Smart LA 2028: Technology for a better Los Angeles?

 https://www.itskrs.its.dot.gov/node/212391

All this surveillance and coordination technology can help any city to be more efficient.

https://ita.lacity.gov/sites/g/files/wph1626/files/2021-05/SmartLA2028%20-%20Smart%20City%20Strategy.pdf

However, if ever totally run by AI and not humans, a totalitarian situation could emerge producing inhumane results.

https://www.geoweeknews.com/news/la28-2028-olympics-autodesk-technology-bim-retrofitting

https://dot.la/smart-la-2028-2659008086.html No matter how much high-technology can be applied, if there aren't enough emergency water tanks to fight fires, its pointless!

Technology is a series of tools, but such tools should never be used to turn L.A. or the world into a series of Black+Mirror episodes.

https://ita.lacity.gov/smartla2028 , https://la28.org/en.html

https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2021/07/how-los-angeles-plans-become-smarter-city-2028-olympics People might say that its too expensive to have a series of above and underground water reseevours to fight fires with. Now look at what has happened to the unprepared Greater LA Area. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Black+Mirror

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alphaville

Flea-borne typhus outbreak in Pico-Union prompts warning from LA County health officials

 https://abc7.com/post/flea-borne-typhus-outbreak-pico-union-prompts-warning-la-county-health-officials/19603208/ 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/health-officials-warn-residents-after-flea-borne-typhus-outbreak-in-pico-union/3923451/

https://www.facebook.com/Firehousecom/posts/la-county-public-health-officials-say-the-rotting-food-inside-the-burned-out-bui/1487060346783086 

Filth, disease+and+vermin are a constant urban concern and not just in Boyle+Heights.

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-05-12/la-vermin-rats-restaurants-health-department 

Dozens of L.A. County eateries shut down due to bugs & rodents https://ktla.com/news/local-news/health-department-closures-feb4-2026 Barf! 

http://www.lapublichealth.org/eh/about/vector-management-program.htm 

L.A. like any big city, can occasionally have health and safety issues with bugs, rodents and diseases. 

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/flies-rats-vermin-boyle-heights-who-is-handling-pest-control

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=bugs%2C+rodents+and+diseases

City on Fire (1979 film)

City_on_Fire is about an out of control oil refinery conflagration that's not necessarily set in the Greater Houston Area or in L.A. County. It's set in a generic North American metropolis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_on_Fire_(1979_film)#Plot

https://www.morrowsheppard.com/blog/worst-refinery-explosions-in-us-history

https://www.nfpa.org/education-and-research/research/nfpa-research/fire-statistical-reports/catastrophic-multiple-death-fires/deadliest-fires-or-explosions-in-the-world

While most of LA isn't on fire, some key parts of the county are.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-mapped-kenneth-fire-palisades-eaton-altadena-b2677045.html

https://www.california.com/the-4-coolest-national-forests-in-socal

https://wildfiretaskforce.org/southern-california-regional-profile

LA and Los_Angeles_County is a much larger area than Greater Houston. Some parts of Los_Angeles_County still have a wilderness feel and some parts still have heavily wooded sections or even forest_areas.

https://learncalifornia.org/southern-california-forests/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/la-county-wildfires-structures-destroyed-damage/3600667/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fire-maps-palisades-eaton-hurst-2025

https://www.latimes.com/california/live/pacific-palisades-fire-updates-los-angeles

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/los-angeles-wildfires-water-scarcity

https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/los-angeles-wildfires-palisades-eaton-california-01-09-25-hnk/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/hollywood-hills-burn-la-engulfed-by-the-big-one-2025-01-09/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

Here's What Los Angeles Looked Like In The 1980s

 https://laist.com/news/entertainment/los-angeles-1980s

https://www.laexplained.com/post/embracing-the-sun-kissed-joys-los-angeles-in-the-1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Live_and_Die_in_L.A._(1986_Wang_Chung_song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4x36XKhsM

Wang Chung - To Live And Die In L.A. - 7/6/1986 - Ritz NYC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PT77LraDcA&t=39s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_the_Boomtown (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wvwuHUMCw Welcome To The Boomtown · David & David https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3st4AD69-0

https://www.britannica.com/topic/rock-Los-Angeles-1980s-overview-1371305 There was a certain sound and feel during the 80s, but it was all part of the larger diversity and energy that is L.A.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-31-me-333-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics

https://www.laconservancy.org/1980-1990-los-angeles-confirmed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venues_of_the_1984_Summer_Olympics

https://www.artpublikamag.com/post/welcome-to-the-valley-how-youth-culture-of-the-80s-spread-from-los-angeles-and-into-the-mainstream

https://www.huckmag.com/article/a-portrait-of-los-angeles-at-the-turn-of-the-1980s

https://www.instagram.com/alisonmartino/reel/C7fOJkoSPVM L.A. in the 1970s.

