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

• Janice Hahn Rolls Out TV Ad for Lt. Gov. Bid

  published Jun 02, 2010

  With less than a week until the June 8th primary, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn has rolled out a TV ad in support of her bid to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Ti... More >>

• Newsom Fund Raising Machine Out-Hustles Hahn

  published Jun 01, 2010

  In his run for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has raised much more cash than his rival, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Janice Hahn, the San Francisc... More >>

• Proposition 14, the Open Primary

  published May 27, 2010

  State Democratic and Republican leaders were undoubtedly disturbed and annoyed last week, but it had nothing to do with... More >>

• Lieutenant Governor of Paper Clips

  published May 27, 2010

  On a recent afternoon in West Hollywood, at a candidates' forum in a half-filled conference room at the Pacific Design Center,... More >>

• Chad Griffin: One Man Behind Marriage for All

  published May 20, 2010

  Chad Griffin is the hard-charging political and media strategist who helped to spearhead a federal lawsuit to overturn... More >>

• Ivy Bottini: The Beauty of Seeking Justice

  published May 20, 2010

  Ivy Bottini, the 83-year-old gay-rights activist who's been fighting social injustice for five decades, has lately found... More >>

• Screen Actors Guild Jumps into Newsweek Fray

  published May 14, 2010

  Now the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the nation's largest labor union for working actors, has jumped into the Newsweek fray.rYesterday, SAG National LGBT Actors Committee chair Jason Stuart condemned a ... More >>

• GLAAD Finally Demands Newsweek Apology

  published May 13, 2010

  It took more than two weeks to say anything publicly, but yesterday the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) finally urged Newsweek to apologize for running an April 26th column that ... More >>

• NO STRAIGHT PEOPLE ALLOWED

  published May 13, 2010

  Once upon a time, the Abbey was just another gay bar in West Hollywood, with an exceptionally cute clientele and a wonderful outdoor setting. The... More >>

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  (Updated) West Hollywood Dognappers Ask for Ransom

  published May 11, 2010

  Kooky things often have a way of happening in West Hollywood -- Lindsay Lohan, for example, starts a ruckus in some bar or button-downed Republicans create a scandal by partying at a kinky nightclub -... More >>

• Where's Antonior Replacing Parking Meters, Flying to Las Vegas

  published May 07, 2010

  During a week when former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan co-wrote a bombshell of an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, stating that L.A. would likely face bankruptcy sometime before 2014, cu... More >>

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  Does West Hollywood Want Wide-Sweeping Smoking Banr

  published May 06, 2010

  While West Hollywood City Council members have been considering such highly-publicized measures as boycotting Arizona due to its controversial immigration law and taking a stand against commercial wha... More >>

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  Queer Town: Chely Wright Tells Her Truth

  published May 05, 2010

  Last week, Chely Wright, the country music artist who won the Top New Female Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music in 1994, scored numerous hits, among them the number one song "Single Whit... More >>

• Queer Town: Gavin Newsom Wins Big Gay Endorsement

  published May 04, 2010

  Equality California, one of the most powerful and politically-connected gay rights groups in the state, has endorsed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for his run for lieutenant governor, which is no s... More >>

• Suspect Arrested for West Hollywood Target Stabbings

  published May 03, 2010

  When you think of a violent rampage happening inside one of those big box stores, you don't necessarily think of that kind of thing happening in West Hollywood.  But that's exactly what happened ... More >>

• Will West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Need A Bail Outr

  published Apr 30, 2010

  In WeHo News yesterday, columnist and former West Hollywood City Councilman Steve Martin predicts the Creative City may need to "bail out" the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with taxpayer dollars.... More >>

• Queer Town: Closing Arguments Finally Scheduled for Prop. 8 Trial

  published Apr 29, 2010

  On Wednesday, in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker finally scheduled closing arguments for the Proposition 8 federal trial, which are tentatively set for June 16.rPaul Hogarth, who blog... More >>

• Supporters of Transgender Slashing Victim Rally in Long Beach

  published Apr 28, 2010

  As part of a "Take Back the Night" event at Cal State Long Beach, organizers will denounce the slashing of a transgender male that took place on April 15 in a restroom on that campus.rThe 27-year-old ... More >>

• Queer Town: Gavin Newsom Loses Another Gay Endorsement

  published Apr 27, 2010

  On Monday night, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a candidate in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor and a darling of the gay rights movement for allowing same sex couples to marry in his ... More >>

• Queer Town: Who is Howard Bragman Bringing Out of the Closetr

  published Apr 26, 2010

  Ever since blogger Elizabeth Snead reported that public relations guru Howard Bragman is bringing another gay celebrity out of the closet, speculation has swirled on the blogosphere about who it may b... More >>

• Where's Antonior Chatting with Obama, Hanging with James Cameron

  published Apr 23, 2010

  It was a big week for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who gave his annual "state of the city" speech on Tuesday, even though he said it wouldn't be that kind of speech. Instead, the mayor larg... More >>

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  West Hollywood 'Art Attack' Ringleaders Revealed

  published Apr 22, 2010

  Who were those masked men and womenrrThat's been the question of the week in West Hollywood, where some 20 people, wearing masks of longtime City Council members John Heilman and Abbe Land, and holdin... More >>

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  West Hollywood City Council Awash in Controversy and Protest

  published Apr 21, 2010

  The West Hollywood City Council was awash in controversy and protest at its annual "reorganization" ceremony on Monday, where longtime Councilman John Heilman became West Hollywood's newest mayor -- f... More >>

• Incarcerated Attorney Richard Fine Gets a Following

  published Apr 20, 2010

  Little known, incarcerated attorney Richard Fine is starting to get a following, with a "Free Richard Fine" rally taking place this morning between 9 and 11:30 a.m. at the Los Angeles County Courthous... More >>

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  Get Equal Interrupts, Annoys Obama at L.A. Fund Raiser

  published Apr 20, 2010

  Five members of Get Equal, a newly-established grassroots gay rights group based in California, interrupted and annoyed President Barack Obama as he spoke at a Democratic fund raiser for Senator Barba... More >>