Category Archives: Los Angeles

Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Jill Leovy writes in this 2015 book: * [John] Skaggs had been a homicide detective for twenty years. In that time, he had been in a thousand living rooms like this one—each with its large TV, Afrocentric knickknacks, and imponderable … Continue reading

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The New Perry Mason

Comment: The new Perry Mason is very well done as far as sets, costumes, period details, etc. – they spent a fortune and it shows. But the plot is pure 2020. Mason has a Latina lover who is a wealthy … Continue reading

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LAT: As peaceful protests continue, LAPD budget could be cut by up to $150 million to reinvest in communities of color

LA mayor Eric Garcetti’s father Gil Garcetti let OJ Simpson get away with murder by moving the case to downtown Los Angeles. His son Eric takes a knee before the people looting the city. Now he wants to take away … Continue reading

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Violent protests in Los Angeles tear through Jewish neighborhood

From the Forward: L.A. this morning. #laprotest https://t.co/qC39IYK2QS pic.twitter.com/6se6M5Wyv3 — Johnny Kunza (@johnkunza) May 31, 2020 Hearing that an Orthodox neighborhood in LA has been hit hard by looting. "Every store destroyed. Things are on fire all over," a friend … Continue reading

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How LA’s Orthodox Jews averted the worst of the pandemic

From the Forward, May 4, 2020: According to Yossi Manela, director of Chevra Kadisha Mortuary, only three Orthodox Jews with Covid-19 on their death certificate — all men, average age 75 years old — had passed through his funeral home. … Continue reading

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