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February 8, 2013
Christopher Dorner Is 'Not Rambo;' Bill Bratton Cuts Down Ex-Cop On Alleged Murder Spree
Experts, including ex-LAPD Chief William Bratton, downplayed Christopher Dorner's tactical skills and abilities today, with the former top cop saying that "he's not Rambo." Bratton tried to cut down the image of the ex-Los Angeles officer as a highly trained killer with fearsome police and military ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Banned From The Grove: 6 Others Who Should Never Step Foot There
Following our story about the Grove shopping center banning Manny Pacquiao as a result of his recent anti-gay statements, people started asking, via Twitter: Since when is the Grove L.A.s moral compass? Fair question. In the land of porn, legal marijuana, and Charlie Sheen, some entity has to step ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
John & Ken Remain Off-Air at KTLA 5 Following Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark: Latino Group Celebrates
Updated at the bottom: This isn't over yet. First posted at 12:19 p.m. A Latino media group today gloated about the absence of conservative radio talk show hosts from their nightly segment on KTLA News, local televisions's channel 5. The National Hispanic Media Coalition called the John & Ken's tw ... More >>
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March 5, 2012
After Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark, John & Ken Still Not Back On-Air at KTLA News
It's not a good week for conservative talk show hosts at L.A.'s KFI AM 640. After John & Ken called the late Whitney Houston a "crack ho" a few weeks back, the nationally syndicated talker Rush Limbaugh called a birth control proponent a slut and a prostitute. As such, John & Ken were suspended, an ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
John & Ken Should be Kept Off Air at KTLA News? Hispanic Media Coalition Pushes For Ban After Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark
We thought the Whitney Houston-was-a-crack ho remark by controversial radio talkers John & Ken was behind us. A coalition of African Americans in media, who met with the duo and KFI AM 640 management this week, seemed to be willing to move on even as they pressed for more diversity at the station. ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Following Whitney Houston 'Crack Ho' Remark, John & Ken Have Been Absent From Regular KTLA TV Duties
Looks like their home station KFI AM 640 wasn't the only one that dropped controversial talk radio hosts John & Ken following their remark that Whitney Houston was a "crack ho." The pair have been missing from nightly hot-topic segments on KTLA News. Hmm. A spokesman for the duo told the Weekly to ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Hervey Medellin: Hollywood Body Parts Victim ID'd
Updated at the bottom: The Times ID's the victim. Our headline has changed and this piece was wholly rewritten after we picked up a false report of an arrest in the case. First posted at 6:54 p.m. Thursday. Reports of an arrest in the grisly case of human body parts found this week in the Hollywood ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
John & Ken Nation Riled up Over Proposed LAPD Policy to Let Illegal Immigrants Keep Their Cars
The John & Ken nation was out in force last night at an L.A. Police Commission hearing in Northridge. The issue of letting unlicensed drivers keep their cars at police checkpoints wasn't on the agenda, but the conservative talk-radio hosts (KFI AM 640) put it there by encouraging listeners to show ... More >>
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January 6, 2012
John & Ken's 'Korean Painter Scam Guys' Rant Called Out as 'Racially Charged'
Talk show hosts John & Ken (KFI AM 640) don't seem to have met an ethnic group they like. While they've long been criticized by immigrants' rights groups for their take on the undocumented (culminating in the loss of several advertisers for their station), a new controversy has erupted. The group M ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
Dislike of Illegal Immigrants Cited as Reason For Near 50 Percent Increase in Anti-Latino Hate Crime in California
http://kingdrake1.tumblr.comAlthough hate crime in L.A. County was recently reported to be at a 21-year low (PDF), an L.A. immigrants' rights group wants it to be known that such attacks targeting Latinos are up nearly 50 percent across the state (PDF). The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rig ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
John & Ken Radio Show Plagued by Anti-Latino Hate Speech, UCLA Study Says
