Ambassador HotelThis is all that was left of the Ambassador Hotel on January 11, as seen from Wilshire Boulevard courtesy of The Ambassador's Last Stand. (Remark from someone watching over my shoulder while I post: "What prison Is that?")

Here's an aerial view from somewhat better times, and a glimpse from way better times.

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5:35 PM Thu | Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and the head of the county's beaches department will meet the media at 6 p.m. on the steps of the Hall of Administration to further explain the Board of Supervisors' vote on beach Frisbees.
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