This has been a week that’s felt overwhelming. Here, in Santa Monica, my wife and I and our 22 year old daughter Natasha, all stayed at home. Although there was no looting or vandalism in our immediate vicinity, the street where my office is in downtown Santa Monica was completely rampaged â with my local candy/soda shop, Japanese restaurant, and retail stores on the block, including REI and Patagonia and a family owned jewelry store, completely burned out and looted.
It’s good that Natasha w…