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2003 Stories by Robert Greene

• More Than a Food Fight

  published December 18, 2003

  no waiting on aisle one, the only checkout lane open on a recent afternoon at the Albertsons on La Brea Avenue and Rodeo Road. Few shoppers... More >>

• Power to the Valley

  published December 11, 2003

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• The Sputtering Riordan Machine

  published December 11, 2003

  Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov Los Angeles knew it was dealing with a different kind of mayor when word leaked out about the tow-away signs. It... More >>

• Our Own Secret Government

  published December 4, 2003

  Lawyers for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have come up with a new twist on what has become something of a specialty: taking... More >>

• Confusion Over Consent

  published November 27, 2003

  Her name was Laura. She met a boy at a bus stop, became his “sort of” girlfriend for a couple weeks, and agreed to drive him to a party ... More >>

• Let Them Pick Up Garbage

  published November 27, 2003

  The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s mechanics should be required to pick up garbage. No, wait; hear me out... More >>

• Now, That’s a Real Strike

  published November 27, 2003

  The Southern California supermarket strike reached a milestone as it extended into Thanksgiving week and won key backing from Teamsters, who... More >>

• Driving Mad

  published November 27, 2003

  “I don’t trust them!” the man erupts into the microphone. “They’re all a bunch of lying, thieving bastards!” Well, I don’... More >>

• Touch of Democracy

  published November 20, 2003

  The Los Angeles City Council looked into the future this week and saw 16 months (at least) of lap dancing — and many years’ worth ... More >>

• Ending the Silence

  published November 20, 2003

  A KEY TO THE BUSH administration’s power to hold foreign prisoners indefinitely at Camp X-Ray without hearings or access to family... More >>

• Back in the Room

  published November 20, 2003

  The November 7 ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs compelling the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board to open... More >>

• To Speak or Not To Speak

  published November 13, 2003

  Big suburban shopping malls once dominated the California landscape and lifestyle so completely that the state Supreme Court threw up its... More >>

• All A-Bored

  published November 13, 2003

  The world has changed so much since the spring of 2000 that it’s hard to remember how little time has passed since janitors fighting fo... More >>

• No Match for Arnold

  published November 6, 2003

  If Assembly Democrats want to present a united front when Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger takes office and summons them into... More >>

• Silver Lake Fights Back

  published October 30, 2003

  Neighbors shaken by deadly gang violence in the area surrounding the triangle-shaped Laurel and Hardy Park south of Sunset Boulevard... More >>

• Stuck in Idle

  published October 30, 2003

  Amid the name-calling and posturing in the dispute that has kept Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses off the road for much of... More >>

• The Predators

  published October 16, 2003

  SACRAMENTO — Tears flowed at the Cruz Bustamante election bash in Sacramento, but they weren’t being shed for Cruz. In one of the f... More >>

• Sam and His Pals

  published October 16, 2003

  Photo by Jack Gould I’ve been standing next to my shopping cart for at least 20 minutes, and now the woman behind me wants me to keep an ey... More >>

• County Supervisors, 1; Sheriff’s Deputies, 0

  published October 9, 2003

  Sheriff’s deputies, who have been working without a contract for nearly a year, finally got the attention of county supervisors Tuesday whe... More >>

• The Wal-Mart Equation

  published October 9, 2003

  Contract talks with Southern California’s major supermarket chains are going nowhere, and the region’s grocery workers could be ... More >>

• Votes of No-Confidence

  published September 25, 2003

  “It’s not chaos,” ACLU of Southern California Legal Director Mark Rosenbaum insisted Monday, after a federal appeals court scrap... More >>

• CitySweep: Naked Truths

  published September 18, 2003

  Well, look what we have here. The ladies are back. Isn’t that nice? Oh, you remember the ladies. They were here at City Hall a fe... More >>

• CitySweep

  published September 11, 2003

  In local government and politics, Labor Day changes everything. The issues, the players and the political dynamics remain the same, but the... More >>

• Challenging the Recall

  published September 4, 2003

  The fear of the hanging chad hasn’t done it. The head-scratching complexity of the recall process hasn’t done it. But the Voting Rights A... More >>

• CitySweep

  published September 4, 2003

  Priceless Video It was the second-most-famous videotape of the 1990s: helicopter footage shot of truck driver Reginald Denny... More >>