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

• Buckley School, Sherman Oaks Campus for Super Rich Kids, Granted $40M Charity Loan by L.A. City Hall

  published Jun 29, 2012

  Updated at the bottom: The City Council granted a similar loan to Loyola High -- the private school where the mayor sent his own kids -- in 2005. Originally posted at 7 a.m. Of all disintegrating LA... More >>

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  'Big Lebowski 2' Not Actually Happening; CBS Just Got Punked

  published Jun 28, 2012

  Haven't we all learned, after Manny Pacquiao was falsely quoted last month as saying all gays should be "put to death," that the Examiner is not a source to be aggregatedr CBS2 didn't get the memo. "... More >>

• Occupy L.A. Is Mad About Supreme Court's Obamacare Ruling

  published Jun 28, 2012

  Who knewr Occupy Wall Street (and its Los Angeles faction) hates Obamacare. That's because, though your run-of-the-mill Westside liberal is likely to applaud the "health care for all!" initiative, th... More >>

• Meet L.A. County's Classy New Condom

  published Jun 28, 2012

  A panel of judges including Perez Hilton has picked a winner in the official Los Angeles County Department of Public Health condom design contest (which, uh, happened): The stark and simple design fe... More >>

• Why Did California Lawmakers Kill Miramonte-Inspired Bill to Help Fire Pervy Teachersr

  published Jun 28, 2012

  Senator Alex Padilla (D-Paicoma) is fuming this morning over yesterday's decision by the Assembly Education Committee to throw out SB 1530 -- that famous Miramonte-inspired bill that would have made i... More >>

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  MOCA Fires Paul Schimmel, Chief Curator: Is This Part of Eli Broad's Downtown Takeoverr

  published Jun 28, 2012

  Update: MOCA has completed its transformation to trendster heaven by contracting the studio of L.A. street-art celeb Shepard Fairey to do all major design work. Details below. Local arts blogger Mat ... More >>

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  Roger Slifer, DC Comics Legend and Transformers Producer, Gravely Injured in Santa Monica Hit-and-Run

  published Jun 26, 2012

  Another tragic hit-and-run in Santa Monica last weekend has left comic-book great Roger Slifer, 57, in critical condition. The legend behind DC Comics superhero Lobo and the beloved old TV show Trans... More >>

• LAPD Union Lashes Out at Student Journalist for Criticizing USC Murder Investigation

  published Jun 26, 2012

  In a rare move of aggression toward the media, the union representing L.A. police officers is confronting USC online newspaper Neon Tommy today for a weekend scoop it ran about the LAPD's recent doubl... More >>

• Pro-Chinatown Walmart Rally Will Include 'Traditional Lion Dance to Ward off Bad Luck'

  published Jun 26, 2012

  Four days before "the largest anti-Walmart demonstration in history" at the chain's Chinatown construction site (union leaders say they expect a turnout of 10,000), Wal-Mart is holding something of a ... More >>

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  Chyna, on Desperate Search for Stolen Poodle, Tweets Wrong Number for Culprit

  published Jun 26, 2012

  Former WWF hottie and current Westside resident Chyna is in a state of anguish. She's been Tweeting furiously to 25,000-plus followers about her stolen puppy Hachie, who she says was lifted by a certa... More >>

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  Bath Salts in SoCalr Five Recent Freak-Outs That Signal a Zombie Apocalypse

  published Jun 26, 2012

  Cops can never say for sure whether their suspect has been taking bath salts. Like "spice" (imitation marijuana), the synthetic drug is so popular because it can't be detected in urine tests. But unl... More >>

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  Terrifying New Map Shows Walmart's Anticipated Growth in L.A. County

  published Jun 25, 2012

  Updated at the bottom: Wal-Mart calls this "study" nothing more than a "recycled 2011 press release from New York." More at the bottom. Every time plans for a new L.A.-area Walmart leak to the public... More >>

• Redondo Beach May Ban Smoking on Pier: So Where Can You Still Smoke Along the L.A. County Coastr

  published Jun 25, 2012

  Little by little, various government entities within L.A. County are forcing cigarette smokers off public property and quarantining them into their own nasty tobacco dens. The Department of Beaches a... More >>

