Email Author Simone Wilson

Awards

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

  "Culture of Cruelty"

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2012 Stories by Simone Wilson

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  VIDEO: UC Students, Occupy L.A. Protesters Shot With Rubber Bullets at Out-of-Control Regents Meeting

  published Jan 20, 2012

  University of California police became iconic "bad guys" of the Occupy Wall Street movement back in fall, when an officer from UC Davis pepper-sprayed a peaceful line of protesters directly in the eye... More >>

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  Steve Saggiani, Longshoreman at Long Beach Port, Crushed to Death by Container

  published Jan 20, 2012

  A man died in a freak container accident while on the job at the Port of Long Beach yesterday evening, City News Service reports. The coroner has identified the victim as 47-year-old longshoreman Ste... More >>

• Etta James Dead at 73 in Riverside

  published Jan 20, 2012

  At 73 years old, R&B legend Etta James has finally lost a drawn-out battle with leukemia. The Los Angeles native and longtime resident passed away at Riverside Community Hospital, a medical center ne... More >>

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  Occupy, the Art Show: Ted Soqui, Our Photographer Who Did Time Cover With Shepard Fairey, Gets an Exhibit

  published Jan 19, 2012

  See our previous post, "Occupy L.A. Photos by Ted Soqui, Photog Behind Shepard Fairey's TIME Art, to Show at Gallery Where Cover Protester Sarah Mason Works" Six weeks after LAPD riot cops cut short ... More >>

• Michelle Anderson, South L.A. 24-Year-Old, Shot Dead After Allegedly Being Lured From House Onto Sidewalk

  published Jan 18, 2012

  A young woman from South Los Angeles was gunned down last night on a sidewalk near 87th Street and Denker Avenue. Police responders found 24-year-old Michelle Lorraine Anderson lying on the sidewalk ... More >>

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  Human Head Found Near Hollywood Sign

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Updated at the bottom: There are now two hands, and two feet, to match the head. Originally posted January 17 at 5:15 p.m. No, this is not a bad zombie movie. This is life in Los Angeles, where for ... More >>

• Aurora Snow, L.A. Porn Star, Sees Her Fully Clothed 'How to Make a Banana Happy' Video Censored by YouTube

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Update: Here's the original, uploaded to Snow's personal site. Just as tame as she described it. Wrong day to err on the conservative side of content regulation, YouTube. (See: #StopSopa.) Los Angel... More >>

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  Elizabeth Ibarra, Bad Suburban Girl: Suspect in Murder of Soccer Star Francisco Rodriguez Has History With Victim, Alleged Gunman

  published Jan 18, 2012

  The 19-year-old woman arrested yesterday on suspicion of luring El Camino High goalie Francisco Rodriguez to his death last week -- Elizabeth Ibarra, of the San Fernando Valley -- left a telling Faceb... More >>

• L.A. City Council Silences Public Commenter for Saying 'Pussies' (VIDEO)

  published Jan 18, 2012

  About an hour into another snoozeworthy L.A. City Council meeting yesterday morning, a female public commenter injected a little color into the conversation. Antonia Ramirez told her elected official... More >>

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  Jason Schumann, Elizabeth Ibarra Arrested for Murder of El Camino High Soccer Star Francisco Rodriguez

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Update: More dirt on Elizabeth Ibarra, who appears to have known both the victim and suspected gunman well. The LAPD just announced the arrests of two suspects in the murder of El Camino Real High so... More >>

• Joe Buscaino or Warren Furutani for L.A. City Council District 15r Vote Now in Historic Race Between Underdog Cop, Career Pol

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Can a humble police officer from San Pedro become a historic wrench in the well-oiled Los Angeles political machiner That's up to you, residents of City Council District 15. You can go with candidate... More >>

• 'Poppin Wizard' of Glassell Park Puts Drew Street Back on Map (VIDEO)

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Drew Street in Glassell Park (and the surrounding neighborhood, which has likewise come to be known as Drew Street) is best known for hosting a massive gang operation that festered there for decades. ... More >>

