Fabian Nunez

Helping the Rich

Fabian Nunez Riles Crime Victims

Bill inspired by Luis Santos' murder targets political favors for criminals like Esteban Nunez

Ticketgate: Fabian Nuñez, Schwarzenegger BFF, Pays It Forward, Helps L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa With His Ethics Fines

Nuñez, far left, and Villaraigosa: Fast friends​So L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa went to a few gratis NBA games and awards shows, courtesy of some bedfellow developers -- stinky and elitist, but we've seen worse. The aftermath of Ticketgate, however, has far out-stunk the crime itself. Vil ... More >>

Esteban Nunez's Manslaughter Sentence Reduction by Schwarzenegger Challenged in SoCal Court

Arnold.​He called Democrats girly men and took money from corporate interests while decrying good-ole-boy ways of Sacramento. But perhaps nothing Arnold Schwarzenegger did while governor was more arrogant that slicing 9 years off of the 16-year manslaughter sentence of 22-year-old Esteban Nune ... More >>

Schwarzenegger Sends Apology Letter To SDSU Stabbing Victim's Father For Esteban Nunez Sentence Commute; Father Will Sue

22-Year-Old Luis Santos was stabbed to death by Esteban Nuñéz in Fall 2008​Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went out with a bang last week, turning what might have been his last lazy Sunday in office into a flex of very un-girly political muscle -- heard 'round California and the nation ... More >>

Son of Former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez Sentenced to 16 years in Prison [Update]

​Esteban Nunez, the son of former California Assembly speaker Fabian Nunez, and his Sacramento buddy Ryan Jett were sentenced today to 16 years in prison in the fatal stabbing death of San Diego college student in the fall of 2008. Last month, Nunez, 21, and his friend 24-year-old Jett pleade ... More >>

The Chosen One

How the labor-Latino political machine decides who serves in Sacramento

Son Of Fabian Nunez, Esteban, Makes Plea Deal In Murder Case

Esteban Nunez.​By Christine Pelisek, reporting from San Diego Esteban Nunez, the 20-year-old son of former state Assembly Speaker and Los Angeles political powerhouse Fabian Nunez, took a plea deal on Wednesday in the case of a stabbing death at San Diego State University in the fall of 2008. ... More >>

Nunez murder trial shocker: Esteban Nunez and Ryan Jett jailed immediately as mother cries out

By Christine Pelisek reporting from San DiegoThe mother of Esteban Nunez, Maria Robles, burst into tears in a San Diego courtroom this afternoon, and family members seemed equally shocked, when Judge Robert O'Neill ordered the son of California Assembly Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nunez to be taken to j ... More >>

J'Accuse: the Trial for Luis Santos' Murder

Bad suburban boys break ranks, and Esteban Nunez and pal Ryan Jett are fingered

Esteban Nunez murder trial lyrics: "Gangsta rap made us do it"

By Christine PelisekAt a key hearing today in San Diego, defense attorneys for the "bad suburban boys" accused of plunging a knife into the heart of an unarmed, college kid, Luis Santos, during a drunken brawl, sought to paint a picture of Santos and his buddies as the aggressors. latinopoliticsb ... More >>

Nunez Cleared in Ethics Probe, but Are Spending Laws Too Lenient?

Assemblyman-turned-public affairs consultant Fabian Nunez​Former State Assemblyman Fabian Nunez was cleared of wrongdoing in an ethics investigation that had already damaged the reputation of the Democrat, who is now a prominent public affairs consultant. Apparently spending $155,000 in campaign f ... More >>

Esteban Nunez Case: Bad Little Suburban Boys

The son of Fabian Nunez, and his friends, face the music in Lu Santos’ killing

ABC's 'Nightline' Runs with L.A. Weekly Story, Goes Soft

Last Friday night, ABC's Nightline ran a six-minute segment on the end of public access television in California. Although the news show never mentioned our paper, the segment was based on an  L.A. Weekly cover story, "Shutting Up the Little Guy,"  in which we took no prisoners in pointing ... More >>

ABC's 'Nightline' Picks Up L.A. Weekly Story

If you tune into ABC's Nightline at 11:35 p.m. tonight, and you've been reading L.A. Weekly lately, you'll notice a story that may seem familiar. It's all about how former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a foot-dragging City Council essentially killed pub ... More >>

DOES ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S SON HAVE GANG TIES?

