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2011 Stories by L.A. Weekly readers

• The Insider

  published December 29, 2011

  Hillel Aron's piece about the chairman of the L.A. County Democratic Party, Eric Bauman, had L.A. talking last week ("Eric Bauman's Controlling... More >>

• Kinde's Crimes

  published December 22, 2011

  Just who was Kinde Durkee? The sweet, quiet treasurer handled the books for California's top Democrats — and apparently helped herself to... More >>

• Descending Into Hell

  published December 15, 2011

  Readers took to Twitter to profess their horror after reading last week's cover story about the horrific conditions for disabled inmates in the... More >>

• Catching Up With Grandmaster B

  published December 8, 2011

  If you spent the last two decades wondering what the heck happened to David Faustino, the little guy who played Christina Applegate's brother... More >>

• Fairey Tales

  published December 1, 2011

  Since last Thursday was Thanksgiving, casual observers might imagine that you, L.A. Weekly's loyal readers, whiled away the hours... More >>

• The Matter With Kids Today

  published November 24, 2011

  Last week's news story about litigation targeting the L.A. Unified School District and its system of evaluating teachers drew plenty of... More >>

• To Market, to Market

  published November 17, 2011

  Readers had plenty to say about Beth Barrett's farmers market expose ("Ripping the Lid Off L.A. Farmers Markets," Nov. 10) — but there... More >>

• From Marina del Rey to Skid Row

  published November 10, 2011

  It's not just the big banks and corporate fat cats getting pilloried these days; readers found much to protest this week, even if they... More >>

• Occupy L.A. Digs In

  published November 3, 2011

  Readers occupied the comment boards last week to sound off on Gene Maddaus' cover story on Occupy L.A. ("Occupy L.A.'s Dilemma," Oct. 28). The... More >>

• Rooting for Weed

  published October 27, 2011

  Readers hit the blogs last week and got all flustered over weed. Dennis Romero wrote a handful of blog posts covering recent issues surrounding... More >>

• Cheating Charter Schools

  published October 20, 2011

  Readers sounded off on our story about how two local charter schools have been allowing parents to become "founding members" years after the... More >>

• Occupy L.A.: Off and Running

  published October 13, 2011

  This Occupy L.A. thing is a hoot. Our comments sections lit up last week with thoughtful analysis, dubious rants and a dollop of all-caps... More >>

• Animal Control Shenanigans

  published September 29, 2011

  The hot story of the week among readers was our report that a contract to operate the city's Northeast Valley animal control shelter has been... More >>

• Touching Amy

  published September 22, 2011

  Our story last week about a TSA screener's security pat-down of a Los Angeles media sweetheart touched a sensitive area among readers. The... More >>

• Blade Runner Stadium

  published September 15, 2011

  Football, traffic jams and a Blade Runner cityscape made for blood sport this week among readers. They were responding to our... More >>

• Malibu Lagoon Dispute

  published September 8, 2011

  Readers sounded off last week on our story covering a feud between two groups of environmental activists over the future of the Malibu Lagoon... More >>

• Venice 311 Commotion

  published September 1, 2011

  Reactions were heated to Simone Wilson's story on the ongoing controversy surrounding the Venice 311 website and the smear campaign against its... More >>

• Toothless Arizona Boycott

  published August 18, 2011

  Readers sounded off loud and long on our story about the lack of teeth in the L.A. City Council's boycott of Arizona because of its controversial... More >>

• Helping the Rich

  published August 11, 2011

  Tibby Rothman wrote last week about how Los Angeles routinely gives politically connected developers redevelopment money for pricey projects... More >>

• Scuffing Up TOMS Shoes

  published August 4, 2011

  Readers sounded off last week about our story on Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes ( More >>

• Beverly Hills Versus the Subway

  published July 21, 2011

  Our cover story by Patrick Range McDonald on a move to reroute the planned Westside subway through Beverly Hills ( More >>

• Arson Cover-Up

  published July 14, 2011

  Our cover story on an Alhambra fire inspection specialist, Ken Toh, who blew the whistle on a botched arson investigation ("Alhambra Arson Foul... More >>

• Defending Desert Rats

  published June 30, 2011

  Readers were pissed off last week by Mars Melnicoff's story about L.A. County's campaign to enforce code violations even in the remotest areas of... More >>

• Lousy School Lunches

  published June 23, 2011

  Gendy Alimurung's cover story on school lunches fed to Los Angeles Unified School District students ( More >>

• Measuring Terrence Malick

  published June 16, 2011

  One thing and one thing alone from last week's issue sent readers to their keyboards: film critic Sam Wasson's look at the work of Terrence... More >>