Email Author Chris Vogel

Awards

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 8, 2011

  "Wheelchair Hell"

• 2012 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 26, 2011

  "Senseless Violence"

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published October 28, 2010

  "Steamrolled"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 28, 2010

  "Steamrolled"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 26, 2010

  "Asylum Denied"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 25, 2010

  "Victims' Wrongs"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published August 26, 2010

  "Asylum Denied"

• 2011 - Lone Star Awards, published October 28, 2010

  "Steamrolled"

• 2010 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Wind Power"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - Lone Star Awards, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published May 28, 2009

  "For Their Own Good"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2010 - Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment/Society of Environmental Journalists, published December 17, 2009

  "A Quiet Hell"

• 2009 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published March 20, 2008

  "Prison Cover-Up"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 20, 2008

  "Prison Cover-Up"

• 2009 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published December 4, 2008

  "Crime Doesn't Pay(back)"

• 2009 - Katie Awards, published July 5, 2007

  "The Getaway"

• 2009 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published December 4, 2008

  "Crime Doesn't Pay(back)"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Dead End"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published March 20, 2008

  "Prison Cover-Up"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published December 4, 2008

  "Crime Doesn't Pay(back)"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published December 4, 2008

  "Crime Doesn't Pay(back)"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards, published March 20, 2008

  "Prison Cover-Up"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "KBR & Rape Victim" series

• 2008 - First Amendment Awards/The Fort Worth Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, published October 4, 2007

  "Weekend Warriors"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 5, 2007

  "The Getaway"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published November 29, 2007

  "The TSU Three"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published October 4, 2007

  "Weekend Warriors"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published November 29, 2007

  "The TSU Three"

• 2008 - Lone Star Awards, published July 5, 2007

  "The Getaway"

• 2008 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published November 29, 2007

  "The TSU Three"

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2012 Stories by Chris Vogel

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  COVER STORY

  Biggie Smalls' Mom Wants Grand Jury on Murder

  published March 22, 2012

  It's been 15 years since someone murdered Biggie Smalls outside the Petersen Automotive Museum and then disappeared forever down Wilshire... More >>

• Dino M. Zaffina's Southern California Darts Association Battle Turns On Plumber Milan Sabata

  published Mar 01, 2012

  Ever since LA Weekly reported on how darts enthusiast Dino M. Zaffina took control of the Southern California Darts Association following a feud with the its members over whether to include his middle... More >>

• Gigi Gordon's Death Matters

  published March 1, 2012

  Something was wrong. It was just after sundown in mid-January and Madelynn Kopple knew that her longtime friend, colleague and, most recently,... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Dastardly Deeds in Darts

  published February 2, 2012

  It's not easy to piss off a bunch of beer-guzzling darts players. On the whole, the barroom sport, popular in Los Angeles locales like... More >>

• In Lockup Five Nights, Santa Monica Man Hadn't Memorized Friends' Phone Numbers

  published February 2, 2012

  Where was Stephen Petrick? That was the question among his friends in mid-November after the 67-year-old retiree suddenly... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Gary Busey Fake DWI: Picture-Taking Couple Claim They're the Real Victims

  published Jan 24, 2012

  A year ago, news outlets and gossip rags were all abuzz over reports that a middle-aged couple flagged down the cops along the P.C.H. -- claiming that Gary Busey was drunk-driving -- in a paparazzi-st... More >>

• Lawsuit: Elderly Man With Dementia Joins Growing Number Who Claim Abuse by Sheriff Lee Baca's Deputies

  published Jan 20, 2012

  Qiao Ruirong, a 64-year-old Chinese American who doesn't speak English and suffers from dementia, says he mistakenly tried to get into the wrong car in a supermarket parking lot one night last August ... More >>

• Lawsuit: If You Bought Grammy Tickets from Western States Ticket Service, You're Screwed

  published Jan 19, 2012

  The folks who run the Grammy Awards want to remind you, dear readers, that you are not important or glamorous enough to score a ticket to the big show that airs every February. So don't even try. F... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  ACLU Sues Sheriff Lee Baca & Undersheriff Paul Tanaka Over Long-Standing Deputy Violence Against Inmates

  published Jan 18, 2012

  On July 22, LA County jail inmate Jonathan Goodwin says he witnessed several deputies beat and kick a fellow inmate whose hands were bound in shackles. Nearly three long weeks later, says Goodwin, ... More >>

• EPA Penalizes Ventura County Construction Company for Illegal Dumping Near Endangered Species

  published Jan 17, 2012

  The Calleguas Creek runs about 30 miles long up near Oxnard, delivering freshwater to Mugu Lagoon, a partially enclosed body of water that is home to several endangered species. In 2005 and 2006, Ve... More >>