Joe Arpaio

Decrying TV Attacks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Gives A Boost To Wendy Greuel

So much for staying neutral. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has said that he would not get involved in the campaign to succeed him, saying he wants to maintain good relations with both Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti.But if we know one thing about this guy, it's that he's constitutionally incapable of st ... More >>

Wednesday Attack Ad Round-Up: Three New Spots Slam Mayoral Candidates In English And En Español

We're already getting a little nostalgic for the L.A. mayor's race, which will be over next Tuesday. Call us crazy, but we think we'll miss the attack ads the most. There's just something compelling about seeing fundamentally decent public servants portray each other as child-killing monsters.Today ... More >>

L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca Writes Angry Letter to NorCal Assemblyman Who Authored Pro-Immigrant TRUST Act

As L.A. City Hall and the LAPD lean further and further left on immigration policy -- following in the footsteps of the DREAMy, Latino-friendly state Legislature -- the L.A. County Sheriff has yanked even harder to the right. Compared to his liberal peers, "Teflon" Sheriff Lee Baca is turning into ... More >>

TRUST Act Passes California Senate: Bill Would Override 'Secure Communities,' Protect Illegal Immigrants From Deportation

The most liberal immigration legislation since California's DREAM Act just passed the state Senate 21-13 -- and it has a good chance of making its way through the Assembly and the governor's office, as well. The TRUST Act, otherwise known as the Anti-Arizona Act, would more or less override the fed ... More >>

'Big Lebowski 2' Not Actually Happening; CBS Just Got Punked

Haven't we all learned, after Manny Pacquiao was falsely quoted last month as saying all gays should be "put to death," that the Examiner is not a source to be aggregated? CBS2 didn't get the memo. "Lebowski fans, lift up your white russian!" the local news site wrote this morning. "The much-antici ... More >>

Disruption, Rebellion and Resistance: Activists Call for Action

America's War on Mexicans — Embodied in Arizona's S.B. 1070 — Has Gone Too Far

Arizona Nutjob Sheriff Joe Arpaio Bringing His Drivel to Beverly Hills

There goes the neighborhood. Self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff" and aging crackpot Joe Arpaio will be bringing his special brand of media whoring from Phoenix, Arizona, to Beverly Hills on Friday. Arpaio's endorsing Phil Liberatore, a mustachioed conservative facing off in the Republican ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart's Fans Think His Coroner Was Suspiciously Poisoned to Death

And the mother of all conspiracy theories hits the rightblogosphere: Fans of the late Andrew Breitbart are speculating as to why a forensic technician from the L.A. County Coroner's Office would suddenly drop dead on the day Breitbart's autopsy results were released. They were two of the strangest ... More >>

Arizona Lawman Says L.A.'s Wayward Porn Industry Isn't Welcome in His Town

The porn industry has been making a lot of noise about a possible move out of town following the City Council's enactment of a condom requirement for location shoots in L.A. One of the places mentioned as New Porn Valley is Arizona, where some production already takes place. However, as we've said, ... More >>

Porn Video Shoots Leaving L.A. for ... Arizona?

The porn industry is pissed off over L.A.'s new rule requiring condom use at adult location filming inside the city. So much so that it has threatened repeatedly to move its multibillion-dollar operations outside Los Angeles and even California. So far it's been all talk. But one porn star says th ... More >>

Is 'Teflon' L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca the Next Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

A scowl worthy of Sheriff Joe?​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has become the posterboy of tough, rogue immigration policing in the age of Bush/Obama. (And don't think for a second that conditions have improved for America's huddled masses under the "HOPE" banner of the latter. In fact, the ... More >>

All-Star Game Boycott Over Arizona's Immigration Law? Maybe Not ...

MLBHey now, you're All-Star.​Update: We told you so. Latinos are really great at boycotts. As long as they don't involve beer (we're looking at you, Coors), strip clubs or sports. (But grapes -- absolutely). Therefore we don't have high hopes for the great All-Star game boycott of 2011. The ... More >>

Men's County Jail Visitor Viciously Beaten by Guards

Sheriff Lee Baca says jail is unsupervisable and should be shut down

Doug Stanhope: Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

​ Instead our usual insipid questions with the brilliant comic, Mr. Stanhope enlisted his fans to submit their own insipid questions. Do you think social media is a positive or detrimental thing? It's like a dildo on a power-drill. It depends on how you use it.

