September 2012 Archives
Notes of a Native Daughter:
"In Riverside County, there are two million Latinos, one million Latina women. I'm a bracero's daughter. To be a judge here, in the Inland Empire, means everything."
Where We Are:
The City of Industry has just 88 registered voters. Like Vernon, Industry is a bunker pretending to be a city. They are just two of the county's "phantom cities."
Commentary:
As the election approaches, a group of seniors reminds me that the black struggle to really matter in politics -- Obama notwithstanding -- is nothing new.
Commentary:
Ryan Suda, owner of Torrance-based Asian American t-shirt company Blacklava. | Photo: Elson Trinidad "I SPEAK ENGLISH." "GOOD ASIAN DRIVER." "I SUCK AT MATH." "I WILL NOT LOVE YOU LONG TIME." These are all satirical phrases boldly emblazoned on t-shirts...
Commentary:
This is good news for all of you procrastinators out there.
Government:
The political stands taken by candidates in the Third District supervisor's race in San Bernardino are hard to unravel -- sometimes even if you ask the candidates directly.
West is Eden:
This natural glory so close to civilization, the Santa Monica Mountains are a wonderful weirdness.
Where We Are:
An eccentric course of cocktails and dinners through the storied bars, restaurants, and hash houses of Los Angeles
Where We Are:
The sale of AEG puts the future of Farmer's Field in doubt, raises questions about the transparency of city government, and demonstrates what billionaires think of the rest of us.
LA as Subject:
In the late 19th century, Southern California's first amusement parks offered visitors up-close encounters with an ornithological curiosity: the ostrich.
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