Rocky Delgadillo

In A.G.'s race, two big names weigh in late

​Candidates for statewide office turned in their semi-annual fundraising numbers Monday. But perhaps the two biggest names in the attorney general's race didn't have to file because they weren't running at all last year.Steve Cooley, the Republican district attorney of L.A. County, jumped into the ... More >>

City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in the House

Rocky Delgadillo departs on an acid note, and a black SUV visits "Nuch"

Rocky Delgadillo Dreams of Being California Attorney General?

City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo got slammed by voters in his last run for California Attorney General, losing to the "old man," as twenty-somethings call Attorney General Jerry Brown. Now, City News Service says he is thinking of trying again. Brown, of course, was a comeback king who pulled the crap ... More >>

L.A.'s Density Bonus Blowup

A judge says City Hall broke the law by allowing outsize projects

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Hospitals Blocked From Skid Row Dumping City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has secured protocols -- and a $1.6 million settlement -- with Orange County's College Hospitals to prevent them from future patient-dumping on L.A.'s Skid Row. Associated Press, City Attorney's OfficeHate Tags A white Los Alamit ... More >>

Rocky to Seize MS-13 Gang Building

City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has filed suit to seize an apartment building that allegedly serves as a 24-hour narcotics pharmacy run by the Mara Salvatrucha gang. Also known by its initials MS-13, the gang was formed in Los Angeles by Salvadoran immigrants during the 1980s. The lawsuit was not ser ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Long Beach OK's Wetlands Deal The L.B. City Council has approved a deal to trade a 12-acre parcel from a public service yard for nearly 34 acres of Los Cerritos Wetlands located on Bixby Ranch.Man Ends Barricade Standoff Frank Torres peacefully left his Carson home, which is threatened with bank for ... More >>

Drew Street Drug House Demolished

Creepily, some neighbors miss the gang’s terror, a Neighborhood Watch of sorts

Rocky II: Will Delgadillo's Sequel Be Any Better?

The Los Angeles Times reports that L.A. City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is making moves to run again for California Attorney General, now that Jerry Brown, the current A.G., is showing signs of wanting to reoccupy the governor's mansion. Brown obliterated Delgadillo in the 2006 Democratic primary, bu ... More >>

Rap Names for L.A. Politicians

What's in a name? Ask MyRapName, a Web site that automatically generates a rap-singer identity for you after you enter your first name and last initial. We did this with the names of some Los Angeles' leading statesmen and stateswomen -- just in case they require more street cred for their next elec ... More >>

Delgadillo, Villaraigosa and L.A'.s 2008 Anti-Gang Tax

You have to wonder if Antonio Villaraigosa and the Los Angeles City Council will come up with another "anti-gang program" that fails to woo a single kid away from gangs, now that Antonio Villaraigosa and Rocky Delgadillo are openly showing how much they loathe one another. If you didn't catch it, t ... More >>

Los Angeles City Planning Commission Adopts Preliminary Motion to Ban all New Electronic Billboards

Taking aim at digital billboards in the wake of intense opposition from community groups in Hollywood, Venice, Encino, Silver Lake and other areas, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission adopted a preliminary motion to ban all new electronic billboards for a year. The Interim Control Ordinance w ... More >>

Silver Lake Residents Protest Against Digital Billboard Blight

Dozens of Silver Lake residents gathered yesterday at City Hall to protest against a pulsating digital billboard that recently popped up along Silver Lake Boulevard throwing lights into neighborhood homes. “Silver Lake is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles,” said Suzanne Fe ... More >>

KCET Investigates Billboard Blight in Los Angeles

Billboard blight was the subject of a segment on "SoCal Connected" on KCET last night. "Billboard Confidential" looked at LA's billboard boondoggle and the reasons why LA is "ground zero" for a $7 billion dollar billboard industry. The show - the result of a two-month investigation - was a recap ... More >>

