Category Archives: Los Angeles

Two Orthodox students shot with pellet gun;

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Luke Ford

Brad A. Greenberg reports: Two Orthodox Jews were shot with a pellet gun Thursday night at Alta Vista Boulevard and Waring Avenue in the Melrose area in an incident that Los Angeles police have labeled a hate crime. No one … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller Profiled In The September Issue Of Los Angeles Magazine

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Luke Ford

I love how Jesse Katz focuses on how the case became a "Jewish American Rorschach test, its interpretation shaped by ideology, by identity, by religious and partisan agendas." I could never become upset about the case. The rabbi felt verbally … Continue reading →

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The Manhattanizing of L.A.

Posted on August 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

From the New York Sun: Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times carried a piece by one of the most provocative of urban pundits, Joel Kotkin, under the headline, "Why the Rush to Manhattanize L.A.?" Mr. Kotkin speaks of a zoning vote last … Continue reading →

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Illegal Vending Growing In Los Angeles

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Luke Ford

From MayorSam: Now that street vendors are popping up in greater numbers and in new areas throughout the Streets of Los Angeles; what impact will this have on the Los Angeles business, safety and health? If you take a look … Continue reading →

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The Mexican Mafia

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Luke Ford

MayorSam reports: Tony Rafael’s debut book, The Mexican Mafia, went on sale last Wednesday. Many Mayor Sam readers already know Rafael as Wally Fay, editor of In The Hat, a popular, long-running expert narrative on Los Angeles gangs, crime, cops, … Continue reading →

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