The LA Times has two behind the scenes articles that you may have missed from New Year's Day around LA. The Rose Bowl had a PETA trying to get a mini-blimp in the air.
"Later Wednesday morning, several deputies confronted other PETA
protesters carrying a small blimp emblazoned with the words “SeaWorld
Tortures Orcas.”
One of the deputies grabbed the craft, bending the propeller and
cutting his finger as the blades whirred to life. After threatening to
arrest the trio, deputies allowed the protesters to leave with the
blimp, which had been damaged and could not fly. The deputy was treated
at the scene."
PETA protesters suspected of trying to block SeaWorld float arrested
At the first Grand Park New Year's Eve Party the crowd swelled well beyond organizer's numbers.
"...when a crowd of about 500 people at 1st Street and Broadway began chanting, demanding to be let in.
Security guards in yellow jackets were trying to hold back the line,
he said, informing people that the park was at capacity and had been
closed by a fire marshal. But the crowd grew more agitated and rushed
the gate, he said.
"There were maybe four security people and they just broke right past them,"
Grand Park New Year's Eve bash called a success
