SoCal News/Events/etc.

no news is good news!

Could have more later this week, due to another Santa Ana condition... Temps in the 90s are expected and very low humidity. :sweat:

i guess the foggy morning weather isn't going to hold?

Topics merged. :sweat:

krim mentioned the Murakami exhibit in another thread, so I thought I'd post a link about it here...

http://www.moca.org/murakami/ :)

While we're at it.. @ the Japanese American National Museum.

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according to yahoo sources, a kid started that fire in southern Cal.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.
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The boy, whose name and age were not released, admitted to sparking the fire on Oct. 21, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said Tuesday. Ferocious winds helped it quickly spread.

"He admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire," Hecht said in a statement.

The boy was released to his parents, and the case will be presented to the district attorney's office, Hecht said. It was not clear if he had been arrested or cited by detectives.

The fire began in an area near Agua Dulce and quickly spread. It was among 15 or so major wildfires that destroyed some 2,100 homes and blackened 809 square miles from Los Angeles to the Mexican border last week. Seven deaths were blamed directly on the fires, six evacuees died of natural causes and one person died of a fall.

Authorities arrested five people for arson during that period, but none have been linked to any of the major blazes.

All but four of the blazes are now fully contained. Firefighters on Wednesday continued to cut lines around the remaining fires and kept a close eye on the weather.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Deputy Maribel Rizo said prosecutors were yet to determine if the boy's parents would be held accountable for any financial losses caused by the fire. Rizo did not know when prosecutors would be given the case.

Forecasters have said moderate Santa Ana winds could pick up later in the week.

Investigators have blamed an arsonist for setting a destructive wildfire in Orange County that blackened 28,500 acres and destroyed 16 homes.

Authorities were seeking the driver of a white Ford F-150 pickup truck spotted in a canyon area around the time the fire broke out. They said they wanted to talk to the driver, but stopped short of calling the person a suspect.

Officials offered a $285,000 reward to anyone with information that will lead to an arrest and conviction.

its on the front page of yahoo.

niko2x wrote:according to yahoo sources, a kid started that fire in southern Cal.

Yup.

Wonder how the DA's gonna handle that......?

I caught the Takashi Murakami exhibit at the MOCA gallery in Little Tokyo....pretty cool stuff. Over 90 pieces of artwork ranging from sculptures to paintings. It's a very broad ranging exhibit. The scale of some of his work is awe-inspiring in and of itself. It's nice to be able to see an exhibit of this sort so close to home. It's still showing until Feb. 11 if you want to see it and haven't yet

Tu_triky wrote:I caught the Takashi Murakami exhibit at the MOCA gallery in Little Tokyo....pretty cool stuff. Over 90 pieces of artwork ranging from sculptures to paintings. It's a very broad ranging exhibit. The scale of some of his work is awe-inspiring in and of itself. It's nice to be able to see an exhibit of this sort so close to home. It's still showing until Feb. 11 if you want to see it and haven't yet

Tan Tan Bo by Murakami, this is on display at the MOCA exhibit.

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Psychedelic Kermit the frog?

bmwracer wrote:Psychedelic Kermit the frog?

Oh you should see some of his paintings....they are crazy. Not all of them though....some are not as busy and much simpler.

i wish i could've dropped some micro.'s and sat in those two rooms... you know which ones imtalking about...

i was going to get one of those giant flower pillows, but the

Spoiler — click to reveal

$1200

price tag was a bit much.

krim wrote:i wish i could've dropped some micro.'s and sat in those two rooms... you know which ones imtalking about...

LOL. Paradise for some. :P

i was going to get one of those giant flower pillows, but the

Spoiler — click to reveal

$1200

price tag was a bit much.

At the gift shop I saw that most of the Limited edition lithographs were sold out...no surprise as they were limited to 300, being priced at around 1000 dollars or more. I had watched the 8 videos on the Murakami exhibit website so I got the flavor before I went to go see the artwork. It was pretty cool stuff...we're lucky to see such a complete exhibit because many of the pieces were sold to different musuems or collectors a long time ago.

Tu_triky wrote:I caught the Takashi Murakami exhibit at the MOCA gallery in Little Tokyo....pretty cool stuff. Over 90 pieces of artwork ranging from sculptures to paintings. It's a very broad ranging exhibit. The scale of some of his work is awe-inspiring in and of itself. It's nice to be able to see an exhibit of this sort so close to home. It's still showing until Feb. 11 if you want to see it and haven't yet

Murakami just sold his Lonesome Cowboy statue at auction for 15.1 million dollars.....

Tu_triky wrote:15.1 million dollars.....

Whoa. :sweat:

That'll buy a whole lotta paint brushes and chisels. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Whoa. :sweat:

That'll buy a whole lotta paint brushes and chisels. :victory:

LOL. :rofl: Indeed. I don't know much about Murakami's personal fortune but given the fact he's been commissioned by Louis Vuitton in the past I'm sure he wasn't hurting for cash prior to the sale...and he definitely isn't now....

Tu_triky wrote:LOL. :rofl: Indeed. I don't know much about Murakami's personal fortune but given the fact he's been commissioned by Louis Vuitton in the past I'm sure he wasn't hurting for cash prior to the sale...and he definitely isn't now....

"Lonesome Cowboy got me 15.1 Million...!!" :hehe:

Let's Larry H. Parker top that. :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
"Lonesome Cowboy got me 15.1 Million...!!" :hehe:

Let's Larry H. Parker top that. :hehe:

Only way Larry could top that is if Murakami got his arm chopped off and beat down by the LAPD.

Wanted to quickly chime in that I'll be in LA this Saturday for the Sumo Tournament.

I'd look in the food thread, but it's huge. Where's good places to eat afterwards? And who wants to meet up?