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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2012 Stories by Jill Stewart

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  Adolf Baguma, 11, Uganda Burn Victim Forced to Crawl, Will Walk Thanks to L.A. Lawyer Laine Waggenseller and Grossman Burn Center

  published Nov 20, 2012

  A Thousand Oaks host family this week welcomed Ugandan orphan Adolf Baguma, 11, who was burned by his aunt at the age of 7 as punishment for trying to grab some food. Famed Dr. Peter Grossman will per... More >>

• Lina Andrade, Hit and Run Death in L.A. During Thanksgiving Week, Leaves 92-Year-Old Mother

  published Nov 20, 2012

  Thanksgiving Week turned tragic in Los Angeles when a callous hit-and-run driver ran down Lina Andrade, 62, sending her flying 70 feet in a dense residential area of Westlake, then circling back to ta... More >>

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  Meatless Mondays: L.A. City Council's Wealthy, $178,789 Salaried Members Tell Los Angeles Households, Many of Which Rely on Frijoles

  published Nov 12, 2012

  Also See: L.A. City Council Approves Meatless Mondays in Squid Ink. The Los Angeles City Council really failed a pop quiz showing how disconnected, overpaid and puffed-up its 15 elected politicians h... More >>

• Kate Anderson vs. Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board Race: Mother of Twins, Lawyer and Activist Goes After Anti-Charter Zimmer

  published Nov 09, 2012

  The heat is on. Kate Anderson, an activist mom and successful attorney with political chops -- she worked for Congress members Henry Waxman and Jane Harman -- will try to oust Steve Zimmer, the Westsi... More >>

• Proposition 39 Election Results: Big Win for Green Renovation of Public Buildings Paid for by $1 Billion Business Tax

  published Nov 07, 2012

  Shortly after midnight, victorious Proposition 39 was approaching landslide status, with 59.2 percent Yes votes, and thousands of construction workers were a bit closer to getting some of their jobs b... More >>

• Proposition 39 Absentee Ballot Results: Voters Torn Over $550 Million Yearly for Green Projects, Higher Tax on Business

  published Nov 06, 2012

  Update: Prop. 39 surged ahead as precincts began reporting from around California. See next page for more. Early returns show California voters almost evenly split on Proposition 39, which the fiar-... More >>

• Proposition 40 Absentee Ballot Election Results: Stupidest Measure on California's Nov. 6 Ballot Looking Like a Goner

  published Nov 06, 2012

  With early results in, it looks like an embarrassing, costly, if not downright silly, re-do of California's 40 state Senate voting districts will not be required just a year after the California Citiz... More >>

• Best L.A. Novel Ever: Michael Connelly's The Black Echo vs. Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Round 1

  published Oct 26, 2012

  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 check out... More >>

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  Molly Munger's Prop. 38 Is Spoiling Jerry Brown's Prop. 30. She's Not Sorry.

  published October 25, 2012

  Molly Munger, whose Proposition 38 tax increase is up against Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 tax increase on the Nov. 6 ballot, was sitting... More >>

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  Gloria Allred Tries to Upend Mitt Romney, Seeking Allegedly Ugly Sealed Testimony From Staples Divorce Case 20 Years Ago

  published Oct 24, 2012

  Update:The judge weighs in on the Allred-Romney-Stemberg hearing. See at bottom. Will the greatest October-surprise schemer in California history, attorney Gloria Allred, who trotted out Meg Whitman... More >>

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  L.A. Violates Your Due-Process Rights

  published August 30, 2012

  In May 2011, at a final public hearing over whether to approve the tallest skyscraper in Hollywood history, the Department of Planning unveiled... More >>

• Why California Democrats Protect Sex Abuser Teachers

  published July 19, 2012

  State Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles had every reason to hope that the 11 members of the obscure but powerful state Assembly Education... More >>

