Email Author Simone Wilson

Awards

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

  "Culture of Cruelty"

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2010 Stories by Simone Wilson

• Wilmer Flores, L.A. Homicide No. 226: 33-Year-Old Man Shot Dead By Uncle In Winnetka

  published Nov 30, 2010

  A Latino man fatally shot in the neck on Friday, Nov. 19 has been identified as 33-year-old Wilmer Flores. Police found Flores in a 8349 Lurline Avenue home at about 3 p.m., after receiving reports of... More >>

• Four Show Dogs, Including $250,000 Akita, Stolen In Bellflower Before Ultimate Long Beach Competition

  published Nov 30, 2010

  This would have been a killer scene for "Best in Show." Four first-class show dogs -- who had been left in a white Chevy van parked in front of a Motel 6, which doesn't seem very classy to us -- were... More >>

• MTA To Cut Nine L.A. Bus Lines By Dec. 12

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Updated after the jump: The Bus Riders Union says the latest bus cuts are straight-up racist. Originally posted at 11:19 a.m. As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pumps all time and city resources into thre... More >>

• L.A. Marathon Changes 'Stadium To The Sea' Route To Include Chinatown, Little Tokyo

  published Nov 30, 2010

  Update: "Run the Los Angeles Marathon Without Leaving Your Couch! (VIDEO)" The ever-glammer L.A. Marathon just keeps on picking up new tourist-friendly detours. Last year, it snubbed the downtown-cen... More >>

• I-5 Road Rage Leads To Mercedes-Benz Shooting Off Alameda Exit In Burbank

  published Nov 30, 2010

  It was a Monday on the I-5 North, right around rush hour. You know what that means: time for some ROAD RAGE! Typically, the rage boils off after a couple honks and a middle finger. Two of yesterday's... More >>

• Worst (AKA Best) Screen Moments Of Leslie Nielsen, Pioneer Of 'So Stupid It's Funny' Slapstick

  published Nov 30, 2010

  In an effort to shrine a prolific Hollywood icon who got off on being retarded -- does it get any worse than doing the "Scary Movie" franchise in your late 70sr -- everyone's trying their damned-est t... More >>

• Muslim Journalist Asra Nomani To TSA: Racially Profile Me; Profile My Family

  published Nov 30, 2010

  If you're a non-Muslim male, we recommend you don't spew offensive stereotypes about Muslims on national television. That is, if you're keen on keeping your job as a left-wing journalist. If you're a... More >>

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  Bum On Skid Row: 'Two White Men' Gave Us Four Loko Surplus, But 'I'd Rather Be Cold Than Drink That Shit'

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Bet you were wondering what happened to all those glorious old Lokos that had to be recalled after the FDA banned alcoholic energy drinks from U.S. shelves earlier this month. (Well, aside from the 50... More >>

• L.A. Radio Personality Michael Linder To Start Venice-Centric Internet Station, Following Layoffs At KABC And KNX

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Internet-only news outlets Yo! Venice! and AOL Patch's fluffy Venice branch are about to have some friendly competition on the neighborhood news watch. "If Venice Patch was a print newspaper, it'd be... More >>

• Larry Samudio, L.A. Homicide No. 225: 38-Year-Old Man Stabbed To Death In Highland Park

  published Nov 29, 2010

  A Latino man fatally stabbed on Saturday, Nov. 20, has been identified as 38-year-old Larry Samudio. He was part of a knife fight that took place at about 3:30 a.m. near the intersection of York Boule... More >>

• Two-Car Collision On 10 Freeway In L.A. Leaves One Burned To Death, Four Injured

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Updated with correction, re: the number of people injured. More details about the burn victim and freeway reopening after the jump. Originally posted at 8:21 a.m. When California Highway Patrol offic... More >>

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  James Franco, Anne Hathaway To Host Oscarsr

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Access Hollywood and USA Today -- followed by everyone else, now, in a game of scrambly Hollywood telephone -- are reporting that dashing youngsters James Franco and Anne Hathaway have been chosen as ... More >>

