In the current issue of L.A. Weekly, the feature story "Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest" takes a look at the hard-fought, highly contentious political race for California Assembly District 50 -- one...
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Jerry Schneiderman was not your ordinary real estate developer. For years, he was a rabble rouser who took on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority after tunneling for the Red L...
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Today, May 22, California celebrates Harvey Milk Day in honor of the slain San Francisco supervisor who was one of the first gay elected officials in the United States.
Milk was assassinated by forme...
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On Thursday, Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean, a stylized, intriguing film about James Dean before he becomes a major movie star, premieres at the Seattle International Film Festival. Los A...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu made a rare appearance in Los Angeles last night at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with his friend and protege the Rev. Robert V. Taylor, who has...
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Update, Tuesday, May 8: West Hollywood City Council approved the Walgreens project on Monday night. Read reaction from those who opposed it after the jump.
For years, West Hollywood community activis...
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For years, WeHo News, a spunky online community newspaper, has been a must read for anyone interested in all things West Hollywood, with major news outlets often picking up its breaking stories. Recen...
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The Beverly Hills Unified School District Parent-Teacher Associations have released one heck of a doomsday video to protest a possible subway tunnel underneath the Beverly Hills High School campus.
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Do Los Angeles police officers need sensitivity training for talking with elderly citizensr According to longtime Los Angeles Wave columnist Betty Pleasant, the answer is a resounding "yes!"
Pleasant...
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Despite what certain religious leaders say about homosexuality, should gay folks be more open to living a spiritual lifer To a loving Higher Power, or God, in their livesr Gay Conversations with God a...
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The HIV/AIDS advocacy group that brings you those condom and HIV-testing billboards all over Los Angeles turned 25 over the weekend, as first reported by LGBT POV.
Founded by the feisty Michael Wein...
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Read L.A. Weekly cover story about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, featuring then-and-now photographs from that devastating time.
With the 20th anniversary of the April 29, 1992, the Los Angeles Riots, a...
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We've been watching Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play in concert for decades, and it seems as if he and his crew get better with every tour. Howr With f...
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Read L.A. Weekly cover story about the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, featuring more personal stories from that turbulent time.
On the evening of April 29, 1992, Barry Abell got a call at home from one of h...
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Are you gay and your parents want you to be straightr Have they suggested different "therapies" to make you "normal"r A bill working its way through the California state legislature seeks to protect y...
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We were perusing the New York Times on Sunday and came upon a major story in the Style section about White House social secretary Jeremy Bernard, who, according to all reports, is doing a bang-up job ...
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When it comes to the Westside subway, the city of Beverly Hills may officially be playing hard ball in the very near future.
According to The Beverly Hills Courier, the Beverly Hills City Council may...
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Update, 3:10 p.m.: Congressman Henry Waxman weighs in, after the break.
The brouhaha over the Westside subway keeps getting more interesting ... by the prodding of the Beverly Hills Unified School Di...
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Update, 12 noon: Beverly Hills Unified School District responds to Metro, after the break.
Update, 12:55 p.m.: Metro responds to L.A. Weekly, after the break.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Tra...
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Do you hate gays and lesbians with all your heart and soulr We've got news for you: a new scientific report says you may actually have same-sex desires yourself. Does this mean that Republican preside...
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Co-founder of the Mattachine Society and the Radical Faeries, longtime Los Angeles resident Harry Hay would have turned 100 years old on Saturday, April 7. He is widely regarded as the father of the A...
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Beverly Hills City Council members have taken the first step to possibly challenge the controversial and proposed Westside subway route that would run underneath the Beverly Hills High School campus. ...
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Someone needs to pull aside Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Brian Cummings and give him a few pointers on talking to the press... or maybe he needs a refresher course in owning up to things.
When L...
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Once full marriage equality is wrapped up in California, there's not much left for the gay rights movement to do in one of the most tolerant states in the nation, rightr
Wrong.
"We're in a period...
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