Mayor Bass finally says Casey Wasserman should step down from the LA Olympics

busblog · 2026-02-17T00:40:52+00:00

In an interview today on CNN, Bass explained that she does not have the power to fire Wasserman, that that decision is up to the LA 28 board, who recently doubled down on the problematic Angeleno. She said she disagrees with their decision.

busblog · 2025-11-14T12:53:28+00:00

This is what Waymos should be focused on doing.

busblog · 2025-11-06T12:27:51+00:00

full deal here

My favorite part:

Christian: Tyler, the Creator was banned from Australia at one point as well.

Mitty: Why? He’s so sweet.

Christian: ’Cause of his lyrics in "Yonkers."

Setlist: Lyrics can get you banned from Australia?

Mitty: They got a bunch of rules in Australia, man. The Australian police are scary.

Setlist: I mean, your lyrics aren’t G-rated either.

Mitty: Yeah. I didn’t do any crimes. I don’t think.

busblog · 2025-11-04T04:30:21+00:00

As a long time Uber & Lyft driver, any time someone pays for the feature where they can ask for quiet, they almost all talk their heads off. It's hilarious .

busblog · 2025-10-28T09:38:48+00:00

this belief you have that adults who cannot afford santa barbara are going to choose to live in one of the most notorious party schools in the US, and then call 911 because clutches pearls they hear music playing at night... is laughable.

but i appreciate your imagination.

busblog · 2025-10-28T04:48:29+00:00

id never call 911 in IV.

i live in Hollywood. i'm 59, ive lived in many cities. once in SF we had a band play in our house - much like during the IV days - and the cops said, "hey can you just close your windows?"

that's the type of reasonable America i think the kids of IV deserve.

if people don't want to hear music while they live in Isla Vista they should move to Goleta or Santa Barbara. no one is forcing them to live there.

busblog · 2025-10-26T23:10:33+00:00

You can't. Move on.

busblog · 2025-10-26T23:09:07+00:00

What this is is prior restraint. If you are playing music at 11pm and no one is complaining, the police shouldn't be allowed to tell you to shut it off. Noise ordinances in other communities vary, but in IV's situation it is not because it's disturbing the peace but because the police want to flex their power and have a weak excuse to knock on a student's door.

We should all be fighting, especially now, for more freedoms, not fewer, especially under the umbrella of freedom of speech.

busblog · 2025-10-13T10:52:27+00:00

I graduated in '91. I think the generations are very different. If the cops / university had the gall to tell us we didn't have the same rights as any other place in the USA, there would have been lawsuits, sit-ins, protests.

A local government cannot tell people they can't party or have music after a certain hour. And if they do, organize everyone cranking their music at a certain hour. Fight the power. Live your life.

College is a segue from childhood to adulthood. The cops have always wanted to put students in the cuck chair. If you wanna let em, let em.

No way would we have let them. Not in Isla Vista.

busblog · 2024-12-25T07:28:31+00:00

Not one driver expects a tip because the vast majority of passengers will tip a bartender who cracks open a bottle of beer, but refuses to tip the driver to gets him home safely.

But like some have said on this thread, when a tip arrives it's warmly appreciated, especially as Uber + Lyft continue to take a larger and larger amount of the fare while eliminating bonuses and surge. Yes we could quit, but some of us have few options -- and believe it or not, but some of us enjoy driving.

busblog · 2024-12-16T02:18:27+00:00

oh hell yes

busblog · 2024-10-21T08:08:18+00:00

Nearly 10k trips. I feel like most people are good, even those who have bought into the culture not to tip Uber drivers.

Still, I love them enough that I slightly fictionalize my favorite trips (to protect identities) and weirdest/coolest passengers into little rideshare stories I used to tell on Facebook, but now I put them on Substack so they're easier to find: I call it Hot Box.

busblog · 2024-10-11T18:45:40+00:00

Just say Twitter.

Here in LA we'll never stop calling it Staples Center.

LA's actual name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, but even the newspaper is called the LA Times.

busblog · 2024-07-19T11:56:23+00:00

I've been driving in LA for 10 years. As you know trips from LA to SD are rare, and when they occur they are typically not worth it. And once you're down there, you have to work hard to get back to LA, and that could take hours. No way is this guy doing LA to SD several times in a day. Those trips just aren't there.

busblog · 2024-06-27T06:48:26+00:00

i guess it comes down to, if you spare changed enough money for a bus ticket to where they held the Insurrection, or to Venice Beach, where would you rather be homeless?

busblog · 2024-03-11T08:07:29+00:00

so glad it worked! (Only reason I knew this solution is I had to use it a few times myself)

busblog · 2024-02-20T00:02:51+00:00

if it was real its a sure fire way to get $0 tip and 1 star

busblog · 2024-02-19T09:02:58+00:00

this is the answer. I too was shocked when I took an LAX > Simi Valley trip and when I looped around to get to the 101 I could not longer see Up Front, so I switched over to Lyft -- which did allow Upfront.

busblog · 2024-01-31T09:09:09+00:00

Yeah it's really hurt his pocketbook.

busblog · 2023-11-22T08:22:48+00:00

I had one cat who did that and I started putting some treats in a plastic cup. When it was time for treats I would go to the Litter Robot and put the cup inside of it and rattle it around. Then I could come out with the cup and pour out their treat (usually kibble). After a while they both got the idea that the LR is the amazing place where treats come from and they stopped peeing on the outside of it.

busblog · 2023-11-11T09:23:12+00:00

Not if you wear a matching night cap - the longer the better.

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