Email Author Michael Krikorian

2007 Stories by Michael Krikorian

• Laptop Snatched Directly From a Crippled Man’s Lap

  published December 13, 2007

  LITTLE UNSHKINS CAN FLY. Not a transatlantic flight, but short trips of 10 feet or so. Last week, Unshkins made one of those flights and... More >>

• Coming Back From Iraq

  published November 29, 2007

  IT’S HARD TO MISS the dramatic contrast between the way the nation dealt with returning Vietnam vets more than three decades ago... More >>

• Villaraigosa's Spin Cycle

  published September 6, 2007

  HISTORIC. HISTORIC. HISTORIC. At a news conference crammed with media members last week, the word “historic” was... More >>

• Harbinger

  published August 9, 2007

  The Rémy Martin Louis XIII Cognac is $1,549.99, but with your Ralphs Club Card it’s only $1,499.99. The Opus One is sold out, but... More >>

• Youtube Rubes

  published July 26, 2007

  WHEN THE STORY HIT the nightly news on July 16 that four local teenagers had been arrested for numerous attacks upon the homeless, it... More >>

• Tending the Gardens

  published June 21, 2007

  {mosimage} On a recent evening outside the gym at Nickerson Gardens in Watts, a boom box fills the air... More >>

• The Priciest Corner in L.A.

  published June 21, 2007

  IT’S 1:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY and a blue-gray 2007 750Li BMW tooling along Clinton Street in the Hollywood flatlands pulls up to th... More >>

• Where Are the Adults?

  published April 26, 2007

  Last year, the City of Los Angeles removed more than 27 million square feet of graffiti, enough to squirt a 1-foot-wide swath of... More >>

• The Mayor's Fake "Worst Gangs"

  published March 8, 2007

  Some think releasing the list could result in even more bloodshed. Jose Ramon, a barber in Gardena, worried that the list could inspire... More >>