This is what a gazillion gallons of muddy rain water looks like. Took this image with my Nikon Coolpix set on panoramic mode, at the Los Feliz Blvd. bridge over crossing the L.A. River.
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The L.A.P.D. put over 180 images of women on display in hopes of having the public identify them. The images were taken by serial killer suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr., The Grim Sleeper. The images were found during a search of Franklin's house. Most of the photos were either taken on film or Polaroid. Some of the images were pulled off of video tape by L.A.P.D.
Detectives want to know if these women are alive and well, and do not consider them suspects in the case.
The photos will be displayed on the L.A.P.D website: www.LAPDonline.org
Derrick Burts, a 24 year old porn actor know better as "patient zeta" in the porn acting world, spoke to the media about his ordeals in the world of porn and contracting HIV.
Derrick acted in both gay and strait porn often without condoms, not knowing of state and federal laws that now requires porn actors to wear them. Derrick said no one even mentioned that he had a choice to wear one, and believes he contracted HIV along with many other STD's while working with a HIV infected gay porn actor.
He also spoke bout his frustration with the porn world's testing lab, Adult Industry Medical (AIM), often not returning his calls and telling him about his HIV status in a timely fashion, or offering him any treatment for HIV.
AIM's office was shut down today by L.A. County health officials, and denied their application to work as a community heath clinic.
Aids Heathcare Foundation (AHF) is now treating Derrick, and is calling for mandatory condom use on all porn shoots as the law calls for.
The ash remains of 1,689 Angelenos were laid to rest at the L.A. County Crematorium Cemetery today. Most of the dead were poor, homeless, or had no living families to bury or claim them. The dead were cremated in 2007, and had their ashes stored so they could be claimed by their families or loved ones. When no one claims them, the county buries their ash remains in a plastic bag in a large mass grave.
A brief service was performed with Buddist, Jewish, Catholic/Christian, Islam, and Spanish language prayers.
