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Nooses, swastikas and graffiti: Bigotry roils University of California - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

LOS ANGELES – Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among ...

The Ulysses Guide To the Los Angeles River - Wall Street Journal

But joke all you want. The 51-mile creation of the Army Corps of Engineers may not be most Angelenos' prime destination for a Sunday stroll—heck, it might not even be flowing—but as Charles "Chaz" Bojórquez, one of the artists in the Pasadena ...

Swastikas, nooses, KKK hoods: Incidents roil campuses - News-Democrat

LOS ANGELES -- Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed several University of California campuses over the past month, causing consternation, outcry and fear that bigotry is alive among ...

Bias incidents roil UC campuses - The Spokesman-Review

Explanations sought for racist incidents cropping up at ... - Arizona Daily Star

DAMIAN DOVARGANES / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Political science student Mekeirla Bryant, center, and others rallied on March 2 on UCLA's campus to protest racially tinged incidents. LOS ANGELES - Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers ...

UC campuses see rise in bias incidents - Monterey County Herald

UCLA student Mekeirla Bryant, center, at a rally in Los Angeles on Tuesday to protest racially tinged incidents at UC campuses. LOS ANGELES — Swastikas, nooses, a KKK hood, graffiti, epithets and jeers. An ugly spate of bias incidents has crossed ...

Council discusses graffiti, city feats - Vacaville Reporter

A veteran firefighter's plight with graffiti and a running list of 2009 achievements ... recovery of $80,000 in merchandise in connection with a theft ring that first targeted the chain in Los Angeles County and moved up to Vacaville.

Los Angeles shooting leaves 1 teen dead, 1 injured - Fresno Bee

LAPD removes Kennedy death items from display LAPD removes Kennedy death items from display The Los Angeles Police Department has apologized ... spray-painting the buttocks of a teenage boy as punishment for graffiti tagging. The mayor of San Juan ...

Paint donations - Daily Breeze

Joann Bailey, Redondo Beach Some of the paint taken to hazardous waste drop-off locations operated by the city and county of Los Angeles finds new life in graffiti-abatement programs. us at 310-540-6272, 3) mail a letter to Ask Us, Daily Breeze ...

Pasadena Company Leases Graffiti Artworks On Canvas - PRLog (free press release)

The effort in Pasadena is being duplicated across Central, South, West and East Los Angeles. More and more corporate interiors are recognizing ... To the thousands of people who hate graffiti artists; think about becoming an ArtStorm Art Leasing ...

Open Question: I am looking for good graffiti art in Los Angeles?

I am doing a photo shoot and am looking for some good graffiti art and their locations. It can be anything from general tagging to murals. more

Voting Question: Is chris brown having a graffiti tour? If yes when does it come to los angeles?

Resolved Question: Is it true "graffiti" didn't really exist in the US until the 70's & 80's?

Let me just make one thing clear -- obviously there has been "graffiti" on walls/property for thousands of years. My uncle wrote his name in the sidewalk in the 1960's and it's still there. In the 1950's I'm sure kids wrote "Tom Loves Susan" on trees or benches. What I'm referring to is the graffiti we see today -- spray paint on overpasses, big bubble letters on freeway walls, billboards, rooftops, buses, all over the place... or graffiti "crews" -- groups of 20-30 kids that write all over the place. That didn't exist prior to the 80's and 70's. My dad grew up in Los Angeles, and he said he didn't start seeing widespread graffiti until the late 70's to early 80's. But in the 60's & 50's when he was growing up, he rarely saw it. And this was true for most of the US. I'm only referring to the US because that's all I'm aware of. I'm sure it was similar in Europe, Canada, Japan, etc. So, how come widespread spray can graffiti came about all of a sudden (70's, 80's, 90's, 00's), but didn't exist in the decades before then? more

Resolved Question: What album should I buy next?

Here's what I have now: Aerosmith: Aerosmith, Get Your Wings Alice in Chains: Music Bank Black Sabbath: Paranoid Cage the Elephant: Cage the Elephant Chevelle: Sci-Fi Crimes, Wonder What's Next Days of the New: I, II, III Eddie Vedder: Into the Wild Godsmack: Good Times, Bad Times Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy, I, II, III, IV, Physical Graffiti, The Song Remains the Same Metallica: Kill 'em All Mother Love Bone: Mother Love Bone Muse: The Resistance Pearl Jam: Backspacer, Ten Radiohead: OK Computer Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magik Seether: Disclaimer II, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, Karma and Effect Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger, Superunknown Stone Temple Pilots: Core, Purple System of a Down: Toxicity Temple of the Dog: Temple of the Dog Tool: Aenima, Lateralus, Opiate, Salival, Undertow, 10,000 Days I'm one of the few young folks who actually buy their music via albums. Hence, my relatively small music library. Based on what I have now, what would be a good 5-8 albums to introduce to my library next? I usually go for the most bang for the buck albums, in case you hadn't noticed, and I don't like compilation albums too much. They leave out a lot of good stuff. So yeah, any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks! more

Resolved Question: Los Angeles or New York?and why?

i pick L.A. cause that where alots good graffiti artist are and best place. more

Resolved Question: Los Angeles legal graffiti spots?

Are there any spots in LA County, or near it (OC, Rancho, San Bernadino) that you dont need a permit to spray paint or paint on? more

Resolved Question: What comes to your mind when you think of Ronald Reagan?

