THE STORY Seven years ago, award-winning journalist, Jake Hansen, torched his life after leaking an investigative article on political corruption and the cartel, online. Now, drowning in addiction and regret, Jake is a private investigator who co-owns a dive bar with his two closest friends- a retired NYPD detective, Pete Mills and an ex-con, Lamar Wagner. When a casino commissioner's daughter disappears, Jake and his team take on the case, descending back into the Los Angeles underworld that once destroyed him.

The Dodgers would go two and four against their nearest rivals, the San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks but would start the month with a sweep of Atlanta and end the month with a sweep of the Mets. They would run a record of 16-10 for the month of May and a hold of first place in the National League West.

The 2024 Dodgers season rolled along and with the turning of the calendar to May, the Dodgers injuries really took a toll. They were playing solid baseball but not dominant as many predicted. Still, in the pupae stage of the season, optimism was high. The addition of Teoscar Hernandez provided a new charm and whimsy to the team and he settled into the role of the much younger, fun brother.

Bobby Bognar's Handsome Music, like memory, is a living archive- an art form that evolves within us and grows as we pass through time. Before I was a young music journalist, I learned the rock musical history from the British Invasion to New Wave, to Punk and Post Punk with hints of Heavy Metal, Country and Hip Hop. As a journalist, I enjoyed finding up-and-coming bands in the LA scene who spoke a language I had learned on the radio, in high school hallways and dinghy college bars.

And so, the 2024 Dodger season began. Following two games in Korea against the hated San Diego Padres, the Dodgers returned to the mainland for another week of Spring Training. With apologies, I'll hop on my soapbox for a moment and complain about the inanity of playing two regular season games in the Far East, returning home for another week of 'pre-season' games and…