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Richard Polanco

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    November 10, 2011

    Judge Michael Nash: I'm Opening the Secret Courts in Los Angeles so Child Dependency Screwups Get Sunshine and Fewer Kids Die

    God Bless Our Lost AngelsLance Helms, almost forgotten. But not by Judge Michael Nash.​Presiding Judge Michael Nash in L.A. County Dependency Court has seen horrific child sexual predators who rape their toddlers and sickos who starve their foster children -- and social workers and judges who ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Made for Each Other

    How unique odysseys of Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles brought them together

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    LA’s Underground Power Broker

    The name Vignali receded into L.A. history after the “Pardongate” scandal of 2001, but questions remain about drug-dealing son Carlos and his real estate magnate father, Horacio, who just might be pulling the strings in the remaking of downtown L.A.

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    The Defibrillator

    Richard Alarcón tries to jolt the mayor with a campaign about saving the middle class, Latinos and the Valley

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Rebel With a Plan

    Ed Reyes is angry. He wants the "zombies" in L.A.’s Planning Department out. He wants affordable-housing supporters in. And he wants his more polite colleagues on the City Council to help him pull it off.

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Hahn’s (Un)Finest Moments

    The Mayor’s embarrassing performance in Sherman Oaks sums up his first term

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Los Lobos

    Antonio "The Heartthrob" Villaraigosa vs. Nick "The Choirboy" Pacheco for the welterweight championship of the city

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Doomsday Plans

    Latino legislators ready to take on Gray Davis and his proposed social-service cuts

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Gray’s Latino Problem

    The Democratic incumbent is losing ground with a key constituency

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    Undoing Davis

    Issues, not Simon, pose greatest threat to the governor

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    An Oracle’s Mistake

    Yes, it’s a scandal. But big enough to roust Gray Davis from office?

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Not Such a Hot Deal

    L.A.’s school district pays $19.3 million for zero air conditioners

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    Drive-by Reporting

    Mayor Hahn’s new press aide comes in with a bang

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    The Glendale Narrows

    From Griffith Park to Downtown

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    Downtown

    From the Narrows to South L.A.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Power Play

    SCE has influence from governor on down

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    Gray Unplugged

    The power crisis may do in the governor

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Getting to 50-plus-1

    Hahn and Villaraigosa look to their right

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Endorsements: Part 2

    Our recommendations in the April 10 Los Angeles city election

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Fire in the Belly

    The hasty departure of Richard Polanco

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    The Hollywood 10-plus

    L.A.’s political tone at stake in race to succeed Jackie Goldberg

  • News

    March 1, 2001

    Van de Kampus

    Abandoned bakery could become community-college satellite

  • News

    February 15, 2001

    Letters

    Abandoned bakery could become community-college satellite

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Turning Up the Heat

    Hopes, dreams — and trouble — for historic bakery

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Mayor of Mayors?

    The newest county-government reform could benefit a political old-timer

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Running Uphill

    Term limits open races to maverick candidates

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    More Endorsements

    Term limits open races to maverick candidates

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Bell Tolls for Belmont

    L.A.’s bungled high school project finally done in by politics and money woes

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Sport of Supes

    Maybe it makes sense to expand L.A.’s Board of Supervisors

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Primary Concerns

    Race, class and gumption in the March local elections

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    Spoonful of History

    L.A.’s classic bakery building won’t go down without a fight

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    River Affront

    L.A. River boosters try to stop federal money for industrial project

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Wilderness, Inc.

    Southern California's controversial 'Adventure Pass' program

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Another Fine Mess

    Can’t anyone in this school district play this game?

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Cattle Call

    The Race to Succeed Richard Riordan -- and to Shape the Future of Los Angeles -- Has Already Begun

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    Power In Motion

    Hayden move would shake up Westside

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    After-Math

    The new equation of power politics at the school district

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Los Dos Richards

    Does Alatorre have a future?

  • News

    May 13, 1999

    Early Aspirations

    City attorney seeks to pre-empt mayoral field

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Top Dog Politics

    Latinos take their turn

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    The Machine Lives

    Alatorre Is Gone, But His Legacy Isn't

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Belmont’s Beleaguered Bureaucrat

    Shambra has his say

  • News

    February 18, 1999

    Who Poisoned the Well?

    Toxic truth haunts LAUSD at Belmont

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Next Up for Mader

    What the banished I.G. could do for the beleaguered D.A.

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    Remember Him?

    What the banished I.G. could do for the beleaguered D.A.

  • News

    November 5, 1998

    Our selections in Tuesday's General Election

    Endorsements 98

  • News

    June 25, 1998

    Valley Split

    Old-School Campaign Hands Alacaron a Razor-thin Victory

  • News

    May 28, 1998

    A Valley Campaign (About) Race

    Kosher, picante don’t mix in the 20th

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    A River Should Run Through It

    Repairing downtown, riparianly

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Eastside Story

    Rivals jockey for post position as Alatorre play out hand

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