• Ray Bradbury, RIP: Fahrenheit 451 Is Still Misinterpreted. We, Not Government, Are Enslaving Ourselves

  published Jun 06, 2012

  Ray Bradbury, in a 2009 interview with LA Weekly at his Cheviot Hills home, explained with gusto a fact that shocked millions of fans: Fahrenheit 451 was not a warning about government mind control. T... More >>

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  Assembly District 58 Results: City of Bell Activist Cristina Garcia Beats Entrenched Has-Been Tom Calderon

  published Jun 06, 2012

  Updated to reflect the final vote totals. What happened on June 5 in Assembly District 58 covering Bell Gardens, Downey, Pico Rivera and Cerritos, where government reformer Cristina Garcia beat Demo... More >>

• Mayita Dinos: Much Ado About Water

  published May 22, 2012

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Mayita Dinos' soft hands belie the fact that she's dug through acres of stub... More >>

• Kelli Sager: Who's on Firstr

  published May 16, 2012

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Kelli L. Sager doesn't seem intimidating. With her face framed by soft brown... More >>

• Playa Vista vs. Special Needs Kids?

  published May 3, 2012

  Westside Innovative School House, or WISH, had been quietly successful at its small charter grade school near LAX, where it mingles typical and... More >>

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  Grace, the Hero Dog of La Puente, Gets Adopted by Good Samaritan: VIDEO

  published Apr 16, 2012

  Update: The owner comes forward and reveals Grace's real name. See next page. That was fast! Last week in La Puente, Grace the labrador became an Internet sensation by standing vigil over her car-str... More >>

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  Los Angeles Mayoral Poll 2013 Shows that Voters who Grade Villaraigosa an "F" or "D" Want Zev Yaroslavsky or Wendy Greuel

  published Apr 09, 2012

  A poll says 68 percent of Angelenos have no idea who they want for Los Angeles mayor in 2013. Of those who know, pixie Controller Wendy Greuel is doing better than indecisive, undeclared Supervisor Ze... More >>

• Maria Hicks Gets Justice: Grandmother Murdered for Standing Up to Taggers Angel Chris Rojas and Cesar Lopez

  published Mar 29, 2012

  Vicious taggers in 2007 murdered Maria Hicks, a beloved grandmother and neighbor in Pico Rivera, for committing the insult of flashing her headlights at one of them to stop him as he scrawled graffiti... More >>

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  Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten Buy Dodgers from Frank McCourt -- But Uh Oh! Frank May Not be Gone

  published Mar 27, 2012

  Update on next page: Bidder Joey Herrick on the importance of local owners. Magic Johnson, beloved spots icon in Los Angeles, and his group of investors including former Atlanta Braves president Stan... More >>

• Map of $175 Stop-Sign Cameras to Avoid in Los Angeles and Santa Monica Mountains Parks

  published Mar 15, 2012

  As Michael Goldstein reports in "Parks Agency Money Grab" in the print L.A. Weekly, the Santa Monica Mountains, a free Los Angeles treasure beloved by hikers and dog-walkers, are not as free as they s... More >>

• Koreatown Roars Against Gerrymander

  published February 9, 2012

  To see the crazy-shaped gerrymander of L.A.,... More >>

• Mark Berndt Sex Abuse Case at Miramonte School: Silence by John Deasy, Plus Parent Hysteria, Can Turn This Into McMartin

  published Feb 03, 2012

  Parent hysteria at Miramonte School today -- parents are pulling kids out of school over alleged pervert teacher Mark Berndt and the arrest of a second teacher -- could degrade into a McMartin Prescho... More >>

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  List of Dodger Bidders in the 2012 Sale by Frank McCourt: Wall Street Jerks and Baseball Lovers

  published Jan 24, 2012

  Here's the known, and rumored, list 15 of exceedingly rich Wall Street one percenters, fabulously wealthy moguls and hardcore baseball lovers who may -- or may not -- have made secret, non-binding $1 ... More >>