Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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South Central Community Farm protestors evicted
It's official: the protestors at the South Central Community Farm have been evicted:
LOS ANGELES - Sheriff's deputies evicted people from an urban community garden to make room for a warehouse Tuesday, touching off a furious protest in which actress Daryl Hannah and others climbed into a walnut tree or chained themselves to concrete-filled barrels. At least 39 people were arrested.
Authorities cut away branches and used a fire truck lift to bring down the "Splash" actress and another tree-sitter, who raised their fists as they were removed. It was not immediately clear whether Hannah was under arrest.
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At daybreak Tuesday, 120 deputies, some with batons and riot helmets, showed up to serve an eviction order that a judge signed last month. Deputies used saws to cut down the chain-link fence around the site.And get this:
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Grist’s Webby acceptance speech
The Webby Awards ceremony took place last night, but since Grist "only" won a People's Choice award, we were not invited.
One amusing feature of the ceremony is that winners are allowed only five words for their acceptance speech. Arianna Huffington said, "Make blogs, not war." Prince, who won a lifetime achievement award, said, "Everything you think is true." Woah.
What should Grist's five words be?
Update [2006-6-13 12:37:51 by David Roberts]: Ah. I'm told we were invited to the ceremony, and just chose not to go. Maybe we couldn't think of a good acceptance speech!
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Eviction happening at South Central farm
Word has it that people are being evicted from the South Central Community Farm as we speak. Darryl Hannah is still up in her tree, but they're talking about bringing bulldozers in.
All you L.A. readers get down there. If you can't make it in, I'm told there's a sit-in in the mayor's office.