"Reagan's response to the 1981-1982 recession, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, was to declare ketchup a vegetable, release federal cheese surpluses, and shackle the strike leaders of the air traffic control union hand and foot and lead them off to jail. My most pronounced memories of the Reagan years are the three hour cheese line and the German care packages to unemployed workers in Detroit. In the first two years of the Reagan administration, his policy was a forced economic recession and de- industrialization of the United Stated. He cut federal low income housing funds by 84%; his tax cuts for the rich, his �trickle-on� the poor and working class economics ended up tripling all previously existing U.S. government debt. So, when I think of the Reagan legacy, I think of urban decay, crack, homelessness, racism, rampant corporatism and the destruction of the American dream. Amidst the growing homelessness and despair, I remember seeing graffiti all over inner-city Detroit that simply said: �Ronald Wilson Reagan 666.� Reagan�s policies so marked him as �the beast� in Detroit, blue-collar workers actually cheered when he was shot. The hottest song on underground radio was �Hinckley had a Vision.� The song�s refrain, �He knew, he knew.� When the mainstream media was analyzing Reagan's legacy and actively participating in the mythologizing of the 40th president, they conveniently ignored volumes of work by mainstream reporters. Wall Street Journal reporter Jane Mayer and Los Angeles Times reporter Doyle McManus documented Reagan's diminishing mental capacity" (http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0617-06.htm) This is exactly how I remember old Ronnie, and his addled Alshiemers mind. Distributing crack to all the Union workers that he forced out of jobs. more

Resolved Question: is reverse graffiti illegal in Los Angeles, ca?

based on the answer i got, i'm not sure everyone knows what "reverse graffiti" is. it's the process of CLEANING dirt and grime off of walls/tunnels/etc and leaving an image made of the clean area. this image may be a tree or a flower or anything. you leave a clean space amongst the grime. more

Resolved Question: Help me analyze this NYTimes Bob Herbert article!?

Op-Ed Columnist Behind the Laughter comments (245) E-Mail Send To Phone Print Share Close By BOB HERBERT Published: October 12, 2009 Conan O’Brien has been making some pretty rough jokes about Newark, which has led to a (mostly) mock feud between the late-night host and Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Bob Herbert Readers' Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. Read All Comments (245) » O’Brien joked that the mayor was establishing a program to improve the health of the city’s residents, then deadpanned: “The health care program would consist of a bus ticket out of Newark.” He did a video bit in which he praised the city’s “thriving arts scene” (while showing a graffiti-scarred wall); its “four-star lodging” (shots of abandoned, gutted, rusting vehicles); and its “world-class live theater” (a peep show). He threatened to form an alliance with the mayors of nearby municipalities, thus “creating a geographic toilet seat around the city of Newark,” making it possible to flush the city down the figurative bowl. The mayor came up with his own YouTube videos in response and, believe it or not, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton weighed in at one point as a mock peace negotiator. Conan seems like a nice fellow, and I doubt that he harbors any malice toward Newark. But he and his audience are having fun taunting a city that, like many others across the U.S., is in a desperately tragic situation: poverty-stricken, run down, often unsafe, its children and teenagers in too many instances going nowhere fast. Whether it’s Newark, Detroit, parts of Chicago, South-Central Los Angeles, Camden, N.J. — take your pick — we’ve looked the other way for decades as the residents of hard-core inner-city neighborhoods struggled with overwhelming, life-threatening problems and a chronic shortage of resources, financial and otherwise. We’re having an intense national debate over whether to move ahead with nation-building in Afghanistan and to continue protecting the population in places like Kabul and Kandahar while all but ignoring the violence that is consuming the lives of boys and girls in Chicago, America’s third-largest city. Dozens of boys and girls of school-age and younger are murdered in Chicago every year. One hundred were killed there last year, according to the police. The blood of the young is spattered daily on the stoops, sidewalks and streets of American cities from coast to coast, and we won’t even take notice unless, *******for example, we can engage in the ghoulish delight of watching the murder played over and over again on video.******* In Newark, where some of the streets do look as bad as the scenes that were part of Conan’s comedy bit, the unemployment rate is 14.7 percent. Keeping kids in high school long enough to graduate is difficult. Drug dealing is a fallback employment option for men and boys who can’t find legitimate work. Other cities have the same problems, some to a greater degree. So what are we doing? While mulling the prospect of sending up to 40,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, we’ve stood idly by, mute as a stone, as school districts across the nation have bounced 40,000 teachers out of their jobs over the past year. That should tell you all you need to know about twisted national priorities. Even as teachers by the tens of thousands are walking the plank to unemployment, we’re learning, as The Times reported last week, that one in every 10 young male dropouts is locked up in jail or juvenile detention. As if that weren’t gruesome enough, we find that the figure for blacks is one in four. What would it take to get the perpetual crisis facing these young people onto the radar screens of the rest of America? Conan was just trying to be funny, but the reality behind his late-night humor is horrifying. In Detroit, the median sale price of a house has hovered around $8,000. Seventy percent of all murders in the Motor City go unsolved. Joblessness is off the charts. The school system is a catastrophe. I remember driving around Camden, which is right outside of Philadelphia, on a rainy afternoon. Young people with nothing to do — they had dropped out of school and had little or no chance of finding a job — were gathered on porches, saying little, staring the hours away. I had on a suit and was driving a nice car. More than one person that I approached thought I was either buying or selling drugs. The inner cities have been in a recession for decades. They’re in a depression now. Myriad issues desperately need to be addressed: employment, education, the foreclosure crisis, crime, alcohol and drug abuse, health care (including mental health treatment and counseling), child care for working parents and on and on and on. Conan’s jokes would carry a silver lining if they could somehow prompt more people to think more seriously about what’s really going on in cities like Newark. Can someone explain what He more

Resolved Question: Why is it so many Fundamentist Christians simply don't believe in World Overpopulaton?

