It was an impromtu stop on the way to downtown, when Jim and I saw a parking spot on the way to Astro Burger, so we pulled over and got on line. The new Irv’s Burger’s had just reopened at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd @ Laurel.
But other Southern California communities either embraced auto-centric “progress” or were forced to succumb by Caltrans’ bulldozers. Lower-income neighborhoods bore the brunt of the impact because it was always easier to uproot poorer people from their homes.
According to the sheriff's department, Thomas Aaron Brothers, 55, was arrested Thursday morning after attempting to flee from deputies. He was later found in a bathroom on Santa Monica Beach.