Email Author Daniel Heimpel
In October, on the eve of big cuts to the state’s child-welfare system, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger boasted of... More >>
The broke — and, many say, broken — Los Angeles City Council, fresh from brutal budget negotiations last Friday in... More >>
Helicopters corkscrew down to the surface of Hansen Dam in the San Fernando Valley as the unstoppable Station Fire pushes up a... More >>
John Kyzer had to escape L.A. The 18-year-old’s plan was to catch the midnight Greyhound for Montana. He had no bag, no... More >>
As media coverage of the murder of 17-year-old Lily Burk hit a crescendo in recent days, many people were looking for someone... More >>
The skinny, redheaded teenager looks skittish as he approaches a 21-year-old homeless youth we will call Ricky. The pale boy... More >>
On the eve of the May 12 L.A. City Council Budget and Finance Committee meeting, a vast network of neighborhood councils, some... More >>
It’s a spectacle Angelenos have rarely seen, officially frowned upon since the ethics reforms of 1991, when former U.S.... More >>
On March 25, L.A. Superior Court Judge Kenneth Freeman handed down a tentative ruling against the city’s practice of... More >>
Click here for “Angelenos Sue City Hall Over Prodensity... More >>
Never mind that a $530 million deficit looms. Every Friday, the Los Angeles City Council engages in an uplifting exercise,... More >>
There’s one thing both sides agree on following the defeat of Solar Measure B: It was a message to those in power to... More >>
The corner of Hollywood and Western is the epicenter of an underground world: a community outside the collective vision of... More >>
Like going to the pool without sunblock, going to the polls with a hurried and controversial ballot measure can get you... More >>
Former DWP General Manager David Freeman has a glimmering dream for the city of Los Angeles. “When you fly into L.A.,... More >>
Editor's Note: The mayor released the names of the 50 anonymous citizens cited below on Tuesday evening after L.A.... More >>
When does a health concern become an obsession? L.A. Weekly’s cover story, More >>
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