by Kim Cooper | Aug 31, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
Something worrying has been happening in the City of Santa Ana: bureaucrats, rushing to spend a $9.3 Million critical maintenance and infrastructure grant from the California State Library “Building Forward” program before the March 31, 2026 completion deadline and...
by Kim Cooper | Jun 14, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
Even though the matter of the Times Mirror Square / Historic-Cultural Monument was officially deemed “Council action final” on 12/07/2018, we keep that hoping new indictments will finally blow the lid off the obviously corrupt vote. This vote would result...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 30, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
Bungalow courts are a distinctive, desirable and unfortunately endangered early 20th century form of workforce housing. These modest double (or sometimes single) rows of small cottages with shared community green space are usually under rent control, and are much...
by Kim Cooper | Mar 9, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
This investigation is published on the 29th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s death. In 2007, while writing our tour of Bukowski’s Los Angeles, we spotted a Craigslist ad that listed the writer’s longtime home in the 1920s bungalow court at 5124 De Longpre...
by Kim Cooper | Jan 17, 2023 | The Esotouric Blog
January 17, 2022 To the Honorable John F. Walter United States Courthouse 350 W. 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Courtroom 7A c/o Courtroom Deputy Clerk Shannon Reilly shannon_reilly@cacd.uscourts.gov [update: by email reply, Deputy Clerk Shannon Reilly informs us...
