Martin Ludlow

John Choi and Mitch O'Farrell Throw Off the Gloves in Council District 13 Race

Is L.A. City Council District 13 candidate John Choi running from a sordid past? Is rival Mitch O'Farrell trying to hide his own skeletons? In a recent heated exchange, O'Farrell and Choi have thrown off the gloves and are aiming for the jugular. O'Farrell says in a press release that Choi hasn't ... More >>

Who is Mystery Man John Choi?

To represent Hollywood, Silver Lake and Echo Park, it pays to be chosen by Maria Elena Durazo

The Final Hours of Miguel Contreras

The 911 call said he went in for a card reading. But the death of the labor leader prompted a prostitution raid. What really went down at the botanica?

Culture Clash

John Mack and Connie Rice have looked at corruption from both sides now

Pocket of Trouble

Martin Ludlow’s blatant acts made it easy for prosecutors

The Trouble With Martin

On the City Council and as labor czar, Ludlow left a trail of broken hopes

Picket Fences: From Dream to Fantasy

Hotel workers seek to beat poverty

Life of Labor

Miguel, Martin and Maria Elena

Trouble in the Big Purple Trucks

How SEIU's mobile phone bank and L.A. politicians may have landed on the wrong side of campaign law.

The Defeat Expands

The governor’s mounting losses

Terminatable

Beaten by unions and beset by Angelides, Arnold looks shaky for 2006

The Comeback Kids

Labor’s moment of victory

We Endorse

L.A. Weekly’s recommendations in Tuesday’s election

Damn, Not Another Election

Sitting this one out could be bad news

Herb the Inevitable

Playing field cleared for the former Assembly speaker

Anointed by Antonio

How Herb Wesson won an election without a vote of the people

Not So Fast

Herb Wesson’s cakewalk turns into a challenge

Summer of Power

Antonio and his pursuit of a new L.A.

Kicking the Buckets

Aerospace janitors strike

The Amazing Adventures of Super Mayor

Antonio’s heroics have suddenly inspired the citizens of Metropolis, but will he be brought down by his own brand of Kryptonite?

Laboring to Stay Together

The odds on the AFL-CIO’s dissolution

We Recycle!

Herb Wesson bids to succeed Ludlow, shuffling a familiar deck

In Miguel’s Shoes

Ludlow leaves the council to run L.A. labor

New Egos and Agendas

The battles ahead for the City Council

The Architect

Miguel Contreras, 1952 – 2005

Council Overboard

Blame the irrational behavior on planning issues

Your City Council (Not) at Work

What keeps L.A.’s politicians from delivering on their progressive dreams

Letters

Thinking Outside the Big Box

L.A.’s new law to rein in Wal-Mart isn’t sweeping, but it may be smart

Letters

Springtime for Democrats

And a revolution in South-Central

D’oh! Goofiest L.A. Political Gaffes

Yet More Lists

The Interregnum Riots

Was the uprising of ’92 the end of black power?

Back in the Room

Exposing the power play that had silenced four labor-friendly MTA members

Stuck in Idle

Political reasons for the sluggish MTA contract talks

The Sky is Falling

The Swinging Door

A new council, rich lobbyists and a sheriff who doesn’t want to leave

The Godfather

Miguel Contreras and the New Los Angeles

Labor Is Back

Ludlow’s victory revives dreams of L.A. movement

Bonding at the Urinal

The high-stakes game of no-flush vs. flush

The 10th District's Negro Problem

Deron vs. Martin: Who’s the darling of the black establishment now?

Which Black L.A.?

Tuesday’s election gives the African-American community the chance to reclaim its roots

How Much Truth Is Enough?

What Williams said and didn’t say about his troubled youth

L.A. Weekly’s Choices

Haunting Skeletons

Tenth District candidates have superb personal stories, with some details they’d prefer voters to overlook

Letters

Parks and Recreation

Endorsements

Our recommendations in the March 4 Los Angeles municipal election

City in Doldrums