• CHP: Fewer Drunk Drivers Took To L.A. County Highways This Thanksgiving

  published Nov 26, 2010

  While you were scarfing turkey in your Snuggie, the California Highway Patrol was out serving and protecting freeways and state highways (and some unincorporated surface streets) throughout L.A. Count... More >>

• Thanksgiving Day Roundup: TSA 'Opt Out' A Giant Bust; Two-Legged Chihuahua Finds Home; Food Trucks Finally Post Health Grades; Bell Embezzlement Worse Than We Thought; Guide To Free Food; It's #$%&ing Cold Outside

  published Nov 25, 2010

  We have a lot to be thankful for in Los Angeles today, from the slow, excruciating drag-out of former Bell City Manager/embezzler Robert Rizzo's humiliation to a little black chihuahua with only hind ... More >>

• Dead Body Found Floating In Venice Canals; L.A. Lifeguards Surf Corpse To Shore

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Update: The coroner has determined that the man drowned accidentally. His identity is still unknown. Originally posted on Nov. 22 at 11:12 a.m. The Venice canals have seen sewage overflows, rotten st... More >>

• L.A. Doesn't Make The Cut For Weather Channel's Top 10 Holiday Traffic Jams

  published Nov 24, 2010

  We were already pretty pissed after those pride-killers over at CQ Press claimed Los Angeles wasn't even in the Top 100 in the nation for violent crime. (Shouldn't two serial prostitute killers count ... More >>

• Pigeon Smashes Through Helicopter Windshield Above L.A. County

  published Nov 24, 2010

  One Baldwin Park pigeon couldn't have seen it coming last night. He was just cruisin' along, makin' his way up into admirable altitudes, watchin' the sun set and thinkin' about all the naughty things... More >>

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  Animal-Rights Activists Send 'AIDS-Tainted' Razor Blades, 'Hell Awaits You' Note To UCLA Professor

  published Nov 24, 2010

  UCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch, who performs drug tests on vervet monkeys at the university, was the target of a particularly gnarly animal-rights protest this week. He received a package at his h... More >>

• TSA Scanner 'Opt Out' Day Has Trouble Getting Off The Ground At LAX

  published Nov 24, 2010

  All major news sources this morning are clawing at whatever mangled corpse is left of the TSA hype. Today was supposed to be national opt-out day -- and still could be, of course, once the straight-la... More >>

• Bristol Palin Receives 'DWTS' Death Threats, White Powder In Envelope

  published Nov 23, 2010

  And here we were all worried about Obama. Turns out the real (debatably) political celebrity in danger of civilian attack is Bristol Palin, currently among the remaining three finalists at the "Dancin... More >>

• Citywide LAPD Ticket Shakedown

  published November 25, 2010

  Last July, all sworn personnel in the Los Angeles Police Department were issued an ominous notice by top brass, who threatened... More >>

• Granada Hills K-12 Teacher Mark Hubbard Arrested For Alleged Sex With Underage Student -- For Over A Year

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Updated after the jump with the gender of the supposed victim. Mark Hubbard -- 51-year-old teacher and athletic director at Hillcrest Christian, a Granada Hills K-12 school, for the last eight years ... More >>

• Mario Mendez, L.A. Homicide No. 224: 27-Year-Old Man Gunned Down In Watts

  published Nov 23, 2010

  A Latino man fatally shot on Nov. 14 -- though he did not die for two more days -- has been identified as 27-year-old Mario Mendez. The shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. at 10509 Compton Ave., right... More >>

• Rudy Martinez, Reality-TV Star Up For City Council, Bashes Incumbent Jose Huizar For His Watered-Down DWP Vote

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Exclusive: Fiery response from Camp Huizar after the jump! Originally posted at 11:30 a.m. To be an L.A. City Councilmember last Tuesday, voting on the creation of an Office of Public Accountability ... More >>

• Gun Ammunition Discovered On Southwest Flight Out Of Bob Hope Airport In Burbank

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Good thing we've been submitting ourselves to full-scale security rape at TSA checkpoints the nation over, all in the name of the War on Terror. God knows it's the only way to stop dangerous weapons ... More >>