Email Author Christine Pelisek
Awards
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2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 17, 2010
"The Killer of His Daughter's Mother"
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2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published May 28, 2009
"Bad Little Suburban Boys"
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2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 12, 2009
"Grim Sleeper's Sole Survivor"
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2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 23, 2009
"The Closers"
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2009 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published August 28, 2008
"Grim Sleeper"
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2008 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published March 16, 2007
"What Really Happened at Fire Station 5?"
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2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published January 19, 2007
"Flying High with the Vicious Ladies"
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2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 18, 2006
"The Scourge of Skid Row"
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2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 18, 2006
"The Scourge of Skid Row"
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2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 13, 2006
"Broken Bridges"
2010 Stories by Christine Pelisek
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COVER STORY
The Chiller Killer
published November 25, 2010
In the fall of 2000, Christopher Duran and Ashley Ellerin were outside her yellow bungalow behind Grauman's Chinese Theatre in... More >>
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L.A. City Pensioner Lonnie Franklin Jr.
published August 19, 2010
When L.A.P.D. detectives swooped in to arrest Grim Sleeper serial-killer suspect Lonnie Franklin Jr., word leaked that the... More >>
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Missing the Grim Sleeper by a Hair
published July 15, 2010
Soon after LAPD Detective Rich Haro got the call in 1988 about a woman clinging to life at Harbor-UCLA hospital, he learned... More >>
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COVER STORY
East Los Angeles Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels
published June 17, 2010
Watch "Video: FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Jose... More >>
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Steve Cooley: Son of an Eagle Scout
published May 20, 2010
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley is a collector at heart. His office, on the 18th floor of the Clara... More >>
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Jane Usher: Neighborhood Blight Fighter
published May 20, 2010
When former Planning Commission president Jane Usher resigned that prestigious post two years ago, penning a very public... More >>
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Raven, Death of a Hollywood Beauty
published May 6, 2010
Raven was one of the youngest and toughest Hollywood street runaways, living in alleys and back lots where beatings, drugs and... More >>
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J'Accuse: the Trial for Luis Santos' Murder
published April 22, 2010
The first to flip was Rafael Garcia, son of a respected Sacramento judge, a slight young man said to have backed away in... More >>
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The Mad Men of Los Angeles
published March 18, 2010
Supergraphic multimillionaire Barry Rush couldn't have been pleased to hear a few weeks ago that Los Angeles City Attorney... More >>
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Rodney Alcala's Final Revenge
published February 26, 2010
UPDATE, 2-25-2010: "Guilty Verdict for Serial Killer... More >>
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Rodney Alcala: The Fine Art of Killing
published January 21, 2010
Rodney Alcala is a man stuck in a time warp, his flowing silver hair, granny glasses, beige blazer and jeans reminiscent of a... More >>
