What’s Wrong With This Picture: Stormy Daniels Gets the Key to the City of West Hollywood
It isn't really a matter of looking for what is wrong with this picture. It's just about impossible to find anything that is right about it. (more…)
Venice Gets the Bird – Electric Scooters That Is
When I was down at Venice Beach for the Venice Art Walk, I couldn't help but notice the latest sight on the scene. Venice has gotten the bird. And if you are visiting Venice, you will want to take a Bird for a spin on the Venice Boardwalk! (more…)
LA and Paying to Pay – AGAIN
A while back I put up a post about ARCO Gas Stations charging a 75 cent fee to use your debit card. Now I have realized that many other gas stations and merchants in Los Angeles are doing the same in a more sneaky way. (more…)
LA Tosses Elderly Couple on Street – While Claiming to Work To Reduce Homelessness
An elderly couple is being forced out of this tiny backyard home by the city of LA who wants it demolished, while asking taxpayers to pay billions to build tiny backyard homes for homeless people. (more…)
LA Point of Interest: The First Freeway
I've always thought the Harbor Freeway after you pass downtown Los Angeles and snake through the old tunnels toward Pasadena is particularly beautiful. (more…)
Best Natural Foods Store: Lassen’s Natural Foods & Vitamins
Anyone that cares about eating natural foods and using natural products feels a certain sense of dismay at what the big chain "natural foods" stores have become. (more…)
Intolerance in Hollywood, Then and Now
Intolerence in Hollywood actually started in Los Feliz back in 1916 and has since moved to the heart of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the Hollywood Highland Center. (more…)
Walt Disney: Copyright, Public Domain and Double Standards
Home of Walt Disney's First Studio in Los Feliz. Now a print shop. Perhaps one of the greatest creators of our time was Walt Disney. From his humble beginnings as a cartoonist staying with his uncle in Los Feliz he moved forward to create an empire that has brought joy to billions of people around the world. (more…)
Shakespeare Gardens: How LA Neighborhoods Work to Improve Communities
LA is a city of contradictions. When I first moved back here, I was dismayed to see how in some communities residents and and businesses would just pile trash on the sidewalks and streets. (more…)
La Tuna Canyon Burn Zone Showing Signs of Regrowth
I've had occasion to be in the Sunland-Tujunga area a few times lately and decided to take a drive through the La Tuna Canyon Wildfire Burn Zone on the way back. Four months after the La Tuna Canyon wildfire, it still presents an erie scene. (more…)