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Measure H: The Better Alternative To Doing Nothing
Measure H: The Better Alternative To Doing Nothing

While The American Dream thrives in my own private bubble of the universe, a few blocks down, near an interstate 405 exit, so many tents are pitched underneath a freeway ramp that it could look like a camping ground if not for the blinking of traffic lights and the passing of rushing cars.

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Top Stories, Opinion, Recent StoriesChelsey Sanchezhomeless, homelessness, Los Angeles, measure h, Santa Monica, skid row, zin chiang, chelsey sanchezComment
Da Poetry Lounge: A Dinner Table of Artists
Da Poetry Lounge: A Dinner Table of Artists

“We start off every week by asking: ‘Brutha Gimel, what did you do this weekend?’” It’s a loaded question that Shihan Van Clief, the host and co- founder of Da Poetry Lounge, asks in front of an audience of more than 250 people. Some are like family, loyal artists and listeners who have been attending for more than a decade. Others are essentially strangers, first-timers -- like voyagers in a foreign land.

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Culture, Recent Stories, Art, EntertainmentChelsey Sanchezartists, da poetry lounge, dante basco, hollywood, Los Angeles, poetry, shihan, spoken word, jazz shademan, chelsey sanchezComment