by Kim Cooper | Jan 20, 2021 | The Esotouric Blog
(photo by architectural historian Michael R. Corbett, from SAFER’s appeal) Update after the hearing: read all about it here. In November 2018, the FBI raided the City Hall offices of Councilmember Jose Huizar. He has been charged with 34 counts of racketeering,...
by Kim Cooper | Aug 29, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
Above: Nathan Marsak confirms that reports of the disappearance of the Adohr Milk Farms neon are premature Los Angeles sign freaks have been all in a lather this week, as word spread like gas from a leaking neon tube about a previously unknown 1920s-era Adohr Milk...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 19, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
A SOLUTION FOR HOMELESSNESS: A NEW LOS ANGELES COUNTY “POOR” FARM By Colleen Adair Fliedner Author of the Rancho Los Amigos Centennial History Book The words “poor farm” generally conjure up images of Oliver Twist and filthy almshouses, where half-starved men, women...
by Kim Cooper | May 14, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
For context on the below public comment that Richard Schave made on 5/14/20, please see our newsletter post, Listen Live As The L.A. Times Project Appeal Hearing Illuminates City Government’s Corrupt Soul. So, what happened today at the Planning Commission...
by Kim Cooper | Feb 21, 2020 | The Esotouric Blog
As the Los Angeles County Supervisors rushed to approve LACMA’s hot-off-the-presses EIR for Peter Zumthor’s new museum building last April, ignoring the 83% of public emails begging them to vote no, they made frequent mention of museum director Michael...