Email Author Patrick Range McDonald

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published March 6, 2010

  "Black Lung Lofts"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published July 22, 2010

  "Educating Maria"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 9, 2010

  "The Parent Trigger"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 9, 2010

  "The Parent Trigger"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 8, 2009

  "The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men"

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2010 Stories by Patrick Range McDonald

• Equality California Scares Gays Into Thinking Gerrymandering and Prop. 27 is Good for Them

  published Nov 02, 2010

  Outside the West Hollywood Auditorium, a nice volunteer from Equality California, the powerful gay rights group, handed us a slate card. To our amazement, we saw that EQCA described Proposition 20 as ... More >>

• West Hollywood's John Heilman and Abbe Land Beg Voters To Keep Gerrymandered Districts in 'Yes on 27' TV Ad

  published Nov 02, 2010

  West Hollywood City Council members John Heilman, Abbe Land, Lindsey Horvath, and Jeff Prang star in a "Yes on Prop. 27" TV ad, begging voters to maintain the supremely shady practice called "gerryman... More >>

• Steve McQueen, 'The King of Cool,' May Get Shabby L.A. Intersection Named After Him

  published Nov 01, 2010

  Nicknamed "The King of Cool," the late great movie star Steve McQueen, who often sported a unique sense of style in his films, may get a shabby intersection named after him if Los Angeles City Council... More >>

• Ever the Slick Salesman, Antonio Villaraigosa Turned to Twitter to Combat Opponents of Subway to Sea

  published Oct 29, 2010

  At the Metropolitan Transportation Authority meeting yesterday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wasn't taking any chances that his legacy project -- Subway to the Sea, or maybe we should start ... More >>

• Subway to Sea: Antonio Villaraigosa Still Boasts Rail Line Will Fix Gridlock

  published Oct 28, 2010

  Hyped by Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe as a "historic" vote, Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members only approved a draft environmental impact report for the Subway to the Sea t... More >>

• Prop. 27 Gerrymander Supporters Duck and Cover

  published October 28, 2010

  With Election Day near, UCLA law professor Daniel Lowenstein is a lonely man. As spokesman for the widely pilloried... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Greens Vs. Big Oil and Prop. 23

  published October 28, 2010

  The charged-up crowd of baby-faced 20-somethings, gray-haired activists and a few parents comes marching through the streets... More >>

• Marine Veteran Joel Francis Challenges Billionaire Charles Koch to Debate Over Big Oil-Funded Prop. 23, Will Fly to Kansas if Tycoon Ignores Him

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Marine veteran and Cal State L.A. senior Joel Francis wants to go mano-a-mano with billionaire Charles Koch. Yesterday, Francis challenged the wealth tycoon to a debate over Proposition 23, the contr... More >>

• Will Gays and Lesbians Put On a Strained Smiley Face for Barack Obama's Visit to Los Angelesr

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Christopher Street West, the group that organizes the Los Angeles Gay Pride festivities every year, has sent out a mass email, telling gay folks to attend President Barack Obama's rally at USC on Frid... More >>

• Carly Fiorina Vs. Barbara Boxer

  published October 14, 2010

  Outside the KPCC radio station on South Raymond Avenue, the Pasadena Police Department had a situation: Just before U.S.... More >>

• Was Public Comment Period for Subway to Sea a Shamr MTA Staff Suggests Route Before Citizens Fully Weigh In

  published Oct 13, 2010

  Metropolitan Transportation Authority staffers have recommended a route for the Westside subway extension, also known as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's legacy project called Subway to the Se... More >>

• Where's Gavin Newsomr Democratic Heavyweight Willie Brown Questions San Francisco Mayor's Low-Profile Run for Lieutenant Governor

  published Oct 12, 2010

  San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is taking heat for running a low-profile campaign for California lieutenant governor, with former San Francisco Mayor and Democratic party insider Willie Brown questio... More >>

• On National Coming Out Day, Will Closeted Power Gays Listen to Harvey Milkr

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Today's National Coming Out Day for gays and lesbians, and we can't think of a better time for closeted power gays -- folks who hold powerful positions, and are therefore highly influential, in politi... More >>