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  Francisco Rodriguez Murder: Suspect Arrested for Shooting El Camino High Goalie on 'Personal Motive'

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Update, 3:30 p.m.: The suspects, a young man and woman, were just named by the LAPD. The LAPD just announced that they've made an arrest in the shocking January 11 murder of 17-year-old Francisco Rod... More >>

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  Khadijah Baseer, Burbank Homeless Woman, Caught Offering Blowjobs for Chicken McNuggets

  published Jan 17, 2012

  A homeless woman that Burbank police say often hangs around the local McDonalds allegedly took the begging game to new lows last Wednesday. "She was offering BJs" for Chicken McNuggets, says Lieutena... More >>

• Assemblyman Mike Davis, Running for L.A. City Council, Will Fit Right in: He Voted 'No' on 0.01% of Assembly Bills

  published Jan 17, 2012

  Few voting bodies are as creepily hive-minded as the Los Angeles City Council. In 2011, under the leadership of former City Council President Eric Garcetti (now running for mayor), the group of 15 lo... More >>

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  Gays, Asians Fight for Own City Districts in Los Angeles Redistricting Battle

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Redistricting is so hot this season! California's doing it; L.A. County 's doing it; and, because the city charter requires we do it once per decade, L.A. proper is jumping on the redistricting train ... More >>

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  Korean Man Tries to Carry 63 Pounds of Erectile-Dysfunction Drug Onto LAX Flight

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Updated at the bottom with naughty pics of Korean man's suitcase. Originally posted at 10:35 a.m. Exactly one week ago, Customs officers at LAX made the giggle-bust of a lifetime: They discovered 63... More >>

• Illegal-Immigrant Impound Policy Elevates Into Political War: Mayor, LAPD Chief vs. City Council, Police Union

  published Jan 13, 2012

  It's common knowledge, by now, that DUI checkpoints around L.A. County double as illegal-immigrant crackdowns. It works like this: Illegals aren't allowed to hold driver's licenses in California (a ... More >>

• VIDEO: Cyclist Airlifted Out of Marshall Canyon in Daring Helicopter Rescue

  published Jan 13, 2012

  Perhaps the L.A. County Sheriff's Department is looking to offset a more unflattering video currently making the rounds on the Internetr This morning, in wake of the controversy, the department's (qu... More >>

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  UC System Bans Cigarette Smoking Anywhere on Campus

  published Jan 13, 2012

  A strict new "no smoking" policy for the University of California will ban the use, sale or advertisement of any tobacco product anywhere on campus. Pretty extreme, but to be expected -- because, unl... More >>

• Parent Trigger's Second Try

  published January 12, 2012

  A ways east of Los Angeles, Adelanto is a weathered speck of a town barely surviving the Mojave Desert. It swelters in summer, freezes in... More >>

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  Heroin Burrito Allegedly Smuggled Into L.A. County Jail by Deputy Henry Marin

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Forget cellphones. The hot new item for L.A. County Sheriff's deputies to smuggle into jail on behalf of inmates is: Heroin. Wrapped in a burrito. According to a Grand Jury indictment just unsealed ... More >>

• L.A. City Hall Lawn Refurbishing Options Priced Between $350,000 and $1 Million (Really)

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Turns out the Occupy L.A. cost estimate released by the City Administrative Officer last month -- $1.7 million -- didn't include the price of fixing the lawn outside City Hall. Nope. That was just t... More >>

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  'Work It' vs. Science: California Men Lost More Jobs Than Women During Great Recession, But Are Also Recovering Faster

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ABC's super-lame new sitcom "Work It" -- basically the "White Chicks" of family television, in which guys dress up as girls to find jobs -- has been criticized by everyone from LGBT advocates to enter... More >>

• 'Modern Family' Taunts FCC by Airing F-Word During Supreme Court Hearing on Censorship

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Little treat for First Amendment advocates on next week's episode of "Modern Family": Adopted two-year-old Lily will drop the F bomb all over set, much to the horror of her two dads. (Gay parents! Cur... More >>