Venice ~ CA

I had a feeling when the Venice Walls became regulated last summer, it was a step towards closing them down entirely. Sure enough, now there seems there is not enough money in the coffers to keep the regulation program running and rumors abound of a possible closing in mid-July. Recently, some heavy hitters from our area’s best crews have been hitting the walls, hopefully not for the last time.

This CRE8 piece was one of the cleanest things I’ve ever laid my eyes on. Some ass-heads went over it that night.

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Daglas Drive-In ~ 20036 Vanowen St. Canoga Park, CA 91306

I’ll make this short and sweet…I was driving around Canoga Park, and found this random place on Vanowen close to Winnetka.  I generally don’t trust these small burger places to be good so I looked around and saw everyone eating these large portions of fries…so I had to check it out.  Fries were FUCKING awesome.  They tasted fresh cut, fried just right with seasoned salt.  The chicken breast burger was OK…I read other reviews touting the Pastrami so I’ll have to try that next.  But if you are in the valley craving fries, pass up the McD and check this place out.  Daglas; “Where Every Day Is Fry Day!”

The New York Times reported on the most recent immigration raids around the country. The first raid, in Houston, was at a rag and clothing plant and resulted in the arrest of 160 undocumented workers. On May 12, another raid at a meat packing plant in Postville Iowa, one of the biggest immigration raids im years, resulted in the arrest of 389 workers. ”This was not about law enforcement. This was not even about immigration policy,” said Jim Benzoni, a Des Moines immigration lawyer. “This was about publicity. It was a made-for-TV melodrama.”

Whether the raids are justified or not they are still going to continue to get worse as the immigration issue comes to a head during an election year. If people working at plants and/or their bosses broke the law, it’s up to the court system to decide what’s going to happen to them and their families. Chances are we all know someone who may be undocumented and may or may not be working with a false social security number. In either case, they still have some rights and should know what they are as we live in a country bound by laws. The following images are from an email that I received and explains what a person should do if they’re caught up in a raid:

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Los Angeles ~ CA

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