{"id":395000,"date":"2010-03-05T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a90335be970b"},"modified":"2010-03-05T14:00:18","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T19:00:18","slug":"linking-l-a-hikers-diners-surprised-by-rogue-oscar-statues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/395000","title":{"rendered":"Linking L.A.: Hikers, diners surprised by rogue Oscar statues"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/img><\/a> Two life-size Oscar statues made to resemble skeletons were found Thursday morning \u2013 one atop Runyon Canyon and one in the parking lot of Mel’s Drive-In in Hollywood.\n<\/p>\n

A plaque at the bottom of the statues read: "Beauty is one snip away," signed by a British artist named "D*Face." The Wrap<\/a> told NBCLA<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

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They are the work of a U.K.-based artist who goes by D*Face, said a person with knowledge of the plot to emplace the statues on Thursday morning. The 6- to 7-foot figures, made of a painted resin, were crafted in the United Kingdom and shipped here…\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

Here are some other interesting L.A. items on the Web:\n<\/p>\n

Is your house Tweeting?<\/strong> A house for sale in Malibu is tweeting from @villacascata<\/a>. It only has 46 followers, but it got the attention of Curbed LA<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

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The houses are becoming sentient–and they’re micro-blogging. A $13.95 million house in Malibu has its own Twitter acount, which unfortunately is actually written in the third person.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Destroyer Dewey to be commissioned<\/strong>: A new ship is set to be commissioned off the coast of Seal Beach, complete with cannon fire. The Orange County Register reports<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

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Seal Beach residents may hear a series of loud booms Saturday morning while the destroyer USS Dewey is being commissioned at the naval weapons station. Gregg Smith, a spokesman for the base, says, "There will (be) a saluting battery shooting off ceremonial cannons (firing blanks) during the event. Up to 19 shots."\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Local barista champion<\/strong>: A Silver Lake barista came in second place at a regional competition, and is advancing to the championship round. NBCLA reports<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n

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Ran Willbur’s love of the bean is so intense, he said it’s one of the main reasons why he did so well at the 2010 Western Regional Barista Competition. \u2026 As part of the competition, Willbur had to come up with 12 drinks: four espresso, four coffee and four signature drinks.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

— Anthony Pesce\n<\/p>\n

Have some news for Linking L.A.? Contact Times reporter Anthony Pesce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two life-size Oscar statues made to resemble skeletons were found Thursday morning \u2013 one atop Runyon Canyon and one in the parking lot of Mel’s Drive-In in Hollywood. A plaque at the bottom of the statues read: "Beauty is one snip away," signed by a British artist named "D*Face." The Wrap told NBCLA: They are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5893,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}