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After sitting at the intersection of 17th St and Colorado for what I can only describe as half of a lifetime this morning, it gave me enough time to think about the forty different routes I could have taken to avoid the nightmare that is this intersection… and then… I thought it would be more interesting to see what other niche grumblings other neighbors have about other intersections.

Why is 17th and Colorado my main gripe, specifically when on 17th? Thank you for asking I’d love to share…

- N/S traffic (17th) is beholden to multiple triggers of the Expo line coming in/out of the station. It’ll cut off the light, even if horribly short (I’ve seen it change as a single car was barely getting off the line from red)
- Light cycle doesn’t reprioritize N/S traffic to make up for lost time. Will re-enter its normal pattern, even if that means 17th backs up to the whole next intersection.
- Because the light cycle sucks, lots of pedestrian traffic will cut into roads when they don’t realize roads are on a one-direction green light and inadvertently are causing issues.
- Stuck at the light but think you can make a shortcut work in your favor? lololol. If you’re trying to get southbound, cutting down Colorado to what you’d hope is 14th is a flop. No left turn. You gotta hop down to 11th to make up for it all.

Today, I only started counting how long I was stuck there at the red for 5 minutes (def was there longer).

I thought PCH/Incline was my nemesis, but 17th/Colorado has secured this honor.

What’s yours?

Title sums it up well. We’re in a rent control apartment that has a full wall of south facing floor to ceiling windows 🥵

Current set up is two SPF large patio umbrellas tilted to block the direct sun beams, fully roll down the blinds + close the blackout curtains, have all ceiling fans and floor fans running, and run our roller a/c unit that pipes out the side window.

Even with all this, it will be 80 degrees on a good day in the house (much warmer than being outside in shade).

Any other tried and true hacks out there that’s helping us non-central air dwellers cool? TBH, we just wanna make sure our pup has optimal comfort if there’s more we can do (she has her own cooling mat and setup to stay super cool on top of everything already listed)

Looking for any tips or tricks anyone else

We live in one of the coolest corners of the world, but I tend to find myself doing a lot of the same things on repeat. So wanted to poll the community - what’s your perfect day in the Santa Monica area? Here for the niche, the odd, or the most detailed itineraries.

UPDATE 10am - gas is back up.

For all those brave Costco MDR/CC weekend warriors - gas is temp closed. I asked if it they’re opening at all today and store entry employee said probably not since the gas area lost power.

Has this ever happened to you…?

Sitting here eating dinner, no weird pressure on the watch, and I start hearing a loud countdown from my watch. It’s the emergency services alert and counting down to calling 911. The exit/cancel buttons up top are non responsive. I just started holding down side buttons to get it to stop from calling. When I let go to try to figure out what to do, it hits zero and calls 911. Two times. I hung up just in time the first time but not the second. Had to tell the operator it’s not an emergency, panic grab my phone and turn it off to cut cell signal from calling back. Thankfully my partner came into the room to offer another hand and figure out a force reset.

But hey, at least I got to learn emergency contacts absolutely get the alert (freaking my family across the country out).

WatchOS is on 26.5. No physical or water damage to the watch. First time having it lose its mind.

Has this ever happened to you…?

Sitting here eating dinner, no weird pressure on the watch, and I start hearing a loud countdown from my watch. It’s the emergency services alert and counting down to calling 911. The exit/cancel buttons up top are non responsive. I just started holding down side buttons to get it to stop from calling. When I let go to try to figure out what to do, it hits zero and calls 911. Two times. I hung up just in time the first time but not the second. Had to tell the operator it’s not an emergency, panic grab my phone and turn it off to cut cell signal from calling back. Thankfully my partner came into the room to offer another hand and figure out a force reset.

But hey, at least I got to learn emergency contacts absolutely get the alert (freaking my family across the country out).

WatchOS is on 26.5. No physical or water damage to the watch. First time having it lose its mind.

Just announced for Tuesday June 9, 2026. Hopefully the mountain lion is contained by then so we can all go enjoy burgers and grain bowls in peace.

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