One Time Plastic Bags Ban Begins July 1st, 2011

As of July 1st, 2011, unincorporated Los Angeles County will adopt, and apply their new measure that will ban the use of plastic bags at large stores.

New Orleans Police Officers Stand Trail for Death of Hurricane Katrina Victims

Almost 6 years after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans and left the city in shambles, New Orleans Police Officers are set to stand trial for the death of unarmed African Americans that were killed in cold blood.

The five police officers involved in the killings have plead guilty, and will testify against fellow officers for “multiple counts of deprivation of civil rights, use of a weapon in a violent crime, or obstruction of justice.”

Help Bail Lenny Dykstra out of the Los Angeles County Jail

Mr. Lenny Dykstra everyone! We’re not an entity that judges any organization, person, or movement. In fact we just want to create content that’s engaging and interesting.

Looping through the enticing world of the “twittersphere”we found an interesting little project that linked our undying love of new media, and a case that has been in the news these past few months.

Lulzsec Strike Arizona’s Department of Public Safety

Lulzsec strikes again by breaching information from Arizona’s Department of Public Safety on Thursday. As mentioned earlier this week in our blog, there’s been an increase in hacking throughout the web, and in addition to the CIA, the U.S Senate, and PBS — the online “infowar” continues to hit government and non-government agencies.

“Media Blitz” Key to the Arrest of James “Whitey” Bulger

The aggregation of social media, as a strategy, was used to find an FBI “Most Wanted” criminal. The Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI), launched a full on media campaign using Facebook, and TV ads that aided the capture of James “Whitey” Bulger.

Bulger made famous by Martin Scorsese’s film, The Departed, was apprehended by police, following a full on “media blitz,” in his apartment in Santa Monica, California — along with his long term girlfriend Catherine Greig.

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» Gunmen Post On Facebook During Stand-off with Police — Mashable
» Troops March for 10 years in Afghanistan — Mashable
» Man Arrested for Sexual Molestation at Ice Cream Shop — Laist
» Shooting in Venice — Laist