Photo by Kevin ScanlonSteve CooleyAt a press conference in his office this afternoon, Steve Cooley all but ruled out running for a fourth term as district attorney.But Cooley, fresh off a narrow defeat to Kamala Harris in the race for attorney general, plans to have a big role in choosing his suc ... More >>
By Tibby RothmanClearly Special Assistant City Attorney Jane Usher has not received Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's memo on insubordination.Today, the woman who as the chair of the City Planning Commission urged residents to sue the city over an unpopular development policy, issued a scathing e-mai ... More >>
Los Angeles weighs a plan to allow back yard dwellings and car parking on lawns
L.A. City Hall genuflects to AEG. Somebody forgot to tell Carmen Trutanich
After following Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton in the news these past few weeks, we get the distinct impression that he wants to leave this town jabbing and swinging ... especially when it comes to his political enemies and critics.LAPD Chief Bill Bratton stars in a Mark Ridley-Tho ... More >>
Chief Bill Bratton is expected to announce today that he plans to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department to take over as the top gun of a private security firm. According to radio reports, he has accepted a job at Altegrity Inc., which is based in Falls Church, Virginia. The company is owned ... More >>
Rocky Delgadillo departs on an acid note, and a black SUV visits "Nuch"
Greuel's long-planned bid to become the new Laura Chick looked like a cakewalk. But that was before the economy tanked
As the March primary election nears, L.A. mayoral candidate Walter Moore is taking some heat from bloggers who are questioning his day job. Moore, who is running for the big spot for the second time, is an attorney with Richard Hamlin Attorneys. The problem? The Los Angeles-based law firm, which spe ... More >>
City Council rolls over for tycoon, ignoring its own anti-billboard law
The most elusive serial killer west of the Mississippi took a 13-year break. Now he's back
Los Angeles activist Dennis Hathaway has been elected president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight. Hathaway says he is putting together an action plan “to make a concerted effort to effectively fight the city and billboard companies.” In addition, Hathaway says he hopes to educate the pu ... More >>
In search of the Emerald City
Will the City Council decide who is a protected "celebrity"?
Watch out for whiplash as Villaraigosa spins his wrecked marriage
Watch out for whiplash
An Orwellian day at City Hall, with congrats all around for Villaraigosas school-takeover failure
A dog-food prank gone bad wrecks careers and morale as Tennie Pierce demands millions
L.A., which educates one of every 12 California students, is ground zero in the Education Wars
Journalists and City Council cave to iffy lawsuit
Teardowns. Evictions. Investment. Rebirth. And the significance of that new gelato stand. The perils and pleasures of gentrification
Developers make big plans for Westside, write big checks for Antonio
Or was it a trash tax, or no tax at all?
Lincoln Place finds room for a mediator
Jos and Herb cant be bothered by the public on their inaugural day
Maybe Nick will get the message this time
Antonio and his pursuit of a new L.A.
Paying the price for mishandling fat legal bills
Fired L.A. investigator may have been ahead of his time
Some city leaders call for DWP to shed light on secret settlements. . . some dont
Egos overcome reason in debate over more cops
Our recommendations in the March 4 Los Angeles municipal election
