Email Author Simone Wilson
Awards
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 16, 2010
"Culture of Cruelty"
2012 Stories by Simone Wilson
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Koreatown to File Redistricting Lawsuit Against L.A. City Council; 2 Pro-Bono Firms on Board
published Mar 28, 2012
They threatened, and they meant it: Koreatown is taking the L.A. City Council to court over the gerrymandered land grab that was redistricting 2011-12. City Hall politicians get loads of legal threat... More >>
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Is Kendrec McDade the Next Trayvon Martinr L.A. Civil Rights Leaders Question Pasadena Police Shooting
published Mar 27, 2012
Update: "Oscar Carrillo, 911 Caller in Kendrec McDade Police Shooting, Arrested for Lying to Cops." (Includes audio of the 911 call that killed McDade.) Originally posted at 9:45 a.m. While the nati... More >>
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L.A. Fire Department Posts Gruesome Photos of Train vs. Benz Crash in Downtown L.A.
published Mar 27, 2012
One week after the controversial media blackout on L.A. Fire Department response times and addresses -- ordered by Fire Chief Brian Cummings -- is the department overcompensating for its much-ridicule... More >>
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Parent Trigger: State Lawmakers Ask Attorney General, D.A. to Look Into Possible Fraud at Adelanto School District
published Mar 27, 2012
The Adelanto Unified Elementary School District, located a couple hours east of L.A. in tumbleweed country, has a huge and historic decision to make tomorrow. Either they verify a "Parent Trigger" pe... More >>
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L.A. County Plastic Bag Ban: Where Does Your 10-Cent Fee for Paper End Upr
published Mar 27, 2012
Despite the efforts of plastic-bag manufacturer Hilex-Poly, a state Superior Court judge ruled last week that L.A. County's new plastic-bag ban is indeed constitutional. But the plaintiff isn't givin... More >>
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Kendrec McDade, Azusa High Football Star, Shot Dead by Pasadena Police After Botched Taco-Truck Robbery
published Mar 26, 2012
Updated at the bottom: A weapon has yet to be recovered from the scene. See also: "Is Kendrec McDade the Next Trayvon Martinr L.A. Civil Rights Leaders Question Pasadena Police Shooting." Originally ... More >>
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World War II Movie Prop Sets off Massive Bomb Scare in Hollywood
published Mar 26, 2012
Right around noon today, Hollywood 311 reported a "huge police response to the area of Lexington and Seward." The LAPD bomb squad rushed to a warehouse in the 6600 block of Lexington, reportedly decl... More >>
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U.S. Homeland Security May Permit Gay Couples to Go Through Customs Together
published Mar 26, 2012
It's not as infamous a gay-rights fight as marriage or hospital visitation, but discrimination against same-sex couples at our nation's border crossings can be just as offensive and cumbersome. As it... More >>
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Half-Naked American Apparel Models Show off Solar Panels at Downtown L.A. Factory (VIDEO)
published Mar 26, 2012
For all the PR energy that goes into pushing the solar revolution, Los Angeles homeowners remain skeptical about installing their own set of panels. (Our city of 4 million only has about 4,000 solar-p... More >>
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L.A. Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power, Interrupts 'Mad Men' Premiere
published Mar 26, 2012
The weekend rain- and windstorm that tore through Los Angeles County left over 8,000 residents without power last night -- about half SoCal Edison customers and half L.A. DWP. And according to City N... More >>
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Map of LAFD Response Times: How Slow Is Emergency Service in Your Neighborhoodr
published Mar 23, 2012
This week, L.A. Fire Department Chief Brian Cummings dropped some disconcerting news: His previous assessment that the LAFD had been meeting the national standard for emergency response times was mayb... More >>
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LAFD Chief Brian Cummings' Media Blackout Is Illegal and Self-Serving, Says LA.'s Top Free-Speech Attorney
published Mar 21, 2012
[Update: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who hand-picked Cummings and has been lovingly tugging at the chief's puppet strings ever since, totally humiliated his political plaything this afternoon by deman... More >>
