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

• FBI Busts Massive L.A. County Meth Ring, Arrests 16 Gangsters With Names Like 'Fat Boy'

  published Aug 24, 2012

  Bad news, meth heads: The feds just took the good stuff off the streets of the San Gabriel Valley. After 16 months on the trail, with a little help from the DEA and the ATF, a gigantic task force of ... More >>

• Chris Benton, Pepperdine President's Son Tied to Malibu Heroin Death, Arrested on Campus

  published Aug 23, 2012

  A young man wanted for questioning by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department after he apparently left the scene of Katie Wilkins' fatal drug overdose in Malibu last spring was arrested on the Pepperdine... More >>

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  Josh Androsky, L.A. Comedian, Comes Forward as Shroomed-Out 'Skateboard Rabbi' on The Price Is Right

  published Aug 23, 2012

  See also: "Occupy L.A. Comedy Show with Josh Androsky: This is What Democracy Yuks Like" The only thing funnier than an L.A. comedian on shrooms has to be an L.A. bank executive on bath salts -- and,... More >>

• L.A. County Supervisors Spent Thousands on V.I.P. Chauffeur Service in D.C.

  published Aug 23, 2012

  After years of criticizing the every move of Los Angeles County's five-member governing board, gadfly extraordinaire Eric Preven -- known by county supervisors as the pesky mosquito who's never misse... More >>

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  Irma Zamora: Two Good Samaritans Fatally Electrocuted at Scene of Chaotic SUV Crash in San Fernando Valley

  published Aug 23, 2012

  Repeated attempts to lend a hand at a hectic accident scene in the San Fernando Valley went south last night, City News Service reports. After a big white Chevy SUV lost control while trying to make ... More >>

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  Dr. Matthew Lin to Sacramento, Stat?

  published August 23, 2012

  On a blistering August day in suburban El Monte, sweating in his straw hat and slacks, San Marino orthopedic surgeon and self-made hospital... More >>

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  'Scott Hollywood', Man in Zebra Spandex, Banned From Two Glendale Malls for Allegedly Perving on Teen Girls

  published Aug 16, 2012

  A 44-year-old man named Scott Basko, who goes by "Scott Hollywood" on Facebook, was banned from the Glendale Galleria yesterday for allegedly perving on a group of teen girls -- while allegedly wearin... More >>

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  Minnesota Artist Bill Mack Has Original Hollywood Sign, Plans to Take the 'H' on Tour

  published Aug 15, 2012

  Thank god for nostalgic Hollywood fanboys in the Upper Midwest! As the Associated Press revealed last Wednesday, if it weren't for Minnesota artist and memorabilia hoarder Bill Mack, the original "Hol... More >>

• L.A. City Hall Opens New Lactation Room Under Obamacare Mandate

  published Aug 14, 2012

  Breastfeeding: So hot right now! While supermoms like TIME covergirl and L.A. resident Jamie Lynne Grumet are fighting the good fight to breastfeed their toddlers in public (through radical nurse-ins... More >>

• Miramonte Elementary Teachers Return for Strange First Day Back at School

  published Aug 14, 2012

  How many elementary schoolers can say that four TV news vans and 16 psychiatric social workers showed up to their campus on the first day of the schoolr Welcome to the strange life of a Miramonte Ele... More >>

• Pool Service Truck Crashes in Encino, Unleashes Toxic Chlorine Gas Onto Ventura Boulevard

  published Aug 14, 2012

  This out-of-control heat wave, combined with our usual traffic mayhem, has made it hard out there for a pool guy on the streets of L.A.: Brian Humphrey of the L.A. City Fire Department says that over... More >>

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  Brian Mulligan, Deutsche Bank's Hollywood Exec, Says LAPD Beat Him Senseless

  published Aug 14, 2012

  Deutsche Bank's head of media and entertainment investing here in Los Angeles doesn't have too much in common with the 99 percent. But his recent allegations against the LAPD make him out to be an ave... More >>

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  University of California Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Affirmative Action

  published Aug 14, 2012

  Just call us the Bleeding Heart State: Yesterday, leading up to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in Texas that will determine once and for all the constitutionality of considering race in university adm... More >>

