Email Author John Seeley

2001 Stories by John Seeley

• Harsh Holidays

  published December 20, 2001

  Southern California tourism workers -- many facing a bleak holiday season on meager unemployment checks or public assistance -- got some small... More >>

• On the Edge

  published October 25, 2001

  Jose Avelar, a steward at Santa Monica’s luxury Loews hotel, has worked a total of 13 hours these past three weeks, earning a little more tha... More >>

• I Was a Hired Gun for the Hotel Barons . . .

  published August 23, 2001

  ”Ted“ explains the deal: $2.50 per signature on the wage petition, $2 for new Republican registrations, etc. For starters, I’ll watch him... More >>

• Working for Themselves

  published August 9, 2001

  Carlos Reyes was part of a construction crew that worked 10 to 14 hours a day in San Diego last January. They were gutting a... More >>

• Leisure Copworld

  published July 5, 2001

  City Attorney Jim Hahn may have locked up the mayoralty the day he embraced the L.A. Police Protective League’s (PPL) demand for a three-da... More >>

• Cheap in Paradise

  published June 21, 2001

  The sunny blocks along Santa Monica’s beachfront are about to become the eye of a major political storm over the power of local governmen... More >>

• Steve Stumped

  published April 19, 2001

  Moderate Republican Steve Soboroff had an insurmountable challenge: He was a self-styled “problem solver” in a season without one overwhelmi... More >>

• The Uprising

  published April 12, 2001

  Staffers at the Chinese Daily News in Monterey Park, one of America’s largest Asian daily newspapers, are struggling to have thei... More >>

• Fire in the Belly

  published March 22, 2001

  Any sudden death where the departed had no life-threatening disease and seemed in good spirits is worth careful scrutiny, especially if a... More >>

• Broken L.A.

  published March 1, 2001

  Jay Levin wouldn’t dispute the biblical pronouncement that the poor will always be with us. What bothers him more is that we aren‘t ”with“... More >>

• President Jackass

  published February 8, 2001

  It’s becoming clear just how solidly George W. Bush lost the election in Florida. The media‘s ongoing examination of Florida ballots last we... More >>

• Rail Against the Thief

  published January 25, 2001

  Whatever Washington‘s weather is on Inauguration Day, rain will come down on George W. Bush’s parade from several directions. Squalls ... More >>

• A Light Matter

  published January 4, 2001

  As spiraling oil and natural-gas prices pushed the cost of producing electricity higher this fall, California’s behemoth private powe... More >>