I just ran outside to check out a loud roar of planes ahead (over 90035).

I saw four fighters bank away in the horizon. They were flying only a few hundred feet above street level.

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The traffic lights were working on Pico and Robertson Blvds, but as you traveled south on Robertson, the next three traffic lights were out.

Power was out in much of 90035 from 9:40 a.m. until 11:40 a.m.

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Pico-Robertson is the best it's ever been.

Until recently, no decent person would consider living East of Robertson. It was regarded as a trashy place, way too close to blacks and gangs and social dysfunction.

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From Facebook:

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Here's an essay arguing they are. It concludes with a look at relative morality:

For example, theft is not considered wrong if the person doing the taking has a more serious need for the item taken. This is perhaps an embodiment of the scene in the popular movie, “Ushpazim” in which the protagonist steals a sukkah from a more well-to-do member of the community. For the past two (2) years, my family has erected a sukkah behind our apartment building that we have shared with our friends and neighbors. We take the observance of sukkot seriously and invest a lot of time, effort, and expense in building the sukkah and hosting. After the holiday, we store the frame in our garage. While the gate is often unlocked, the pieces are not visible from the street (one would have to be very close to see them) and upon cursory glance the frame does not appear to be anything more than ordinary steel poles. In fact, the poles have quietly resided in front of our car for 11 months. But, now mysteriously, someone has been taking the poles a few at a time. Sadly, this does not surprise us. The previous year, we had stored the thatch roof in the garage only to have it disappear two weeks before sukkot. The timing of both of these incidents makes it highly unlikely that some random person took the parts. The theft of these parts was deliberate. Someone is preparing to build their sukkah and knew exactly where to get free parts.

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"I'm moving out," says an acquaintance. "I moved here to meet girls but it is just too crowded. There are too many lines just to go to the supermarket. Too many cars. I'm moving away. I'll come here once a month for a social weekend."

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From Robert Avrech:

Every once in a while I grab my camera, a Canon Rebel, and walk around our neighborhood, Pico Robertson, here in Los Angeles, snapping photos of, well, whatever.

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From Robert Avrech:

It's Friday, Baruch HaShem. Time to take a break from politics and terrorism. Time, once again, to take a stroll around my wonderful neighborhood here in Los Angeles and focus on the startling beauty that is everywhere.

Found this beautiful industrial composition on the side of a building on La Cienaga Blvd.

On Pico Blvd., I was transfixed by part of a wall that looks like an archeological dig.

Street display from a Jewish-Persian store on Pico Blvd. This art falls under the heading of the classic Jewish-Byzantine-Elvis style.

On a side street off Pico Blvd., I found this mellow yellow grill.

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That's the report I got from one rabid Hillary supporter who tried to buy the magazine.