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    January 17, 2012

    Joe Buscaino or Warren Furutani for L.A. City Council District 15? Vote Now in Historic Race Between Underdog Cop, Career Pol

    Can a humble police officer from San Pedro become a historic wrench in the well-oiled Los Angeles political machine? That's up to you, residents of City Council District 15. You can go with candidate Joe Buscaino, the former LAPD officer who's netted endorsements from local police unions and the Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Joe Buscaino Has Momentum In City Council Race, But Could Unions Give Warren Furutani A Chance?

    ​Tuesday update: The L.A. County Federation of Labor endorsed Furutani on Monday night, sharpening the biz-vs-labor narrative. More below.Joe Buscaino came from nowhere to win the most votes in last week's primary in the 15th Council District. Since then, the San Pedro cop been racking up endorsem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Vows to End 30-Day Impounds For Unlicensed Drivers (a.k.a. Illegal Immigrants)

    Following an unflattering report on vehicle impounds by the LAPD, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today said he would stop L.A. cops' 30-day impounds for first-time offenders who have been pulled over and found to lack drivers licenses. For the most part around here those people are called illegal immig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Secrets of L.A.'s Highest Grossing PR Firm

    Harvey Englander breaks out the champagne​The L.A. Business Journal is out with its annual list of L.A.'s top-grossing PR firms (which is not online for some reason). Topping the list is Edelman, a Chicago-based firm with a 120-person office in L.A. and $13.8 million in L.A. revenues last year.Num ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2011

    Bernard Parks Was Targeted as Union Object Lesson

    $1.2 million buys a lot of fear at L.A. City Hall if that's your aim

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2011

    Top 10 Reasons Organized Labor Hates Bernard Parks

    Bernard Parks: In labor's crosshairs​More than 2000 people rallied outside L.A. City Hall last weekend to support public employees who are under fire in Wisconsin. Afterward, L.A. Councilman Bernard Parks issued a statement of support, in which he tried to dispel "the common misperception out ther ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Councilman Bernard Parks Likens Union Leaders To Slaveholders

    Bernard Parks: Not going to take it anymore​Update: 4:30 p.m. Parks' opponent, Forescee Hogan-Rowles, calls Parks' slavery analogy "a racist tactic." More below.The gloves are coming off in the 8th Council District. Councilman Bernard Parks unleashed a righteous vent on Twitter on Sunday, apparent ... More >>

  • News

    February 24, 2011

    Bernard Parks v. Forescee Hogan-Rowles

    Incumbent's rival in Los Angeles Council District 8 was forced from an investing board for gift-seeking

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Business Groups Rally To Save Bernard Parks

    Bernard Parks​Bernard Parks, the former L.A. police chief and two-term councilman, is fighting for his political life against a labor-backed independent campaign. Union groups have spent more than $450,000 to support Parks' challenger, Forescee Hogan-Rowles, in the March 8 election.But now a busin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2011

    Bernard Parks and Forescee Hogan-Rowles Trade Blows At Their First Debate

    Bernard Parks​Councilman Bernard Parks traded attacks with his union-backed challenger, Forescee Hogan-Rowles. at their first debate this morning.Parks set out to highlight his opponent's inexperience, while Hogan-Rowles attacked his record on job creation and on managing the city budget."Do we ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2010

    Meg Whitman Won't Weigh In On Los Angeles Police And Fire Pensions

    Ted SoquiMeg Whitman​Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor, declined to take a position Sunday on a proposed ballot measure that would cut pensions for L.A. police officers and firefighters.Whitman intends to tackle the state's pension woes by switching new employees to 401(k) plans. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Mass Transit Becoming Mass? Figures show the MTA is keeping some of the ridership it won when gas blew past $4 per gallon last year. Are Angelenos finally embracing buses and trains? L.A. TimesLa Habra Site of New OctoHouse Prudential Realty claims Nadya Suleman's father has purchased a 2583-square- ... More >>

  • News

    January 31, 2002

    A Brush With Life

    Mass Transit Becoming Mass? Figures show the MTA is keeping some of the ridership it won when gas blew past $4 per gallon last year. Are Angelenos finally embracing buses and trains? L.A. TimesLa Habra Site of New OctoHouse Prudential Realty claims Nadya Suleman's father has purchased a 2583-square- ... More >>

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Leisure Copworld

    LAPD officers dream of a three-day week

  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Righting the Ship

    What it will take to fix the LAPD

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Things as They Were

    Backward thinking let Rampart happen

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Tarnished Brass

    Case against LAPD captain doesn't address Rampart's big questions

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