Paying higher wages could threaten Bobak Roshan’s business, already burdened by fees and taxes. Continue reading
![[Neon Tommy] Minimum wage plan tastes bitter to Café Demitasse](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/bobbyroshan-amparorios.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Neon Tommy] Minimum wage plan tastes bitter to Café Demitasse")
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![[Neon Tommy] A few dollars, a big difference](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/garcettihead.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Neon Tommy] A few dollars, a big difference")
[Neon Tommy] A few dollars, a big difference
Los Angeles roots for the underdog while riling businesses with proposals to hike the minimum wage. Continue reading
![[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/mrt-trafficking.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking")
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[Intersections | Annenberg Radio] Call for help, call to stop human trafficking
Los Angeles will soon see several dozen new billboards and posters across the city featuring digits outlined in bright teal – a hotline for human trafficking victims to get help. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/spencer-horizontal.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots")
[Intersections | LA Weekly] 40 years for four shots
Brandon Spencer has recently begun serving a prison term for opening fire at a Halloween party two years ago at the University of Southern California. He is paying a 40-year price for four shots that killed no one. Continue reading
![[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/coroner3.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA")
[Intersections | LA Weekly] An unexplained death in South LA
Stanley Thiesfield’s cause of death will likely remain “undetermined” to the coroner and investigators. So will hundreds of other deaths each year in Los Angeles, haunting both families and officials. Continue reading
![[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/2014_7_comfortzone_ph1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms")
[Sierra] Comfort Zone: Breathing Rooms
One family has turned their house green, walls and all. Continue reading
![[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mexicogunedit2-650-forblog.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback")
[Intersections] City collects 950 guns in buyback
The Los Angeles Police Department collected 950 weapons in its annual buyback program that gives Angelenos gift cards for guns.
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![[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/law_people_ramiro_gomez-2250.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful")
[LA Weekly] Ramiro Gomez: Making Menial Meaningful
“I know how to draw faces!” Ramiro Gomez insists with a grin, dabbing brown paint onto a glossy white magazine page with a slender brush. Shoulders and arms appear in a coppery sheen, then a head topped with thick black hair. But no face, at least not this time. Continue reading
![[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mariaelenadurazo.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)")
[Intersections] May Day workers’ march will call for living wages (+ Video)
Activists will press for immigration reform and livable wages on May 1, International Workers’ Day. Continue reading
![[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/portrait_of_an_affluent_family.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)")
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[Intersections] Artist Ramiro Gomez: Painting LA’s ‘invisible’ workers (+ Video)
Artist Ramiro Gomez creates paintings of L.A.’s gardeners and janitors, nannies and housekeepers — the fleet of workers who keep some of the city’s most upscale households running smoothly. Continue reading
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