Los Angeles

Twilight Los Angeles there were many interview that where documented from the Los Angeles Riots. Hearing these different perspectives really got me thinking that maybe this books purpose was to cause the reader to see what difference they could make in there society. There are many pieces of art such as movies, TV shows, books, paintings and music that all have this same challenge. But more specifically they deal with the topics of race, class and economic status, such dose the book Twilight Los…

First off, The Crips are an African American gang founded in Los Angeles California in 1969. Throughout the years this gang expanded to be one of the bulkiest and prevailing gangs in the United States, with more than 30,000 gang members. The Crips are known to be muddled in robberies, murders, drug dealing, and many other criminal pursuits. The Crips ultimately became the most powerful gang in California. The Blood was founded on Piru Street in the Compton, California in 1970. In 1970 many…

notorious gang are not certain but there are a few theories as to how MS-13 came to be. According to Geoffrey Ramsey in his article Tracing the Roots of El Salvador’s Mara Salvatrucha, there is some speculation that the gang originated from a street in Los Angeles, street 13, but it is clarified that street 13 does not exist. Another speculation is that MS-13 “emerged from a split in the 18th street…

Apple, Disneyland, and Barbie all started in California. Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth, aside from the insides of volcanoes. The main reason that I want to go to California is because I play this video game where I could go around Los Angeles while driving. I went all around the coast, to the Hollywood sign, and to the airport. While at the airport, I was able to fly a plane about LA and Hollywood housing. I got to buy one of the mansions…

also has a history of oppressing immigrants to the point where upward mobility is a distant objective. The 1980s saw little change to the oppression when El Salvadoran immigrants flooded the States to escape their civil war. With most settling in Los Angeles, they were afforded little help from the U.S. government and society. The refugees settled into poverty-stricken areas and were afforded little legitimate means of finding economic success. Living so close to the Crips and Bloods, the El…

California is one of the most culturally diverse states, however, Los Angeles cultural influence is dominant. The mix of racial and ethnic groups is equally diverse. In southern California there is an abundance of people, money, stores, freeways, houses, along with violence and pollution. The large population of Southern…

The Los Angeles Kings made headlines by cleaning house. The announced the firing of head coach Darryl Sutter and General Manager Dean Lombardi Monday afternoon after the team missed the playoffs for the second time in 3 seasons. With Sutter on the open market, there’s one team who should make a huge push at him. I think you get where I’m going with this one. Your very own Detroit Red Wings. Earlier in the season I wrote an article about how the Wings should give their current head coach…

complications that lies on its surface and that the state as a whole is often misrepresented by the media. The state is very diverse demographically and the cities and towns can range from rural suburbia to booming metropolises. Major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco are most likely to vote Democrat and they always tend to swing the state’s political affiliation in presidential elections. But there are many rural areas and suburban towns that are very conservative and they have a great…

Teaching Justice “You can’t handle the truth!”, this infamous line from A Few Good Men is what sparked my interest in the court room as a young child. I watched this movie in amazement that someone could have so much passion in the job they worked in, something so foreign and unfamiliar to me. My childhood consisted of crime television shows more than cartoons which only increased my desire to look for a career in the courtroom. As I became more aware of the legal struggle of my people, I…

So, you have a film degree in your possession, you’ve garnered experience and credibility working on numerous small productions and you feel that you are finally ready to make a name for yourself and establish a career in film; but where do you go? It is very likely that your first choice would be Hollywood, California because it is the self-proclaimed “entertainment capital of the world.” But depending on where you live and what your projected cost-of-living budget, coupled with troubling…