We have six billion people. We have WAY too many people. You don't think so, come to Los Angeles. The place was overrun by 2 million illegal aliens and now nothing works. Anytime you hop on the Freeway, it's a traffic jam. Anytime you go to the emergency room, it's a five hour wait, while all the illegals use the emergency room as their free clinic. Go to the library? All computers taken. Take a bus? Crowded to the gills, with graffiti and all the seats ripped up and destroyed. Schools? 30% of the kids speak Spanish as the first language. Ask me if that effects what level you teach on. When I was a kid, you could go shooting guns a 20 minute drive from Los Angeles. Now you have to drive two and a half hours into the high desert to find a place that doesn't have housing tracts. The school I teach at had cows a few blocks away in 1989 according to an older teacher. Now you have a twenty minute wait in a mile long parking lot of a line just to get on the 210 freeway. It is a living nightmare of a hell of too many people. Yet every time I say there are too many people, some happy Fundamentalist tells me they have six kids and they drive a 350 horsepower SUV, they use 50 gallons of gasoline a week, and the world is just fine. Why is this related to Christian Fundamentalism? Why do they think this way?Most of the unihabited part of the Earth is uninhabited because no one can live there enonomically.You think 6 billion peopel could live in Texas? Texas has 20 million people. California has 36 million. Texas couldn't support the population of California. If it could, it would.Keep in Mind that Texas has 16 million people less that California, and 200,000 more people that California on food stamps. Texas can barely take care of its own.I think it is because people don't live by a seaport. I live in Los Angeles, the second largest port in America. I SEE how many ships have to come in to sustain our lifestyle. more

Resolved Question: Is Barcelona a Modern City?

I've seen pictures of it and it looks like there's a lot of old buildings, like in dirty alleyways and stuff like that, graffiti, is it anything like London, Sydney, Los Angeles etc or is it really old fashioned? more

Resolved Question: Guys: what do you think of a girl....?

im a 14 year old girl and i want to dress up as a guy this halloween...what do you think? more ideas? -baggy jeans -white oversized t-shit that says, "Man, SHUT UP!" in graffiti letters -an oversized blue jacket that has white and dark blue los angeles all over -a silver chain -another silver chain with a money sign on it -a ring that has 3 dollar sign -a wig (blond hair, like bruno's hair) -a gold tooth -gonna wear my bro's cologne -and idk about a bandana around my head? good or no? more ideas? more

Resolved Question: need help finding a place to Volunteer?

does anyone know where i can volunteer in the Los Angeles area, i have to do community service. and are there any programs that do work like cleaning up parks, removing graffiti, or any type of programs where i can volunteer more

Resolved Question: Did anybody else see this Los Angeles cops take on notorious Mexican Mafia street gang?

LOS ANGELES – A notorious street gang accused of terrorizing a neighborhood for years and killing a sheriff's deputy was the target of a coordinated assault by hundreds of law enforcement officials Tuesday. Local police working with federal agents carried out a string of early-morning raids seeking key members of the Avenues street gang, a long-standing group that claims as its territory a swath of northeast Los Angeles. About 90 suspects were named in a massive federal racketeering indictment detailing criminal activity spanning more than a decade. Officers in full body armor were seen at dawn Tuesday at a blocked-off staging area at the Dodger Stadium parking lot, where suspects were being processed at a portable booking area as media helicopters hovered overhead. Scores of search warrants were served at 4 a.m. from Los Angeles to Kern County, and all the suspects were quickly rounded up, said Los Angeles police Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz. Within hours, several tattooed, shirtless men in handcuffs populated the parking lot. There is "ironclad evidence of the crimes," Diaz said at the staging area. "Our goal is to ... move these people out, occupy this community and support the law abiding people that deserve to live in dignity here." Aside from murdering rivals, dealing drugs, graffiti tagging and other gang crimes, the gang is accused of making threats and carrying out acts of violence against police officers, culminating in two attacks that rocked the law enforcement community last year. The first of these, in February 2008, saw Avenues gang members open fire with handguns and an AK-47 on Los Angeles police officers. Police shot back, killing 20-year-old Daniel Leon and injuring another man. Then on Aug. 2, 2008, off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Juan Escalante was shot dead in front of his parents' home in the Cypress Park neighborhood northeast of downtown. Even before the killing, authorities were investigating the Avenues, but his death increased the urgency of the operation. Earlier this year, police charged three men in Escalante's death and a fourth suspect remains at large. The indictment details several possible motives for the murder. Carlos Velasquez, one of the men accused of killing the deputy, was heard in a wire-tapped telephone conversation telling another Avenues gang member that he killed Escalante in retribution for the death of Leon, nicknamed "Clever." "Clever took one with him," the indictment states Velasquez said. The 222-page indictment also alleges Avenues members posted inflammatory remarks on Web sites, including "Avenidas don't get chased by the cops. We chase them," and, "Avenidas don't just hurt people. We kill them." Members of the largely Hispanic gang would also spray paint racist threats around neighborhoods to intimidate black people, according to prosecutors. "This indictment attacks a criminal organization that has terrorized a community for generations," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Brunwin, the lead prosecutor in the case. "With all of the information collected over the past year, we assembled an indictment that led to dozens of arrests this morning and will make a significant difference in the neighborhoods in northeastern Los Angeles." Tuesday's operation marks an ongoing focus on the Avenues gang, which gets its name from a series of streets running through the area. In June 2008, another federal indictment took aim at the Drew Street clique of the gang. Prosecutors said Drew Street was the most active and violent clique within the Avenues and it produced significant drug-sale revenues for the Mexican Mafia, a prison-based gang that oversees much of Southern California's street gang activity. That investigation resulted in the arrest of several of the clique's alleged leaders. Afterward, Mexican Mafia leaders attempted to re-organize the Avenues' presence in northeast Los Angeles by ending the clique rivalries within the gang and naming new Avenue leaders, Tuesday's indictment states. Though incarcerated, Mexican Mafia leaders are able to communicate with street gangs through conversations on cell phones that are smuggled into prisons, as well as by passing folded notes to visitors. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_us/us_gang_raid more

Resolved Question: Are there any Art schools in middle georgia, i live in Macon, Georgia?

I live in macon and i need to know if there is any art schools. I came from Los angeles and i got into graffiti and now im good at it and want a career in it and in order to do that i need art classes more

Resolved Question: Hispanic Born Americans and legal residents, request your input(s)?

