Bernard Parks

Bernard Parks Responds to Our Coliseum Story -- Plus, Los Lobos

Koreatown to File Redistricting Lawsuit Against L.A. City Council; 2 Pro-Bono Firms on Board

They threatened, and they meant it: Koreatown is taking the L.A. City Council to court over the gerrymandered land grab that was redistricting 2011-12. City Hall politicians get loads of legal threats thrown their way, on the daily. But Koreatown activists' growing rage was given a lot more weight ... More >>

Rave Culture Implicated, Wrongly, in Case Against L.A. Coliseum Promoters

In its prosecution of two electronic dance music promoters and four others for alleged corruption at the L.A. Coliseum, the office of Republican District Attorney Steve Cooley also nearly indicted rave culture itself. Cooley, also known for his stance against medical marijuana dispensaries, almost ... More >>

L.A. Redistricting: Herb Wesson's District 10 Looks Like a Fat Turkey

Simone Wilson​This is the fifth chapter in a (badly Photoshopped) series on the L.A. Redistricting Commission's gerrymandered new voting districts. Previously: "Eric Garcetti's District 13 Looks Like an Evil Squirrel" "Bernard Parks' District 8 Looks Like a U.S. Army Tank" "Tom LaBonge's Distr ... More >>

Koreatown Roars Against Gerrymander

Sleeping tiger says no more splitting

L.A. City Redistricting Land Grab: Appointed Commissioners Try to Gerrymander Westside, Downtown

Updated at the bottom with a map of the land grab. This just got ugly. Every 10 years, Los Angeles is required to readjust its 15 City Council districts to accomodate for population shifts. But as with most decisions made at City Hall, the 2012 redistricting effort has turned from what should be a ... More >>

Rick Caruso Slams Antonio Villaraigosa, Austin Beutner, Bernard Parks And Your Mom In Mayoral Pre-Campaign Speech

​Rick Caruso, billionaire mall tycoon, strode to the lectern at Town Hall Los Angeles this afternoon and gave a blistering assessment of the state of Los Angeles.The schools are terrible -- "an educational gulag." The airport could be in a "Third World country." City Hall is a "roadblock that's ke ... More >>

March 8 L.A. Ballot Measures

New city taxes and modest reform of pensions and campaign finance

Forescee Hogan-Rowles, Bernard Parks' Challenger, Struggled To Reckon With Non-Profit's Financial Woes

Forescee Hogan-Rowles​One of Councilman Bernard Parks' strongest arguments against his challenger in next Tuesday's election is that she does not have his experience of balancing a $4-billion budget during a recession. That is true. But as the CEO of Community Financial Resource Center, Forescee ... More >>

Larry King Fever: L.A. City Council Observes First Annual 'Larry King Day' Tomorrow, Declares Him 'King For A Day'

CNN87 years old and finally signing off​Tonight is the last episode of "Larry King Live" on CNN, which comes as a welcome distraction for the DWP-divided L.A. City Council this casual Friday. (Don't worry, reruns of "Larry King [Not] Live" will probably haunt you the rest of your life, like M ... More >>

LAPD Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon Just Says No To Raves, Ecstasy

Timothy NorrisRavers.​Raves, those late-night parties fueled by ecstasy and electronic dance music, have found some unlikely allies in L.A., including L.A. city Councilman Bernard Parks and city Recreation & Parks board president Barry Sanders. Talk about your recreation. Last summer's Electr ... More >>

L.A. Has a Jammed 2011 Ballot

Residents will be asked to rein in DWP, save libraries from Villaraigosa's pen

L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco

How rail service to the Westside jumped the track

Rushed and Confused L.A. City Council

Library, weed, DWP measures aimed for ballot all get short shrift

SoCal Public Commission Made A Sneaky Move In Approving Raves At L.A. Coliseum, Sports Arena

Coliseum CommissionRavers filled up the Coliseim for Electric Daisy Carnival.​So the public body known as the Coliseum Commission made a move this week that surprised a lot of people: It gave the green light to raves at taxpayer-run venues including the Los Angeles Coliseum and the Sports Aren ... More >>

Long Knives Slice Up Bratton

As it overspends by $1 million daily, the City Council goes after the departing chief

Iraq Features Stir Support

What's My (MTA) Line? A Tale of Two Names

L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina's proposal to christen the stretch of the Gold Line that cuts through the mostly Latino Eastside  "Linea de Oro" met with the reality of all cultural politics in this city and emerged with a cumbersome, but bilingual moniker. The Metropolitan Transportation ... More >>

Bernie Parks Wants New LAPD HQ to Keep 'Parker' Brand

What's in a name? Today's L.A. Times carries an item about L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks' nostalgic quest to have the new, schmantzy LAPD HQ named Parker Center. You know - as in "Parker Center" that has been the name of the current police headquarters since 1966. Which is named for the same cr ... More >>

Serial Killer "Grim Sleeper" Evades the Net

DNA test a disappointment

Grim Sleeper Returns: He's Murdering Angelenos, as Cops Hunt his DNA

The most elusive serial killer west of the Mississippi took a 13-year break. Now he's back

Gravy Train

A line forms as City Council confronts the $2.7 million dog-food debacle

The Anger Commission

Mayor sends a message by sticking around to hear heated criticism about LAPD

DWP’s Salary Shock

Sweet contract proposal once again raises questions about who’s running L.A.’s public utility

Gun Shy

The latest police shooting of a young black male is heard, but not felt, around the city and in the mayor’s race

Hahn Solo

Hahn Solo

Jimmy doesn’t like to be called dull. In fact, he defends his style with, uh, passion

Letters

Changing Cops

Chief Bratton may finally be bringing reform to the LAPD

A Man of Contradictions

This Rocky Can Handle a Punch

Neat and Messy

Two guys who will police the police

Bring on the Dirty Cops

Chief Bratton wants a department-wide investigation to expose once and for all Rampart-style sins

View From Parker Center

A one-on-one with Police Chief Bill Bratton

Lobbying for El Jefe

Latino officers want a Latino chief

An Appealing Shade of Green

Denise Munro Robb for City Council

To Protect and Serve

Hahn spent his career making the city safe for cops

Role Call

Dick Riordan faintly feigns toughness

Fame, etc.

Holiday showtime hits City Hall

LAPD Secrets

Judge refused to keep you from reading this convention plan

Trouble With the Truth

Rampart whistle blower flunked five lie-detector tests

No Respect

Police Commission falters on Rampart

Naming Names

Defense attorneys want details on all the possibly flawed cases involving LAPD officers at the Rampart Station

The Rampart Street Gang

Where’s the chief? Where’s the mayor?

Cops Foiled by Computer Mandate

Key Christopher Commission reform left to languish

The Martinet Mandate

Chief Parks tosses his weight around

All Juiced Up and No Place To Go

The electric car underwhelms California

To Expel an Inspector

How the LAPD cleansed itself

Next Up for Mader

What the banished I.G. could do for the beleaguered D.A.

Cops battle LAPD Internet posting