Captivated by the light

It's always sunny in Los Angeles. There is some awesome lighting in my living room right now--natural lighting, of course--from the (waning?) sun. Enjoy the view from my balcony.  

Westwood Shooting

In case you didn't know...

Last Thursday, around midnight, a 50-something male shot the traffic light on Broxton and Le Conte. Police found loads of ammo in his car.

Officials say the traffic light is in a critical, yet stable condition.

I just found out about it a few minutes ago from the LA Times.

Skid Road, Hospitals, Homeless people, and insurance fraud

Joan! This was the stuff I was telling you about earlier.

Apparently, there was this insane fraud involving major hospitals that "recruited" homeless people from Skid Row and brought them in to the hospital to receive treatment or just to "occupy beds." Its a crazy scam that hospitals used to milk money from government insurance programs.

The homeless people were compensated too: money, food, cigarettes.

One homeless person admitted to being constantly recruited and receiving unneeded treatment in return for cash to buy coke.

Check it for yourself in the New York Times article.

The LA Times has a page with news, editorials, and pictures on Skid Row.