Email Author Jill Stewart

Awards

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "It's War: The Prop. 8 Ruling"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

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2013 Stories by Jill Stewart

• Mitch O'Farrell Beats the Candidate From Nowhere, John Choi, and a Union Machine

  published May 22, 2013

  Hollywood and the Tri-Hipster Area are nothing if not independent, and on Tuesday they defied months of wrongheaded conventional wisdom that said John Choi, a guy nobody in City Council District 13 ha... More >>

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  1,000 Medical Marijuana Shops to Close in L.A. after Prop. D Wins in a Landslide

  published May 22, 2013

  See also, City Attorney Trutanich announces he will notify shops they must close. Proposition D's huge win on Tuesday was a clear message from liberal Los Angeles that it does not want more than 1,00... More >>

• Mitch O'Farrell + John Choi Election Returns: O'Farrell Ahead in City Council District 13

  published May 22, 2013

  Update: Choi is steadily gaining on O'Farrell as more votes flow in. See bottom for details. First posted at 10:49 p.m. Local knowledge is prevailing over ambitious newcomer -- at least in the early ... More >>

• Eric Garcetti Leads Wendy Greuel in L.A. Mayoral Election, Exit Poll Predicts Garcetti

  published May 22, 2013

  With inexorably slow vote-counting underway by Los Angeles city officials, Eric Garcetti has pulled in front of Wendy Greuel and a local college exit polls is predicting a Garcetti win. Garcetti's le... More >>

• Eric Garcetti + Wendy Greuel Early Election Results: Greuel Ahead for L.A. Mayor

  published May 22, 2013

  Update at 11 p.m.: Eric Garcetti pulls ahead in the count. Details at bottom. Update: Wendy Greuel clings to tiniest of leads at 10:30 pm. Updated at bottom. Updated at bottom to explain that the... More >>

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  Jennifer Lee: Disney's New Animation Queen

  published May 15, 2013

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. In Disney's blockbuster Wreck-It Ralph, Vanellope is a digital princess in a... More >>

• John O. Dabiri: The Jellyfish Genius

  published May 15, 2013

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.John O. Dabiri, 32, is the impossibly young chair of faculty at the Californi... More >>

• L.A. Voter Guide to Medical Marijuana Measures D, E and F on May 21 Ballot

  published May 09, 2013

  Medical marijuana measures D, E and F on L.A.'s May 21 ballot are incredibly high-stakes, and we do mean high. More than 1,000 dispensaries exist in L.A., taking in tens of millions of dollars annua... More >>

• L.A. Weekly Seeks Summer News Intern, 2013

  published Apr 17, 2013

  We're looking for a smart college student who loves hard news to join us as our summer intern for 2013. The ideal candidate will be a good digger and writer with a passion for breaking news and hot ... More >>

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  Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD

  published March 28, 2013

  The hit-and-run driver of the minivan that struck bicyclist Damian Kevitt one morning near Griffith Park must have felt and heard the impact.... More >>

• Best L.A. Novel Ever: Devil in a Blue Dress vs. The Black Echo, Round 2

  published Mar 14, 2013

  L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.... More >>

• Los Angeles City Council District 3 Primary Results: Bob Blumenfield Wins Over Joyce Pearson

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Despite his massive spending, Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield barely gained the votes needed to beat neighborhood council activist Joyce Pearson in Los Angeles City Council District 3 race in the West S... More >>

• Los Angeles City Council District 1 Primary: Gil Cedillo Just Shy of Winning Outright Against Jose Gardea

  published Mar 06, 2013

  Update Wednesday morning: Unofficial vote totals show Gil Cedillo failed to break the 50 percent needed to beat Jose Gardea, setting up a dramatic Eastside showdown between the two very different men ... More >>

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  Los Angeles City Attorney Primary Election Results: Mike Feuer and Carmen Trutanich to Face Each Other May 21

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Mike Feuer appeared to widen his lead 43 percent to 32 percent over Carmen Trutanich for Los Angeles City Attorney, and the two now look good to face one another in the May 21 runoff. Wealthy litigato... More >>

