; and most importantly, to get that I Voted sticker!

Some quick tips to help:

• Find your nearest vote center with L.A. County Vote Centers

• You can use an Interactive Sample Ballot to speed up the voting process. This does not mean you vote online! This only makes the process of casting your vote at the booth a little faster.

• No electioneering within 100ft of the Vote Center. Complete list of prohibited behaviors here. tl;dr do not wear apparel with a candidate's name, logo, or likeness.

• Quick Check-in Codes speed up the checking-in process. You can generate your quick check-in code here; you can also use your sample ballot.

• Out-of-County voters can vote provisionally in an L.A. County Vote Center. You only be able to vote in statewide and national contests.

• Conditional Voter Registration allows voters to register and vote on the same day at the polls. Just bring your ID and the last four digits of your Social Security Number.

• We accept dropped-off absentee ballots! Signed and sealed absentee ballots will be delivered alongside the in-person ballots every night.

  • Make sure to fill out the red box on your absentee ballot completely! Especially the address; so many people forget this one.
  • We can accept out-of-county drop-offs, as long as they are still from California.

• If you are in line at 8pm, you can still vote!

Whether you vote normally, provisionally, conditionally, absently, or not at all (i.e. kids or pets), you'll get an I Voted sticker.

It's easy to get pissed and wanna honk and/or give offensive hand gestures to people who cut you off, break hard, speed, etc. Learned the hard way today that I gotta let my ego take a hike when driving on the road. I'm not the center of the universe, so for anyone cutting me off on the road, I'll just be glad that I'm not in their position where I'd need to do such maneuvers.

It's unfortunate that we live in a time and place that giving into these aggressive impulses could actually end up costing our life.

As someone who impulsively honked at someone for doing something that was clearly illegal (cutting me off, driving over double yellows to cross over to a gas station opposite side of the road), I had no idea this dude was going to end up busting a U turn to pull up on me and yell profanities at me. He made clear a willingness to kill me and my dog, while claiming his gang's name. It was clear he was on something, such glazed, aggressively angry eyes. It was also clear that he was a gang banger. I didn't want to evoke his aggression further because he was suspiciously leaning into his passenger seat as he looked left and right. I avoided his suggestion to pull over to "get down" with me and just kept cool and stated that I didn't want any trouble. He then called me a few names and peeled off and sped away. Of course, I called the cops and gave as much detail about this guy and his car so I'm not sure how that was handled.

Just be kind to each other on the road. A short fit of anger is useless, even if the other person is wrong. Road rage can get to such an irrational level only because you'll never know how insane another person could be. Not worth flipping the bird or any of that sort over. Most importantly, it's not worth protecting your ego over. Just be kind and keep it cool.

Hey fellow Angelenos. Like you, I'm tired of these bullshit new school ankle-biter Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that have ruined backyards since 2016.

Recently I've been dealing with my frustration by buying one of those battery-powered electric bug zapper swatter/racquet things.

They make it VERY easy to kill mosquitoes that come near you. And believe it or not, after you kill a bunch of them, you can actually exhaust the local supply of mosquitoes - at least for a while - and then you can try again the next day.

Basically I just sit outside and have a drink (tea, coffee, smoke, whatever) and wait for the mosquitoes to come. I use my bare feet/ankles as bait.

If you have darker skin, wear white socks to make the mosquitoes easier to see. White pants is also good - they might land on your leg first and start probing around.

You might get bitten once if one catches you off-guard but even if they've bitten you, they'll come back again for more and you can zap them then as revenge.

If you don't want to do this, that's fine, but I'm so angry at these shitty mosquitos that i've found this to be a therapeutic pasttime.

As for those stationary backyard zappers - I don't like them. Mosquitoes are not really attracted to light. They are primarily attracted to your warmth and to the CO2 from your breath. Those light zapper things might get some mosquitoes but they get a bunch of other beneficial insects like moths and pollinators too.

With the zapper swatter things you can specifically target mosquitoes and give the other bugs a break. They need our mercy and all the help they can get anyway.

If you are scrambling to get your Real-ID before the Oct 2021 deadline you can relax, we now have 2 more years!

Homeland Security will delay the requirement for air travelers to have a Real ID

If you haven’t checked your public storage unit in a while I suggest you check. Apparently there has been a spike in storage unit burglaries.

Star Wars collection gone…

Today I went to check on my public storage unit (I am expecting a son and wanted to itemize his inheritance of Star Wars collectibles). I arrive to find that it had been burglarized in the last 3 weeks since I last opened it. My entire Star Wars collection was stolen. 30 years of collectibles. Each one with a vivid memory of how it was acquired. I’m devastated.

The lock was intact and you wouldn’t be able to tell anything was stolen unless you opened it.

*ps if you are in the Los Angeles area and hear of someone trying to unload a large quantity of Star Wars toys and collectibles, a couple of Ibanez electric guitars, or some photography light stands for really cheap I’d love a ping.

They love sprinklers and all the little wet hoses surrounding them. Just let the grass go brown. We shouldn't have lawns in LA anyway.

There's evidence to back this up:

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/drought-restrictions-lowered-risk-mosquito-borne-disease

Details below from launch alert email...

Tonight's (November 17) launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB, Calif. appears to be on schedule. The vehicle is slated to lift off from south base at 9:47 p.m. Pacific Time.

For countdown status and video feeds of the launch, go to:

https://spaceflightnow.com

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-9-12

https://twitter.com/SpaceX

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