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It's Her Party: Sarah Palin Rallies Fans in Carson

Ted Soqui
At the rally for Governor Sarah Palin last Saturday, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, the dress code was Republican Convention wear. Lots of red, lots of big, funny hats and lots of premade, pre-approved hand-painted signs. All other signs were confiscated. The opening act was Jon Voight, whose......

9 L.A. Flashpoints

Ted Soqui
  The Witch’s Work, 10/24/07: A tough photo to shoot. Rancho Bernardo resident Oscar Afshari surveys what is left of his five-bedroom home, which he had finished remodeling just two weeks before the Witch fire hit. Exhausted after interviews with TV camera crews and overwhelmed by his loss, he sat......

Stroll of Fame

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PUSHING MY WAY THROUGH THE CROWD of people gathering along Hollywood Boulevard, I hear two men ask each other what’s going on. “It’s the Christmas Parade,” says one. The other guy is agreeable with that statement. I want to correct them, but leave it alone. Most of the people on......

Touched by a Virgin

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Celebrating the lead up to this weekend’s 475th anniversary of the Virgin of Guadalupe’s visits with St. Juan Diego back in 1531, Mexican Catholics all over Los Angeles came out to Olvera Street’s La Placita Church to see a “peregrina” image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It’s a digital reproduction......
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Snap

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Tribute left by LAPD officers for fellow officer Landon Dorris, who was struck and killed on Riverside Drive near Hyperion Avenue this past Sunday. The numbers on the fence are made from yellow police tape, and are believed to be Officer Dorris’ badge number. Dorris was the first officer to......

Blessed Homegirl

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The Virgin of Guadalupe appears on walls all over Los Angeles. In East L.A., she rests near a poem that reads in part, “Think of where we used to kick it... not of where I was shot.” At La Colmena mini-market off Avenue 50 in Highland Park, the Queen of......

Spanningl.a.

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Above, from left, old Red Car bridge supports over the L.A. River; Gold Line bridge over the 110 freeway at Avenue 60; two different views of the lamposts on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge; the “Shakespeare Bridge”on Franklin Avenue; the York Boulevard Bridge over the 110 freeway. Pasadena’s “Suicide Bridge” Bridge at......
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Spanning L.A.

Ted Soqui
Macy Street Bridge over the L.A. River. Old Red Car bridge supports over the L.A. River Gold Line bridge over the 110 freeway at Avenue 60 (above and below): Two different views of the lamposts on the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge The “Shakespeare Bridge” on Franklin Avenue The York Boulevard Bridge over......