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Two Severed Dog Heads Pulled From CVS Dumpster by LAPD
published Mar 21, 2012
At last, the severed human head discovered on the trail to the Hollywood sign has met its two best friends. The LAPD's Animal Cruelty Task Force pulled a couple of severed dog heads -- formerly belon... More >>
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L.A. Food Truck Driver Dies in Crash With Mercedes Near Pico-Union
published Mar 21, 2012
Update: The dead driver has been identified as 55-year-old L.A. resident Elba Escobar. More at the bottom. Originally posted March 20 at 6:10 p.m. A horrific crash between a food truck and a Mercede... More >>
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Marijuana Dispensary Workers Taken in by Powerful Labor Union UFCW
published Mar 21, 2012
It's going to be a lot tougher for L.A. politicians to wage their war on pot shops when dispensary workers belong to the same unions that City Hall is in bed with. United Food and Commercial Workers ... More >>
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Roxy Borboa, South Gate 16-Year-Old, Reportedly Shot Dead While Waiting in Car Outside Party
published Mar 21, 2012
A shootout in South Gate last night took the life of an apparently innocent 16-year-old sitting in a car nearby. Friends identify the victim on Twitter as Roxy Borboa-Galindo. (The L.A. County Corone... More >>
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L.A. Firefighters Reveal Devastating Effects of Budget Cuts on Anonymous Blog
published Mar 21, 2012
Although Firegate just erupted in the public square this week, local firefighters have been watching the downward spiral of their Los Angeles City Fire Department with every whack to its budget. An a... More >>
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L.A. Fire Department's Public-Information Blackout: Is Withholding Response Times, Addresses Even Legalr
published Mar 21, 2012
Update: "LA.'s top free-speech attorney says LAFD Chief Brian Cummings' media blackout is illegal and self-serving. And the department scrambles to make sense of its own rules. It was terrifying enou... More >>
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How to Get Past the Los Angeles Times Paywall
published Mar 20, 2012
As casual Los Angeles Times readers start to hit their 15-article monthly limit, the backlash against the paper's two-week-old paywall has begun. We've noticed a devastating dip in the number of Twit... More >>
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PHOTO: Car Shears Fire Hydrant, Unleashes Epic Geyser on Northeast L.A.
published Mar 20, 2012
Just as Los Angeles was breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon that the rainstorm had finally passed, some terrible driver had to go and shear off a fire hydrant in the Rose Hills. That's all it t... More >>
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LAUSD Can Now Spy on Teachers' Online Activity, Punish Them for Facebook Comments
published Mar 20, 2012
A new policy bulletin out of Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters tells teachers -- and any other adult associated with the district -- that they'd better keep their social-media persona i... More >>
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LAUSD Hires Ex-Journo Stephanie Abrams as New Social-Media Director in Wake of Sex Scandal
published Mar 20, 2012
One thing we can say about new L.A. Superintendent John Deasy, after a year on the job: He sure knows how to smooth over a scandal. After longtime Miramonte Elementary teacher Mark Berndt was arreste... More >>
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Report: Los Angeles Now Has More Bed Bugs Than New York
published Mar 20, 2012
Looks like we might have to stop making fun of New York Shitty for its bed-bug problem. According to a new report from giant pest-control company Orkin -- based on the number of treatments it conduct... More >>
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Jason Russell, Invisible Children Co-Founder, Reportedly Detained for Public Masturbation, Vandalizing Cars in Underwear
published Mar 16, 2012
Updated on second page with VIDEO of the meltdown and exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.) According to NBC San Di... More >>
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New 'High End' Hollywood Walgreens at Sunset and Vine to Host Sushi Chefs, Makeup Artists
published Mar 16, 2012
We always kind of associated Walgreens with crummy carpets and leftover Halloween candy on super-sale. (No offense, Walgreens. If it makes you feel any better, Rite Aid's worse.) But not the new 23,5... More >>
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