The Buddha's Life and Times

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Dan didn't tell his neighbors about his plan. He drags him extension courts from his house and used a drill to affix the Buddha to a slab of concrete. Just as mysteriously as Dan had installed the statue, people began leaving little gifts, oranges or coins. I assume now because of what has happened that the Vietnamese community decided that he needs to be cared for.

Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland's Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn't one to call the police on drug dealers or sex workers. He's a pretty "live and let live" kind of guy. Or he was. Before he finally got fed up and took matters into his own hands.

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