Email Author Simone Wilson

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• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 16, 2010

  "Culture of Cruelty"

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2010 Stories by Simone Wilson

• Gladys Bloodworth, Jeremy Bloodworth, L.A. Homicides No. 209, No. 210: Mother And Son Shot To Death At Home In South L.A.

  published Oct 25, 2010

  A black woman and her son, who were fatally shot on Thursday, Oct. 21, have been identified as 64-year-old Gladys Bloodworth and 25-year-old Jeremy Bloodworth. The shooting took place at about 2:30 a.... More >>

• Robyn And Leamond Turnage Beaten And Strangled To Death In Hawthorne Robbery

  published Oct 25, 2010

  A married couple strangled to death at their house in Hawthorne on Wednesday, Oct. 20, were identified as Robyn Turnage, 57, and Leamond Turnage, 69. Their bodies were found at about 3:45 p.m. in a h... More >>

• Irvine-Based Botox Company Transcends Plastics, Sells Shares After FDA Approves Face-Plumper For Use On Chronic Migraines

  published Oct 25, 2010

  Stock-market hawks saw this one from a mile away. Allergan shares jumped over 5 percent last week, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its anti-wrinkle housewife staple Botox for use... More >>

• Union Stagehand At USC's Obama Rally Sent Home For Wearing 'Bush' Sweatshirt

  published Oct 22, 2010

  One union supervisor working the Obama event this Friday apparently didn't get the whole "Freedom of Speech" memo. KTLA interviewed stagehand Duane Hammond at the scene, where he had just been fired... More >>

• Alhambra City Councilwoman Messina, Who Paid $20,000 Under The Table To Smear Her Opponent In 2006, Now Runs Unopposed -- Along With Rest Of City Council

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Here we thought the L.A. City Council was getting cozy. But those old boys got nothin' on the five City Councilmembers of Alhambra -- a sweet stretch of suburbia just east of Glendale and south of Pa... More >>

• Shark Attack Turns Deadly After 20-Year-Old UC Santa Barbara Student Bleeds To Death At Surf Beach

  published Oct 22, 2010

  [Updated after the jump with details about the victim and the attack.] A UCSB body-boarder minding his own business just off the Vandenberg Air Force Base this morning had his leg bitten off by a sha... More >>

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  FAA Halts All Private Los Angeles Air Traffic To Make Space For Obama: Dude, Who Do You Think You Arer

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Los Angeles drivers aren't the only ones being screwed over by President Obama this Friday afternoon. The president's journey to the USC campus will also be cushioned by a blockade of air traffic wi... More >>

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  Lindsay Lohan Avoids Jail Time -- Again -- As Superior-Court Softie Allows Blow-han To Finish Time At Betty Ford Center

  published Oct 22, 2010

  Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Elden Fox is a sucker for smoker's voice. At 9:30 a.m. this morning, City News Service reported that Fox pardoned L.A. bad-girl (and sometimes actress) Lindsay Lohan... More >>

• Mel Gibson Scores Cameo In 'Hangover' Sequel -- But Will A Bit Part In A Stoner Comedy Be Enough To Rehab His Reputation As World's Biggest Assholer

  published Oct 22, 2010

  [Updated after the jump: As it turns out, not even the "Hangover" franchise is ballsy enough to associate with Gibson. Director Todd Phillips cancels the cameo. Originally posted on Monday, Oct. 18 at... More >>

• Alex Quintana, L.A. Homicide No. 208: 27-Year-Old Man Shot Dead In South Central

  published Oct 21, 2010

  A Latino male was fatally shot just after midnight on Saturday, October 16, on the 700 block of East 24th Street in Historic South Central. The victim has since been identified as 27-year-old gang mem... More >>

• Douglas Collins, L.A. Homicide No. 207: 47-Year-Old Man Shot Down Outside Home In Vermont Vista

  published Oct 21, 2010

  A black man fatally shot outside his residence on Thursday, October 14, has been identified as 47-year-old Douglas Collins. The shooting took place on the 600 block of West 117th Street in Vermont Vis... More >>

• Adrien Moore, L.A. Homicide No. 206: 19-Year-Old Man Shot Down In Green Meadows

  published Oct 20, 2010

  A black male fatally shot in the chest on Thursday, October 14, has been identified as 19-year-old Adrien Moore, according to coroner's records. The shooting occurred at 103rd Street and Towne Avenue ... More >>

