Steve Lopez: TV's Catwoman battles rude customers obsessed with ultra high-end street wear
LOS ANGELES - On Fairfax Avenue, where young shoppers camp for days outside a skateboard apparel store and nearby merchants scream about the ruckus, Catwoman is on the case.
"We love all people," Catwoman said Monday morning while sharpening her claws, "but they have to go."
Julie Newmar, the Tony-award winning actress whose many roles included a purring, slinky Catwoman on the Batman TV series, owns real estate on Fairfax. This is the storied street that for generations was the heart of L.A.'s Jewish community - lined with delis, bakeries, Jewish music stores and judaica gift shops - but in recent years has transformed into a hip hub of urban streetwear and trendy eateries.
She and her litter of tenants have been up a tree about the crowds and the trash they leave behind.
"I have a tenant who had to close, another who hasn't been able to pay the
