Tag: drugs
BHPD Conducting DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint
BEVERLY HILLS—The Beverly Hills Police Department Traffic Bureau will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, February 9 at Sunset Boulevard and Sierra...
Endgame
UNITED STATES—In one way the earthquake had been a blessing in disguise for the drug store. People were actually happier with the new little...
After The Quake
UNITED STATES—Terrible rains came. Unhoused people in tents in the high school field got drenched. At my parents’ house they worked in the rain...
Crimes
UNITED STATES—A lot of the drug store operation and staff was inherited from Mr. Meyer when Johnson Drug changed hands, in 1962. That inheritance...
Relief
UNITED STATES—There was always a second banana at the drug store—the relief pharmacist. Johnson Drug wasn’t a one man show. The first relief pharmacist...
Bonzoid
UNITED STATES—Dad couldn’t cut the mustard in pre-med. The chemistry was too much for him, so he settled for pharmacy, and perhaps in his...
Chained
UNITED STATES—The advent of the chain store, Long’s, just a block from his Main and East Lake corner, caused my dad a great deal...
Remembering Dad
UNITED STATES—Whenever we were on a trip my dad would get anxious and phone the drug store. This seemed a gross interruption of our...
Small Pharma
UNITED STATES—When I was in Mexico, a place where time-capsules have a better life expectancy than in California, I would come across these drug...
LAPD Implements DUI Enforcement For Cinco De Mayo
LOS ANGELES—In an effort to decrease the mortality rate from drunk or drugged driving, Los Angeles Police Department officials have arranged for DUI checkpoints and...
A Funny Thing Happened At The Bank
UNITED STATES—As 1991 matured from spring to autumn, Ahmet, the Turkish husband of Dee had his second job in Santa Monica, in addition to...
Santa Monica Teen Falls And Dies After Taking LSD
SANTA MONICA—A 15-year-old boy from Santa Monica died on Saturday, March 18, after taking LSD, also known as acid, after falling from the third floor...
17 Members Of Wilmas Gang Arrested
LOS ANGELES—Members of a violent street gang were arrested Tuesday, November 8 in the Wilmington region.
A total of 17 members and associates that have a connection...
LAPD Teams Up For National Prescription Take-Back Initiative
WOODLAND HILLS—The Los Angeles Police Department, the Betty Ford Center of Los Angeles and Kaiser Permanente (KP) will be allowing the public the opportunity...
DUI Checkpoint Scheduled In Santa Monica
SANTA MONICA—According to a press release from the Santa Monica Police Department, the department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint on Friday, July 1, between...
Combustible
UNITED STATES—In April, when I took over the managerial duties for all the Wylie properties, no sooner had I moved out of Estrella Avenue,...
Hard Knocks
UNITED STATES—Samuel Johnson, the British wit and man of letters, said that he never knew a man with a toothache to be a philosopher....
Charlie Sheen Selling Beverly Hills Mansions
BEVERLY HILLS—Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is selling 2 of 3 of his Beverly Hills mansions, located in the affluent neighborhood...
Grady Of Figueroa
UNITED STATES—While I was waiting for that first renter, er, sucker, to walk through that door, see a room and say ‘I love it,’...
Are We Diminishing The Impact Of Marijuana?
UNITED STATES—There have been massive strides with medicine in relation to how the drug marijuana has helped with ailments. As a nation, I feel...