It used to be a gateway to California鈥檚 vast interior, a welcoming boulevard of energy and intrigue, but today much of Union Avenue reflects desperation. It is a boulevard of broken dreams plagued by drugs, poverty, homelessness, violence and, perhaps most infamously, prostitution.
Some passing motorists might tolerate the presence of loitering sex workers along the stretch of Union Avenue known as 鈥渢he Blade,鈥 but, according to 优蜜传媒 Police Chief Greg Terry, law enforcement does not.
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