Etam Cru, the combined name for Polish muralists Sainer and Bezt, have been added to the list of international artists with huge productions on Downtown Los Angeles walls. Produced by Thinkspace & Branded Arts, the six-story tall mural is entitled Mr. Rooster, and can be viewed in person at 8th and Wall St. in the Flower District. All Photos by your friendly neighborhood BIRDMAN.
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Introducing the first-ever edition of our Sunday cartoons: Sunday Taquitos! Art by Ivan Ehlers.
“Maybe it’s not just nostalgia that makes pan dulce irresistible this time of year. Maybe it’s biology, memory, and culture conspiring in the best possible way."
Border Patrol continues with their new strategy, effectively raising their numbers by focusing on Latino enclaves instead of spreading around the city. Today, they targeted Van Nuys and Panorama City, Snatching Street Vendors, Pedestrians, and Day Laborers Again. They were all over Van Nuys, Roscoe, Sepulveda, and Parthenia, to name a few bigger boulevards. They also returned to targeting popular grocery chains catering to Latinos.
One man who was walking to Gold Room bar had to get surgery on his finger after being shot with a “rubber bullet.” “He was just running away and they got him in the leg and shot the top of his finger off,” the man’s girlfriend told L.A. TACO.
Plus Japanese pastries, all-you-can-eat dumplings, and a party to benefit a local rapid response network.
We are starting to see a new pattern and strategy from Border Patrol crews here in the Southland: intensifying their operations and targeting specific neighborhoods, rather than having crews roam random parts of the city.
