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LA Monthly

The National Magazine of Los Angeles

Thursday 7th November 2024

‘People Used to Stare at Me Because I Was So Beautiful, and Now They Stare at Me Because…’

July 29, 2024
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By Tony Castro

Roberta Dos Santos Busby, a Brazilian-born exotic dancer, gets too choked up with emotion and can’t finish the thought: That people now stare at her because of the extensive scar tissue from burns...

MAYBE THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TAKING GERITOL

July 8, 2024
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By Tony Castro

President Biden's troubling condition reminds me of my grandmother's own cognitive decline in which she didn't make sense at times, called my dad and me by different names and, worse, had stopped...

LA CAN CRACK DOWN ON HOMELESS CAMPS

June 28, 2024
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By Contributing Editor

Supreme Court Gives LA, Cities More Power It will have strong repercussions in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom and many city leaders welcomed the new power to sweep encampments. Homeless people...