• Los Angeles Mayoral Primary Early Results: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel in Tight Duel

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Eric Garcetti appeared early tonight to be pulling away from Wendy Greuel somewhat as the two began to cement their front-runner spots for the May 21 runoff. At 11 pm Garcetti had 48,507 of the count... More >>

• Los Angeles City Council District 3 Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Show Bob Blumenfield Far Ahead of Joyce Pearson

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Bob Blumenfield is well ahead of Joyce Pearson in the early vote count for Los Angeles City Council District 3 in the West San Fernando Valley, with 54.09 percent of the vote to Pearson's 18.68. But i... More >>

• Los Angeles City Council District 1 Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Put Gil Cedillo Ahead of Jose Gardea

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Gil Cedillo is ahead of Jose Gardea in early voter returns for City Council District 1 in Los Angeles, with Jesse Rosas  keeping the two front-runners below the 50 percent mark needed to win outr... More >>

• Los Angeles City Attorney Primary: Absentee Ballot Results Show Carmen Trutanich Well Behind Mike Feuer

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Carmen Trutanich is well behind Mike Feuer in the early vote results for Los Angeles city attorney, with Feuer getting 41,248 votes or 40.6 percent and Trutanich 34,330 votes or 33.8 percent. Trailing... More >>

• Los Angeles Mayoral Primary Absentee Ballot Results: Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel Neck and Neck

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Early results in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, with about 6 percent of ballots counted show Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti neck and neck, with 33,435 for Garcetti and 33,119 for Greuel. Most of th... More >>

• Voter Guide to L.A. Weekly's March 5 Election Stories: Prop. A, Garcetti, Greuel, Perry, James, Pleitez, CD 1, CD 3, CD 7, CD 9, CD 13, LAUSD

  published Mar 05, 2013

  Here is key coverage so far by the L.A. Weekly staff regarding the Los Angeles March 5, 2013 primary: --Proposition A: Sales Tax or Scamr By Hillel Aron --and Prop. A Sales Tax Goliath Fought by "Dav... More >>

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  Eric Smidt, L.A. Dem Who Owns Harbor Freight Tools, Gives $50,000 to Elect Kate Anderson, Antonio Sanchez and Monica Garcia to LAUSD

  published Mar 04, 2013

  Eric Smidt must be L.A.'s least-written-about, super-rich, self-made guy pouring money into Democratic races in the U.S. Now he's given $50,000 to the Coalition for School Reform to elect Kate Anderso... More >>

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  Los Angeles Times Buyers Being Vetted: Tribune's Post-Bankruptcy Newspapers Face Sale, With Bruce Karsh the Most Powerful Voice

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Updated below with Tribune clarifying it's not really an auction, reactions from top Los Angeles Times journalists and potential buyer Austin Beutner. Additional reporting by Hillel Aron. Headline has... More >>

• LAPD Cops Get $1 Million "DROP" Checks 5 Years Before Retiring but Villaraigosa Claims Poverty and Seeks Sales Tax Proposition A

  published Feb 26, 2013

  KCET has a blockbuster report on the bizarre DROP program approved by voters under Mayor Richard Riordan when LAPD morale was so low -- thanks to the Rampart scandal -- that City Hall was at that time... More >>

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  Howard Stern Fan's Prank Call about Dorner Shootout on CBS2/KCAL 9 Newscaster

  published Feb 12, 2013

  Who is Ronnie the Limo Driverr The part of the country that doesn't listen to Howard Stern and his pranksters learned the answer to that question when an unidentified Stern fan tricked CBS2/KCAL 9 L... More >>

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg Pours $1 Million into LAUSD Elections to Oust Steve Zimmer, Elect Monica Garcia

  published Feb 12, 2013

  See also, "LAUSD's Dance of the Lemons," and "Can Kate Anderson, Mom of Twins, Fix LAUSDr"Los Angeles Unified School District, whose teachers union UTLA has squelched attempts to raise student learnin... More >>