This is a photo posted by Jill Leovy of a sidewalk shrine for Westlake man Manuel Saucedo, 29, killed last Wednesday night while walking to a taco truck. Notice the spray paint can, sunflower seeds, and empty Budweiser, Foster's, Grey Goose, and Alize containers. What's so compelling about the Homicide Report is that victims' loved ones go on there and post comments.
All this business reminds me of the mood during darker days in the Market-Imperial area of Southeast San Diego, and this melancholy Geto Boys track, which for while felt like our old neighborhood's nightly soundtrack: