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Category Archives: Los Angeles
What’s Dennis Wilen Doing?
Dennis ran the JewishJournal.com for a couple of years. He blogs yesterday: As you probably already know, I’ll be joining AOL’s Patch.com next week to build, run and grow Los Angeles’ new Brentwood.Patch.com, which I plan to launch before the … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged bird in the hand, community conversation, conversant, dennis wilen, health business, opinionated person
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The Ronni Chasen Murder
The NJG: hi luke, you no longer do gossip anymore? The NJG: just wondering bc of the Ronni Chasen thing The NJG: thought YOU would be all over it The NJG: people at datalounge speculated that it might be related … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged gang initiation, NJG, pr woman, ronni, Scientology
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LA By Race
From LAOBserved.com: This graphic posted to Flickr by Eric Fischer maps Los Angeles County’s racial and ethnic diversity, using data from the 2000 census. Each dot represents 25 people. Color code: red is white, blue is black, green is Asian, … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged census data, eric fischer, ethnic distribution, ethnic diversity, maps los angeles
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Three Iranian Jews Shot Dead In LA Thursday Night
Bernard Khalili has a long criminal history. The Los Angeles Times reports: A triple murder late Thursday night inside a West Hollywood apartment building may be tied to a robbery attempt. The victims were identified as Pirooz Moussazadeh HY”D, 27; … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged iranian jews, khalili, los angeles county coroner, Los Angeles Times, medical marijuana, rest in paradise, robbery attempt, west hollywood apartment
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Topless Women March On Venice
On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says: Most people who did not go to graduate school understand there is a big difference between men going bare-chested and women going bare-chested. You don’t have to rush to the picture in … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged girlfriends and wives, public participants, third of its kind, topless protester, venice beach, venice beach boardwalk
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President Obama Part Of The David Rubin Simcha
David and Gitel Rubin emails their guests about tonight’s desert reception in honor of their daughter’s engagement (she is marrying Aryeh, child of Chaim and Rochelle Ribak): “President Obama has decided to be part of our simcha with a dinner … Continue reading
Posted in David Rubin, Los Angeles
Tagged alternate routes, David Rubin, dinner event, Hancock Park, journey home, kevin mccarthy, massive traffic jam, mile journey, simcha, viable idea
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Murder For Hire
From The Independent Of Santa Barbara: Eugene Temkin, 50, not only apparently decided he wanted Michael Hershman — a Los Angeles-area resident to whom Temkin loaned money several years ago — dead, but had also come up with a variety … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged apartment building, fbi interview, federal grand jury, goleta california, guinea africa, hershman, hit man, professional killer, professional killers
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Chandler Convalescent Hospital
I hope I don’t end up in a nursing home. I hope I don’t end up at Chandler Convalescent Hospital (5335 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91607). Calqualitycare.org rates it one star out of five and says its quality … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles, Sanford Deutsch
Tagged attentive staff, boulevard north, cash businesses, chandler convalescent hospital, jewish los angeles, laurel canyon boulevard, moral character, north hollywood ca, orthodox jews, types of businesses
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