Month: February 2019
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Flooded Apartment Update
On Feb. 20th, I got a message that the remediation had been approved, and work starts on Friday. I don’t know what lit the fire under EGL. Was it just waiting for the OK? Was it a letter from HCIDLA, which performed an inspection the past week? Was it a social worker making a serious…
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Treasure Chest, Robert Louis Stevenson Jr. High School Yearbook, 1939
Bought at a local estate sale, this yearbook is a look into history, into the East Los Angeles community. East Los Angeles was an unincorporated area east of the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Many of the residents there came from Boyle Heights, which was a “melting pot” of different cultures. According to the…
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Slow Progress on the Flooded Apartment
We paid out of pocket to get some furniture moved out. It was only $72, which I find amazing. It was only a few bulky pieces because everything else had been boxed up and jammed into closets. I also sold off a few items and left a few items out to give away. I got…
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The Flooded Apartment Saga
It’s now 1/31/2018, and the remediation of the apartment hasn’t really started, yet. Rosa said the carpet is smelling skunky. I hope that’s not mold, but it might be mold. The apartment upstairs flooded on the 18th, so it’s now been 13 days since we haven’t been able to sleep in the bedrooms. The management…