Illegal immigrants...please don't answer this question: Do any of you feel cringe when you see a massive amount of our social problems associated with illegals in this country. Overcrowded prisons, welfare/food stamps for illegals, health care, gangs, graffiti, crime, drugs-wars, our schools dumbed down(regardless of how much $$$$$ we throw at the problem), massive illiteracy, and a host of other financial liabilities due to the roughly 20,000,000 illegals in America. A lot of us have been sold the ruse that illegals are the only ones willing to do certain jobs. I don;t believe for a second that Americans are incapable of rolling up their sleeves to do a job, but I do know that corporate America LOVES slave labor, since with no overtime, vacations, 401(K), health care, etc, it's a win situation the grease balls running major corps)such as Wal-Mart. As an immigrant myself, who put myself through school(and graduated from university), I have to shake my head at what was once the beautiful City of Los Angeles that now resembles a 3rd world country, which is now trashed with garbage all over our streets and hwy's, smell's like garbage downtown, and just ghetto-land/mentality everywhere. You thoughts?Sorry Gringo...were NOT responsible for what goes on in the Middle East beyond our national interests(OIL!) more

Resolved Question: does anybody know graffiti store in los angeles?

Resolved Question: how are art classes good for children?

i am studying about graffiti in my college class. whether its vandalism or art. but i live in california and the question is how would the city of Los Angeles would address the problem? Since i am going to write about how graffiti is art, i need to back up my opinion and i need to know how how is art important for children's education. Also how is the economy affecting art programs or after school programs in California. if you think graffiti is vandalism and how could the city of Los Angeles should address this problem please let me know. thank you :) more

Resolved Question: Where can I get a professional graffiti artist around los angeles?

I wanna get my name with some quotes around it on my bedroom wall. How much do you think it is to do it? And where can I find one? Please help (:Btw, I dont live in LA, I live near it. Dont joke, please. Serious answers. more

Resolved Question: Why is there sooo... much graffiti in Los Angeles, CA & who are these taggers?

My family & I are vacationing in Pasadena, CA. When we drive into LA for the day, we IMMEDIATELY notice the blatant graffiti, especially on the freeways, why is this? It looks absolutely horrific! Some of the markings are soo... high up, I wonder how these people got up there. Who has the energy & nerve to do such things? What is the mayor/governor doing about this? I'm sure it's an ongoing fight! more

Resolved Question: What can represent the Los Angeles community?

I'm doing a project and I need 5 photos the represent the Los Angeles, California comunnity. If you do not know Los angeles, its kinda like new york. PLEASE PLEASE i need 5 things that represent L.A. i have one. A beautiful flower that is covered in dirt. Why? Because the flower is the community and the dirt is how ugly it turns out because of gangs and graffiti. I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. PLEASE only answer if you have something. Make sure it's creative and good. If you want to say STUPID STUFF THEN GET THE FUK OUT. If you are helping, thank you SO much. :) THANKS! more

Voting Question: Which city has better graffiti, L.A. or N.Y.C.?

I personally think L.A., although graffiti did originate in NY I feel Los Angeles really heightened it to the extremes. What do you think? more

Resolved Question: What is there to do in Los Angeles, CA?

I'm a multi-cultured girl. From TX. Love music, reading juxtapoz, art, anything of the urban and rock genres. I've never been to California, although i've dreamed about going since a young age after falling head over heels for the band Deftones. My little brother is 16 and having neither parents, i try to feed him everything i know. From art, underground hip-hop, cars, music, scenes, graffiti. He not only eats it up like candy, but he's grown a deep respect for that of which he's never encountered in our small town lives. We are taking a road trip to Cali , just big sister and little brother, before the government cuts off our oxygen supplies (not litterally, but you know..)and i want it to be the most MEMORABLE experience he's ever had. I know i'll enjoy myself but i want to make sure he can enjoy it all too. Any help would be great. I'm really confused. more

Resolved Question: Where can Banksy's graffiti art be found in Los Angeles? Actual real locations in their original form. Thx?

Resolved Question: I need interesting topics that have ANYTHING to do with American history/culture that I can use in a report?

Literally anything. I just have to be able to write a persuasive essay about it. It could be about ice cream, if I could find enough info for a 10-page paper. The only rule is that it has to have had some sort of effect on American culture and life. Here are the topics I have so far: Censorship Book banning Influential music movements (jazz, Beatlemania, grunge, etc.) Gay marriage Endangered species protection Plastic "soup" in the Pacific Racism in modern America Nutrition (food additives, fast food, etc.) Cutting of funds for education (history, art, music courses, etc.) Increasing college costs Street art (graffiti, stickers, etc.) vs. vandalism Public colleges vs. Ivy League colleges Political activism (Hippe movement, WTO riots, Battle of Los Angeles, etc.) Sweatshops (high clothing prices and little manufacturing costs)I feel very strongly about the censorship, gay marriage, education funding and other more controversial topics, but I really want to make this essay interesting. People hear the pro-gay marriage arguments all the time, but they don't tend to hear the pro-graffiti arguments, you know? more

Resolved Question: Is it legal to go into the Los Angeles River to take pictures of the graffiti?

Resolved Question: Why would someone want to live in Los Angeles?

