Email Author Paul Teetor

2009 Stories by Paul Teetor

• The polluter of Paradise Cove

  published December 17, 2009

  For Steven Dahlberg, owner of the Paradise Cove Mobile Home Park, decades of allowing polluted runoff and leaking sewage into... More >>

• A Terrible Thing to Waste: Billy Cottrell, Part Deux

  published November 26, 2009

  Billy Cottrell, the brilliant, award-winning former Cal Tech student who has served 67 months in California prisons for his... More >>

• L.A. Medical-Pot Shops Peddle to LAUSD Pupils

  published November 5, 2009

  Los Angeles City Hall is thrashing around as the City Council and mayor belatedly try to control a pot-shop explosion they... More >>

• Eight candidates scare L.A. City Hall

  published September 17, 2009

  The votes that really count are in, and the winner is MayorSam.com. In a special election next... More >>

• Herbie Gonzalez Gets Rich Over Bad Rap

  published September 17, 2009

  More than three years after police arrested Salvadoran immigrant Herbie Gonzalez and coerced him into confessing to a horrific... More >>

• City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in the House

  published July 2, 2009

  City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo suffered one last humiliation on his way out the door last week, when the City Council squashed... More >>

• Russian or Armenian Mob Used "Model Employee" Con at PCH Arco

  published June 18, 2009

  An organized-crime ring that police believe is Russian or Armenian targeted a high-volume Redondo Beach Arco gas station,... More >>

• Mike Gin, Redondo Beach’s Chinese-American, Rotarian, Gay Mayor

  published June 4, 2009

  After months of living legal limbo, Redondo Beach Mayor Mike Gin’s marriage was finally declared legal several days ago... More >>

• L.A. City Council Clings to Stunning Perks and Pay

  published May 21, 2009

  Is a 10 percent pay cut to the $178,789 salaries of the highest-paid city council in America really such a big deal? As... More >>

• Expanded Web Exclusive: Get Herbie -- Cops Refuse to Rescind Claims Against Rapper Herbert Gonzalez

  published May 7, 2009

  Lt. Daniel Rosenberg hesitated as he pondered the question: Does he believe that Herbert Gonzalez was ever a gang... More >>

• LA People 2009: Financial Field-Leveler — Berdell Knowles

  published April 23, 2009

  Berdell Knowles set up shop under the basket, stuck his butt out, knocked back his defender, called for the basketball and put... More >>

• Should L.A. City Council Agree to Slash Its $178,789 Salaries?

  published April 16, 2009

  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s call for shared sacrifice was finally embraced last week by the Los Angeles City Council... More >>

• Cleared Murder Suspect Herbie Gonzalez Is Still Dogged by Sheriffs

  published January 1, 2009

  The more things changed for Herbie Gonzalez this year, the more they stayed the same.Until his story was told in... More >>