johnandkenshow.comJohn & Ken under the gun.A UCLA study of broadcast hate speech, including a look at L.A.'s controversial John & Ken Show (KFI AM 640) found that two thirds of hateful statements analyzed targeted undocumented immigrants "and Latinos." The study (PDF) looked at single segmen ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
John & Ken, Radio-Talk Conservatives, See Another Major Advertiser (GM) Pull Out Over Immigration Stance
KFIJohn and Ken.A recent apology by conservative radio talk-show hosts John & Ken (KFI AM 640) expressed some "regret" for broadcasting the phone number of an immigrants' rights advocate who subsequently fielded hate-filled calls. But that wasn't enough to keep major advertisers from leaving ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
John & Ken Show to See Major Advertisers Pull Out as a Result of Anti-Immigrant 'Hate,' Says Latino Media Group
johnandkenshow.comJohn y Ken.Update: NHMC spokeswoman Rosalia Tenorio says the advertisers walking away from John & Ken are Verizon and AT&T Wireless as well as Vons and Ralphs, the last two of which are not currently running spots on the show but have in the past. First posted at 3:38 p.m. o ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Jay Cincinelli, LAPD Cop Taken Off Duty After Injury, One of Fullerton Officers in Deadly Confrontation With Kelly Thomas
fullertonsfuture.orgJay Cicinelli.One of six Fullerton cops placed on paid leave following a confrontation that left a 37-year-old homeless man dead in the street is a former LAPD officer who lost use of one eye in a 1990s shooting that put him on that department's permanent disabled list. T ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
State Sen. Gloria Romero Chastised For Suggesting LAPD Has 'Shoot-To-Kill' Mentality Following Manuel Jamines Confrontation
This week's foot-in-the-mouth award goes to Eastside state Sen. Gloria Romero, whose often-brave stances we often agree with, but whose recent comments about a Los Angeles Police Department shooting she might want to reconsider. She suggested in an interview aired on KFI AM 640 over the week ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
Conservative Radio Talkers John And Ken Endorse Mickey Kaus
Mega-blogger and candidate for U.S. Senate Mickey Kaus announced over the weekend that conservative talk-show hosts John and Ken have endorsed him in the Democratic primary Tuesday. Kaus, who is critical of illegal immigration and the stranglehold unions have on his party, said he's not surpr ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Journalist, Police Clash At L.A. City Hall As Tension Mounts Between Press Corps, City Council (Updated)
Eric LeonardOfficer Johson reaches for a journalist's camera during a public meeting, in a public space.Strained relations between the City Hall press corps and Los Angeles city officials came to a head Friday when a journalist was restrained by officers after taking pictures of people testif ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
Politician Ridley-Thomas Puts $707,000 Office Renovation, Using Taxpayer Money, On Ice
After getting hammered on the issue, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas hit the pause button on a planned $707,000 renovation of his office by referring the matter to the county's CEO for a review to determine if code violations, safety concerns and energy efficiency could be a ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
County Supervisor Under Fire For Planned, $707,000 Office Renovation
Mark Ridley-Thomas.Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has been under fire for his planned, $707,000 renovation of his office, and at least one report questions whether the matter will come before a meeting of the powerful county Board of Supervisors Tuesday. John North at ABC7 ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
LAPD Officials Backs Off Linking Synagogue Shooting To Organized Crime
Deputy Chief Michael Downing.Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief backed away from comments published in an Israeli newspaper last week indicating that be believed the North Hollywood synagogue shooting Oct. 30 was "a stern warning linked to a criminal organization." Two men were wounded in the a ... More >>
News
August 13, 2009
Bye-Bye, Bill Bratton
Top five reasons the chief is really leaving Los Angeles
News
November 23, 2006
Dog Food Caper
Journalists and City Council cave to iffy lawsuit
News
June 10, 2004
Radio Provocateur
Phil Hendrie conquers the AM dial one deluded caller at a time. So why can't he get his mug on TV?
News
November 27, 2003
Driving Mad
Arnold, Ken, John and licenses for illegal immigrants

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