Which Came First

From Coronado Street to a Restaurant Near You

On today's Marketplace:

EVE TROEH: Home gardeners love to share their yield. Robert Coughlin is no exception. His 14-square foot plot is just dirt right now -- it's resting. But this spring it was full of lettuce.

A friend told him about Forage, a trendy new restaurant less than a mile from Coughlin's home in the Silver Lake neighborhood. The chef there would take produce from local gardeners, but the veggies had to audition.

Forage's chef Jason Kim took every leaf.

JASON KIM: That night we took his lettuces and we created Robert's Coronado Street Salad.

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Tow Truck Scam in the Neighborhood

From: Captain Bill Murphy, Northeast LAPD

Subject: Northeast (NOE) Newsletter

Echo Park: Had a few property crimes last week (BTFV). This week looks real good - only two BTFVs associated with Dodger Stadium. Pay attention to tow trucks. We have arrested several tow truck drivers who have taken vehicles without having proper paperwork/permission (say from an owner of a parking lot who posts no parking signs). This is a scam as the charge the vehicle owners $300 to get their car back.

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Reckless Driving

Submitted to: LAPD

Type of Offense: Reckless Driving

Vehicle: Dodge Caravan LE, blue with brown, California license plate 2PME686

Description: Suspect driving recklessly near school (Mayberry Street Elementary School) and along quiet residential street (south on 1200-1300 blocks of N. Coronado St.) between 5:30 and 6:00pm on Sept. 15, 2010.

Suspect rolled through multiple stop signs, flashed headlights as he approached vehicles from behind, swerved left and right aggressively toward oncoming traffic, attempted to pass moving traffic on residential streets, attempted to hop curb with pedestrians present.

This is second time behavior has been observed with same suspect in recent weeks.