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L.A. Film Festival 2013: Documentaries About the City, From Rappers to the LACMA Rock

L.A. County Hospital, casting directors and Richard Nixon also feature in a fest brimming with nonfiction SoCal films

Villaraigosa's DNC God Flap Subject of Campaign Ad by Allen West

The flap over L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's disputed approval of including references to God and Jerusalem in the Democratic party platform is proving to be ample ammunition for the enemy. As chair of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week the mayor made three calls for an a ... More >>

Villaraigosa Changes Democratic Platform to Include God, Jerusalem

When L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted chair duties at the Democratic National Convention, he probably didn't realize it would turn into an actual hot seat. A few gavels here, a nice speech there and -- boom -- you have a new job in the Obama White House. Not so fast:

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Puts Another Leg Into National Politics

By Andra Lim Antonio Villaraigosa continues to get cozy with the Obama Administration. Tomorrow, Villaraigosa and White House big shots -- including U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar -- will meet in Los Angeles with hundreds of local leaders to talk about issues significant to the Hisp ... More >>

Michael Trujillo's "bullet in forehead" email: Squirm-inducing antics by Jose Huizar aide take Los Angeles politics to new low

Michael Trujillo, right, at 2008 DNC, before his foot got wedged in his mouth.​Michael Trujillo's creepy, self-obsessed email to 28 insiders in the Jose Huizar campaign, in which he strutted and proclaimed like Captain Queeg: "We are about to put a political bullet in between Rudy Martinez's f ... More >>

Raves: How Do You Get L.A. Politicians to Get Behind Parties and Ecstasy? Here's How ...

Caesar Sebastian / InsomniacRavers at 'EDC.'​It was a day of magical thinking Wednesday at the L.A. Coliseum, where officials essentially said yes to another edition of a two-day rave that saw 60 mostly drug-related arrests, more than 200 medical emergencies and the ecstasy-related death of a ... More >>

L.A. Billionaire Haim Saban Warned Magazine Over Juicy Profile

Haim Saban.​Despite reported warnings from the mogul's lawyers, a profile of Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban in the New Yorker magazine doesn't seem to pull any punches, including its description of how the businessman had his friend, President Bill Clinton, make a call to clear the way for ... More >>

Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

Wiser, more diffuse, battle-savvy gay-rights groups craft a 2010 ballot measure for California

John Edwards' Rural Advocate Mudcat Saunders Pipes in From the Sidelines

The pugilist at rest

Stage Raw: Last Call for "Wicked"

Queer Town: Obama's Gay Moment

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama undoubtedly thrilled, and probably somewhat shocked, gays and lesbians last night when he spoke this line during his nomination speech in Denver: “I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian br ... More >>

Two Paths Diverge on the Campaign Trail

Will Dems move toward darkness or light?

Democrats for Rent

The NAACP’s Alice Huffman leases out the legacy of Rosa Parks

Blogotics As Usual

Wannabe presidents flood cyber convention

The Smart Guy

Cox in charge of Wall Street? Dumb.

Goldberg Flies Air America

Music-biz biggie pilots a new radio hit

The Lid Comes Off

Secret memo to Mayor Hahn lays blame for DWP’s woes on union control

The Incidental Candidate

Kerrying doubts into the voting booth

The Ground War

Hanging with the Florida troops out to win — and keep — a Kerry victory

Reading Voters

Tagging along on Operation Ohio in pursuit of the college vote

Letters

The Resurrection

John Kerry comes to life on Iraq

Double Double

Clinton and Kerry in intensive care

Bringin' Da Funk

Dems call on blacks to carry that weight

A Consensus Convention

But if they’re not arguing with each other, are they still really Democrats?

A Prayer for Rev. Al

Let him buy his soul back from the Republicans

George and the Guard

The real question is how did the young man with marginal test scores get the plum wartime assignment

The Learning Curve

Deputies and their out-of-court settlements

Who’s the Real Peace Candidate?

With Kucinich in, the anti-war vote is up for grabs

How the Democrats Blew It

The blame starts with Daschle and Gephardt

Why Not to Write About a Supreme Master of the Universe

A day with the disciples of Ching Hai

Deeper Rivers

A Kucinich candidacy would tread where others can’t reach

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

Herr Reich

Should Otto make us laugh or cry?

President Jackass

Stupid George loses more votes

More Bad Ballots

New Jacksonville suit could block Bush win

The Great Divide

Why Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Alexander Cockburn, Katha Pollitt and others are voting for Ralph Nader . . .And why Todd Gitlin, Ishmael Reed, Arlie Hochschild, Robert Scheer and others are not

Coming Alive

The City Council figures out its new role

Anti-Venom

Shoot the Messenger

ACLU lawsuit says LAPD targeted reporters

Terms of Resistance

Training at the Ruckus Society’s Democracy Action Camp

Bad Call

Mayor Dick makes spirited call to ol’ Hal

The Short Season of Howard Miller

School district’s No. 2 departs as suddenly as he arrived

Top of the Class

The inside story of how Roy Romer got the job

No Vacancy

The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

Remaking Public Radio

KPCC has stopped the music for all-news

Midnight in the Garden of Vincent Van Gogh

Battling for the Big Ones

Reformers get mixed results in targeting major projects

Still King of the Slates

Willard Murray tastes life after term limits