Email Author Christine Pelisek

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 17, 2010

  "The Killer of His Daughter's Mother"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published May 28, 2009

  "Bad Little Suburban Boys"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 12, 2009

  "Grim Sleeper's Sole Survivor"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published July 23, 2009

  "The Closers"

• 2009 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published August 28, 2008

  "Grim Sleeper"

• 2008 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published March 16, 2007

  "What Really Happened at Fire Station 5?"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published January 19, 2007

  "Flying High with the Vicious Ladies"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 18, 2006

  "The Scourge of Skid Row"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 18, 2006

  "The Scourge of Skid Row"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 13, 2006

  "Broken Bridges"

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2007 Stories by Christine Pelisek

• California Fire Whisperers

  published December 6, 2007

  LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT firefighters and helicopter pilots were on “high-hazard fire staffing” in the early hours... More >>

• The Case of the Dogged Detectives

  published October 18, 2007

  “We were taking bets on who was with us and who weren’t,” says Danoff about the six men and six women on the jury. “Some jurors were sha... More >>

• Best Yogurt for Your Health

  published October 4, 2007

  What really separates one yogurt shop from the next? We think it’s the irritation factor. Pinkberry is delish but filled with annoying,... More >>

• Tennie Pierce Gets $1.43 Million

  published September 27, 2007

  CITY ATTORNEY ROCKY DELGADILLO opted against trial today and settled the lawsuit filed by black firefighter Tennie Pierce for $1.43... More >>

• Former Deputy Gets life in Prison

  published September 20, 2007

  A SAN FERNANDOSUPERIOR COURT judge has sentenced a former Sheriff’s sergeant and elementary school teacher to 25 years to life in... More >>

• Payout for Dog Food Prank?

  published September 13, 2007

  Amid swirling rumors that City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is hoping to settle the lawsuit filed by black firefighter Tennie Pierce, new court... More >>

• Justice for the Snow-Cone Man

  published August 30, 2007

  NORBERTO CASTRO NEVER SAW his untimely and violent death coming. The 43-year-old Mexican immigrant’s life had taken a positive... More >>

• Animal Planet

  published July 5, 2007

  Every Saturday morning, the Silver Lake farmers market on Sunset Boulevard is alive with the smell of cheese tamales, fresh ripened fruit and... More >>

• Worse and Worser

  published July 5, 2007

  AN ETHNICALLY MIXED bag of downtown jurors on Tuesday awarded a record — and huge — $6.2 million in economic damages alone... More >>

• Rocky Delgadillo's Flameout

  published June 28, 2007

  {mosimage}It was one indicator of the feeding frenzy over Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo’s ethics peccadilloes that when th... More >>

• The Fuhrman Factor

  published June 14, 2007

  {mosimage} It’s a crisp, late-November afternoon in Sandpoint, Idaho. The streets are still wet fro... More >>

• Tennie Pierce Versus Taxpayers

  published June 7, 2007

  AS A SEPTEMBER COURT DATE approaches for black firefighter Tennie Pierce, who was fed dog food by his co-workers at Los Angeles city... More >>

• Death Penalty for Chester Turner

  published May 17, 2007

  In a downtown courtroom packed with journalists, law enforcement and family members of victims, jurors recommended death... More >>

• Close Call for Fire Station 35

  published May 17, 2007

  By early morning on May 8,  the firefighters at Station 35 knew that the possibility of a fire in the tinder-dry hills of Griffith... More >>

• Sunil Dutta

  published May 10, 2007

  {mosimage} Dutta is bristling with contradictions: He holds three degrees in plant biology that go... More >>

• Silent Wraith: Chester Turner

  published May 3, 2007

  UPDATE: On May 15, 2007 Chester Turner was sentenced to death. More >>

• Hitting Taggers where It Hurts

  published April 26, 2007

  As cities in Los Angeles County fumble to come up with strategies to combat graffiti, a small working-class suburb and a single, very... More >>

• They See Dead People

  published April 5, 2007

  Commander Patrick Gannon’s office is filled with dozens of mementos of his 29 years as a Los Angeles Police Department officer... More >>

• What Really Happened at Fire Station 5?

  published March 15, 2007

  Los Angeles Fire Department engineer Clinton Arrigoni was getting ready for bed at the old Fire Station 5 in Westchester when he was cornered... More >>

• Death of the Snow-Cone Man

  published February 1, 2007

  ON A TYPICAL DAY, Norberto Castro pushed his snow-cone cart the six blocks from Melrose Avenue to Beverly Boulevard, a familiar face to... More >>

• Flying High With the Vicious Ladies

  published January 18, 2007

  The backyard of the white, stucco house has been transformed into a packed dance floor. Teenage girls wearing snug jeans and tank tops are... More >>