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TONIGHT ON LIFE AND TIME.
SOME MOVIES MAKE PROSTITUTION
LOOK GLAMOROUS.
IN REAL LIFE IT'S NOT THAT
PRETTY.
>> YOU DON'T SURVIVE.
YOU ARE SO SCREWED UP IN THE
HEAD AFTER WORD.
YOU CAN DISASSOCIATE.
YOU CAN TURN EVERYTHING OFF AND
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH
REALITY.
>> SHE'S UNDER 20 AND HAS A
NATIONAL TITLE UNDER HER BELT.
IT'S ALL TONIGHT ON LIFE AND
TIME.
IT'S CALLED THE WORLD'S OLDEST
PROFESSOR AND LURES THE MOST
WOMEN.
THE PRIME AGE IS FROM 14 AND 16.
HOW DO YOUNG WOMEN GET INVOLVED
IN PROSTITUTION AND HOW DO THEY
ESCAPE.
SHE GOT INVOLVED WITH HER
BOYFRIEND BECAME HER ***.
>> 37━YEAR OLD WENDY BARNS IS
WORKING TO PUT HER PAST BEHIND
HER.
WENDY USED TO BE A ***.
>> I'M PUTTING 1 FOOT IN FRONT
OF THE OTHER AND I'M STRUMBLING
AND TRYING NOT TO TRIP OVER MY
MEET.
IT STARTED IN SEATTLE WHEN SHE
WAS 15 AND WHEN SHE MOVED IN
WITH HER BOYFRIEND.
>> IT DIDN'T START AS A
***/HOE RELATIONSHIP.
I DON'T KNOW A WOMEN WHO SAYS,
THERE'S A *** LET ME BE WITH
THEM.
>> AT 17 SHE HAD HER FIRST
CHILD.
HER BOYFRIEND SAID SHE CAN MAKE
MONEY TO GO ON A DATE.
>> HE SAID THE MAN WILL OFFER
YOU 20 OR $30 TO HAVE SEX WITH
YOU IN THE /KWAR.
CAR. SHE GOT PAID $25 TO HAVE
SEX IN THE BUSHES.
>> I KNEW AT THAT POINT I WAS
WORTHLESS AND NO MATTER HOW
HARD I TRIED IT WOULD NOT BE
HUMAN.
THE MONEY DIDN'T LAST LONG AND
WENDY HAD TO DO IT AGAIN.
>> A WEEK LATER IT WAS EASIER
FOR HIM TO TELL ME WHAT I NEED
TO DO.
WELL, I NEED TO DO A COUPLE
MORE DATES BECAUSE HE NEEDS HIS
CAR FIXD AND IF I LOVED HIM I
WOULD DO IT FOR HIM AND I DID.
>> WHEN DID YOU REALIZE YOU
WERE A ***?
>> I DON'T THINK I THINK AS
MUCH AS I REALIZED I WAS
WORLDLESS.
I NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM AS A
***.
HE'S DOING THIS TO GET BY SO WE
CAN HAVE MONEY AND A GOOD LIFE.
>> THEN, DRUGS WERE IN THE
PICTURE.
THEY HAD 8━10 GIRLS LIVING WITH
THEM, SOME AS YOUNG AS 13 ALL
WORKING AT PROSTITUTES.
>> HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK
WAS COMING IN?
>> DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT
AMOUNTS.
WE MADE AS MUCH AS WE COULD THE
MORE WE MADE THE MORE GREG
WOULD TREAT US NICE.
>> IT'S A CYCLE THAT LASTED 15
YEARS.
ACCORDING TO WENDY WHEN THINGS
GOT SLOW SHE AND THE GIRLS
WOULD GO TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TO MAKE MONEY.
THEY WOULD WORK THE STREETS
MOTELS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
>> WE WOULD MAKE RETURNS TO
ORANGE COUNTY TO HARBOR
BOULEVARD STAYING FROM 3 WEEKS
TO 3 MONTHS.
WORK AS MUCH AND MAKE AS MUCH
AS WE COULD AND GO BACK TO
SEATTLE.
>> DID YOU THINK ABOUT
LEAVING?
>> YES.
>> ONCE SHE DID MOVING INTO A
VIOLENCE CENTER.
WITH NO MONEY OR SKILLS IT TOOK
6 MONTHS TO THE LIFE SHE KNEW.
>> YOU CAN'T SURVIVE.
