The Death of the Buddha

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Dan and Lou put the Buddha up as a sort of desperate shot in the dark, a truly random attempt to curtail dumping and crime. He accidentally created a sacred place for members of Oakland's Vietnamese Buddhist community. How many people are coming on a daily basis? Would you say to see the Buddha? Or at least 70.

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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