Council Member Garcetti to Introduce Legislation Targeting Electronic Billboards

Council President Eric Garcetti plans today to introduce two resolutions that would address the rapid spread of electronic billboards in Los Angeles. The first motion calls for City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to revisit the terms of the settlement agreement between the City of Los Angeles ... More >>

Los Angeles City Committee Will Consider Motion to Rewrite Billboard Ordinance

The City’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider a motion today that would address and fix the colossal problems that have been raised in court cases challenging the city's sign ordinance. The motion, introduced by Los Angeles city councilmember Jack Weiss on July 29, ca ... More >>

FBI Criminal Probe Targets Los Angeles City Attorney

The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that San Francisco-based FBI agents have begun a criminal investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the FBI investigation as saying that agents recently went to Los Angeles to conduct interviews ... More >>

FBI Agents Investigate Los Angeles City Attorney

The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that San Francisco-based FBI agents have begun a criminal investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the FBI investigation as saying that agents recently went to Los Angeles to conduct interviews. ... More >>

Juicy City Hall War: Delgadillo vs. Chick

Most Angelenos still don't realize that the "$4.2 million" DWP/Fleishman-Hillard scandal that led to Mayor Jimmy Hahn's defeat by Antonio Villaraigosa ended in a whimper in court last summer, raising serious questions about Hahns' key accusers -- City Controller Laura Chick and City Attorney Rocky D ... More >>

Los Angeles City Councilmember Calls for Tougher Billboard Ban

Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss introduced a motion yesterday that would address and fix the colossal problems that have been raised in court cases challenging the city's sign ordinance. The motion calls for the city's planning department, Department of Building and Safety and City Attorne ... More >>

Billboards Gone Wild: 4,000 Illegal Billboards Choke L.A.'s Neighborhoods

Is City Hall corrupt, or just inept?

The Gangsters of Drew Street, Glassell Park

Why neither God nor the police can stop them

Delgadillo's War

Quietly, the city attorney is targeting Hollywood’s historic preservation protections

Worse and Worser

A hothead female firefighter accuses a bombastic boss. She gets $6.2 million � at least.

Meruelo Maddux’s Missing Asbestos

A company chaired by Villaraigosa�s biggest fat-cat contributor refuses to say where all that asbestos went

Dog Food Caper

Journalists and City Council cave to iffy lawsuit

What Would Jerry and Rocky Do?

Rocky's Toughest Comeback

How L.A.�s city attorney became so grossly misunderstood

Rocky's Stomach Punch

The $1.5 million award to a fired prosecutor forces a few questions about the city attorney�s judgment

Rocky's Down for the Count

L.A.�s city attorney loses court fight with fired prosecutor

The Miseducation of Bill Rosendahl

Lincoln Place proves a tough test for new councilman

The Well-Connected Molester

David Newman liked his pals at MySpace.com as much as children of celebrities. Then he helped bring down a prosecutor

The Rocky Files

Who hired ex-CIA agents to snoop around the city attorney?

Heartless in Venice

Rocky slams the door on Lincoln Place tenants

Molested Justice

Rocky�s office politics may have led to bungling of case against child predator

First Call

If you�re a Trojan in trouble, see Nooch

Rocky Road

Suit tarnishes city attorney�s polished image

The Ghosts of Dan Carvin

Paying the price for mishandling fat legal bills

We Endorse

L.A. Weekly�s choices in next Tuesday�s election

Endorsements, Election Day March 8

Out of the Darkness

Some city leaders call for DWP to shed light on secret settlements. . . some don�t

This Rocky Can Handle a Punch

Antonio�s Line

Sometimes politics makes strange progeny

Endorsements

Our recommendations in the June 5 Los Angeles city election

Rocky�s Road

Delgadillo is driven to develop L.A. � and his career

Signs of the Time

Rocky likes his billboards, Mike doesn�t

L.A. Lawyer

The insiders� race for city attorney

Doing the Medici

Imagine world peace; then imagine Central City as the new San Marino

Money Fields

End of the line for L.A. River park

Down, Boy

Mayor Riordan doesn�t like it when people criticize his business record