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Baseball Economics and Hit-and-Run Horrors: Readers Respond

Proposition A Los Angeles Sales Tax Election Results: Voters Rejecting Tax Hike by Eight Points

Update, Wednesday morning: In a huge embarrassment for City Council President Herb Wesson and the City Hall establishment, voters resoundingly rejected the citywide sales tax hike, 55.17 percent to 44.82 percent. See details on next page. With additional reporting by Jill Stewart. Update, 12:40 PM: ... More >>

Voter Guide to L.A. Weekly's March 5 Election Stories: Prop. A, Garcetti, Greuel, Perry, James, Pleitez, CD 1, CD 3, CD 7, CD 9, CD 13, LAUSD

Here is key coverage so far by the L.A. Weekly staff regarding the Los Angeles March 5, 2013 primary: --Proposition A: Sales Tax or Scam? By Hillel Aron --and Prop. A Sales Tax Goliath Fought by "David" Jack Humphreville, By Patrick Range McDonald --Wendy Greuel Dined with IBEW Boss During Critici ... More >>

Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Sweet Sixteen

*Read all of first-round matchups in the Best L.A. Novel Ever tournament. *Read the essay kicking off the tournament and see the complete brackets. We read Evelyn Waugh and James M. Cain. We plowed through Dominick Dunne and gave the unjustly neglected Kate Braverman a chance. We learned What Make ... More >>

Comments: Bikram Battle

*Read all of first-round matchups in the Best L.A. Novel Ever tournament. *Read the essay kicking off the tournament and see the complete brackets. We read Evelyn Waugh and James M. Cain. We plowed through Dominick Dunne and gave the unjustly neglected Kate Braverman a chance. We learned What Make ... More >>

Matt Groening Pulls Plug on 'Life in Hell,' Comic That Helped Inspire The Simpsons

Matt Groening pulled the plug on the iconic comic strip, "Life in Hell," that helped give birth to The Simpsons on Fox. USA Today reports that the last of the syndicated comics was published June 15, but that reruns will be provided through July 13. The characters Binky and Sheba gave life to the " ... More >>

We Open in Venice

Matt Groening pulled the plug on the iconic comic strip, "Life in Hell," that helped give birth to The Simpsons on Fox. USA Today reports that the last of the syndicated comics was published June 15, but that reruns will be provided through July 13. The characters Binky and Sheba gave life to the " ... More >>

Chasing Humbert Humbert

Matt Groening pulled the plug on the iconic comic strip, "Life in Hell," that helped give birth to The Simpsons on Fox. USA Today reports that the last of the syndicated comics was published June 15, but that reruns will be provided through July 13. The characters Binky and Sheba gave life to the " ... More >>

Jeffrey Tidus' Rolling Hills Estates Murder Mystery Sees $100,000 Reward

Tidus.​The mysterious case of Jeffrey Tidus, a well-respected attorney gunned down in his Prius outside his Rolling Hills Estates home on Dec. 7, 2009, is surely headed for the fame of a film or even an episode of 48 Hours Mystery. Maybe. You see, more than two years later, authorities stil ... More >>

Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan Hires 'Journalist of the Year' Patrick Range McDonald to Ghostwrite His Memoirs

PHOTO BY KEVIN SCANLONRichard Riordan​Bad news for LAUSD's underserved schoolchildren, good news for the dirty politicians of West Hollywood: Award-winning LA Weekly reporter Patrick Range McDonald will be taking the next six months off for a private commission. McDonald was approached by Ric ... More >>

LA Press Club Awards Finalists Announced: LA Weekly Receives Several Nods

Journalist of the Year nominee Patrick Range McDonald.​LA Weekly dominated the design category of the Los Angeles Press Club's 53rd SoCal Journalism Awards Finalists, announced today. Staff writer Patrick Range McDonald was named as a Journalist of the Year finalist and saw his piece on parent ... More >>

Wilshire Grand Hotel: Los Angeles Digital Skyscraper Goes to a City Council that Has Little Idea What It's Approving

By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Wilshire Grand Hotel rendering done at such an extreme angle it's nearly impossible to see light effects.​Update: The City Council has approved the top-to-bottom lighted Wilshire Grand Hotel project.  The vote will read as "unanimous" officially, yet one co ... More >>

10,000 Cell Phones Smuggled Into California Prisons in 2010 (BONUS: How You, Too, Can Go Into the Smuggling Biz!)

TIME MagazineA California prison guard chills with some confiscated cell phones​Cell phones and prisons -- just call 'em "jail cells"! -- are a real winning combo. It's the ideal situation for any criminal who can stand to conduct business without the rush of the live hunt: Mobile phone in ha ... More >>

Jerry Brown Takes 7,500 Cars Away from State Government Pencil-Pushers as "Not Essential"

By Jill Stewart Jerry Brown insisted on using a cheap Plymouth as a young California governor.​You gotta love California Governor Jerry Brown's war on the fat that rose like yeast bread under Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis. Brown's taking away 7,500 free cars that government workers nev ... More >>

Jerry Brown Redevelopment Alert: Wealthy Eli Broad Gets $52 Million for a Garage; the Entirety of South L.A. Gets $32 Million

By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Mitch Handsone Jerry Brown goes after Community Redevelopment Agencies. Do they have bigger guns?​In a move that California Gov. Jerry Brown might see as L.A.'s "let them eat cake" moment, the city's Community Redevelopment Agency has set aside $5.5 million i ... More >>

California's $43 Billion Bullet Train Will Go To ... Bakersfield?

