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

• L.A. County: Bell, Compton Should Not Have Own Police Departments

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Two of L.A. County's most lawless little cities -- Bell for its politicians, Compton for its gangs -- want to deal with their criminals them gosh-darn selves. But that doesn't look likely -- not if co... More >>

• (MAP) Watch Santa Fly! Love, Google Earth

  published Dec 22, 2010

  If the dark winter weather isn't enough to remind you of the season, Google Earth is here to force the holidays upon you with some nifty new gadgetry, wrapped and ready at NoradSanta.org. And it's the... More >>

• (VIDEO) Hollywood Party Buses Gone Wild: The Ana Garcia Crackdown

  published Dec 22, 2010

  This morning, it's NBC Los Angeles versus the rogue party buses of Hollywood, for a hard-hitting news clip that doesn't take "Let go of me!" for an answer. Video after the jump. NBC reporter Ana Garc... More >>

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  Lindsay Lohan Accused Of 'Hand-To-Hand Battery' After Late Night Out With Da Girls

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Updated after the jump: Predictably, this has gotten way out of control. Betty Ford staffer and Lohan duke it out on TMZ. Originally posted Dec. 21 at 1:20 p.m. Since we happen to have an entire cate... More >>

• Your Guide To L.A. Road Closures -- And A Wind Advisory For 7 P.M.

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Update: Now, the Wednesday edition. Updated after the jump with current conditions and some record storm stats for the books. Originally posted at 12:36 p.m. Update, 3:20 p.m.: The big storm should ... More >>

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  (PHOTOS) Five Los Angeles Teens In Tagger Gang 'AI' Arrested For $71,000 In Graffiti Damage

  published Dec 21, 2010

  A graffiti ring known by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department as "AI" -- which stands for "Always Intoxicated" or "Artistic Illusions" -- was busted yesterday in downtown L.A. Deputy Rene Gonza... More >>

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  Top 10 Los Angeles Bans Of 2010: They Left Us Bagless, Smokeless And Puppyless, With Nary A Loko In Sight

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Updated after the jump: What kind of awards show would this be without a guest starr Nothing like a good hard ban to make life in this concrete jungle a little more oppressive. Between the L.A. Coun... More >>

• California Census Data: No Change In House Seats Despite 10 Percent Growth

  published Dec 21, 2010

  Nothing could de-claw this rain cloud over Los Angeles like some fresh census data for the ages! We didn't endure all that door-to-door census heckling for nothing. The numbers are currently being ann... More >>

• Erin Brockovich FAIL: Tap Water Still Causes Cancer, Especially In Riverside

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Remember that sassy lawyer chick from the '80s with white-collar cleavage and a good head on her shoulders, to bootr Neither do we. But we do remember the Julia Roberts version -- and, if we recall c... More >>

• (PHOTOS) L.A. Man Hides Illegal Alien In Back Of Truck, Under Buckets Cut To Shape Of Body

  published Dec 20, 2010

  At first, when they glanced at the truck bed of a 31-year-old L.A. resident yesterday, all U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Tijuana-California border could see was a bunch of buckets... More >>

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  21 Million Contraband Plastic Bags From China Seized At Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Who would cough up a 77 percent tax just to ship $450,000 in cheap-o "Have a Nice Day" plastic bagsr Definitely not China. An attempt at skirting the anti-dumping tax by an overseas plastic-bag compa... More >>

• Do You Know What 'Austerity' Meansr 250,000 People Searching Merriam-Webster.Com In 2010 Sure Didn't

  published Dec 20, 2010

  How does a musty old dictionary business stay relevant in the age of Spell Check, auto-correct and the all-important educated guessr In the case of Merriam-Webster this year, the answer was to track ... More >>

• Long Beach Luxury Inn Evacuated For SWAT Standoff With Man Suspected Of Killing His Stepson

  published Dec 20, 2010

  One evil stepfather from Panorama City -- suspected of murdering his 20-year-old stepson at their home on the 9100 block of Canterbury Avenue last night -- was surrounded by LAPD SWAT at a Luxury Inn ... More >>

• L.A. Rainstorm Causes All Hell To Break Loose, Will Wreak More Havoc Christmas Day

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Update: It's Tuesday, Dec. 28, and there's another one coming. Get with the times! We were still kind of making fun of the impending Los Angeles "weather" last Friday, when the shower head was set to... More >>

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  [UPDATED WITH PHOTOS] 180 Naked Women In 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer's Photo Collection Might Be More Victims

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Updated after the jump: No. 119 has been identified as Janecia Peters (pictured, right) -- one of the Sleeper's known victims. Does this mean he could have killed others in the anonymous 180r Update,... More >>

• 'Parent Trigger' Petitioners Fend Off Accusations From Compton Unified, McKinley PTA -- Not California Board Of Education

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Updated after the jump: VIDEO PROOF that we're so totally misinformed. Originally posted at 6:20 a.m. Over the last few days, a lightning storm of hear-say and hyperbole has lit up the sky over two ... More >>

• Day In Shockers: UC Berkeley Makes You Liberal, Fox News Makes You Dumb

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Great. Now liberals at UC Berkeley have sta-thith-tics to drop into their rants on the intolerable ignorance of middle-Americans who shop at Wal-Mart and jerk off to Sarah Palin, like they aren't guil... More >>

• 'Grim Sleeper' Girls Go Big On 86 Digital Billboards Across Los Angeles

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Clear Channel Outdoor may not care about erecting massive flashy ads-on-poles without a permit -- and will do anything in its power to keep the Weekly from finding out about it -- but it really, reall... More >>

• SoCal Holiday Traffic: Will You Join 72 Million TSA-Spooked Drivers On The Road This Yearr

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Good luck out there on life's eternal highway, Los Angeles. The Automobile Club of Southern California is reporting it expects a 3 percent jump in travelers taking to the road this holiday, compared t... More >>

• California Has More Ultra-Rich People Than Any Other State

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Recession be damned. Of 55,000 Americans worth over $30 million, almost 20 percent live in California -- more than any other state. Wealth-X, the self-proclaimed world leader in "wealth intelligence,... More >>

• 140 Live Cats Discovered In Pasadena Shed; Several More Stuffed In Freezer

  published Dec 16, 2010

  If the Humane Society hadn't gotten to her first, this mysterious Pasadena shut-in, who neighbors knew only as "Tammy," would have been a prime candidate for "Hoarders" -- the crazy cat-lady edition. ... More >>

• Larry King Fever: L.A. City Council Observes First Annual 'Larry King Day' Tomorrow, Declares Him 'King For A Day'

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Tonight is the last episode of "Larry King Live" on CNN, which comes as a welcome distraction for the DWP-divided L.A. City Council this casual Friday. (Don't worry, reruns of "Larry King [Not] Live"... More >>

• L.A. Zoo Elephants Serenaded By 'Animal Enthusiast' Slash, Introduced To New $42 Million Digs

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Update: As of this morning, the elephant exhibit is open to the public! So, whether you've got your candy corn or your picket sign in tow, play hooky today and go spend some quality time with Billy, J... More >>

• The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

  published December 16, 2010

  Anastasio Hernandez Rojas screamed in agony as U.S. border agents rained blows on him and delivered 50,000 volts of electricity to his body... More >>

• Eight L.A. City Councilmembers Give Up Potential Control Of DWP -- Bowing To Mayor Villaraigosa, Powerful DWP Union

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Updated throughout. Originally posted at 2:34 p.m. Jesus, guys -- we thought the vote would at least be close. Then again, we should have known. Caving to a long history of bullish pressure from the... More >>