Chris Vogel

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California Census Data: Are Baby Boomers Screwed?

As the vast number of Baby Boomers continue to retire and get older, who's going to be there to drive them to dinner at 4:30 in the afternoon?Who's going to teach them how to program their DVR? The children? Apparently not......
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Heroic City of Juarez: Nice New Name, But What About the Violence?

You know what was missing from the image of the city of Juarez, Mexico? A commemoration of violence. Something to apprise would-be visitors of the border town's long, bloody history. A reminder to pack the Kevlar as well as the sunscreen. In honor of that glaring omission, Chihuahua state legislators......
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Lawsuit: Mentally Challenged Man Says LAPD Stomped and Beat Him

Manuel Candelaria, a mentally challenged man living near Boyle Heights, says he was frightened and threatened when a Century 21 agent showed up at his home - screaming and yelling at him -- with an eviction notice. At some point during their confrontation on February 5, 2010, the agent got......
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The Men's Central Jail; Credit: PHOTO BY TED SOQUI

Men's County Jail Visitor Viciously Beaten by Guards

Shackled in handcuffs, Gabriel Carrillo was being detained in a small break room near the visitors' lobby in Men's Central Jail when, he says, a Sheriff's deputy knocked him to the floor with an uppercut. Carrillo, 5 feet 6 and 160 pounds, doubled over in pain. Three deputies began kicking......