We ended up going to dinner last night. As we were a little early, we had Bonsai all to ourself. Bonsai is a restaurant located in the outskirts of Oakland near the Koreatown/Temescal district. The street intersection reminds me of the Koreatown intersections in Los Angeles. The mall and the stores have been bought by Asians, but the majority of the people living around the neighborhood are the working class citizens of the world.

Now that I think of it, it reminds me that during the announcement of the Rodney King trial where the cops were pronounced not guilty, a great riot ensued in the city of angels. The riot began in the southern portion of LA, but eventually went into the Wilshire district through Vermont Avenue. There was something particularly odd about watching the neighborhood of one's childhood being ransacked and gutted. And let us be frank about it. The riot might have started with a protest about race and injustice, but it only served to show the darkness and the greed of man.

In the television, I saw the Koreans who owned businesses were afraid for their lifeblood. They went upstairs into the roof of their businesses and held guns because the city of anglels did not have enough guns to protect and serve. It was like watching some sort of third world apocalypse. Private citizens with guns to prevent looting. I felt sorry for the people of Los Angeles.