• Denice Roberts, L.A. Homicide No. 205: 53-Year-Old Woman Found Dead At Home In South L.A.

  published Oct 20, 2010

  A black woman found dead on Wednesday, October 13, at her home on the 12000 block of South Hoover Street has been identified as 53-year-old Denise Roberts. City News Service reports that Roberts' husb... More >>

• Enrico Willingham, L.A. Homicide No. 204: 38-Year-Old Man Gunned Down In Vermont Vista

  published Oct 20, 2010

  A black man fatally shot on Monday, October 11, has been identified as 38-year-old Enrico Willingham. The shooting occurred on the 10900 block of South Figueroa in Vermont Vista just before 9 p.m., th... More >>

• Jack Schlesinger, L.A. Homicide No. 203: 25-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot By Police In Westlake

  published Oct 20, 2010

  A white man was shot dead by LAPD officers just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 28, in the 1600 block of West Temple Street in Westlake. He has since been identified as 25-year-old Jack Schlesin... More >>

• L.A. Housing Development Plotted At Intersection Of I-5 And 134 Freeways, Despite 'Black Lung' Health Risks For Kids

  published Oct 20, 2010

  The Weekly's cover story for March 6 -- "Black Lung Lofts," by Patrick Range McDonald -- revealed that the City of Los Angeles was allowing developers to build family housing alongside major freeways,... More >>

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  Google Sued By Pasadena Techies For Copycatting Their Version Of Street View

  published Oct 20, 2010

  Google wasn't the first to play god on street-level. At least, according to Pasadena company Vederi LLC, who is suing the Internet giant for infringing on five of its patents, which created a system f... More >>

• NYC College Kids Outed As Human-Sized Bedbugs With Bad Haircuts

  published Oct 19, 2010

  In September, the Weekly began a hard-hitting investigation of all the ways New York City sucks compared to Los Angeles. Our findings were atrocious: Hordes of bedbugs, rats, possums and snakes ran ra... More >>

• Proposition 23 Will Have To Get Past Hollywood 'No' Warriors James Cameron And David Arquette Before Suspending Clean-Air Legislation Passed In 2006

  published Oct 19, 2010

  As if "Avatar" didn't hit us over the head hard enough, director James Cameron is taking his devotion to Mother Nature a step further by pumping $1 million into the campaign against California's Propo... More >>

• Metro Red Line Swallows Morning Commuter At Hollywood Station

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Mother always said not to play on the tracks. It seems an undisclosed Hollywood commuter wasn't listening this morning, when he found himself wedged between a train and a platform at 7 a.m., CBS Los ... More >>

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  U.S.-Mexico Border 'More Secure Than Ever' In 2010, Claims Secretary Of Homeland Security

  published Oct 19, 2010

  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made a highly publicized trip to Los Angeles' nearest border yesterday. She was quick and happy to tell the nation's news outlets from San Ysidro that ille... More >>

• USC Has Best Month Ever: Obama Plans A Visit, Journalism Gets $50 Million, New Prez Steps Up (And His Name Is Chrysostomos)

  published Oct 18, 2010

  The sun may not be shining, but the University of [Southern] California has more than one reason to beat its WASPy chest with pride this October. 1. Amid a slew of West Coast visits from top-billed p... More >>

• City Activists Push For Locally Elected Seat On Each Of Villaraigosa's Incestual, Downtown-Heavy Commissions

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's downtown-centric frame of vision -- one that certainly sticks to City Hall tradition -- is (once again) pissing off the people. The mayor currently selects al... More >>

• 'Jackass 3D' Nets $50 Million In Opening Weekend, Splattering Runner-Up 'Red' In Brown Stuff And Setting Record For Highest-Grossing October Release

  published Oct 18, 2010

  America just couldn't wait to see Steve-O's balls in the third dimension. "Jackass 3D," third filmic spinoff of MTV's infamous gross-out series, opened this weekend to disgusting amounts of success. ... More >>

• Police Suspect Two-Year-Old Erica Johnson Was Beaten To Death By Mother's 21-Year-Old Boyfriend

  published Oct 15, 2010

  A two-year old black female was discovered by paramedics in full cardiac arrest at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. Because her mother is currently serving time in jail, the girl was staying wit... More >>