Camille Robin 3/12/08

Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York resigned from his position Monday. Part of a prostitution scandal during the past months, he bowed down due to public pressure. His efforts to make his marks in the defense against prostitution in the past, and his strong moral beliefs made this a shocking accusation to begin with, and a hard reality to believe for most. As he made a public appearance, his wife Silda Wall Spitzer stood by her husband's side. He spoke out to his audience "I am greatly sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me...I look back on my time as governor with a sense of what might have been."

This story, is all about the mayor of New York, and yet still has resonance in a Los Angeles Newspaper. It has proximity to us as people who are currently living in New York, but not so much to the people that this newspaper is directed towards. It has oddity almost purely because of the fact that this governor was well known for his moral beliefs.  Human interest is also a main influence, everybody's eyes and hears are drawn to scandal, and when you're in a place of such high scrutiny, you must be practically flawless. 

I love love LOVE In-N-Out burger, and it looks like everyone else agrees with me. As lines keep coming at the well known In-N-Out Burger of West Los Angeles, the store's neighbors are being put out by the long drive-through lines and crowd of hungry burger seekers. This growing California chain of classic fresh burgers makes all their locations hot spots, but the neighbors aren't so thrilled with the slew of people invading their turf. Since In-N-Out doesn't put their meat on the grill until it's ordered, customers get fresher, tastier burgers, but the lines last longer, and driveways can be blocked for hours at a time. It affects customers as well as fellow stores. With traffic going into the street and piling up around the back, customers give up, and that's bad for business. This story has oddity because you'd never think that burgers would cause so much drama in any neighborhood. This will also impact the customers, learning about the measures that could be taken to redeem the situation may turn people off, but the promise of fresh food may also create more of a stir. 

Citizens remember the terrifying collapse of St. Francis Dam 80 years ago in rural Los Angeles (latimes.com pg. 1) The draining of the 600-million gallon Silver Lake Reservoir is done, due to water contamination (latimes.com pg. 1) Congress member admits that sick cattle were brought into the food supply of the nation (latimes.com pg. 1) Economists at UCLA say that even with housing going down and people losing their jobs, our nation isn't doomed for recession (latimes.com pg. 1) Los Angeles in giving one percent of new building costs to make art in the community (latimes.com pg. 1)