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In the end it all came down to 17 minutes.
Forget about the gunshot residue, the mystery Luger shell and
calling-card records. After three months of testimony and...
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It began with a fanfare that fast became a public-relations nightmare; it has been stalled for nearly a year awaiting impact reports. And just when it seemed poised to go...
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Photos by Ted SoquiBob Hertzberg told us he ran for mayor to break up the school district, and the other candidates scoffed. “Schools!” they whispered to each other ...
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Openly gay state Assemblyman Mark Leno believes this week’s court ruling on same-sex marriage finally puts equal rights for gays and lesbians within reach — though the gre...
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Marry me a little Love me just enough Cry but not too often Play but not too rough Keep a tender distance So we’ll both be free That’s the way it ought to be I’m ready...
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San Francisco Superior Court is known for being liberal. It was the first to prohibit judges from associating with the Boy Scouts of America, which characterized gays as...
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Los Angeles’ well-documented failure to make elections accessible for immigrant voters prompted a visit from the U.S. Department of Justice to monitor last Tuesday’s ci...
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An Aqua Line to the Sea
Christine Pelisek’s article about extending the Wilshire subway beyond the Wiltern
[“Red Line to Somewhere”]
reminded me of 20-p...
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Photos by Virigina Lee HunterIt’s been raining for three days in Indio, a hard spring rain that’s turned the beige concrete houses on one side of Arabia Street the color of...
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Kelly Bullwinkle always wanted to see the play Bang, Bang, You’re
Dead — William Mastrosimone’s examination of school violence — performed
at her high school...
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Mr. Miguel Contreras Executive Secretary-Treasurer The Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Dear Miguel (or, in the parlance of labor salutations, Dear Sir and...
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Arnold's GaydarArnold Schwarzenegger is no leader on gay rights in California. But he’s vowed no...
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In Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks theorized in between scenes of slapstick that, as in the 1931 original, Dr. Frankenstein could never have indulged his insane belief in his...
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Among the globalized falling dominoes of the last decades of the 20th century, Italy has suffered more than its share of turbulence, from the student-worker protests of the...
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Genocide can occur anywhere. It is not an African phenomenon. We must have global vigilance. And never again must we be shy in the face of the evidence. —Bill Clinton,...
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1987: “Heart of a Lion” appears on an album by a respected but little-known rock band from Los Angeles, Racer X. The song, written by Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton and K....
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Photo by Ross HalfinLast week we herded some old Judas Priest
fans together who were stoked to hear that Rob Halford, metal’s original screamer,
had rejoined his mate...
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Photos by Eric Fermin PerezSet eyes on Imaad Wasif and you’ll think, “This
is the skinniest guy I’ve seen in my whole entire life. I bet he could be a practicing
guru...
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KEY: (from top) Hollywood bikers Stryder Bartow and Jerzey Bamberger; at the Maroon 5/Phantom...
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KCRW’S A SOUNDS ECLECTIC EVENING
Universal Amphitheater, March 12 Despite a lineup of “eclectic” artists such as Paul Buchanan and Coldplay (in their first stateside ...
