kops and klans « the streets are calling
This is some of the best reportage I’ve seen on the recent white supremacists rally downtown.
The LAPD look thrilled.
ACLU Slaps SM for – Wait for It – Ticketing the Homeless?
Within the greater Los Angeles homeless “community” the city of Santa Monica is known as a relative refuge from the rest of the area. The city offers a rare combination of tolerance and personal safety for those living on the street.
Beach cities in general tend to be much safer than other parts of the city. But among those who spend nights outdoors, cities like Manhattan Beach and Malibu have deserved reputations as actively hostile towards transients who appear in their towns.
Unfortunately, it seems the reason the ACLU has taken notice of Santa Monica is because of its deserved reputation as a haven.
This complaint is comparable to claiming that hospitals are dangerous because there are more people dying in them.
Homeless people can find compassion at the beach – latimes.com.
Randy? Lipstick Tells You
The saucy slap changes from clear to deep crimson as the wearer feels frisky.It works by reacting with a girls body chemistry.And each £12 tube comes with a colour chart so men can work out how randy their partner is feeling.
Stan Cornyn in Studio with Sinatra
L to R: CBS camera man; holding score producer Sonny Burke; on podium, Gordon Jenkins; on right, Frank Sinatra. above podium, liner notes writer. Era: 1965.
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now. This is a classic photo of my dad, the great Stan Cornyn, pretending to look busy in a recording studio with Frank Sinatra. Cornyn is the photogenic fellow with glasses and necktie.
Come to think of it, this is one of the few times I’ve seen him in a necktie. He must have been in trouble with his boss that day.
Bob Biniak R.I.P.
Bob Biniak was someone I’ve known since I was probably twelve years old. You can read in my DogTown book how we first met–it would not be appropriate to include it here. But as his wife said in her note to some of his personal friends thursday afternoon: “Bobby loves Life and lived more in his short life than many us of can ever imagine to do.” From what I knew of Bob I can attest to this not being an exaggeration or a cliché.
via WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?: Bob “The Bullet” Biniakoriginal Z-BoyBad Ass Mother FuckerR.I.P..
Parking Operators Owe the City Nearly $100 Million – LAist
As the city explores ways to sell the operation of public parking garages to private companies for 50 years–the city council today unanimously approved a move to further develop these plans–a recent report listing the top debtors reveals that parking operators owe the city close to $100 million in uncollected taxes.
via Parking Operators Owe the City Nearly $100 Million – LAist.
Munchies LA Food Tour
So lucky to live here. LA’s culinary renaissance well-documented.