by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 19, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
California, USA The run-up to the 4th of July celebrations in the US has lead to an increase in firework displays with one resident comparing the noise to Beirut: The pre-Fourth of July fireworks that traditionally rattle the Eastside appear to have gotten off to an...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 9, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
California, USA 20 years after the Los Angeles riots, actor/activist Edward James Olmos describes the scene to the Hollywood Reporter: Actor and activist Edward James Olmos says Hollywood on Thursday night “looked like Beirut, like an all-out war going on.” Seeing...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 15, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Los Angeles’ 23rd sister city has donated benches placed right in front of LA’s sister city signpost: Los Angeles Beirut Sister Cities dedicated three new benches Downtown–one each for Councilmembers Eric Garcetti, Dennis Zine, and Tom LaBonge (for...