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2004 Stories by Robert Greene

• Rampart Forgiven

  published December 16, 2004

  District Attorney Steve Cooley’s decision last week not to retry the only three Los Angeles police officers convicted by a jury i... More >>

• Making It Personal

  published December 9, 2004

  It is high opera, a classic tale of ambition, betrayal, revenge and perhaps even a little lust and greed. It has to be. Otherwise,... More >>

• Model City

  published November 25, 2004

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• Queerville, USA

  published November 25, 2004

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• Welcome to Planning 101

  published November 18, 2004

  Why is everybody so afraid of inclusionary zoning? The wonkish title for... More >>

• Rebel With a Plan

  published November 18, 2004

  Photo by Gregory Bojorquez"Reyes!" barked the planning supervisor. "In my office! Right now!" The young urbanist’s hands shook a... More >>

• Cooley's Cop-Out

  published November 11, 2004

  Two cheers for Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley for his November 5 report chastising the Board of Supervisors for violating... More >>

• Riding the Storm Out

  published November 4, 2004

  “Damn!” shouts a 20-something guy crouched on the hotel-room carpet, veggies and dip in front of him, as he stares at the TV. “Uh, ... More >>

• Taking the Pulse

  published October 28, 2004

  Just when it seemed that every possible issue in the presidential election had been exhaustively picked over, Chief Justice William... More >>

• Just One More Thing

  published October 21, 2004

  PROSECUTORS GATHERED ENOUGH evidence of political money laundering to get no-contest pleas this month from Casden Properties vice... More >>

• Slap Me, Please

  published October 21, 2004

  LAURA CHICK NEARLY HAD to beg the Ethics Commission to punish her. As a sign of how drastically things have changed on the... More >>

• A New Umpire

  published October 21, 2004

  WITH FEAR OF CRIME in the air and the state on edge after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, 18-year-old Kimber Reynolds left class at an... More >>

• The People’s Business

  published October 21, 2004

  LAST YEAR, WHEN GRAY DAVIS — still governor, for the time being — acknowledged just how deep the state’s budget mess was, he deci... More >>

• Loco Control

  published October 21, 2004

  AS VOTERS, WE HIRE professional helpers and send them to Sacramento to run the state. Then we sign petitions to crowd our ballots with... More >>

• L.A.’s Secret Agents

  published September 30, 2004

  It’s not like the lawyers at the Los Angeles County Counsel’s Office don’t know about or understand the Ralph M. Brown Act, which ... More >>

• Mr. Mayor, Pay Up

  published September 30, 2004

  Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn’s libel lawsuit against the Los Angeles Sentinel for a column on his role in this year... More >>

• There They Go Again

  published September 23, 2004

  L.A. County supervisors began discussing closure of the trauma center at Martin Luther King Jr.–Drew Medical Center nearly a wee... More >>

• Environmental Ecstasy

  published September 23, 2004

  What does nibbling “tasty treats at organic cooking demonstrations” have to do with running one of the environmentally cleanest citi... More >>

• Strike Supplies

  published September 23, 2004

  NINETEEN LOS ANGELES elected officials, including Mayor Jim Hahn, City Council President Alex Padilla and state Senator Sheila Kuehl,... More >>

• Strike Talk in the Suites

  published September 16, 2004

  “I voted yes,” Regent Beverly Wilshire bellman Carlos Tejada said Monday after marking his ballot to authorize a strike. “I think... More >>

• Pulling the Plug

  published September 16, 2004

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• Call to Order

  published August 26, 2004

  Frosted Again “What are you going to do about the homeless?” a young man demands from the back of the elementary-scho... More >>

• Give Protests a Chance

  published August 26, 2004

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• Not in My Neighborhood Council

  published August 26, 2004

  Photos by Ted Soqui The question before the house is whether to leave the tables as they are or come up with some new kind of... More >>

• Rooms of Dissent

  published August 19, 2004

  The first marchers begin to congregate at Pershing Square shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday. Some wear the white-trimmed black dresses of hotel... More >>