Second and Main
Burt Likko stumbles into a Black Lives Matter rally.
A Tale Of Two Seals
Sometimes, it’s the little things that matter the most.
Still Better Than The Four-Level
It’s about the journey more than the destination: a glimpse into one summer day in DTLA.
Hometown!
Everyone has a hometown. Lots of places have music about them. What music defines where you’re from?
A Fine Commute
Burt Likko tries public transportation…. and likes it!
Three Cheers for Command and Control
A couple in Glendora, CA face a $500 fine for saving water by not watering their lawn. Simultaneously, the state wants to fine people who water their lawns. That is, folks can receive a fine of up to $500 a day for wasting water. Perhaps what Californians are supposed to do is keep their lawns…
Lessons From Bar Fight Litigation
By special request: Burt Likko reflects on a dozen or so not-particularly-glamorous cases from early in his career.
There It Is — Take It
Burt Likko celebrates the history of a city that seems all too frequently to act as though it had none, on the centennial anniversary of an important, oft-overlooked event. In the beginning was a ditch…
Gastrodestination Portland
To the left is a meal I had in Portland, Oregon this weekend. It was not the best meal I had. But it was the gayest. (Read more at NaPP…) Burt Likko is the pseudonym of an attorney in Southern California. His interests include Constitutional law with a special interest in law relating to the…
Sounds of the City
Right now as I start this post, out on the street, the same somebody who comes by once a week is creating the clink-clink noise of bottles being sorted out of the neighborhood recycle bins. They go back in. The cans net $1.57 a lb at one local recycling center, the bottles are under $0.10…
An Andy Rooney Moment
Why is it that I need to create a not-less-than-twelve-character username, consisting of at least one capital letter, at least one lowercase letter, at least one punctuation symbol, and at least one number, and then create a unique password of not less than twelve characters, also consisting of at least one capital letter, at least…