YOU ARE SO SCREWED UP IN THE
HEAD YOU GO BACK THERE BECAUSE
YOU CAN DIS/SOERPBT.
DISASSOCIATE.
YOU CAN TURN EVERYTHING OFF.
>> GETTING OUT OF THE LIFE IS
NOT EASY ACCORDING TO THE
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, THE SEX
INDUSTRY SURVIVOR.
>> IT'S A GUILT, A SHAME AND
BEING MARKED.
THERE IS THE REALITY OF WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE.
EVEN IF YOU WERE FORCED INTO IT
THERE ARE ISSUES AROUND IT.
>> HOLLYWOOD HAS PLAYED A BIG
ROLE IN GLAMORIZING
PROSTITUTION ESPECIALLY IN
PRETTY WOMEN STARRING JULIA
ROBERTS.
>> IT'S NOT PRETTY WOMEN IN
THAT MOVIE ALONE HAS CAUSED US
SO MUCH HARM.
THAT MOVIE ALONE I CAN'T TELL
YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TRAFFICKED AND GOTTEN INTO
PROSTITUTION.
>> SHE HAS BEEN OUT OF
PROSTITUTION SINCE 87 SHE
FOUNDED A 12 STEP PROGRAM TO
HELP PROSTITUTES LIKE HEATHER
TO GET OUT.
>> THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG
YOU HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE
LIFESTYLE.
>> HEATHER WORKED THE STREETS
OF HOLLYWOOD FOR 15 YEARS.
>> THIS GUY SAID HE NEEDED TO
HAVE SEX.
I WAS BROKE AND I SAID, I WILL
DO IT.
I HAD SEX WITH HIM FOR LESS
MONI.
I CAN'T SAY I'M EMBARRASSED.
>> HOW MUCH?
>> $20.
>> DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT
GOING BACK OR DO YOU THINK YOU
MIGHT SLIP AND GO BACK 1234
>> EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE STILL TRY TO PICK ME UP.
EVEN MY OLD REGULARS.
I SAY, NO.
NO MORE I DON'T DO THAT ━━
ANYMORE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO
JAIL.
>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATUS
OF WOMEN ARE ARRESTED FOR
PROSTITUTION.
>> THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR
PEOPLE WHO IN FACT, PAY FOR
PROSTITUTES AND WHAT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR ROLE
IS IN THIS CRIME.
>> IN WENDY'S CASE GOING TO
JAIL IS WHAT BROUGHT AN END TO
HER LIFESTYLE.
SHE WAS CHARGED WITH LOOKING
THE OTHER WAY WHILE MINORS WERE
BEING EXPLOITED.
>> THEY WILL KNOW THAT GREG'S
THE ONE'S THAT'S DOING THIS.
I WAS 29 YEARS OLD I WAS A
GROWNUP I SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP
FOR WHAT WAS RIGHT AND I
DIDN'T.
>> ONCE OUT OF PRISON SHE
STARTED THE SLOW ROAD TO
RECOVERY.
>> I HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES.
THANK GOT YOU WERE THERE THERE
IS NO ONE ELSE DOING THIS.
WENDY'S *** GREG GETS OUT NEXT
YEAR.
>> I KNOW OF AUGUST 6, 2007 I
HAVE TO START RUNNING.
I DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
FROM HIM.
>> NOW, SHE'S LIVING WITH HER
MOTHER AND SISTER.
SHE'S WORKING 2 JOBS AND KNOWS
HOW FRAGILE HER LIFE IS.
>> I DON'T FIT INTO THAT LIFE
AND I DON'T FIT INTO THIS LIFE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I DELONG.
BELONG.
I'M HENA CUEVAS FOR LIFE AND
TIMES.
THE HISTORY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CAN BE TOLD IN 1
WORD.
LAND.
WELL, MAKE THAT 2.
HOME.
FOR THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE L.A. TIMES IT'S TAKING A
SPECIAL LOOK AT REAL ESTATE.
TOM CURWEN IS AN EDITOR FOR THE
L.A. TIMES.
HE'S LOOKING AT A CENTURY OF
REAL ESTATE COVERAGE.
I TALKED WITH TOM ABOUT OUR
OBSESSION WITH HOUSES AND LAND.
>> HE HAVE BEEN ALWAYS
OBSESSED WITH REAL ESTATE.
