Oh no, I know that location very well. I don’t recall there being a 99 Ranch back then, but it’s more or less the same area I remember from college days.

Context, it’s a very affluent part of LA bordering Beverly Hills and Bel Air. It’s also one of the main routes to get to UCLA so a lot of commuters via bus and bike, although the latter is painfully uphill. Going back is extremely fun, though I generally kept to side streets to avoid certain death.

I also almost got hit around there; A little east of there near the Beverly Hills border I was nearly hit by a very elderly driver in a BMW speeding to a stop in an intersection for a right turn (y’know, when they overshoot the crosswalk without checking for pedestrians). I definitely see more elderly drivers in that area, my personal guess is they’re entitled enough to think they have a right to their car despite age and ability.

Damn, do we need to set up jersey barriers to form protected bakery lanes?

99 Ranch Market is way different from 99 Cent Market.

It it were a 99 cent market, I’d be surprised if they could tell it had been crashed into.