• Will President Barack Obama Be Duped Into Backing Subway To Sear Antonio Villaraigosa's in D.C., Again, Seeking Money

  published Oct 11, 2010

  Will President Barack Obama ask Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about a recent Metropolitan Transportation Authority environmental impact report at a face-to-face meeting at the White House tod... More >>

• Beverly Hills City Manager Jeff Kolin Gets $1.6 Million From Politicians To Find A Swanky, Beverly Hills-Adjacent Home

  published Oct 08, 2010

  Beverly Hills City Manager Jeff Kolin must feel as if he's won the lottery -- on Thursday, nearly all of his bosses on the Beverly Hills City Council decided to give him a $1.6 million housing loan at... More >>

• Live Review: Arcade Fire Rocks, Heals & Overcomes at the Shrine Auditorium

  published Oct 08, 2010

  It doesn't seem all that long ago when we watched Arcade Fire play in front of a wildly exuberant crowd at Irving Plaza in New York City during the Funeral tour, with frontman Win Butler playfully apo... More >>

• Robert Redford Slams Prop. 23, Says Big Oil-Funded Initiative Will 'Kill' Hundreds of Thousands of Clean Energy Jobs

  published Oct 07, 2010

  Now we know where Hollywood icon and longtime environmentalist Robert Redford stands on Proposition 23, the Big Oil-funded November ballot measure that seeks to suspend California's global climate cha... More >>

• Reuters/Ipsos Poll: California Voters Don't Dig Big Oil-funded Proposition 23

  published Oct 06, 2010

  A new Reuters/Ipsos Poll shows that Big Oil-funded Proposition 23, the November ballot measure that seeks to suspend California's global climate change law, is heading for almost certain defeat, with ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Will L.A. Fire Chief Millage Peaks Have the Cojones to Demand Antonio Villaraigosa's Staffers Fill Potholesr

  published Oct 05, 2010

  Yet another budgetary dust up is developing at Los Angeles City Hall this week, this time involving Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Fire Department brass, whose 51 assistants may have to hi... More >>

• West Hollywood Councilman John Duran Slams Colleagues, Says There's a 'Cultural Battle' for City's 'Soul'

  published Oct 01, 2010

  West Hollywood Councilman John Duran wrote a whopper of an op-ed piece in the WeHo News on Thursday, describing himself as the "lone dissenting voice" on a City Council that's engaged in a "cultural b... More >>

• 'Gerrymandering' Documentary Is Going To Inflict Damage On Proposition 27. Too Bad For Fat Cats Who Want To Fix California Elections

  published Sep 30, 2010

  "Gerrymandering" looks into the sleazy politicians' game of drawing crazy-shaped "voting districts" that chop up cities and cross over mountains, all with the aim of separating Republican voters from ... More >>

• U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer Vs. Carly Fiorina Gets Nastier On KPPC: Fiorina's Ideas Are "A Disaster" And Boxer "Became A Multi-Millionaire" Instead Of Working In Senate

  published Sep 29, 2010

  In one of the most adversarial senate races that Californians have seen, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, the incumbent Democrat, and businesswoman Carly Fiorina, the Republican challenger, clashed at a de... More >>

• Touchy MTA Defends Antonio Villaraigosa's $9-Billion Subway to the Sea Rip-Off, Slams L.A. Weekly For Alerting Public

  published Sep 28, 2010

  It just came to our attention that a touchy Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (a.k.a. "Metro," a.k.a. "MTA") slammed L.A. Weekly last Friday, and in the process defended L.A. Ma... More >>

• In Filing Pro-Prop. 8 Brief, 10 States Solidify Their Ass-Backwardsness

  published Sep 28, 2010

  Yesterday, we mentioned how 10 terrified states -- Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming -- recently filed an amicus brief that supported Pr... More >>

• 10 Terrified States Want Gay Marriage Ban to Stand in California

  published Sep 27, 2010

  10 states not known for their gay-friendliness are mightily nervous about last month's federal court ruling that deemed California's Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional. Whyr If the Proposition 8 d... More >>