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Seven Questions: Producer Donald Bland, A Modern Day Adventurer

Published May 7, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.

1) What is the scariest moment you've had during shooting? ... I have had three close calls, but I am not dead yet ... Accidents happen very fast, and sometimes they are expensive ... On the F/V Wizard a line connected to a 700 pound crab pot, headed for an 80 fathom plunge was wrapped around my leg ... Crosby, a fisherman on the boat pushed me down, and unwrapped my ankle before the line dragged me to the rail, broke my leg and sent me to the bottom of the icy Bering Sea ... I also was filming

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On the other hand...

Published April 16, 2009 at 6:45 a.m.

More photos » ... by Ross D. Franklin - AP ... Could the outcome have been different had Tony made a couple different decisions Tuesday night? ... (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ... Browse more photos » ... Tony made two particularly strange managerial decisions in Tuesday night’s game against the D-backs ... While the decision to rest Ludwick in favor of the 3 lefties is questionable considering the fact that he had already sat twice in the season’s first 8 games, it is defensible

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MBW Gets into Lakers Spirit with New Mural

Published June 17, 2009 at 1:30 p.m.

Photo via unurth, used with permission ... Mr. Brainwash is at it again at his usual spot on La Brea at San Vicente ... This time celebrating along with the rest of Los Angeles ... "It might be an understatement to say Mr Brainwash polarizes opinion," wrote the unnamed blogger at unurth, a street art blog ... "While some people love his work, and he sells prints and originals at blazing speed, others criticize him for lacking originality and being overly commercial ... I like a lot of his work,

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PhiLAnthropist Interview: Zach and Justin of LA's 'Karma Project'

Published May 29, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

Had you done a lot of volunteer work prior to the creation of the Karma Project? ... Z: We had only really volunteered in high school when we were required to in order to graduate. Justin volunteered helping kids after school with homework, and I volunteered at a nursing home. We both enjoyed our time, but it never really clicked that we could do it because we wanted to, rather than because we had to ... Is volunteering your full-time "job"? What else do you guys do? ... Z: Justin runs a

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As Contract Vote Nears, Rail Firm Pushes Its Leverage

Published May 27, 2009 at 12:52 p.m.

Light rail vehicles sit in the Gold Line's light maintenance yard in a 2007 file photo ... Photo by Eric Richardson ... In the lead-up to a Metro board vote on whether or not to pick up a $300-million option for light rail cars, Italian firm AnsaldoBreda upped the stakes by saying that it intended to build a manufacturing plant in Los Angeles if given the deal ... The board delayed action ... A day before the option contract again comes up for a vote, AnsaldoBreda will this afternoon participate

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Interview: Darryl Strawberry

Published May 5, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

Darryl Strawberry came home to play for the Dodgers alongside fellow LA native Eric Davis ... Photo courtesy of HarperCollins ... How's the book tour been going for you so far? Do you enjoy getting to meet your fans? ... It's going great. I just got in to Los Angeles late last night. I'm thrilled and delighted to meet my fans across the country and with the response I've gotten from the book so far ... More than anything, it's not a book about baseball. I think that most people are starting to

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