-Traffic -A lot of billboards in the sky -Graffiti -I hear a police siren everyday -Houses are close together -Rent/Houses are expensive I'm just wondering why anyone would want to live in LA?And its HOT all the time... more

Resolved Question: 8 "miracle" kids brought into poverty...what should we cheer for?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_us/octuplets Here in Los Angeles, we pump more $$/per student than anywhere else in the country in the Public School system, yet we have greater than a 50% drop out rate. I wonder which culture embraces 19th-Century 3rd world mentality, in a 21st Century world? When I see our once beautiful Los Angeles peppered by graffiti, trash everywhere, ghetto-bling-macho mentality and shooting of 5-years old is a daily occurrence...welcome to the new "America", we sure can be proud of... A figure released by the Department of Justice states 80% of crimes committed in the United States is gang-related. Lot's of new prisons being build in our state...and jobs being created by social service's to help people too screwed up for life. But oh, yes, isn't the Govt paying for this, not you and me?(rolls eyes) Your thoughts?, please. more

Resolved Question: Any malls that have what i am looking for?

in the los angeles area, do u know of any malls that have booths or stores that you can customize your own graffiti hat, with like your name and they like spray paint it on there? i have been looking for a mall but i can not find more

Resolved Question: Where can I find a place in Raleigh where its legal to do Graffiti?

I have the crazy idea to take my boyfriend to a place where he can practice graffiti..but since I just moved to Raleigh I was wondering if there is any place where I could take him...He grown up in Los Angeles,CA and he its really good at it..and since I love art I think it will be a good way to spend time together..so please help me more

Resolved Question: Where can I find a place in Raleigh that its legal to do Graffiti?

Resolved Question: Custom embroidery in Los Angeles?

I want to get towels embroidered in a graffiti font! more

Resolved Question: How do I become involved with graffiti removal groups and Beach Clean up in Los Angeles or surrounding areas?

Hey all! I have wanted to help with graffiti removal for some time now, as well as become a part of beach clean up organizations, and I have found much difficulty closing in on these groups. I have googled it without much luck. Any ideas out there? more

Resolved Question: What Hip Hop Albums Have The Best Graffiti Album Covers?What Graffiti Crews Have The Most Fame In Your City?

For Example (Album Covers): Temple Of Hip Hop Kulture http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B00002DEIW/ref=dp_image_text_0?ie=UTF8&n=5174&s=music Method Man-4:21...The Day After http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000FVBKWG/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0 For Example(Graffiti Crews Or 1ers): Los Angeles KOG http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=3145 CBS http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=595 ESTO http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=629 BLACK http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=3749 MSK http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=2586 USC http://www.50mmlosangeles.com/artist.php?artistId=943 It Could Be Past Or Present. more

Resolved Question: Is Obama more hype than hope?

There seems to be this big "movement" of change happening today and I am asking for your opinion as to whether you think it's real or not. Example: I travel up to Los Angeles for school and work and everyone there seems to be in love with Obama. There's stores selling T-Shirts, graffiti art of him as Superman on the sides of buildings but then I go back home in Orange County and there's nothing that would make you think people favored one over the other. I do think that Obama supporters seem to be more vocal in person and through the media. So is it that McCain supporters aren't that loud? or evenly represented? If you conducted a Poll in Los Angeles it would look like Obama would win in a landslide but a Poll in OC might lean towards McCain. So what I'm asking is.. Do you think that all the hype around Obama is real? Or do you think on Election Day we will find out this race is even closer than we may think? and PLEASE!!! no useless ranting more

Resolved Question: MANUEL PADILLA JR. . . . . Does anyone know how he died?

Manuel Padilla Jr. was a beloved child actor who played the part of Jai in the Tarzan series, and also played in the Flying Nun Series. He also played many other parts in movies and television. As a young adult he also played the part of Carlos, the gang member in the movie, American Graffiti He also played the almost identical part in an episode of the 1970's television show, "Happy Days". Manuel Padilla Jr. known as BooBoo to his close friends and family was born on Sunday, May 13, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. He had mostly retired from acting but was still making ooccasional appearances at Celebrity events and sometimes in custom car shows. He died suddenly on Monday, January 28, 2008 in Pomona, California shortly after making an appearance at the Grand National Roadster Show at the Pomona Fairgrounds. Does anyone know the exact cause of death? Was it due to natural causes such as a stroke or heart attack? Or was it something else? more

Resolved Question: Where can i find great graffiti in L.A.?

I'm a photographer and really want to find some great street art in the Los Angeles area. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! more

Resolved Question: can you help me with a story?

