http://www.yourstreet.com/news/la YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us While promoting her admirable Edible Schoolyard project in LA, Alice Waters reveals that what the budget-killed schools really need is more flowers: "When Alice Waters talks about improving school lunch, she doesn't just mean making the chicken nuggets more... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752608/meanwhile-in-alice-waters-alternate-universe-while-promoting-her-admirabl Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:19:08 -0800 Montclair's Annual Gallery Walk is tonight, from 6-9 p.m. Montclair's many eclectic galleries invite you to A Little Night Art IV. Meet at the Montclair Art Museum to board the "Art Bus" to take self-guided tours of nine galleries. Free, sponsored by Montclair Arts... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752180/weekend-round-up-montclair-gallery-walk,-cajun-fest,-ladino-music Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:08 -0700 Louisiana’s governor, über-Republican Bobby Jindal, and his nemesis, Democratic U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, have both unequivocally condemned Keith Bardwell, the justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish who refused to marry an interracial couple last week.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752151/david-vitter-doesn-t-think-he-s-the-only-racist-elected-to-public-office Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:27:08 -0700 Hipster Tragedy in The Scenesters Austin Film Festival: The Scenesters Friday, October 23rd @ 10:15pm and Sunday, October 25th @ 8:00pm Various Venues ( Austin ) [ Info ] | [ Tickets ] Hipster death! How many of you already have a heated, passionate response to those... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751670/austin-film-festival-preview-the-scenesters Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:45:08 -0700 Please forgive Seattlest for the horrible attempt at a punny play on words headline, but we spent most of Thursday watching a spaceship balloon drift across Denver . So now our brain is dead. But, that doesn’t absolve us from previewing yet another important... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751914/weekend-sports-preview-wizards-and-devils-in-the-cards Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:08 -0700 A federal judge has ruled that the widow of one of the Comair Flight 5191 passengers can sue for loss of companionship, one of the first such claims to go forward in Kentucky. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Karl Forester ruled that Jaime Hebert, 40, of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749451/judge-lets-comair-widow-pursue-lawsuit Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:59:08 -0700 Louisiana music, food and dance are coming to Greenville. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6745023/cajun-crawl-to-benefit-greenville-mental-health-efforts Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:25:08 -0700 Marty Singer, the pit-bull lawyer who represents most of Hollywood's scandalized stars, was made fun of by his own daughter, Jackie, the other night. The stand-up comic, in her one-woman show in LA, "Does This Play Make Me Look Fat?," cracked: "Havin... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746974/loving-sendup Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:48:08 -0700 Before you became a millionaire, you had some rough times. What was your lowest moment? I was selling aboveground swimming pools door to door in Louisiana. I got a draw on my commission, which was about $200 a week. That was enough for gas, food and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746966/60-seconds-with-matt-morris Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:51:08 -0700 Federal authorities say two small planes collided in the air over Lake Buhlow, a popular recreation area in central Louisiana, killing two and injuring two others. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749394/faa-in-air-crash-kills-2-in-central-la Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:52:08 -0700 Merced County sheriff's detectives early next week will interrogate the 52-year-old man suspected of killing two Merced residents. Julio Cesar Guevara Bonilla, 52, didn't fight his extradition from Jefferson Parish, La. U.S. marshals will bring him back to Merced for... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742969/investigators-recover-items-taken-from-slain-couple-s-home Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:27:08 -0700 Gov. Bobby Jindal is asking the federal government to declare a disaster for Louisiana's farmers and ranchers after a summer of drought and now heavy rains. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749398/jindal-asks-usda-for-disaster-declaration Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:36:08 -0700 Louisiana's death toll from swine flu has risen to 20, as health care providers this week started doling out the first round of vaccines for the virus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749400/la-swine-flu-deaths-grow-to-20 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:32:08 -0700 Click the image above to view the full photogallery. Even if Cape Cod-style homes always strike us as a bit odd in LA, this one... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742532/curbed-poll-cape-cod-in-san-rafael-hills Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:18:08 -0700 TRANSPORT PERSON - TRANSPORTATION. Other: 301 MERIDIAN/1 LOUISIANA http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6740341/from-http-spotcrime-com-other-xx-s-meridian-st-and-w-louisiana,- Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:00:08 -0700 With worldwide outposts in Amsterdam, London, Singapore, Istanbul, and San Francisco, the Supperclub is headed for LA, slated to open March 2010 in the Vogue Theatre on Hollywood Blvd. Concrete Architectural Associates are heading the 15,000 square foot spacial... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742511/eater-tracking-supperclub-launches-spring-2010-in-vogue-theatre Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:48:08 -0700 Two Louisiana men were critically injured Thursday night in a vehicle crash on Interstate-10 in Santa Rosa County. The men were driving east in a 1991 Chevy pick-up truck on I-10 around 7:50 p.m. The truck veered onto the shoulder of the road, http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734675/two-ejected,-critically-injured-in-interstate-wreck Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:47:08 -0700 Here’s what Chicago tweeps are saying about our 2016 Olympics hopes on the eve of selection day: “Worked olympics n LA.Killed biz. Locals left,visitors ate@event sites.” –Chef Rick Bayless “Obama better deliver the Olympics. No president... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6733492/2016-olympics-what-s-the-word-on-the-tweet-before-chicago-s-2016- Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:53:08 -0700 Question: How many miles of Gulf of Mexico beaches in Texas are publicly owned and open for year-round use? Quick answer: All of them. More detailed answer: 624 miles, from Sabine Pass on the Texas-Louisiana border to the Rio Grande, although some of those miles are... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6736499/texas-voters-can-protect-access-to-public-beaches-no Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:26:08 -0700 Eater LA is reporting that Greg Link and Hunter Hensley, the owners of Hollywood's much buzzed about American gastropub Essex are planning on opening a restaurant in Soho soon. They just returned to LA after a scouting trip. [~ELA~] http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734019/plywood-report-eater-la-is-reporting-that-greg- Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:10:08 -0700