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Broke Girls Guide, 05/18/12

Co-founders Erin Bunch and Michelle Vick

Naturally, the most important item on everyone's weekend agenda is the Pop-Up Party we're throwing at Apt2B on Melrose this Saturday afternoon. Don't be "L.A." and flake. But onto other, less important things happening this weekend...

Esther Wojcicki, 05/19/12

Journalism/English teacher

In just two short years, Krista Donaldson and her team at D-Rev have changed the lives of over 3,500 people in India. Donaldson is one of 21 outstanding speakers at TEDxStanford that you can watch live on LiveStreaming today.

Cesar Millan, 05/18/12

Dog Whisperer and CEO of CesarsWay.com

Many communities are proposing making microchipping all dogs mandatory. Besides finding your dog, there are two good reasons to make microchips mandatory.

Joe Cirincione and Benjamin Loehrke, 05/18/12

The blockbuster problem in The Avengers is the writers' desire to turn a nuclear weapon into a golden bullet that can save the day -- even if this bomb is more likely to ruin it.

Anthony Gregory, 05/18/12

Research Editor, The Independent Institute

Jerry Brown recognizes that something must give, and that cutting spending is unavoidable. This is, in some ways, marks an improvement over his fiscally reckless predecessor.

J.L. Sirisuk, 05/18/12

LA/NY/UK based writer

Halloween isn't anywhere in sight, but that doesn't matter because I've decided to reflect on the movie characters that traumatized me as a child and caused a few issues and fears.

Al Eisele, 05/18/12

Editor-at-Large, The Hill

Robert Caro says he doesn't pay much attention to what reviewers write about his books, but he paid plenty of attention to what one reviewer wrote about The Passage of Power, the fourth and latest volume of his monumental biography of Lyndon Johnson.

Daniel Heimpel, 05/18/12

Director, Fostering Media Connections

It is "Foster Mother's Day" and Gabbi is one of 2,200 foster children and their families who will cycle through Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker's 1.24-acre home and garden on Los Angeles' West Side.

Michael Varrati, 05/18/12

Actor, writer, and pop culture enthusiast

Movies are big affairs, and because of this, so too are the screens on which they are meant to be seen.

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard, 05/18/12

findcreatejoy.com

Running is its own end. It's a sentence and an exclamation mark. Running definitely brings out one's spirit, and also it shows people that anything is possible. If you'll be in Pasadena this weekend check out the 4th Annual Pasadena Marathon.

Lysa Heslov, 05/18/12

Founder and President, Children Mending Hearts

The sold-out event was bustling and lively and reminded everyone that the everyday, small differences we can make in another's life creates a hero in someone's eyes.

Ty Alper, 05/16/12

Law professor and dad

Faced with unassailable evidence that the death penalty in California costs hundreds of millions of dollars per year, supporters tend to respond with what is intended to be a conversation stopper: "You can't put a price tag on justice."

Larry Strauss, 05/17/12

Veteran high school English teacher, basketball coach, novelist

What ought to be clear to all of us by now is that the institutional structure of schools and school systems is ill-conceived. It is a failure. And this failure is at the root of all other educational failures.

Gregory Linton, 05/18/12

melroseandfairfax.blogspot.com

Some artists never stop creating. Will Sergeant has spent 30 years as the lead guitarist for Echo and the Bunnymen, and now he is coming to Los Angeles for his first U.S. art show.

Patrick O'Neal, 05/17/12

Sportscaster in Los Angeles for Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket

I'm sick of the low blows, the kidney punches, and the shots after the bell and on the breaks. I'm sick of all the trash talking. From Vanity Fair, The Today Show and The View just to name a few.

Erich Pica, 05/17/12

President, Friends of the Earth

San Onofre's reactors have already released radioactive steam and are literally shaking themselves apart. Instead of keeping the reactors shut down, Southern Edison is rushing to restart the reactors and running them as hard as possible.

Franky Carrillo, 05/17/12

Exonerated of murder after 20 years in prison

I was wrongfully convicted when I was 16 years old and served 20 years in prison before proving my innocence. That mistake took two decades from me, but it took Carlos DeLuna's life.