writing a short story and if anyone has any suggestions on what should happen next please send them. thanks. I staggered over to Juan Grigorio for the last of part of my initiation. Thirteen punches from thirteen members are how I would finally get into the gang. It is how I would finally have a family. I could taste the blood on my lips. The fog condensed in my head. I could feel everyone’s eyes on me, waiting for me to fall to the ground. My life depended on this moment. I needed these people, because there was no one else for me. The last set of punches began. I couldn’t even feel them anymore. The last thing is remember from that night was the man who just beat me senseless, other wise known as “The Boss”, telling me that I was in. I was in MS-13 for life. Living where I do, it was no surprise to me that I would end up in MS-13. In the streets of Los Angeles either you are in a gang or you make sure that you never cross paths with them. My mom and I live in an apartment by ourselves. As far as a father goes, I never had one and it never bothered me because my mom and I were okay. At least that is what we try to make everyone think. The truth is she is addicted to crystal-meth. Since she is high all the time it is up to me to take care of us. Cooking our meals, working to pay the bills, and cleaning up the vomit from when she gets to high. At the age of sixteen I have taken on the role of mother in our house. To the rest of the world I am Eliana Hernandez, another Honduran trying to survive in LA. In the streets, I am known as Hoopz because I can beat any boy who likes to run his mouth on the court. When I was younger I remember watching the guys from my new family hustle other people from rival gangs, beat them up for walking in their direction, and even kill them for whistling at the women who were considered MS-13 property. I did not always approve of what they did, but since I was kid with no one to care for me I wanted a family. I wanted them because I knew that they would have my back no matter what. Juan “The Boss” Grigorio always took a special interest in me. Asking me to get candy or soda from the gas station down the street for them is how I came to know him and the family. They looked out for me even though I was not an official member yet. The protection increased after I became a member. “You are part of the family now. If you go anywhere there should always be someone with you. If the cops ever try to question you keep your mouth shut,” Juan said to me the day after my initiation. These were the two rules that I had to live by. I looked around to see everyone in the set sitting in chairs around me. We were sitting in the safe house which was decorated with graffiti of our gang symbols and pictures of the leaders who came before us. The rest of the members were here to celebrate my admission. There were four twelve packs of beer on the counter, and I could smell the smoke from the joints that Raul and Lorenzo were smoking on the couch. Life was one big party to us. We had no problems because we always got what we wanted, whether it was given to us or we had to take it. The next thing I knew Daddy Yankee was busting through the speakers of the stereo. I got up with the rest of my family and started dancing. While I was dancing I noticed that José Morales was staring at me. Jose was Juan’s right hand man and took care of a lot of business for the family. He was an athletic twenty year old who taught me everything I knew about basketball. The University of Southern California gave him a full scholarship, but his knee gave out during his freshman season and he ended up back in the streets. I looked at him watching me. His muscular arms folded across his broad chest and the mousse in his hair glistened in the light. A toothpick dangled from his mouth. His chiseled jaw matched his tough guy look perfectly. Since José has come back from USC we had been closer than ever and I could not help but have some romantic feelings for him. I knew Juan might disapprove of this because my feeling might get in the way of business so I kept them to myself. By the look on his face I knew that something was up so I made my way over to the wall he was leaning against. “So what’s the deal? Did something happen? I am family now so you have to tell me,” I said to him. He smirked at me and looked away. Disappointed I moved in front of his and made his eyes meet mine. His green eyes were normally intense and piercing but that day they were worried and a bit sad. I knew something had to be wrong because José was always had everything under control. I was not about to just give u p on one of my best friends. Besides, after one hundred sixty-nine punches, I think I earned my right to know what was going on so I held my ground. He looked at me softly, took my hands, and led me to the back room were the leaders gathered to discuss important matters. He sat down in his chair and buried is head in his hands. I had never seen him so stressed. Finally, after five minutes of silence he began to explain. more

Resolved Question: Are criminals correct to perceive Obama as "sharing their ethos" ?

According to the L.A. Times: August 23, 2008 ON A brick wall in downtown Atlanta that usually is splattered with graffiti tag names, a spray-paint portrait of Barack Obama now gazes over the streetscape. And all over Los Angeles -- on stop signs, underpasses, buildings and billboards -- hundreds of posters and stickers of Obama, emblazoned with the word "Hope," have been slapped up, guerrilla-style. Street artists embrace the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee's experience as a community organizer, in part because they view their own movement as similarly grass-roots. "He's perceived as sharing their ethos," Bourland said. http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-et-streetart23-2008aug23,0,4609510.storymommanuke: y es, grafitti is a crime and those who perpetrate it are criminals more

Resolved Question: Need someone to proof read my paper or someone good with English?

Can someone proof read my essay and help me on out. Thanks ahead of time. As children we always find a place that holds deep memories for us to remember. These memories could come from events that have occurred in the person life, places we go or see might trigger these memories from the past. As time went by, many changes have occurred in my city of Pasadena where I had some positive and negative memories as I was growing up that developed and influenced the way I chose to live my life. Before we moved to Pasadena, my family lived in Chinatown, in Los Angeles. Our apartment had one bedroom, one bathroom, a small kitchen and a tiny living room. My father had to work hard to save enough money to move us into a bigger place. Eventually, he bought a house in Pasadena. The Pasadena house was quite different than the Chinatown apartment. It had a bigger living room and more bedrooms. Whereas the apartment was surrounded by commercial and other apartment buildings, empty lots surrounded the Pasadena house. The neighborhood was still in the construction phase and not many houses were built. The streets were unpaved and the sidewalks not yet poured. As time went by, the stages of construction compares to when I was a young child and then moving along the different stages of life, as I become an adult. At that time, Pasadena did not have any parks with playgrounds for my friends and me to play. Therefore, there were a lot of open lots around the neighborhood of Pasadena where my friends and I would have our own sandlot. We would gather as many children around our neighborhood to play baseball. We made our own base path to run around and mark where the foul ball lines would be. There was also no grass in the outfield to slow the ball down, so if the ball reached the outfield it would skid along the dirt and passed the outfielders for a homerun. Another thing my friends and I would do is that we would bring shovels to make several dirt ramps by piling dirt together. Then we would use our bikes to jump off these ramps to see who would jump the highest and we would also try to do some tricks. Sometimes when I go by these open lots it brings back fond memories I had with my friends when we used to play in these lots. As the years went by, the city of Pasadena started to change with more houses and buildings being built. Dirt roads are now covered by asphalt and streets finally have sidewalks. More people are starting to move into Pasadena as well as gang members. My memories of Pasadena have changed and it also made me feel ashamed to be living here, since these gang’s would graffiti their names on commercial buildings, on people’s houses with block walls, and on the sidewalls of liquor stores. These gangs want to put their names (gang signs or nick names) on these buildings to show who owns the territory; however, it has made my city look ugly. I remember a few times when the block walls on my house were covered with graffiti. This angered me so much that I wanted to catch these gang members who did this to my own house. One of my memorable memories while living in Pasadena would be the influenced of my friend Joe’s dad, next-door neighbor, who would teach us how to tune up a car. Joe’s dad showed us how to use a car jack and where to put the car stands if we were going to change the oil from a car. He showed us what we had to unscrew, the nut, that was holding the old oil and also we have to unscrew the old oil filter and replace it with a new oil filter. Then he showed us where the oil needs to be poured into and how to check the level of oil so it would not overflow. He also showed us how to replace sparkplugs if we have to change it. By replacing new sparkplugs, he told us that we have to use the sparkplug gap for each new sparkplug because it needs to be the right gap size. To find the gap size he showed us how to find it up in the car manual. Besides teaching us how to tune up a car he would also try to get us involved in sports by enrolling us in leagues for baseball, basketball and football, so that way we would stay out of trouble. He was a man who I looked up to and who was there for me when I needed to talk. Joe’s dad influenced me by being there and teaching me new things. As an adult, I am always involved in sports and I also know how to change the oil and replace sparkplugs when I need to tune up my car. A horrible memory I had was when I went to Emerson Elementary School. It was down the street from my house where I went to elementary school. I was in the 4th grade at the time. It was during recess time and my friends and I found a body lying behind a tree where we were playing on the swings. I recognized the person because he was one of my classmate’s brother’s who was from a gang. He had a few bullets lodged in his chest with blood flowing out and onto the ground. We ran and told the teacher about it and Mrs. Johnson called the police. The police officers arrived and asked my friends and me what had happened. We told the police officers that we found the body lying behind the tree where the swings were located. The police officer went over to check if the person was still alive as Emergency crews were arriving. An Emergency helicopter was also on scene as it has flown onto school grounds and they wheeled the body onto the helicopter. School was let out early that day and I could not forget what had happened. At night, when I went to sleep I could not sleep because I could not forget what I had seen. The next day at school they announced that the person had died on his way to the hospital. This memory has stuck out through my life, as I could not forget what had happen on that day. It also influenced me by not joining a gang because I do not want to get shot and die. Another negative memory I had was when I was playing Little League baseball. I was at Smith Park, just a few blocks away from my house. At the time, I was 10 years old playing for the Yankees. It was in the top of the 4th inning and I was playing left field. All of a sudden I heard gunshots fired. I ducked down to the ground and covered myself hoping the bullets would not hit me. People in the stands scattered all over the place as gunshots rang throughout the area. I did not get up from the ground until my coach came over and told me everything was safe and luckily no one was hurt. My teammates and I gathered around the dugout to talk about what had happened. I told them I was not scared at all and showed them I was brave, but deep inside I was scared and I felt my legs shivering. That day made a huge impact on my life because I do not want to live in a neighborhood where gunshots are being fired at a baseball game and where kids can be killed or injured. By living in this neighborhood, of Pasadena, and having friends and family that are supportive made me realize that I want to succeed and to do better for myself. To get myself out of Pasadena by earning a college degree and getting an entry level job position. I want to live in a neighborhood where there is no graffiti on the walls and no gunshots being fired on a daily basis. In the retrospect these memories have made me appreciate the little things that life has to offer and have kept me going in the positive and not in the negative direction where it can ruin my life in the process. more

