Santa Monica

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  • History

    Lately I have run into Troy everywhere. I spotted him at a Whole Foods squeezing summer fruits. I swayed next to him one boozy night at a Wilco concert on the beach. Often I attempt to catch his eye, but he never looks at me.

  • An Anti-War Sculpture Is the Latest Battleground in LA's Gentrification War

    The Santa Monica City Council is attempting to remove an anti-war sculpture on public property, ostensibly to make way for lucrative redevelopment. The fight over the sculpture is a microcosm of LA's greatest issue in the 21st century: how to gentrify...

  • What Makes People in Los Angeles Miserable?

    A recent study claimed that almost 40 percent of Los Angeles residents live in "misery," so I went out to meet these sad bastards and figure out what specifically makes the average Angelino depressed.