Could lake water from Alaska be shipped to L.A., Long Beach ports?

 https://www.dailybreeze.com/2015/10/05/could-lake-water-from-alaska-be-shipped-to-la-long-beach-ports/

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/01/07/homes-threatened-as-brush-fire-breaks-out-in-pacific-palisades-amid-strong-windstorm/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/14/shipping-water-alaska-california/73934396 Almost a decade later and California could really use some of that Alaskan freshwater.

https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fresh-water-as-shipping-commodity/67227

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

L.A. Still Under Curfew Amid Mass Protests?

 https://time.com/7293512/la-curfew-parameters-locations-what-to-know

Plenty of law enforcement, some helicopters and drones.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/city-officials-issue-curfew-guidance-for-downtown-l-a-ahead-of-the-weekend/

Fortunately, LARGE humanoid robots haven't been despatched. 

https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/los-angeles-protests-downtown-life/

LARGE humanoid law enforcement androids might still seems seem like something out of a Sci-Fi movie, but the tech has been around for a while.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-13/downtown-l-a-curfew-bars-restaurants-breweries

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-03-15/westworld-hbo-los-angeles-blade-runner

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+protests

Alphaville: une étrange aventure de L. Caution

Alphaville was quite an amazing movie when it was released in 1965 and still provides an important warning. The technocratic dictatorship of Alphaville seems to be in a parallel reality or in an alternate universe. https://letterboxd.com/film/alphaville 

https://www.newwavefilm.com/french-new-wave-encyclopedia/alphaville.shtml

https://en.unifrance.org/movie/2152/alphaville , https://www.filmsite.org/alphaville.html

http://www.frenchfilms.org/review/alphaville-1965.html

http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/Article_Alphaville.html , https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/38-alphaville 

https://www.criterion.com/films/207-alphaville , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UitB6c8QP80

"Alpha 60 is a sentient computer system created by von Braun, which is in complete control of all of Alphaville.

Alpha 60 has outlawed free thought and individualist concepts like love, poetry, and emotion in the city, replacing them with contradictory concepts or eliminating them altogether. One of Alpha 60's dictates is that "people should not ask 'why', but only say 'because'". People who show signs of emotion are presumed to be acting illogically and are executed. There is a dictionary in every hotel room that is continuously updated when words that are deemed to evoke emotion become banned. As a result, Alphaville is an inhuman, alienated society." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphaville_(film)#Plot

Before THX_1138 in 1971 and Blade_Runner in 1982, there had to be Alphaville, the AI run city. 

https://nerdist.com/article/alphaville-gave-us-blade-runner-matrix

A world in which AI is almost everywhere and linked to the  

https://www.rand.org/blog/articles/2020/10/the-internet-of-bodies-will-change-everything-for-better-or-worse.html , https://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2020/10/29/what-is-the-internet-of-bodies.html  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0bXUxRqy8g

Prepare for the ‘internet of bodies’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHteT1zrSfw

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2023/05/blog-post_79.html ai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxzcD04rwc8 ar

The Future of Ecommerce: 9 Trends That Will Exist in 2030 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQjuEygcS3A

https://beaubourg-avocats.fr/en/cryptocurrency-laws-regulations-france , 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230628-eu-to-take-one-giant-leap-towards-launching-digital-version-of-euro

"La Défense was in 2017 ranked by Ernst & Young as the leading central business district in continental Europe, and the fourth in the world."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France#Economy

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/29/france-luxembourg-test-cbdc-for-100m-euro-bond-issue , 

https://www.reuters.com/technology/france-singapore-switzerland-jointly-test-central-bank-digital-currencies-2022-11-02 ,

https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership-france-2022 , 

https://www.banque-france.fr/en/communique-de-presse/banque-de-france-has-successfully-completed-first-tranche-its-experimentation-programme-central-bank , 

https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/blockchain-laws-and-regulations/france

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepfake 

https://innovation.banque-france.fr/fr/challenges/challenge-banque-france-deepfake?lang=fr