Esteban Nunez, the son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez who was arrested in the stabbing death of a 22-year-old college student, may have possible gang ties, according to search warrants released Wednesday. Nunez,19, and three of his friends -- all of whom live in the Sacramento ar ... More >>

What Happened at the Botanica

The death of a labor leader and its reverberations

You've Got Hate Mail!

One of the unexpected reminders provided by yesterday's arrest of Fabian Nunez's son, Esteban, in connection with the stabbing death of a San Diego college student, is just how unhinged a certain segment of white people become any time a nonwhite appears in the news. Especially if that person is acc ... More >>

The Election That Wasn't

With Tuesday's expected turnout at historic lows, electors are being treated like superdelegates, and missing out on the juicy infighting.

Fabian Nunez a Victim of Racism

Describing himself as a guy who was "you could say, like a head of state," departing California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez gave a bizarre interview to Spanish language Univision in which he claimed that slams on his lush lifestyle were based on his ethnicity. The Sacramento Bee broke the story ... More >>

Fabian Rolls Snake Eyes

Bye-bye, Vuitton, Bordeaux and once-promising career

Proposition 93 Fails: They're Outta Here!

One-third turnover of California's unpopular Legislature now guaranteed

Fabian, maybe it's the friends you keep

If you followed the election fine print - those ballot measures having nothing to do with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain or Mitt Romney, you might be wondering what killed Proposition 93, the plan to alter California Term Limits for the first time since voters overwhelmingly passed the l ... More >>

Latino Leaders' Clinton and Obama Endorsements: California's Wannabe Kingmakers

Deciphering the payback, ambition and backbiting behind it all

Prop.93: How 42 Politicians Could Cash In

Proponents say it fights incompetence. Opponents say it serves power and greed

Prop. 93: Nunez's Term-limits Scam

Voters are clueless that one-third of California's termed-out legislators could stay on

Gambling Lobby Lapdogs

Arnie and state Dems are neutered puppies when it comes to tribal gaming

Ballot Bull

Republicans and Dems get down to dirty business as election nears

Feeling Salamandered?

Out of the budget debacle’s ashes, a chance to end gerrymandering

Letters: Digging the Roots

Our readers write

Sacramento's Poison Pill

A sneaky move by Fabian Núñez aims to stop statewide charter schools

Fabian Núñez's Big Break

Shamelessly coddling the megarich tribes, the Assembly speaker splits his own coalition

Fabian's Fatwa

Called out for choosing casino money over labor allies, Núñez sends in his hatchet man

Bad Bet?

Fabian Núñez chooses gambling tribes over labor

Tribal Purge

State Dems back gambling-rich Indians’ greedy wars of expansion

Circular Firing Squad

While Arnold grabs the center and gets props, California’s GOP bosses rush right

Tribal Warfare

Indian gaming lines up powerful allies

the Semantics of Suicide Aid in Dying

God, PR and the right to die in California

Arnold's Bad Hand

The guv cuts the wrong deal with the Indians

Dirty Lungs, Dirtier Politics

AQMD’s Bill Burke gets another favor

The Power Agenda

Why does City Hall deny the truthabout Mayor V’s school plan?

Unequal Division of Labor

Did the County Fed pour it on for Kevin de León at the expense of three who lost?

The Mayor's A-List

When it comes to winning Antonio’s support, it helps not to oppose school takeover

Party Pains

Hanging out with the Democratic hacks in Sacramento

Teetering King Arnold

Teetering King Arnold

Taking On Arnold

The daily grind of Fabian Nuñez

The Incredible, Shrinking Governor

As polls show him slipping, Arnold gets more desperate

No Match for Arnold

Democrats can’t decide on next leader

Endorsements

The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary