Email Author Patrick Range McDonald
Awards
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published July 22, 2010
"Educating Maria"
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 9, 2010
"The Parent Trigger"
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 9, 2010
"The Parent Trigger"
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2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 16, 2010
"City of Airheads"
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 16, 2010
"City of Airheads"
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 16, 2010
"City of Airheads"
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2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published March 6, 2010
"Black Lung Lofts"
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2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009
"Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"
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2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 26, 2009
"Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"
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2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 8, 2009
"The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men"
2013 Stories by Patrick Range McDonald
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FEATURED STORY
Five People Infected with West Nile Virus, Says L.A. County
published Jul 25, 2013
See also "Squirrel Tests Positive for Plague in Angeles National Forest." First a plague-infected squirrel that was found in the Angeles National Forest and now the West Nile Virus! What's next, Arma... More >>
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Squirrel Tests Positive for Plague in Angeles National Forest
published Jul 24, 2013
Watch out, campers -- a ground squirrel in the Angeles National Forest has tested positive for the plague! The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health revealed that scary fact on Wednesday aft... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Is It Time To Ditch L.A. Pride?
published Jul 24, 2013
See also "Is L.A. Gay Pride an Outdated, Adolescent Mess?" Insiders within Christopher Street West (CSW), the organization that produces an increasingly lame L.A. Pride event in West Hollywood, are c... More >>
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Will L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey Investigate Shooting Death of 80-Year-Old By Sheriff's Department?
published Jul 23, 2013
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says 80-year-old Eugene Mallory pointed a gun at a deputy, who then shot the elderly man dead in his Littlerock home in the Antelope Valley. Mallory's famil... More >>
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West Hollywood Sticks It To Drivers And Extends Parking Meter Hours
published Jul 19, 2013
Let the hoots and hollers begin! To the frustration of many people, West Hollywood, which is known for its exuberant nightlife on Santa Monica and Sunset boulevards, is extending parking meter hours ... More >>
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Beware, Mayor Eric Garcetti, of the Seven Deadly Sins
published Jul 18, 2013
Decades ago deemed one of the most sinful cities in the United States, with the mob corrupting the film industry, the cops corrupting the mayor and the lust for water controlling everything else, L.A.... More >>
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COVER STORY
Can Aja Brown, Compton's Hip, Refreshing Reform Mayor, Turn This Woeful City Around?
published July 18, 2013
Here comes Aja Brown — pronounced “Asia” for those who haven’t heard about the 31-year-old mayor of Compton elected in... More >>
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Will Elon Musk's Top-Secret 'Hyperloop' Put California's High-Speed Rail Out of Business?
published Jul 17, 2013
Will technology billionaire Elon Musk put California high-speed rail out of business? Musk, the co-founder of Tesla Motors and founder of SpaceX, says he'll release plans for the top-secret "Hyperloo... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Al Sharpton's Trayvon Martin Protest May Wreck Eric Garcetti's Plan to Leave Town
published Jul 16, 2013
Today, Mayor Eric Garcetti called for Trayvon Martin demonstrators to "practice peace," with LAPD chief Charlie Beck and numerous African American leaders joining Garcetti at a press conference in Sou... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Gardena Police Pulled Over Bicyclists As They Sought Answers for Lethal Hit-and-Run
published Jul 15, 2013
Bicyclist Benjamin Torres was killed in a hit-and-run collision last October in Gardena, and his friends and family wanted to know about the status of the police investigation. So as they rode togethe... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Attention Gay Men: Our Choices Are Killing Us
published Jul 08, 2013
See also: "Is L.A. Gay Pride an Outdated, Adolescent Mess?" Alan Turing was the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. Harry Hay spearheaded a movement that brought greater accepta... More >>
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Florida Health Officials Warn Gay and Bisexual Men to Watch Out for Bacterial Meningitis in Los Angeles
published Jul 05, 2013
So the Florida Department of Health recently warned men who have sex with men to use "extra caution" when traveling to Los Angeles, where, according to Florida health officials, there have been "highe... More >>
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Will Gov. Jerry Brown Sign Anti-Discrimination Bill To Protect Transgender Students?