"L'activité du corps humain associée à une tâche fournie à un utilisateur peut être utilisée dans un processus de minage d'un système de cryptomonnaie. Un serveur peut fournir une tâche à un dispositif d'un utilisateur qui est couplé de manière à communiquer avec le serveur. Un capteur couplé de manière à communiquer avec un dispositif de l'utilisateur ou compris dans ce dernier peut détecter l'activité corporelle de l'utilisateur. Des données d'activité corporelle peuvent être générées sur la base de l'activité corporelle détectée de l'utilisateur. Le système de cryptomonnaie de la présente invention couplé de manière à communiquer avec le dispositif de l'utilisateur peut vérifier si les données d'activité corporelle satisfont une ou plusieurs conditions définies par le système de cryptomonnaie, et attribuer une cryptomonnaie à l'utilisateur dont les données d'activité corporelle sont vérifiées." https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2020060606&_fid=US291464337

L.A. has serious plans to become a smart-city. Hopefully, it won't eventually become something like Alphaville. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Alphaville

Fire hydrants ran dry as Pacific Palisades burned. L.A. city officials blame ‘tremendous demand’

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/14/shipping-water-alaska-california/73934396 Almost a full decade later and California is still waiting for some of that abundant Alaskan freshwater.

https://www.livescience.com/43176-drought-pipeline-water-projects-arid-west.html

https://www.seniorvoicealaska.com/story/2024/01/01/columns/woody-islands-lucrative-alaska-export-ice/3494.html

https://californiawaterblog.com/2019/04/01/climate-warming-brings-new-water-supplies-to-californias-delta/

https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/fresh-water-as-shipping-commodity/67227

 Iceberg Cometh : Drought: Towing a chunk of glacier ...

Los Angeles Times

https://www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1990-06-...

Jun 6, 1990 — Ventura city officials have decided to study the possibility of hauling icebergs from the polar caps and planting them off the county's shores.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Did Joe Rogan Predict these Historic Los Angeles Wildfires?

 https://www.latintimes.com/joe-rogan-predicted-historic-los-angeles-wildfires-resurfaced-clip-its-gonna-burn-through-la-571683

The strain on the Greater L.A. Area will be felt for quite a while.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

Authorities warn of extensive damage as LA fires rages

 https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires

People will use almost anything they can to try to put out a fire.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/southern-california-wildfires-by-the-numbers

While a bucket or a bag of water, or a garden hose can work on extinguishing a very small fire, only professionally grade firefighting equipment is best against any major fire.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/altadena-left-devastated-by-deadly-eaton-fire-everything-is-gone/

https://internewscast.com/entertainment/firefighters-are-not-using-handbags-to-fight-wildfires-in-los-angeles-as-shown-in-a-video/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/09/california-wildfires-destruction-los-angeles

https://deadline.com/2025/01/hacks-altadena-mansion-destroyed-la-fires-hollywood-locations-1236252254/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/los-angeles-wildfire-victim-dead-b2676480.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-actors-guide-how-not-to-pack-your-wildfire-go-bag/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Los+Angeles+fires

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

LA's bold new park plan: Tear up the streets and cap the freeways

 https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/la-park-plan-streets-22354316.php 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fairfax+Asterisk/@34.0582899,-118.3632139,195m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x80c2b915fe1578bf:0x9f65a010d6495373!2sW+Olympic+Blvd+%26+Fairfax+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90048,+USA!3b1!8m2!3d34.0581891!4d-118.363851!16s%2Fg%2F11hb3ps823!3m5!1s0x80c2b9db1630c425:0xdc4c10464284d0bd!8m2!3d34.0580382!4d-118.362914!16s%2Fg%2F11vbnk0922!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Details on I-10 Freeway arson fire and aftermath

 https://ktla.com/news/local-news/freeway-closure-bass-newsom-to-provide-new-details-on-10-freeway-arson-fire/

Interstate_10_in_California or any major highway, should never have a pile of flammable material under it or close to it in any way.

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-interstate-10-fire-1f0f48f2ac55342d9860f484cd84afc0

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/10-freeway-closed-mayor-bass-to-provide-update-on-downtown-l-a-shutdown/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/12/los-angeles-interstate-10-freeway-fire-repairs-damage/71561758007/

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/10-freeway-fire-alternate-routes-detours-downtown-la/3266670/

https://dot.ca.gov/~/link.aspx?_id=237E3123447D4C9A8B98571CE53B2E21&_z=z

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/photos-a-look-at-the-10-freeway-in-downtown-la-after-raging-fire/3267176/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Highway+101

Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire

 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-09/drone-collides-with-firefighting-aircraft-over-palisades-fire-faa-says

This sure is a rough time for the Greater+LA+Area. 

https://www.kcra.com/article/drone-collision-aircraft-fighting-palisades-fire/63387739

https://www.sfgate.com/la/article/illegal-drone-hits-la-firefighting-aircraft-20025930.php

The Battle of Los Angeles in 1942

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

The Alien Threat Behind the Battle of LA | History's Greatest Mysteries (S5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbBCIrorYY

How a UFO Caused the Battle of Los Angeles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAH59Wh-Ymo

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html  

Cops kill Sikh man ‘performing Gatka’ with sword on L.A. street

 https://indianexpress.com/article/world/lapd-footage-indian-origin-man-waving-machete-shot-dead-10219112/ 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sikh-man-shot-dead-by-los-angeles-police-while-wielding-machete-video-101756466565866.html

Unfortunately, when police are confronted with a man+armed+with+a+machete, they have to act fast.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/video-sikh-man-performing-gatka-on-road-in-los-angeles-shot-dead-by-police-9181964 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/watch-police-shoot-dead-sikh-man-performing-gatka-on-la-road-release-video-of-gurpreet-singh-waving-a-machete/articleshow/123580251.cms 

https://abc7.com/post/bodycam-video-released-machete-wielding-suspect-fatally-shot-police-downtown-la/17668483/

Rats, stench and flies: Aftermath of warehouse fire

https://www.facebook.com/Firehousecom/posts/la-county-public-health-officials-say-the-rotting-food-inside-the-burned-out-bui/1487060346783086/ 

Urban filth, disease+and+vermin must be kept under control as much as possible.

The stench of rotting food is horrendous! http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/safety/rats.htm

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/boyle-height-lineage-warehouse-fire/3924012 

The heat combined with all the rats and bugs is such a serious health issue. 

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/eh/safety/pests.htm

 A Fire Burned Next Door. Now They Live With the Stench of Rotting Meat. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/boyle-heights-warehouse-fire-smell.html The Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles is still dealing with foul odor and fears over possible toxins over a month after a cold-storage facility burst into flames. 

https://abc7.com/post/lineage-files-permit-rebuild-cold-storage-facility-angering-boyle-heights-residents-city-leaders/19599979 

It doesn't matter if you have a full stomach or an empty one, its just too easy to vomit from the very putrid stench around there!

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/los-angeles-warehouse-fire-rotting-food

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/flies-rats-vermin-boyle-heights-who-is-handling-pest-control 

https://edsource.org/updates/rats-stench-and-flies-aftermath-of-warehouse-fire-worries-la-parents-as-school-year-nears

Hottest days of Southern California heat wave arrive https://ktla.com/weather/southern-california-extreme-heat-high-surf 

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/weather-news/la-heat-forecast-weekend-temperatures/3924118/

https://weather.com/en-CA/us/california/city/los-angeles/tenday 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boyle+Heights  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=bugs%2C+rodents+and+diseases

LA warehouse fire continues to burn as officials warn residents of air quality issues

 https://abcnews.com/US/la-warehouse-fire-continues-burn-officials-warn-residents/story?id=134131771 

https://www.iqair.com/om/newsroom/boyle-heights-warehouse-fire-los-angeles-california

https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/g-s1-129578/la-warehouse-fire 

https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/flies-rats-vermin-boyle-heights-who-is-handling-pest-control

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boyle+Heights

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+cold+storage+warehouse+fire+in+Los+Angeles

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Bakersfield, rattles Southern California

 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-06/california-earthquake-near-bakersfield

Fortunately, LA hasn't had anything as rough as the earthquake that was depicted in the movie Earthquake_in_1974 or the 2015 movie San_Andreas. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/07/california-earthquake-bakersfield-lamont/74699447007/

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/preliminary-5-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-bakersfield-shakes-all-the-way-to-la-county/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-earthquake-magnitude-aftershocks-los-angeles-b2592426.html

https://deadline.com/2024/08/earthquake-strikes-north-of-los-angeles-bakersfield-1236033403/

https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/california-earthquake-risk/california-earthquake-history-timeline

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/07/us/southern-california-earthquake-tuesday/index.html

https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

https://earthquake.lacity.gov/

San Andreas Fault: When the Big One Hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGTv4XdZhko

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_(1974_film)#Plot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_(film)#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Earthquakes+around+Los+Angeles

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

Millions Face Critical Wildfire Risk in California

 https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2025/millions-face-critical-wildfire-risk-in-california-follow-these-safety-steps-now.html?srsltid=AfmBOopLd1yeNuq-DvTHKl2GosJWvlROaDtFbq4oT2pZZTtUDwNvavvZ

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=L.A.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Greater+LA+Area

The history of El Niño and La Niña

 https://cdapress.com/news/2026/jul/27/the-history-of-el-nino-and-la-nina/ 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2026/07/25/el-nino-updates-data-impacts/91028072007/ 

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/africa-facing-10-20-billion-economic-hit-from-super-el-nino-afdb-climate-chief-warns 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02293-y