Resolved Question: Do You Believe This I Got This From A Forum....???

Oh my god! You'll have to be quick... Ok, first go to California, in Los Angeles on Sepulveda you will see a brown building covered in white graffiti. There will be a man in a black suit with a unibrow, ask him "Ham for Lunch?" He'll know what it means. He'll give you a ham sandwich, in between the ham and cheese, there will be a note that has the coordinates to a secret underground house in Iraq, travel there (without eating the Ham sandwich) give the first man in black robes and a tattoo of "HAM" on his forehead. You shall then go to the house, and inside will be a pineapple. Don't worry, the pine apple has nothing to do with this, next to the pine apple will be a book with a muffin on it, open it and in the first page should be an envelope with a message saying " Read the Book". After reading that, read the book, it shall tell you what to do next. Try your best not to kill anyone on the way. more

Resolved Question: Los Angeles vs. Houston tags (graffiti)?

okay basically i just want to know what is the los angeles tag style and what is the houston tag style... how would they be distinguised? more

Resolved Question: Heart still sits in Los Angeles.?

It's funny. I know Los Angeles has alot of gangs, and isn't clean. I lived in L.A. most of my childhood. My dad was in the Military, so I moved back and fourth with him. Some times in L.A., and some times on a base. But I always felt a deep connection to L.A. For me, L.A. will always be a part of me. Mainly cuz the Chicano culture. I remember being in my neigborhood, among other latinos, and walking to school, and seing the murals painted on the nearby mexican restaraunt, and the graffiti on the cornerstore. Graffiti, murals, that's what mainly gets me. I am 21, currently living outside of Chicago, use to live in North Chicago. My uncle criticizes me about it. "You want to go back with lowlife gangs?" "You like to get shot at?" I know, I know there is crap like that. But then again u got suburban kids shooting up schools lol. And I was in North Chicago high school getting my bags checked and walking through scanners like a prison(or atleast an airport).Not that it makes the streets any less dangerous. But still, a bunch of college kids woke up one morning having no idea it would be their last. So you could die anywhere. There are gangs in L.A., shootings. I heard it everytime I was there, saw it. Helecopters shining into my bedroom windows at night, and sirens. But for some reason, it dont phase me. My main point is that, I'm from L.A., I miss it. Dont know when I'll go back, but eventually I will return. I like to draw, and being in the city inspires me. Right now, living in Suburbia, it's dull and lack of culture, and it's quietness depresses me. Cuz it's a cookie cutter neighborhood. There are a few good people I know. But it takes a while to get to know people cuz everyone in these areas tend to keep to themselves. I know I'm nuts, but anyone else feel like this?I got some things to take care of here first. But when I am ready, I'll go back. Plus I havent seen my cousins in years. more

Resolved Question: Illegal aliens crime wave. What should we do?

