Riding (and Writing About) the Streets of L.A.

This is supposed to be the City of Angels, but it is also the city of miscreants, dreamers and those halfway between the heavenly and something more pedestrian. From the South Bay to the San Fernando Valley, from the Eastside neighborhoods to the Westside beaches, Los Angeles is a sprawling, ungainly and beautifully diverse metropolis that is home - however temporary, however permanent - to us all.