A bullet train, German-style.​The Weekly's Jill Stewart noted this week that California's planned high-speed rail line's "route to nowhere" now has a route to ... somewhere -- but not here, or San Francisco, or San Diego, or pretty much anywhere a vast majority of California's population resid ... More >>

Journos Dan Walters, Dan Morain Have Dueling Takes On 'LA Weekly's' Story About Felipe Fuentes -- 'Worst Legislator In California'

Felipe Fuentes: The worst or just the norm?​There's a small debate brewing in media circles about whether LA Weekly's story this week on "The Worst Legislator in California" -- San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes -- constitutes true news. The story is based on a San Jose Mercury Ne ... More >>

Rushed and Confused L.A. City Council

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

Former LA Weekly Staffer Christine Pelisek Praised By Columbia Journalism Review For Her Coverage Of 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Murder Case

Former LA Weekly staffer Christine Pelisek continues to receive praise for her 'Grim Sleeper' coverage.​The latest edition of CJR (Columbia Journalism Review) recognizes former LA Weekly staff writer Christine Pelisek for her work on the "Grim Sleeper" case. Woman hasn't been around the office ... More >>

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Dept. Of Too Soon: Who Will Play Media Characters In Grim Sleeper Saga?

FishblowlLA​Local media watchers at FishbowlLA wondered aloud on Thursday who would be cast to play news media characters if the Grim Sleeper case becomes a movie. Weekly reporter Christine Pelisek doggedly pursued the story and, with editor Jill Stewart (pictured), came up with the Grim Sleep ... More >>

Twist and Shout

FishblowlLA​Local media watchers at FishbowlLA wondered aloud on Thursday who would be cast to play news media characters if the Grim Sleeper case becomes a movie. Weekly reporter Christine Pelisek doggedly pursued the story and, with editor Jill Stewart (pictured), came up with the Grim Sleep ... More >>

Breaking: Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Is Suspect In Grim Sleeper Serial Killings; Arrested Today

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: ​"How they caught Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr: His own son's DNA trail led them straight to him." ​ By Dennis Romero, J. Patrick Coolican and Gene Maddaus [Updated at 6:18 p.m. with District Attorney Steve Cooley helping to explain, after the jump, how ... More >>

The Front-Row Mayor

EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: ​"How they caught Grim Sleeper suspect Lonnie David Franklin Jr: His own son's DNA trail led them straight to him." ​ By Dennis Romero, J. Patrick Coolican and Gene Maddaus [Updated at 6:18 p.m. with District Attorney Steve Cooley helping to explain, after the jump, how ... More >>

FOURTH UPDATE Exclusive: Antonio Villaraigosa free tickets are worth $50,000 to $100,000. Full list here of 80 free events; corruption laws ignored

By Tibby Rothman and Jill StewartDid the mayor lose, misplace -- or destroy -- his records? ​ L.A. Weekly is publishing below its exclusive ticket price list for the 80 events to which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa accepted free seats.But first the hot news from City Hall moments ago. The below is a ... More >>

Lawyer: "Antonio Villaraigosa is above the anticorruption laws; public has no right to know who gave him free tickets"

By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart He's very, very special​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's attorneys, after promising the public they would divulge his extensive acceptance of free tickets, meals, alcohol, parking and other goodies that he failed to report under anticorruption laws for the past five ... More >>

Villaraigosa "finds" his 5 years' worth of missing free-ticket docs, then cops defiant attitude toward ethics laws

By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart Nobody can tell him what to do​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he has found -- and on Friday will release -- five years worth of documents showing who gave him free seating, tickets, meals, liquor and parking for dozens of sports and cultural events ... More >>

Where's Antonio? Lunching at the Getty, Talking Immigration at a Private Club

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Dudamel; Modine: Saving Classical — and the Alpacas?

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Earl Krugel, Irv Rubin: Silenced?

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Jerkin’ on the Crest of a Wave

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

L.A. Weekly: Why they’re still picking it up

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was light on public events this week, which may be a good thing if he was rolling up the sleeves and working instead.Villaraigosa hangs at swanky City Club at Wells Fargo Center.​Then again, maybe not -- read more about the recent fruits of his labor in an L. ... More >>

Michael Lacey Rips Rainey and Cooper

The truth about the attacks on news editor Jill Stewart and staff

Villaraigosa and Solar Measure B Get Burned

March 3 was supposed to be a romp for the L.A. mayor, not a reprimand

How L.A. City Council Got Those Huge $178,789 Salaries

March 3 was supposed to be a romp for the L.A. mayor, not a reprimand

The 11 Percent Mayor Villaraigosa Lashes Back

Blasting L.A. Weekly, he says we relied on bad facts. Aides say he misspoke

Villaraigosa's Fiscal Folly

The ant (L.A. County Board of Supervisors) and the dung beetle (City Hall)

Luring Cougars, Wooing Audiences

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Fighting About How to Fight Global Warming

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"Anonymous" vs. Scientology: Group Targets "Church" Headquarters

Growing movement of Internet pranksters hits the organization's heart in Hollywood

Hillary Clinton projected winner in California

By Jill Stewart The networks and Fox News have projected Hillary Clinton as the winner in California, with huge leads among Latinos, Asians and, to a lesser degree, women. The projection came only about an hour and fifteen minutes after the polls closed, and indicated that Clinton also did very wel ... More >>

April 13, 2007

¡Mas Suave! They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ

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¡Mas Suave! They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ

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¡Mas Suave! They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles. By DANIEL HERNANDEZ

Press Comes to Shove

An uncivil war erupts among journalists

Convention Casualties

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