WE IDENTIFIED 30 VARIOUS TOUCH
DOWNS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
RANGING FROM HOWARD JAR VASES
HOME TO A PEEK IN THE SAN
BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WHERE THE
GRID OF SOUND CALIFORNIA WAS
LAID OUT IN 1772.
IT SHOWS A HISTORY AND A RICH
PROVOCATIVE PAST.
>> WHAT WAS IT KNOW HOWARDS
HOUSE
>> YOU CAN'T THINK OF
CALIFORNIA LAND WITHOUT
THINKING OF HOW WARD JARVAS.
HE PAST A WAY BUT HIS WIDOW IS
STILL THERE.
WE SAW WHERE HE HAD HIS FIRES
BURNING AND HAD COCKTAILS AND
THOUGHT OF WHAT WAS AN INITIATE
PASSED IN THE STATE.
>> IT'S IMPACTING EVERYTHING.
>> STILL IS.
>> THERE IS A HOUSE THAT LOS
ANGELES MADE IT'S OWN AND
THAT'S GLASS HOUSES.
>> THE REGION SHAPED
ARCHITECTURE IN ONE FORM OR
ANOTHER.
WE WITHSTAND TO CHRISTOPHER AND
ASKED HIM TO IDENTIFY AN
ELEMENT OF ARCHITECTURE WHICH
IS ICONIC FOR LOS ANGELES HE
CAME UP WITH GLASS HOUSES,
WHICH YOU SEE IN THE
MASTERPIECES OF CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE.
THESE BIG FLOOR TO SEALINGS
FRAMES OF GLASS.
WE ARE FAMOUS FOR BUILDING AND
REBUILDING IN THE MOST
DANGEROUS AREAS.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF
SOUND CALIFORNIA IS WE LOVE
THIS PLACE SO MUCH WE CAN'T GET
AWAY FROM IT.
MALIBU FOR THE FIRES.
THE LAGUNNA BEACH FOR THE
MUDSLIDE AND RIGHT WOOD WHERE
THEY ARE LIVING TO THE FAULT
LINE.
WE LOVE THIS PLACE AND WE CAN'T
GET AWAY FROM IT.
WE WILL BUILD AND REBUILD AND
CONTINUE TO COME BACK NO MATTER
THE PAROLD THE HOMES PUT US IN
>> YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT REAL
ESTATE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT
BOOMS OR BUSTS.
>> BOOMS ARE THE BIG ONES.
BACK THEN IN 1880'S WE HAD A
REAL ESTATE BOOM THAT WOULD PUT
THE PRESENT ONE TO SHAME.
THE PACIFIC RAIL ROAD BROUGHT
PEOPLE IN BY THE THOUSANDS PER
DAY.
IT WAS A MODEST BIT OF
DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THEN TOOK
OFF LIKE WILDFIRE.
YOU HAD PEOPLE OWNING PIECES OF
LAND IN SOUTHERN CAL /KAFPLT
YOU WOULD HEAR THE SOUNDS OF
/SKPAUS HAMMERS AS PEOPLE WERE
BUILDING AND GETTING READY FOR
THE NEW ANGELENOS COMING IN.
THE ADVERTISEMENT WENT AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND L.A. WAS BEING
THE GREAT HOME FOR IMMIGRANTS
WANT AS WE STILL ARE THE GREAT
HOMES FOR IMMIGRANTS THE
HISTORY SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT WHO
WE ARE TUESDAY.
>> PICK FAIR IS THE GREAT HOW
THE THAT MARRY PICK FORD BUILD
IN THE 20'S.
IT WAS A GREAT HOUSE IN THE
ANGELENOS AT THE TIME.
THEY COULD NEVER ASPIRE TO THAT
WEALTH AND CELEBRITY.
THE GREAT QUALITY FOR PICK FAIR
WAS A HOUSE FOR ALL PEOPLE.
THE WESTERN WHITE HOUSE IN AN
ODD WAY.
PAT FOLLOWS THE HISTORY OF THE
HOUSE ALL THE WAY TO IT BEING
SEMITORN DOWN IN THE 80'S.
AND THE PRESENT DAY OWNER OF
THE PLACE AS HE'S LIVING IN IT
WITH HIS FAMILY AT THIS POINT.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE BIG SWEEP
THE EVOLUTION OF REAL ESTATE.
>> WE WENT INTO THE ARCHIVES
OF THE PAPER AND THE SUNDAY
MAGAZINES AS THEY HAVE EVOLVED
CHART SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.