In Los Angeles, 95 percent of all outstanding warrants for homicide (which total 1,200 to 1,500) target illegal aliens. Up to two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) are for illegal aliens. • A confidential California Department of Justice study reported in 1995 that 60 percent of the 20,000-strong 18th Street Gang in southern California is illegal; police officers say the proportion is actually much greater. The bloody gang collaborates with the Mexican Mafia, the dominant force in California prisons, on complex drug-distribution schemes, extortion, and drive-by assassinations, and commits an assault or robbery every day in L.A. County. The gang has grown dramatically over the last two decades by recruiting recently arrived youngsters, most of them illegal, from Central America and Mexico. • The leadership of the Columbia Lil’ Cycos gang, which uses murder and racketeering to control the drug market around L.A.’s MacArthur Park, was about 60 percent illegal in 2002, says former assistant U.S. attorney Luis Li. Francisco Martinez, a Mexican Mafia member and an illegal alien, controlled the gang from prison, while serving time for felonious reentry following deportation. Good luck finding any reference to such facts in official crime analysis. The LAPD and the L.A. city attorney recently requested an injunction against drug trafficking in Hollywood, targeting the 18th Street Gang and the “non–gang members” who sell drugs in Hollywood for the gang. Those non–gang members are virtually all illegal Mexicans, smuggled into the country by a ring organized by 18th Street bigs. The Mexicans pay off their transportation debts to the gang by selling drugs; many soon realize how lucrative that line of work is and stay in the business. Cops and prosecutors universally know the immigration status of these non-gang “Hollywood dealers,” as the city attorney calls them, but the gang injunction is assiduously silent on the matter. And if a Hollywood officer were to arrest an illegal dealer (known on the street as a “border brother”) for his immigration status, or even notify the Immigration and Naturalization Service (since early 2003, absorbed into the new Department of Homeland Security), he would face severe discipline for violating Special Order 40, the city’s sanctuary policy. The ordinarily tough-as-nails former LAPD chief Daryl Gates enacted Special Order 40 in 1979—showing that even the most unapologetic law-and-order cop is no match for immigration advocates. The order prohibits officers from “initiating police action where the objective is to discover the alien status of a person”—in other words, the police may not even ask someone they have arrested about his immigration status until after they have filed criminal charges, nor may they arrest someone for immigration violations. They may not notify immigration authorities about an illegal alien picked up for minor violations. Only if they have already booked an illegal alien for a felony or for multiple misdemeanors may they inquire into his status or report him. The bottom line: a cordon sanitaire between local law enforcement and immigration authorities that creates a safe haven for illegal criminals. L.A.’s sanctuary law and all others like it contradict a key 1990s policing discovery: the Great Chain of Being in criminal behavior. Pick up a law-violator for a “minor” crime, and you might well prevent a major crime: enforcing graffiti and turnstile-jumping laws nabs you murderers and robbers. Enforcing known immigration violations, such as reentry following deportation, against known felons, would be even more productive. LAPD officers recognize illegal deported gang members all the time—flashing gang signs at court hearings for rival gangbangers, hanging out on the corner, or casing a target. These illegal returnees are, simply by being in the country after deportation, committing a felony (in contrast to garden-variety illegals on their first trip to the U.S., say, who are only committing a misdemeanor). “But if I see a deportee from the Mara Salvatrucha [Salvadoran prison] gang crossing the street, I know I can’t touch him,” laments a Los Angeles gang officer. Only if the deported felon has given the officer some other reason to stop him, such as an observed narcotics sale, can the cop accost him—but not for the immigration felony. Though such a policy puts the community at risk, the department’s top brass brush off such concerns. No big deal if you see deported gangbangers back on the streets, they say. Just put them under surveillance for “real” crimes and arrest them for those. But surveillance is very manpower-intensive. Where there is an immediate ground for getting a violent felon off the street and for questioning him further, it is absurd to demand that the woefully understaffed LAPD ignore it http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html more

Resolved Question: WORST parts of LOS ANGELES??

What in your opinion is the most dangerous part of LA? Im looking for a specific block area, NOT a general area..(For example..the area near Mc Arthur Park is a nasty area no matter how much they try to make it look and sound pretty.) By dangerous I mean in terms of violence, graffiti, run down homes, loitering.,crime.. etc. I want to know what places you would never venture into"Hollister"..thank you for your prejudiced remark..I asked for a specific location and you felt you had to give me a general region of LA..Your stereotype of others sickens me and disgust me.."The East side of LA" is what you say..you warn me to stay away from there..I will await for your explanation you racist..You ma'am have one very closed mind and need to open your eyes..Your just as bad as the racist folks when you make your asinine comments... more

Resolved Question: does any one love graffiti art as much as me??

it's so dope!.. los angeles.. props to: gfs"cbs"icr"ufk"msk"j4f"025"rk"stp"thc"mta"ska"spv"uti" cult"usc"kog"lts" more

Resolved Question: Anti graffiti poster "TAG THIS RIDE THIS" for los angeles metro bus?

DOES ANYONE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE LOS ANGELES METRO ANTI GRAFFITI POSTER SAYING "TAG THIS RIDE THIS" FOR DEFACING A METRO BUS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE RIDE A LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUS I JUST NEED A PICTURE OF THE POSTER FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT PLEASE more

Resolved Question: What if Chicago, IL had nice weather all year around would the city become better or worse?

Like Chicago had weather like Los Angeles. Would the city have more crime? Would we have more gangs? Tons of more Graffiti? More homeless people? I am talking 60 to 70 degree weather in the winter, and the sun shining every day with rare snow like Los Angeles. Do having real winter in Chicago, make you appreciate the summer? Because after all that wait, the spring and summer comes, and all the hot cute girls are out for the next 5 1/2 months before winter comes again. Your opinion would Chicago be better or worse if we had nice weather all year around? I hate to say it. But I think there will be WAY MORE OVERCROWDING. Way more traffic. Way MORE CRIME. The city will end up being another Los Angeles with the weather. Then they could end up building a disney land or world. That means way more people. WOW. more

Resolved Question: why do latinos seem to have a need to mar our los angeles wilderness areas with graffiti?

Resolved Question: where can i find krylon or belton spray cans in los angeles?

i need them for my bf as a gift but i know nothing about aerosol artist a.k.a graffiti artist. or cans in general color or where to find them adn how much?helpwell im 21 so i think i can purchase it right! more