Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles served 134,699 meals in December

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I am always impressed with these folks and this organization. Here is their December statistics report. It is pretty impressive to my way of...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Just a quick post from the field. An audio clip and a bit more information

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Thanks to the David at The Courtland Hotel on Wall Street across from the police station for the use of a computer. The Courtland is one of ...

An email from a friend

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My blog entry for today is something a little different. It is a copy and paste of a letter from a friend. Simon Higgs is a bit of an icon...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

Taking a bit of a break from the homeless and unemployment issues for a moment. A few places in Los Angeles which are traditions where one can eat

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Los Angeles has many places to eat where the food is great but the history may be just as big of a draw or factor. One day I took my...

Economy 101: Dropouts hold down unemployment rate

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Here are a few basic overall figures:  40% of unemployed have been out of work for two years or more.  There are currently over 15 million p...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sounds of the city

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Below are two links which I call "sounds of the city".  These were recorded Friday night in Los Angeles at one redline metro stop ...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

On the streets of Los Angeles

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This is a brief bit of writing on some of my activities yesterday and last evening. In the late morning I picked up one of my boys who was...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Poor choice of name for a store so close to the heart of skid row?

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I think a retail store this close to skid row with this sort of name may be contraindicated? People smoke within a few feet of this store, l...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

A long day. Then again, most days seem to be long ones.

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Two shifts again downtown today and that was after a few hours at the shop with the 65 Amps folks.  A long day and long night.  Yesterday ...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

No photos, no videos, nothing fancy or educational. Just a few of my thoughts.

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This post might be full of spelling errors, errors in grammar and have all sorts of issue.  If you can overlook those things that would be g...