826LA Good Times

For our first meeting, we learned the basic parts of a print news story: the headline, byline, dateline, lede, and quotes.

You can see samples of our fill-in-the-blanks news stories, just in time for Halloween, below.

But the main order of the day was to decide WHO we wanted to reach with our writing, and WHAT we would call this blog.

We want to write stories for:

The most important people in my life

My family

Barack Obama

Hobos

People

Citizens

Immigrants

My cousin Danny all the way up in Bakersfield

And then…it was very hard to agree, but…drum roll please…we decided on the name:

826LA Good Times

Look here every week for new posts and projects. Now for a few very important stories about pumpkins. Yes sir, pumpkins.

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Southside Man Sucks Pumpkin, Mouse Family Protests

Jackson
826 Staff Writer

DUMMYLAND – A Southside man walked out of his house on Monday and found a pumpkin, so he sucked it. A family of mice who live under his porch steps were gooney, so they decided to suck.

“I don’t know why he did that to the pumpkin,” said Spooky Smith, the father of the mice.

“When it happened, we felt very down and dead.”

Experts say what happened on Lake Avenue Monday evening raises important questions about what we should do with pumpkins after Halloween.

“It just isn’t fair,” said Professor Hallie Day, a specialist in pumpkin rights.

Barry Scare, the man who found the pumpkin, says it was on his lawn so it was ok to suck it. But the mice say a better plan would be to take the pumpkin and turn it into a stick.

“It’s not that often you find such a round pumpkin,” said Smith.

Mice from all across the city are going to gather Wednesday at Butt to discuss what happened on Lake Avenue. They plan to march, wave signs, and shoot. The protest will begin at 10 a.m.

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Southside Man Hit Pumpkin, Mouse Family Protests

Ricardo
826 Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES – A Southside man walked out of his house on Monday and found a pumpkin, so he hit it. A family of mice who live under his porch steps were broken, so they decided to jump.

“I don’t know why he did that to the pumpkin,” said Spooky Smith, the father of the mice.

“When it happened, we felt very sad and mad.”

Experts say what happened on Lake Avenue Monday evening raises important questions about what we should do with pumpkins after Halloween.

“It just isn’t fair,” said Professor Hallie Day, a specialist in pumpkin rights.

Barry Scare, the man who found the pumpkin, says it was on his lawn so it was ok to hit it. But the mice say a better plan would be to take the pumpkin and turn it into a pumpkin pie.

“It’s not that often you find such a round, lost pumpkin,” said Smith.

Mice from all across the city are going to gather Wednesday at Echo Park to discuss what happened on Lake Avenue. They plan to march, wave signs and shoot. The protest will begin at 10 a.m.

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Southside Man Hugs Pumpkin, Mouse Family Protests

Yakelin
826 Staff Writer

ECHO PARK – A Southside man walked out of his house on Monday and found a pumpkin, so he hugged it. A family of mice who live under his porch steps were happy, so they decided to celebrate.

“I don’t know why he did that to the pumpkin,” said Spooky Smith, the father of the mice.

“When it happened, we felt very happy and joyful.”

Experts say what happened on Lake Avenue Monday evening raises important questions about what we should do with pumpkins after Halloween.

“It just isn’t fair,” said Professor Hallie Day, a specialist in pumpkin rights.

Barry Scare, the man who found the pumpkin, says it was on his lawn so it was ok to love it. But the mice say a better plan would be to take the pumpkin and turn it into a garden.

“It’s not that often you find such a round pumpkin,” said Smith.

Mice from all across the city are going to gather Wednesday at the lake to discuss what happened on Lake Avenue. They plan to march, wave signs and scream. The protest will begin at 10 a.m.

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