(I originally had this as an “Edited to add” to the previous post, but decided that it deserved to be broken out into a stand-alone entry.)
Here’s something to get the taste of the last link out of your mouth, and restore your faith in humanity. The Los Angeles County District Attorney gave Courageous Citizen Awards to Quoleshna Elbert and Larry Harnisch yesterday. Ms. Elbert and Mr. Harnisch intervened in a brutal domestic violence incident at considerable personal risk; the victim lived, but sustained serious and permanent injuries.
This is noteworthy to me because Mr. Harnisch works for the LAT as a copy editor. He also runs the paper’s indispensable “Daily Mirror” blog, which highlights L.A. history using excerpts from the local papers. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Harnisch (though I hope to someday) but I’ve admired his work ever since reading his extensively researched takedown of the horrible Donald Wolfe book about the Black Dahlia murder.
Well done, sir, and thank you.
(Hattip: L.A. Observed.)