An Earth Day Warning from "Diff'rent Strokes"

For a certain generation, our first dose of environmental awareness came that fateful day when Kimberly Drummond washed her hair with rain water... and it turned green.

Happy Earth Day... it's too late to save the world for Dana Plato, but it's not too late for you.

Revealed: The Long-Lost Fourth Jonas Brother!

Teenage heartthrobs Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Antonio Jonasraigosa and Nick Jonas participate in Earth Day festivities thrown by Disney. (Photo via Disney press release.)

A Car-Free Wilshire on Earth Day

Emerald City has the details on the Earth Day celebration at Wilshire Center. Closing down a chunk of Wilshire (between Harvard and Western) for most of the day -- pretty big, and sure to cause some driving headaches. (I know it will affect my commute). But I suppose that's the point.

I wish I could join in, and go car-free for at least one day. But there's just no logical mass transit way to make it from our Glendale home to my mid-Wilshire offices that wouldn't take hours and hours. I'd also love to see the free Michael Franti show; Franti puts on a good show, and manages to mix cool beats with socially relevant lyrics. But it's Tuesday... so there's no chance to make it down there.

Nonetheless, the festival goes on from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., so make it down there if you can take the Metro Purple Line straight to the festivities, or Metro bus. Or bike it, Emerald City's Siel suggests.