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2012 Stories by L.A. Weekly readers

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  Readers Take on the Sheriff, Our Theater Critics -- and Our Treatment of Kristen Stewart

  published December 20, 2012

  Too Much Mr. Nice Guy How does a well-meaning progressive end up running some of the most violent jails in the country? Gene Maddaus... More >>

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  L.A.'s Hit and Run Epidemic and Andrea Alarcon Have Readers Hopping Mad

  published December 13, 2012

  Fleeing the Scene Our mailbag was positively stuffed with reactions to Simone Wilson's Dec. 7 cover story, which tackled the alarming... More >>

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  Good Judges and Bad Dogs: Readers Write In

  published December 6, 2012

  Oh Oh It's Magic As Zachary Pincus-Roth wrote in last week's cover story, Derek DelGaudio and Helder Guimarães are turning the... More >>

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  Everybody's a Critic: Readers Respond to Our Food, Movie and Music Critics

  published November 29, 2012

  The Fatted Calf So you thought Gordon Ramsay was the one celebri-chef who didn't sell out? You thought his new spot in the Grove, the... More >>

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  Bad Teachers, Bad Weapons and Bad Smells: Readers Weigh In

  published November 22, 2012

  School Daze Reform at LAUSD? Hillel Aron's glowing piece about would-be school board member Kate Anderson left some... More >>

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  The Right to Smell? Readers Respond to Our Cover Story

  published November 15, 2012

  Home Sweet Home Some things have changed in California since we last checked in. Jerry Brown has a new tax. The Lakers have new coach.... More >>

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  KPCC's Madeleine Brand Problems: Readers Respond

  published November 8, 2012

  Radio Wars Tessa Stuart's behind-the-scenes look at the demise of The Madeleine Brand Show at KPCC had L.A. abuzz ("The... More >>

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  Molly Munger's Prop. 38 and Anti-GMO Prop. 37 Draw Reader Response

  published November 1, 2012

  The Unsinkable Molly Munger Might Molly Munger's quest to better fund schools in California end up dooming Gov. Jerry Brown's... More >>

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  Pension Reform? Readers Argue About Richard Riordan's New Plan

  published October 25, 2012

  Riordan Returns! Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan may be 82 years old, but, as he told writer Hillel Aron last week, he has no plans to... More >>

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  Larchmont Development Wars and Women in EDM Have Readers Talking

  published October 18, 2012

  Valley of Shame Adultery! Domestic violence! Litigation! As Tessa Stuart's cover story last week made clear, the city of San Fernando... More >>

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  Endeavour's Tree-Chopping Truth: Readers Weigh In

  published October 11, 2012

  We're Totally Awesome Last week, we had no Comments section. But we had a great excuse: We were too busy filling every last page of the... More >>

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  Gay Happiness, the New Frontier

  published September 27, 2012

  Gay Old Times Do gay men suffer higher rates of depression, anxiety and suicide because of the bigotry they face? Or is it a result of... More >>

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  Salemi Stories: Readers Respond to Our Kim's Video Cover Story

  published September 20, 2012

  The Italian Odyssey In 2009, the proprietor of one of the top video stores in the United States, Mondo Kim's Video, bequeathed his... More >>

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  Readers Love Us! They Really Love Us!

  published September 13, 2012

  Artists Fight Back We'll admit it: There are weeks when we're swimming in a mudbath of angry criticism. (There was that time someone... More >>

• Street Art Skirmish: Readers Respond to Our Story

  published September 6, 2012

  Street-Art Skirmish Last week's cover story, "Los Angeles' War on Street Artists," by Simone Wilson, had readers up in arms. Many... More >>

• Bernard Parks Responds to Our Coliseum Story -- Plus, Los Lobos

  published August 30, 2012

  Facts Don't Do What We Want Them to We received a lengthy response from L.A. Councilman Bernard C. Parks to Gene Maddaus' latest piece... More >>

• Comments: For-Profit Colleges and the Life of Henry Rollins Draw in Our Readers

  published August 23, 2012

  Scam Central Readers were horrified by the dastardly scheme Chris Parker revealed in his takedown of the for-profit college industry:... More >>

• Comments: Readers Talk Coliseum, Fairfax Avenue, and Stop-Sign Tickets

  published August 16, 2012

  Coliseum Corruption Gene Maddaus' cover story about malfeasance at the L.A. Coliseum thrilled readers ("Decline and Fall," Aug. 10).... More >>

• Comments: American Pie

  published August 9, 2012

  You'd think pizza would be something we could all get behind, right? No controversy around this one — just mozzarella and tomato sauce... More >>

• Comments: Fur the People

  published August 2, 2012

  Our annual Fashion Issue — this year focusing on the quandaries of trying to dress ethically — had L.A. talking. Readers were... More >>

• Comments: Bikram Battle

  published July 26, 2012

  Can a yoga pose be subject to copyright? That was the question raised by Rebecca Moss' cover story last week about the fight between Bikram... More >>

• Comments: Trailer of Tears

  published July 19, 2012

  Readers had much to say about Tessa Stuart's cover story last week ("Trailer Park Blues"). Ben Swett writes, "I rent in Santa Monica, and... More >>

• Comments: Warring Over War Horse

  published July 12, 2012

  There's no nice way to say this, so we'll just be blunt: Our theater critic, Steven Leigh Morris, did not like the National Theatre of Great... More >>

• Comments: Blood in the Streets

  published July 5, 2012

  In March, Manny Figueras, longtime field deputy for City Councilman Richard Alarcon, struck and killed a homeless man with his city-owned... More >>

• Comments: Inking Again

  published June 28, 2012

  Food critic Besha Rodell had lots to say about ink., Michael Voltaggio's much-vaunted restaurant in Hollywood where, she wrote, "ego and... More >>