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artists, working-class families and other long-time tenants are being evicted to build lux-
ury condos for wealthy, young tech company employees, whose private commuter buses
infuriatingly clog city streets.
Sheer human impaction is a palpable force almost everywhere in coastal California and
begs the question that Rodney King asked back in 1992: 'Can we all get along?' Like Cali-
fornia's future, the answer to that question remains unknown.
Best on Film
Malt
Maltese F
e Falc
alcon (1941) Humphrey Bogart as a San Francisco private eye.
Sun
Sunset B
ulevard (1950) A classic bonfire of Hollywood vanities.
Vertiigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock's noir thriller, set in SF.
TThe G
t Boule
duate (1967) Surviving life in 1960s SoCal suburbia.
CChiinatown (1974) LA's brutal 20th-century water wars.
Bla
e Gradua
Bladderuunner (1982) Ridley Scott's futuristic cyberpunk vision of LA.
Pulp F
ulp Fiictiion (1994) Quentin Tarantino's outrageous interlocking LA stories.
LA C
A Conffide
idential
ial (1997) Neo-noir tale of corruption and murder in 1950s LA.
Side
Sideways (2004) Wacky, wine-soaked romantic comedy.
Best in Print
TThe T
illa Cuurtaiin (TC Boyle; 1995) Mexican-American culture clash and chasing
the Californian dream.
My C
e Tortilla C
My Calif
aliforniia: J
: Jouurneys b
s by G
y Great W
t Wriiters (Angel City Press; 2004) Insightful stor-
ies by talented chroniclers.
WWhere I W
s From (Joan Didion; 2003) California-born essayist shatters palm-
fringed fantasies.
Holly
e I Was F
Hollywood B
ylon (Kenneth Anger; 1965) Filmmaker's 'tell-all' book about the
scandalous lives of Hollywood's early stars.
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