• Rebecca Weiss, Marina Del Rey Businesswoman, Disappears While Freediving at Luxury Resort

  published Aug 13, 2012

  Rebecca Weiss, a 50-year-old businesswoman from Marina Del Rey, left to go freediving in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday morning, says her husband Alan -- and never came home. According to reports, t... More >>

• Wal-Mart Continues L.A. County Expansion With 'Neighborhood Markets' in Bell Gardens, Downey

  published Aug 13, 2012

  One labor organization's doomsday scenario for a Wal-Mart invasion of L.A. County is starting to look less and less outlandish. Late last week, Wal-Mart officials announced plans for two new "neighbo... More >>

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  Los Angeles Took Home 4 Times More Olympic Medals Than Any Other U.S. City

  published Aug 13, 2012

  Enough with the America pride. After the closing ceremony for the London Olympics last night, in which the winning U.S. flag was carried by USC shooting victim and Olympic medalist Bryshon Nellum, we'... More >>

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  VIDEO: Obama Calls Mars Rover Team at JPL, Talks Martians and Mohawk Guy

  published Aug 13, 2012

  As is tradition after big American achievements or tragedies (such as, earlier this month, Michael Phelps' 19th Olympic medal and the Sikh community's tragic loss), President Obama reached out to NASA... More >>

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  Ryan Lochte Is Moving to Los Angeles

  published Aug 10, 2012

  America's douche capital is about to get a whole lot douchier: Olympic swimmer and gold-medal douche Ryan Lochte went on the Today Show this morning to tell Matt Lauer, "I definitely want to move to ... More >>

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  L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca Writes Angry Letter to NorCal Assemblyman Who Authored Pro-Immigrant TRUST Act

  published Aug 09, 2012

  As L.A. City Hall and the LAPD lean further and further left on immigration policy -- following in the footsteps of the DREAMy, Latino-friendly state Legislature -- the L.A. County Sheriff has yanked ... More >>

• Metro Bus Crash on Venice Boulevard Reportedly Sends a Dozen to Hospital

  published Aug 08, 2012

  A Metro bus was involved in a dramatic three-vehicle crash near downtown Culver City around 5:45 p.m., according to the L.A. City Fire Department. "Holy shit!" Tweeted L.A. resident Victor Flores. "J... More >>

• Dan Richards Loses War to 'Enviro-Terrorists': Mountain Lion Killer No Longer President of Fish and Game

  published Aug 08, 2012

  Dan Richards, former president of the California Fish and Game Commission ("former" as per a commission vote this afternoon), killed and ate a mountain lion in Idaho last winter. "I'm glad it's legal... More >>

• Monster Pothole in 405 Construction Zone Flattens Hella Tires, Backs Up Traffic for Miles

  published Aug 08, 2012

  Let's hope incoming NASA space shuttle Endeavour doesn't hit one of these babies on its road trip across Los Angeles. Last night around 8 p.m., just as rush hour was about to die down, the pothole to... More >>

• Man One, Graffiti Artist Honored by L.A. City Hall, Sees His Downtown Mural Buffed by City

  published Aug 08, 2012

  Man One and Vyal -- two of L.A.'s most respected graffiti artists -- got a slap in the face yesterday in exchange for beautifying a tagged-up brick wall downtown. Last week, with the permission of Su... More >>

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  Space Shuttle Endeavour's Route Through L.A: LAX to Manchester to Crenshaw to the Science Center (Where It Belongs)

  published Aug 08, 2012

  The nation's most glamorous space shuttle is coming home! California Science Center President Jeffrey Rudolph just announced that the Endeavour, a gorgeous Palmdale native with a 78-foot wingspan, wil... More >>

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  Gawker Goes to L.A: West Coast Expansion Includes New Editor in Silver Lake, Possible Porn Column

  published Aug 08, 2012

  To us rednecks over here in Angel town, Gawker has always been the pinnacle of New Yorkiness. It started in 2003 as an uber-meta NYC media spy, but even as it has expanded to national/international co... More >>