Andy Sternberg

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• Posted Amtrak Leaves Passengers Stranded on Broken Down Surfliner for 8 Hours to LAist
  The Amtrak Surfliner departed San Diego 10:35 a.m. last Saturday -- right on time. But Train 571, a weekend-only train filled with families and weekend adventurers, never made it to its final destination -- Union Station, LA.
• Commented on The Shiny Sparkly LAist-CS Rankings
  The BCS rankings will never make complete sense to me. If you're going to use a computer, give it some more weight -- Iowa is 7 and 8 in Harris and USA Today, but 3 according to the computer. The...
• Posted CitySourced Launches at TechCrunch50: Fix Potholes with Your Phone to LAist
  Imagine if you could make urban graffiti disappear with a shake of your iPhone.... It's not that easy -- yet -- but LA-based FreedomSpeaks.com launched a new mobile tool that comes close. CitySourced enables anyone with an iPhone to report to 311 with the click of a button. See a pothole, snap a photo, and send it off.
• Posted Doctor's Orders: No NIN Show at the Fonda Tonight to LAist
  Trent Reznor has fallen ill, forcing Nine Inch Nails' Wave Goodbye tour to be put on hold. Reznor said he had a cold during last night's concert at the Palladium, which included an appearance by Gary Numan joining NIN on Numan's "Cars." Soon after the show ended the band released the following message on its website:
• Commented on Two Firefighters Killed in Station Fire
  It's really hard to believe. In most markets, a beeping scroll breaks in when the National Weather Service issues a storm watch or warning. As MoJo remarked in an earlier thread, the FCC should revoke their licenses based on the...