published Jul 04, 2013
Will Governor Jerry Brown protect transgender students from discrimination? That's the big question now that the California state senate passed AB 1266 on July 3, with the bill heading to Brown's des... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
West Hollywood Ready To Marry Gay Couples
published Jul 01, 2013
See also: "In West Hollywood, Thousands of Queer Americans Celebrate a Stone-Cold Truth." Never a city to be outdone when it comes to all things gay, West Hollywood officials will legally marry gay c... More >>
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In West Hollywood, Thousands of Queer Americans Celebrate A Stone-Cold Truth
published Jun 27, 2013
Another blue sky day in West Hollywood, but it was unlike any other. On June 26, one day before the forty-fourth anniversary of the historic Stonewall riots in New York City, queer Americans in the ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Obama Continues Gay-Friendly Policies and Nominates Rufus Gifford To Be Denmark Ambassador
published Jun 25, 2013
Rufus Gifford, a former Los Angeles resident and openly gay man who was profiled in the 2008 L.A. Weekly feature story "Obama's Gay Gold Mine," has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be the n... More >>
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A Bi-Coastal, Schoolyard Brawl Officially Begins Over California's Parent Trigger Law
published Jun 24, 2013
The folks at Parent Revolution, the guiding force behind California's Parent Trigger law, are not going to take it anymore. For a while now, education expert and NYU professor Diane Ravitch, who's ba... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Queer Folks More Likely To Be Poor, Except in California
published Jun 21, 2013
Think queer folks have fat bank accounts and all kinds of disposable cash? Think again. Throughout the country, according to UCLA's gay think tank, the Williams Institute, gays, lesbians, and bisexu... More >>
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Will L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino Raise Hell Over LAPD's Questionable Hit-and-Run Report?
published Jun 20, 2013
Read the L.A. Weekly news story "Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis." In January, Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino asked LAPD Chief Charlie Beck to deliver a report that shows how the police dep... More >>
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Chief Beck's Hit-and-Run Crisis
published June 20, 2013
When Alex Thompson, bicycling advocate and founder of BikesideLA.org, read LAPD Chief Charlie Beck's... More >>
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L.A. Police Commission Approves Questionable LAPD Hit-and-Run Report
published Jun 12, 2013
Despite questionable data, the Los Angeles Police Commission approved a controversial LAPD report about the city's hit-and-run crisis on Tuesday. The study now heads to the L.A. City Council's publi... More >>
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Is LAPD Chief Charlie Beck More About Spin Than Solving Hit-and-Run Epidemic?
published Jun 11, 2013
The Los Angeles Police Commission will receive a long-awaited report from LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday morning about L.A.'s serious hit-and-run epidemic. Judging from a copy of that report, it l... More >>
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Is L.A. Pensions Chief Hiding Pension Costs for City Hall Politicians?
published Jun 10, 2013
#See clarification below. During the reporting of the widely read L.A. Weekly cover story, "Antonio Villaraigosa's Quest for Wall Street, Washington and Wealth," Los Angeles City Employees' Retiremen... More >>
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AIDS/LifeCycle Finishes Strong In L.A. This Weekend, Raises Tens of Millions
published Jun 07, 2013
You want to attend an L.A. gay pride-related event that has more substance than other things happening around town? Go to the always inspiring closing ceremony of the 2013 AIDS/LifeCycle in West Los... More >>
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Is L.A. Gay Pride an Outdated, Adolescent Mess?
published Jun 06, 2013
See also: "Attention Gay Men: Our Choices Are Killing Us" Muscled go-go boys shaking their booties on one parade float after another, cock-ring tosses to win a stuffed animal, Bud Light and Bacardi s... More >>
