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War on Christmas rages on: Wicked Atheists shove Christians out of the Manger

The Godless hordes that infest the American atheist movement have dealt another... more

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Atheists "Hijack" Christmas Nativity Display in Santa Monica, Say Religious Critics

Los Angeles Times... . Atheists 'hijack' nativity display in Santa... more

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Markos Geneti and Buzunesh Deba Set Records at The 26th Annual Honda LA Marathon

On March 22, 2011 LA Marathon LLC announced that a first-time marathoner and a... more

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Josephine Miller: CA Polystyrene Ban

ILSR interview with Josephine Miller regarding Santa Monica's ban on Polystyrene.

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Barbara Billingsley, ‘Leave it to Beaver’ mom June Cleaver dies

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Santa Monica to outlaw plastic bags even if others don’t!

Santa Monica has vowed that it will outlaw the use of plastic bags even if the state... more

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Retail Camp Los Angeles

Retail Camp Los Angeles will take place on Oct. 24, 2010 in CoLoft in Santa Monica,... more

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The Santa Monica College survey

The board of trustees of the Santa Monica College are conducting a survey to get the... more

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Ex-Food Network Chef Accused In Murder Plot - Solicited Homeless People to Kill

May 14, 2010 8:47 pm US/Pacific Ex-Food Network Chef Accused In Murder Plot... more

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7.2 Earthquake Hits Baja California - Updates, Plus New Photos and Videos - Felt By 20 Million People

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Tomorrow, Vanguard is moving offices from here in Hollywood to a lot in downtown Los Angeles. Like other lots, this one has a lot of security and badges and so forth. Where we are now is a little less informal, with a double garage door that rolls up to admit light and air on warmer days, such as today. It’s also, as I’ve alluded, in a pretty vivid part of Hollywood in terms of street action. I think I’ve also mentioned that back in 2001, a block away, Laura Ling and I shot an hour episode of the “Breaking It Down with Serena,” series that we produced for MTV called “A Week on the Streets.”

But the first time I shot a story here was in December of 2001. My friend and former colleague Anderson Cooper, then an ABC News correspondent, had gotten the news division to agree to do a story on the male street hustlers who stood out on Santa Monica Boulevard, and my employer of the time, Channel One News, agreed to loan me out to help produce it.

Anderson and I were happy to be working together again, and, so, one rainy and cold—for LA—night in early December, there we were on Santa Monica Boulevard. Anderson had a small format camera. I had a small format camera. There was a two person union crew with a beta cam to make things meet the union requirements then in place at ABC News. The only thing there wasn’t at the end of the evening were any male street hustlers on camera.

We all came back the following night, and initially, had no better luck.

It turned out that simply by standing there with all of our cameras, looking friendly, we couldn’t get them to walk up to us and spontaneously start telling us their stories. It was kind of discouraging.

But that’s because had lost sight of an important point in this business: You can’t be sure if people will talk to you unless you ask them. So I was obliged to start walking up to people and saying: “Excuse me, sir, I couldn’t help notice that you’re standing here on this curb, looking into the cars that drive past. Are you perhaps a male sex worker? If so, would like to be on ABC News?” After approaching no more than two or three people, I got one to agree. Then it was easy to find more. Pretty soon, there’s a street hustler who’s also selling methamphetamine, standing next to Anderson on the corner of Highland and Santa Monica near midnight on a Saturday, talking about what he looks for in the passing cars.

No one in Vanguard seems to have ever done a follow-up with these guys, to see how their business is serving the toughest economic times since the 1930s. On the one hand, you might expect that there are more of them out there now—the LAPD and LA Sheriff’s Department permitting. On the other hand, it could be the johns have less money to spend too. And now we won’t know, unless someone else does the story, because we’re moving out of the neighborhood and going downtown.

Recently on the Vanguard Blog:
- Eating on the run with Vanguard - Joanne Shen
- What Came Through the Wall - Mitch Koss
- Does porn have the answer? - Christof Putzel
- What world have we entered? - Mitch Koss
- Hey Electronic Arts, when you going to do a pirate video game? - Kaj Larsen
- Christof’s Doc, the Porn Community, and Obscenity… - Mitch KossTomorrow, Vanguard is moving offices from here in Hollywood to a lot in downtown Los... more

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Santa Monica Sushi Restaurant Accused of Selling Endangered Whale Meat Closes Forever Today!

March 20, 2010 2:52 a.m. EDT Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A trendy California... more

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Trendy Santa Monica Restaurant "Apologizes" for Serving Whale Meat

March 15, 2010 6:18 p.m. EDT A trendy California sushi restaurant charged by... more

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1UP Backstage at SCEA Santa Monica with God of War 3

We visit the team behind God of War 3 to get an up-close look at how they built the... more

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2010: The New Deca-yed

Sometimes a New Year has no resolutions.............

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Dan About Town Episode 7 Part 3

We return to Dan and Katie, of "Surf Lessons with Katie," at Santa Monica... more

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Dan About Town Episode 7 Part 1

In this episode of Dan About Town get your towel, board shorts, and surfboard so you... more

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Santa Monica Police Blotter: October, Week 1

Good news for Santa Monica bikers without a license. That is right, a 1995 Santa... more

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Job Skills services online at Santa Monica Public Library

The Santa Monica Public Library is now providing free access to two new computer-based... more

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God of War 3 Fact Sheet

The official fact sheet for God of War 3.

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