Hillel Aron

The buzzer and its instructions in the jury room at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles; Credit: Hillel Aron

On Jury Duty, $8 Million Turned Out to be the Price for a Dead Son

Hillel Aron
A couple weeks ago, I sat in a small, cold, white room with 11 other people, calmly debating the monetary value of love. Specifically, the monetary value of a dead son's "love, companionship, care assistance, protection, affection, society, moral support, training and guidance."  "Anything less than $12 million is an......
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Best Place to Buy Vintage T-Shirts

Hillel Aron
Tucked inside this small storefront on South La Brea with a ruby red carpet lies the absolute mecca for vintage rock & roll T-shirts. Clothing designer Kelly Cole, an ex–club kid/DJ/restaurant owner, has become one of the foremost experts in tracking down ultra-rare, original tees. Be warned: They don't come......
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Best Campsite 90 Minutes Outside of L.A.

Hillel Aron
One of the great things about Los Angeles is that you don't have to go all that far to get away from it all. Buried deep within the Angeles National Forest lies Buckhorn Campground, just 47 miles from downtown Los Angeles. At 6,500 feet, it's a good 10 to 15......
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Best Soccer League

Hillel Aron
Finding the right soccer game can be tricky. Some games are too hard, some are too easy. Most are disorganized messes, with ornery players and fields that resemble the dust bowls of Rio de Janeiro. Even many of the organized leagues can be cold and unfriendly to the newcomer. That's......
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Best Buddhist Meditation Center

Hillel Aron
American Buddhism, for all its go-with-the-flow ethos, can still be a pretty stodgy practice. Not so at Against the Stream, founded by ex–punk rocker and ex-crackhead Noah Levine, a tattooed iconoclast who has become one of the most respected teachers of Buddhism in the country. Against the Stream's ethos is......