Category Archives: Los Angeles

Knick fans Stewart Rahr and Jona Rechnitz make a big score for charities

New York Daily News May 10, 2013: With the game winding down and the Knicks losing, Rechnitz asked for a consolation prize — $100,000 from Rahr if the Knicks lost, to give to charity. Stewart [Rahr] “looked at me and … Continue reading

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Who Made Los Angeles?

The Twitter wisdom of John Rivers: * LA was built by Midwestern Germanic engineers moving there during & after WW2. The best of the best – and they got crushed by demographics. * There are few places on the planet … Continue reading

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Good Places To Have A Heart Attack

A friend was having a heart attack. He got in his car and drove towards UCLA and once he crossed Pico, he knew the ambulance would have to take him to UCLA, so he pulled over and called 9-1-1. Otherwise, … Continue reading

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LAT: Why the Expo Line to Santa Monica marks a rare kind of progress in American cities

How happy will residents of Santa Monica be when their city is inundated with residents of South-Central? These questions don’t get addressed in all the media coverage of LA’s light rail extension to the coast. Christopher Hawthorne writes: The 1.5-billion … Continue reading

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Wealth Of Los Angeles Jews Is Limitless?

Comment: Steve, have you ever read about this? It was a mini-scandal in Los Angeles back in 1988. Memos leaked to the L.A. Times revealed that two Jewish political consultants gave a Jewish city councilman running for mayor some frank … Continue reading

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