• L.A. Weekly Wins Big With 6 SoCal Journalism Awards, 3 AltWeeklies Awards

  published Jun 25, 2012

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• Emmanuel De La Rosa, Shop Teacher at A.B. Miller High, 'Directed' Student Sex Hazing, Say Fontana Police

  published Jun 25, 2012

  "Emmanuel De La Rosa doesn't teach a typical high school shop class," wrote online USC newspaper Neon Tommy in December 2011. Giving sick new connotations to that lede, Fontana police arrested 27-yea... More >>

• Skid Row Homeless Say LAPD Is Trying to Bully Them off Their Freshly Cleaned Turf

  published Jun 22, 2012

  On the fourth day of "Operation Healthy Streets" -- the city's attempt to power-wash Skid Row of its feces, syringes and lord-knows-what-else -- the regulars near 4th and Towne got into a tense stando... More >>

• Altadena 'Walmart Neighborhood Market' Is Latest in Chain's SoCal Invasion

  published Jun 22, 2012

  Rumors were flying, but as of this morning, Wal-Mart affirms to Altadena Patch: the company will be moving into an empty building at Lincoln and Figueroa. Construction will begin immediately, and "Wal... More >>

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  Cudahy Mayor David Silva Among Three City Officials Who Took Bribe From Marijuana Dispensary, Says U.S. Attorney

  published Jun 22, 2012

  Updated at the bottom with the juicy, 143-page criminal complaint against three allegedly "freewheeling" city scumbags. Government corruption in the small southeast city of Bell made national headlin... More >>

• Don't Drink and Boat This Weekend: L.A. Sheriff to Set Up BUI Checkpoints in the Marina

  published Jun 22, 2012

  It's hard to imagine boating without drinking/partying. (Captain Morgan! Video honeys! A whole ocean for a barf bowl!) But if you're the one behind the steering wheel, the L.A. Sheriff's Department is... More >>

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  Palmdale Thief Bashes Walmart Greeter Over Head With Liquor Bottle When Asked for Receipt

  published Jun 22, 2012

  The Walmart in Palmdale has become a total magnet for oddball thieves with WTF strategies. First there was the guy, in January, who dressed top-to-bottom in the Walmart employee uniform, sauntered in... More >>

• Vardan Aslanyan, DUI Suspect Who Blamed CHP Chase on God, Now Blames Own 'Swag'

  published Jun 21, 2012

  The stench of bath salts coming from Hollywood is getting a little too strong to ignore. Not saying we know for sure what 29-year-old Vardan Aslanyan was on when he led CHP officers on an hour-long, ... More >>

• Dana Corleto, 'Pregnant' Pacoima Teen, Killed in Crash; Boyfriend Arrested for Vehicular Manslaughter

  published Jun 21, 2012

  A Pacoima teenager who friends say was pregnant died yesterday morning when her boyfriend veered into oncoming traffic. Dana Corleto, 19, was riding in the passenger's seat of a silver VW Passat when... More >>

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  Study: 'Extreme Hot Days' in L.A. County to More Than Triple by Mid-Century

  published Jun 21, 2012

  Though it may not look like it today (some serious June gloom going on out there), the Los Angeles area is slowly heating up -- and there's nothing we can do to stop it. This, according to a complex ... More >>

• Marijuana Dispensary Ban: L.A. City Council Will Probably Postpone Tomorrow's Vote

  published Jun 21, 2012

  [Update, 2:30 p.m.: Christopher Koontz, planning deputy for Councilman Paul Koretz -- who has proposed a softer ban to rival the strict one -- says he "got an email from some of the anti-ban people" s... More >>

• Kardashians 'Terrorized, Tasered' Me at Disney World, Claims Serial Litigant; Judge Issues Best Order Ever

  published Jun 21, 2012

  Gino Romano, a New York resident who is apparently obsessed with the Kardashians (like in a not-normal way, like a beyond reading-tabloid-dirt-when-you're-supposed-to-be-working way) filed yet another... More >>