>> If you have ugly graffiti on your block, you have no one to blame but yrself. LA City Council Prez Eric Garcetti’s advice on getting involved has just 4 points — including taking charge of your block to turn it graffiti free.

>> Turn worn jeans into a a cheeky pair of pot holders. I wanna try this, but need to borrow a sewing machine first.

>> Californian home-owners: Get solar panels already. Rebates and loans’re there for your taking, and “Santa Monica County offers plain old grants for buildings meeting certain renewable-energy criteria.” Ok — Santa Monica’s not a county, but you get Umbra’s point. Check out Solar Santa Monica.

>> American Direct Mail ironically wants no solicitors. Photo documentation of the junk mail company’s office in Burbank by David Markland.