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2007 Stories by Patrick Range McDonald

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  • How Superintendent David Brewer Ran Aground

    published December 27, 2007

    After five months of political battles with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his allies in Sacramento, Los Angeles Unified School... More >>

  • Time Does Steve Yagman

    published November 29, 2007

    UP TO THE VERY END, Stephen Yagman never stopped haggling and battling. After an unusually long sentence hearing that was drawn out over... More >>

  • Eligibility Test

    published November 1, 2007

    Even at 6:30 on a chilly Wednesday evening, the swank West Hollywood nightclub Eleven brimmed with an increasingly well-lubricated happy hour... More >>

  • MTA's $1 Billion Development Scheme

    published October 11, 2007

    IT WAS ONE OF THOSE strange, somewhat sleazy situations that seem to plague the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation... More >>

  • Jack Weiss Recall Stumbles

    published September 27, 2007

    —Harvey EnglanderMAYBE IT’S THE FACT that in modern times the citizens of Los Angeles have never managed to recall an... More >>

  • Playa Vista Quicksand

    published September 20, 2007

    IF YOU LISTEN TO THE DEEP-POCKETED executives behind massive Playa Vista — a controversial minicity plopped by City Hall planners... More >>

  • Delgadillo's War

    published September 6, 2007

    “THWAAAAAACK!”The noise started up around 7 a.m., Sunday, January 7, 2007.“Thwaaaack .?.?. rrrrrrrr... More >>

  • Frontiers at Eleven

    published Oct 19, 2007

    (Photos by Patrick Range McDonald. Above: Aaron Savvy) On a chilly Wednesday night, the swanky West Hollywood nightclub Eleven hosted a promotion party for Frontiers magazine to celebrate the gay bi... More >>

  • Sacramento's Poison Pill

    published August 16, 2007

    “IT’S THE FIRST INTELLIGENT surgical strike I’ve seen against charter schools,” Michael Piscal says over the... More >>

  • Dem Presidential Candidates Face Gays

    published August 16, 2007

    THE SOUNDS OF JUDY GARLAND songs weren’t heard in the fluorescent-lit hallways of the Production Group Studios in Hollywood, and... More >>

  • Monkey Madness at UCLA

    published August 9, 2007

    THE HOME OF DR. ARTHUR ROSENBAUM isn’t hard to find. He lives a few blocks south of Sunset Boulevard, near the UCLA campus, in a... More >>

  • Antonio's Kitchen Cabinet

    published July 19, 2007

    Last week, Monica Garcia was simply on a roll. The new president of the Board of Education was zipping through her reform motions for the Los... More >>

  • Gay Syphilis Scourge Skyrockets

    published July 12, 2007

    FIVE YEARS AGO, the honchos at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health were caught off guard. An outbreak of syphilis among... More >>

  • Hoisted by His Own Petard

    published June 28, 2007

    IN THE END, NOTHING WORKED for Stephen Yagman. The pugnacious Venice Beach civil rights attorney hired an expensive criminal defense... More >>

  • A Classic Diversion

    published June 7, 2007

    Before May 1, 2007, life was rolling along somewhat smoothly for Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton. He owned a... More >>

  • Best Served Cold

    published May 31, 2007

    So far, Stephen Yagman has been behaving himself. The successful and controversial Venice Beach civil rights lawyer hasn’t calle... More >>

  • Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

    published Jan 27, 2007

    Every morning during Sundance, a vast ritual occurs. By the time the tardy sun finally comes over the mountains, there are teams of people armed with heavy duty stapler guns and stacks of posters fann... More >>

  • Tromadance

    published Jan 24, 2007

    An observation: the Troma troopers are like the LaRouchies of Hollywood. A ubiquitous fringe element that everyone mostly pretends not to see. LaRouche always has teams of college students handing o... More >>

  • How Convenient!

    published Jan 24, 2007

    PRESS RELEASE Wealthy Celebrities Who Get Free Shit But Are Embarrassed To Do So In Public Can Now Pick Swag In Private Park City, UT (January 15, 2007). For the FIRST TIME EVER, there will be a b... More >>

  • We're All in This Thing Together

    published Jan 23, 2007

    Overheard: "Did you see the dog with the blue Mohawk?" "It's like a cross between Pulp Fiction and Napoleon Dynamite -- but better than both." "Just get the fuck down here, THEIR PEOPLE ARE WAITING F... More >>

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