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  West Follywood - How a progressive town founded on renters' rights and diversity ended up gridlocked, angry and elitist

  By late March 2007, West Hollywood City Councilman John Heilman had come a very long way -- some say not for the better. Once a 20-something rabble-rouser, elected in 1984 on a grassroots, renters'-rights slate, Heilman, with dyed-blond hair and a r...

  by Patrick Range McDonald on April 1, 2010

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  The Man Who Wants Another "Life" - Or at least a "Clue"

  Like most everybody hawking a board game these days, James Taylor is having a tough time getting a publisher interested. We found the 25-year-old killing time recently between classes at the USC games laboratory in the Robert Zemeckis Center for Dig...

  by Gendy Alimurung on April 1, 2010

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  City Hall's Gift to Goldman Sachs - A vast upsizing of the Playa Vista minicity means $146 million for Wall Street partners

  In 2009, Goldman Sachs had a very good year. The bank, bailed out to the tune of $10 billion in 2008 by American taxpayers, reaped a record $13.4 billion profit. While many Los Angelenos lost their houses, the bank's chairman, Lloyd C. Blankfein, to...

  by Tibby Rothman on April 1, 2010

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  Can Placido Pull It Off? - With a secretive Domingo convalescing, L.A. Opera faces a high-stakes Ring Festival

  The details that famously laconic publicist Nancy Seltzer released regarding her superstar client were spare, confident and calculated to strongly suggest a robust future. "It's like trying to get something out of the Church of England," longtime...

  by Joseph Mailander on April 1, 2010

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  Kitten Walk

  The models in avant-garde designer Jared Gold's recent fashion show have the attention span of 3-year-olds. Because they are, in fact, 3 years old. And 5 and 6 and 7. You might think fashion shows for little girls are a poor substitute for grown-up ...

  by Gendy Alimurung on April 1, 2010

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  Why Our Theater Coverage Matters

  Last week's cover story by Weekly theater critic Steven Leigh Morris ("Why Theater Matters," March 25), written to coincide with the 31st annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards (see feature), took a hard look at the virtues and vices of our local theater ...

  by L.A. Weekly readers on April 1, 2010

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  Suspect Was Arrested For Burglarizing Councilman's Home

  The suspect was identified as 42-year-old Lawrence Lydell Payton. He was arrested about 4 p.m. Oct. 28 after officers pushed open the front door. Villanueva said the door might have been locked or even purposefully blocked by a piece of furniture. Pa...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 6:38 pm

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  Release Of Thousands Of California Prisoners Set For This Month

  "The county of Los Angeles will be dramatically impacted, with over 5,000 felons to be released to our city," said Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) President Paul M. Weber. "What concerns law enforcement is that unlike the current program...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 6:26 pm

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  Conan Fans Plan Rally, Might Be Too Late

  Fans of late-night TV host Conan O'Brien announced an "I'm with Coco"-themed rally outside the taping of his show Monday in Universal City. The rally, however, might be too late, as The Wrap is reporting that NBC and O'Brien have come to a $30-millio...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 5:22 pm

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  Conan Getting $30 Million To Walk Away, According To Report

  Waxman states that NBC executives, including CEO Jeff Zucker, held an all-night negotiating session Thursday to help come to the deal. O'Brien had rejected the network's move to push his show to 12:05 a.m. to make way for a return to late-night's 11:...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 5:07 pm

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  L.A. County Search And Rescue Team Locates Six In Haitian Rubble

  L.A. search and rescue crews in Haiti. (CORRECTED to reflect that three have been rescued, not six). A Los Angeles County urban search and rescue task force deployed to Haiti Thursday has already helped to locate six people and rescued three of th...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 4:38 pm

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  Dennis Hopper Files For Divorce, Has Been Seen Alive

  Actor Dennis Hopper filed for divorce from his wife Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. He cited irreconcilable differences for the split from his wife of 14 years, Victoria Hopper. In a bizarre and arguably sensationalist twist, the Huffington...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 4:11 pm

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  D.A. Wants Polanski In L.A., Opposes Request For Remote Sentencing

  He is being held under house arrest at his Swiss chalet while the D.A. pursues extradition. The director has been overseas since 1978, when he fled to France after a judge suggested he might have to serve more than the 42 days he had spent under psyc...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 3:44 pm

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  Today In WTF: Councilman Says Squatter Forced Him From Home, District

  Facing a District Attorney's office inquiry over a claim that he has not been living in his own district, Councilman Richard Alarcon came clean today with an admission that he hasn't been living at his registered residence since late October, but the...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 2:50 pm

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  Lack Of Arrest In Alleged Hit-And-Run Questioned

  CityWatch LA reports that the victim, Ed Magos, was injured but that the driver allegedly got out of the vehicle, looked at him, walked back to the SUV, and drove off. She soon reported the collision at the Rampart Division, and the woman was not arr...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 12:20 pm

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  Villaraigosa Gets Down To Business ... Show Business

  No, the mayor will be a about a block away at Andrita Studios in Glassell Park ... acting. In a soap opera. That's right folks, as the city's red ink approaches $400 million, layoffs are appearing on the horizon, L.A.'s roads are called the worst in ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 11:37 am

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  Lupe Fernandez, L.A. Homicide No. 12: Woman Killed By Boyfriend at Arleta Tattoo Parlor

  A man was arrested January 14 for the shooting death of his girlfriend at a tattoo parlor located in the 8900 block of Woodman Avenue in Arleta. View Larger Map According to police, Louie Mendoza, 33, shot his 29-year-old girlfriend Lupe Fernande...

  @ The Informer by Christine Pelisek on January 15, 2010 @ 8:18 am

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  Prop. 8 Trial: Gay Dollars Lost and Lawyers Play the 'Child Card'

  The gay dollar was brought up at the Proposition 8 federal trial in San Francisco yesterday, and how California's same-sex marriage ban hurts the bottom line of business and government. Patrick Range McDonald Pro-gay marriage marchers in...

  @ The Informer by Patrick Range McDonald on January 15, 2010 @ 8:00 am

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  Are Gang Members In L.A. Getting Too Old To Bang?

  Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was asked if one of the reasons gang crime was low in the city because gang members are getting too old to get down. He didn't think so, telling a town-hall gathering of listeners of KPCC (89.3 FM) that "gang mem...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 7:07 am

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  L.A. Location Shoots At Low Point In 2009

  The dire report from FilmLA was touted as fodder for efforts within City Hall to establish a film commission that would lobby Hollywood and possibly provide tax breaks and incentives for productions that stay at home. City Councilman Richard Alarcon ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on January 15, 2010 @ 6:00 am