The faces of foreclosure
By Róger Lindo, La Opinion translated by Liz Gonzalez LOS ANGELES — For Rene Lopez, it feels as if the world has collapsed. Or it might be more correct to say that the world has shrunk. Shortly after losing his job in the jewelry district in downtown Los Angeles, Lopez fell behind on his mortgage payments, and the bank foreclosed on his three-bedroom home in East Los Angeles. He then paid thousands of dollars to alleged experts, who said they could help him recover the property. He has not heard from them since they took his money. Sitting at a table in his small apartment, Lopez recalled the day he was evicted from his house in early May. “The sheriff’s deputies arrived at about 10 a.m. and told us we could not stay in the house. They only gave us 15 minutes to get things of value,” he said
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(Video) Three Gunman, One In A Halloween Mask, Rob Downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Business, Scare The Hell Out Of People
crime (Video) Three Gunman, One In A Halloween Mask, Rob Downtown Los Angeles Wholesale Business, Scare The Hell Out Of People By Dennis Romero , Mon., Nov. 8 2010 @ 2:49PM Categories: crime LAPD Would you give your wallet to this guy? ? Scariest. Robbery. Ever. (Video after the jump). Three dudes roll up to a clothing wholesale/retail business in an industrial part of southeast downtown, pull out guns, and get $6,000 in cash. One of them is wearing a Jason-like Halloween ski mask (not to mention that he’s also carrying what appears to be a large semiautomatic handgun). It all went down in broad daylight Oct. 29 at California Liquidators , 664 South Santa Fe Avenue, police said. The trio of robbers entered the business’ cargo entrance about 4:10 p.m. One guy wore the mask, the other two covered their faces with hoodies, cops said. ” … Videotape clearly shows how the suspects shoved their guns into the faces of frightened customers and employees,” LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon said.
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Mid Century Danish Credenza & Vanity Desk W/Mirror!Los Angeles Scavenger
Mid Century Danish Credenza & Vanity Desk W/Mirror! Los Angeles Scavenger Haven’t you always wanted a real vanity desk .
Arik Kastan jewelry honors the beauty of rose gold
Two fans of rose gold with a keen eye for design are taking the pink-tinged metal and paying homage to traditional Victorian aesthetic in their line called Arik Kastan Designers Tamar Kelman and Christine Kim, who are based in Los Angeles and New York, respectively, named their jewelry collection after a Tel Aviv-based craftsman who mixes a “special blend” of rose gold and produces pieces based on their vision. Kastan, Kelman and Kim keep dainty vintage details such as filigree etching and pave, rough diamonds running throughout the collection. Moonstones, garnets and emeralds are set in the gold and pop against the warm-hued metal. Kelman discovered Kastan’s work while traveling in Israel and became “obsessed” with it. “He has guided us, because he’s such a seasoned metal worker,” Kelman says about Kastan. “He has such amazing technical skills specific to the Victorian era, and we have an eye for design.”
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Jessica Simpson Jewelry Line Heading to Zales
Jessica Simpson Jewelry Line Heading to Zales Posted: August 30th, 2011 in Jessica Simpson by LALATE LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Jessica Simpson is launching a jewelry line with Zales. The Jessica Simpson jewelry line will feature the Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend collection. The collection will launch this October, the singer tells news. Simpson specifically designed products that will sell across a wide range of consumers, with items starting at $66. Simpson’s deal with Zales marks her twenty-second retail category. From a rose gold butterfly pendant to stunning earnings, the collection will feature pendants, earrings, rings, bracelets and bangles, the singer tells WWD. Simpson will reportedly be working with gold, silver and diamonds. Simpson has increased her products each year. Simpson inks individual deals for individual products. Terms of those deals, including Simpson’s take, are never publicly revealed.
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Arik Kastan jewelry honors the beauty of rose gold
Two fans of rose gold with a keen eye for design are taking the pink-tinged metal and paying homage to traditional Victorian aesthetic in their line called Arik Kastan Designers Tamar Kelman and Christine Kim, who are based in Los Angeles and New York, respectively, named their jewelry collection after a Tel Aviv-based craftsman who mixes a “special blend” of rose gold and produces pieces based on their vision. Kastan, Kelman and Kim keep dainty vintage details such as filigree etching and pave, rough diamonds running throughout the collection. Moonstones, garnets and emeralds are set in the gold and pop against the warm-hued metal. Kelman discovered Kastan’s work while traveling in Israel and became “obsessed” with it. “He has guided us, because he’s such a seasoned metal worker,” Kelman says about Kastan.
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What Upscale Buyers Want for the Holiday
Kathy Rose, owner of Roseark (formerly Kaviar & Kind) in Los Angeles, is one designer who launched a less expensive line for her celebrity-frequented -jewelry outpost. Roseark has a customer for pieces like Alon Shina’s 18k yellow-gold labradorite and moonstone bib necklace for $21,000, to be sure. But at press time, her eponymous secondary line, made of 22k gold and semiprecious stones and rarely priced above the $1,000 mark, had been on the floor for about a week. “I’ve sold three units,” she says. “That’s a lot for my first low-end line launch.”
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Gallery Round Up: The Midnight Nursery
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Psychic said stealing jewelry would remove curse, sheriff says
A psychic was arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials for allegedly scaring a 12-year-old girl into stealing $10,000 in jewelry. During “psychic readings,” the suspect, Jackeline Lopez, of Palmdale, allegedly told the girl “horrible things” would happen to her unless she stole the jewelry from her parents. “Over a period of a month following the reading, suspect Lopez encouraged the victim to bring her jewelry from the victim’s home to be used in removing the curse from the victim and their family,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement released Friday morning. “Routinely Lopez would orchestrate a ritual in which the victim would place the stolen jewelry in the caldron and attempt to remove the curse. Each time, however, Lopez would tell the victim that what they had brought was not enough to remove the horrible curse and she needed more. This continued until the victim’s parents noticed the missing jewelry and confronted the victim on its whereabouts.”
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Armed couple steal $8,000 from downtown jewelry store
Los Angeles police detectives released a video Friday of an armed man and woman robbing a downtown jewelry store of about $8,000 in cash. Detectives say the crime goes beyond the normal “smash and grab” robbery conducted by gang members in the jewelry district because the suspects appeared to have organized the heist. The robbers entered the small jewelry store on the fifth floor of the Mitta Building at 404 West 7th St. around 3 p.m. Tuesday. One suspect spoke to the jewelers, then pulled a gun and forced them to kneel. After some screaming, the jewelers gave up the cash, which the robbers placed in a bag before leaving without hurting anyone. “The man with the gun seems to be the brawn in the case, while the woman seems to be the brains,” said Det. Alfredo Rasch, a veteran investigator of downtown jewelry robberies. Rasch said the “man-woman pairing is unusual.” The man was described as black or possibly Latino, 6 feet tall and 35 to 40 years old. He wears thick reading glasses.
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