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

Doug Stanhope

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Visits SoCal, Says We Get All the 'Illegals' Because 'Nobody Enforces the Law Around Here'

Joe.​"America's Sheriff" Joe Arpaio was in the area this week to speak at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum, and he didn't waste too much time insulting Southern Californians. The Maricopa County, Ariz. lawman known for his support of Arizona's controversial immigration law and for hous ... More >>

FAIRY-y Tales

The Nicky Diaz Effect: Jerry Brown Extends Lead Over Meg Whitman With Support From Latinos And Women

Photo by Ted SoquiJerry Brown​Jerry Brown has an eight-point lead over Meg Whitman in a new PPIC survey out tonight. Among likely voters, Brown is beating Whitman 44-36.In the September PPIC poll, the candidates were in a virtual tie, with Whitman holding a 38-37 margin.Two big stories have domina ... More >>

Whitman's Housekeeper Problem

Scandal cuts into her support among Latinos

Crocodiles Under Fire For Song About Controversial AZ Sheriff: "Kill Joe Arpaio"

Crocodiles Under Fire For Song About Controversial AZ Sheriff: "Kill Joe Arpaio"

Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up

Does Hollywood Film 'Machete' Depict Arizona's 'Sheriff Joe' As Racist Fetus Killer?

Fox / vivamachete.comDon Johnson as Sheriff Joe?​Maricopa County's controversial "Sheriff Joe" Arpaio, the man who for many personifies Arizona's anti-immigration stance, is mad at Hollywood and, in particular, the Hollywood Reporter, for suggesting a fetus-killing racist cop in the new grindh ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Rage Against The Machine's Immigrant Rights Benefit at the Palladium

Timothy NorrisRage Against Arizona's Controversial Legislation​[For more photos check out Timothy Norris' slideshow,"Rage Against The Machine's Immigrant Rights Benefit @ Palladium."] With all the turmoil and wrongdoing in the world, it's a wonder Rage Against the Machine ever left the stage. ... More >>

Get Out! Arizona and America Join Joe Arpaio in Rushing to Inquire: Are Your Papers in Order?

Minuteman Assembly Candidate Leads By 40 Votes

Tim Donnelly basks in the glory of Sheriff Joe​There weren't too many surprises in L.A. County legislative races. But there is an upset brewing in the 59th Assembly District, where Minuteman/Tea Party candidate Tim Donnelly is beating establishment Republican Chris Lancaster by a mere 40 votes.Don ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Endorses Poizner for Governor

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​When you're down by 26 points, it's time to bring out the big guns.Today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced that he has been endorsed by Joe Arpaio, the immigrant-busting sheriff of Maricopa County. In his effort to outflank Meg Whitman, Poizner has endo ... More >>

Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

Phoenix Mayor Wants To Talk Immigration Reform In L.A. ... If Suns Win

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon.​Now that the Lakers are about to clinch the Western Conference championship, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to change the terms of his bet on the series with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. As part of the new deal, he wants to come to L.A. and talk immigrati ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa: If Suns Win, We'll Take Sheriff Joe

​Now that Los Angeles is boycotting the state of Arizona, it seems odd for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be offering a wager with the mayor of Phoenix over the NBA Western Conference Finals.Apparently the embargo doesn't cover that. But this year's bet is no mere exchange of Laker jerseys for Ariz ... More >>

Arizona You Too, Buddy!

Another Happy Cinco De Mayo, This One From L.A.'s Danny Trejo

"This is Machete, with special Cinco de Mayo message ... to Arizona," says Los Angeles-based actor Danny Trejo, in character as "Machete," the antihero in the Robert Rodriguez film of the same name. The movie, with shades of the Arizona immigration-law battle, also stars Robert De Niro (as a Sherif ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes Arizona Policy, Thanks to State Senator Russell Pearce and Governor Jan Brewer

In The LAPD Chief Hunt, It's Hard To Ignore Gascon

The Los Angeles Police Commission is keeping the identities of two candidates to replace outgoing department Chief William Bratton a secret. You see, the applicants don't want their out-of-town departments to know they're going for the brass ring. But that won't prevent us from wondering aloud abou ... More >>

Thoughts on Arizona’s "Fucking Racist” Sheriff

Study: Immigration-Program Cops Bust Day Laborers, Not Terrorists

The L.A. Times today profiles a study that claims a Clinton-era program that partners federal immigration authorities with local police is more likely to focus on "soft" arrests of immigrant gardeners and roofers than on serious law breakers or potential terrorists. The program, known as 287(g), is ... More >>

Janet Napolitano = Homeland Futility

Governor Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Homeland Security secretary

Secure Borders? Try Fenced In

With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants an apology to Sheriff Joe

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe

Action taken in solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Jailhouse Rock

Singing for supper in the Alcatraz of Arizona

Mum’s the Word