Tag: drugs
Drug Crisis Explodes On “Days Of Our Lives!”
HOLLYWOOD—The drug crisis is exploding in Salem on the NBC soap “Days of Our Lives.” Ava and Stefan are forced to peddle Clyde Weston’s...
“Euphoria” Is Something Special
HOLLYWOOD—Wow, that is the only word that comes to mind when I binge-watched the first season of the HBO series “Euphoria.” Yeah, to say...
Settlement Funds To Be Used To Combat Opioid Addiction
BEVERLY HILLS—The city of Beverly Hills indicated in a press release that it plans to utilize settlement funds from lawsuits against opioid manufacturer and...
Edward Buck Found Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Charges
WEST HOLLYWOOD—On Tuesday, July 27, the United States Department of Justice announced that Edward Buck, 66, of West Hollywood has been found guilty of...
DUI And Possession Of A Rifle Arrests
SANTA MONICA- On Monday, June 1, at approximately 8:25 a.m., officers with the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD) got a citizen report that a...
The Business Of Pharmaceutical Companies
UNITED STATES—I was recently thinking about something when I was at the pharmacy to pick up a prescription: why is the cost of medicine...
Nicholas Young Arrested For Being A “Molly Dealer”
WOODLAND HILLS— On July 24, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department arrested a repeatable offender of drug possessions after procuring a search warrant of his...
“Arkansas” Is An Exciting Ride
HOLLYWOOD─Smart, exciting, riveting are just a few words I can use to describe the movie “Arkansas” which turned out to be a delightful surprise...
Trent Tomasovich Arrested In Death Of Fentanyl Overdoses
WOODLAND HILLS—Trent Michael Tomasovich, 28, was arrested on Tuesday, July 23 and arraigned in federal court on Wednesday, July 24 for the deaths of...
California Amongst Highest Juvenile Drug-Related Arrest Rates In The Country
UNITED STATES—Unusual behavior: do you ever wonder what your kids are getting up to these days? Perhaps you detect a faint hint of a...
Brentwood Brothers Jailed For Blackmarket Operation
BRENTWOOD—Two Brentwood brothers who collected over $3 million from creating a pharmacy to flood the blackmarket with narcotics, were sentenced to 10 years in...
Major Narcotics Bust Made In Santa Monica
SANTA MONICA—On Friday, February 15, the Santa Monica Police Department’s Narcotics/Vice Unit, as well as SWAT served multiple search warrants related to a narcotics...
Paul Mooney Saved Me From Cocaine End
HELLO AMERICA!—For so many years going to school and universities, hungering to understand life and my place in it, most of my teachers and...
SMPD Schedules DUI Checkpoint
SANTA MONICA—The Santa Monica Police Department will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint on Thursday, December 27 at an undisclosed location within city limits between...
“The Mule” Is Fantastic!
HOLLYWOOD—Clint Eastwood, what can I say about this man. He is a phenomenal filmmaker in my eyes. I mean I loved and I mean...
Roommates
UNITED STATES—Agnes had the idea that we could share the apartment. We could get cable TV and it wouldn't be so lonely, and she...
The Artist’s Return
UNITED STATES—He was starting to nod off on the freeway. A taillight and ghost tree whose branches twisted half a mile down the road,...
“Claws” Has Been Entertaining TV!
HOLLYWOOD—It was the summer series of 2017 that surprised me in more ways than I expected. I wasn’t certain how the second season of...
“Sicaro: Day Of The Soldado” Is Riveting
HOLLYWOOD—Did you see the first “Sicario?” If not it is a movie that should indeed be a must-see with riveting performances by Josh Brolin,...
“Superfly” Is A Slow Burn
HOLLYWOOD—I have never been a fan of Blaxploitation cinema, and before you start with the spars I’m African-American. I was first introduced to the...
