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South Gate

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Lights Out

    Proposed power plant flames out in South Gate

  • News

    May 23, 2002

    An Exquisite Scar

    Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

  • Eat+Drink

    June 13, 2002

    Original Sinaloa

    Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    What's Not in a Name?

    Burbank was not named for horticulturalist Luther. Stanton was not so called in honor of actor Harry Dean. Nor was Carson dedicated to late-night talk-show host Johnny. These are just some of the disillusioning facts one learns over the course of living in L.A. According to William Bright's ever-hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Sticker Shock Treatment: Fake Governor to Pay Real Sales Tax

    At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 25, 2001

    The Erotic Arts

    At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- ... More >>

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Senseless Steve

    The D.A.’s rampage at a tiny downtown newspaper

  • Eat+Drink

    August 21, 2008

    Tierra Mia Explores Coffee for the Latino Palate

    A journey through the world's best beans

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Ecocide

    A journey through the world's best beans

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Idle Plan

    South Gate power plant could rise again

  • Eat+Drink

    December 2, 2004

    Regional Mexican

    South Gate power plant could rise again

  • Eat+Drink

    November 1, 2007

    A Federal Case

    Eating D.F. style on both sides of town

  • News

    June 21, 2007

    Mario Beltran’s Strange Bedfellows

    A political brouhaha erupts as LAPD seizes documents from a Bell Gardens councilman and the city’s towing company

  • News

    June 7, 2007

    Did City Hall Fund a Gun-Runner?

    Feds arrest Hector Marroquin, of the purported “No Guns” anti-gang program

  • News

    March 15, 2007

    Un Pueblo Olvidado por la Ley

    A Spanish translation of “The Town the Law Forgot”. Pandillas, carteles y políticas al estilo “sur de la frontera” enlodan la reputación de un suburbio de L.A.

  • News

    November 17, 2005

    Schooling the Schools

    At South Gate, and elsewhere, ambitious students demand more from LAUSD

  • Eat+Drink

    March 24, 2005

    South L.A.

    At South Gate, and elsewhere, ambitious students demand more from LAUSD

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Gobbing On Empires

    Punk’s Best Responses to the Bush Regime

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    D.A. Man and Me

    Encounters with the many sides of Steve Cooley

  • News

    February 19, 2004

    We Endorse

    L.A. Weekly’s recommendations in the major contested races of the March 2 primary

  • News

    March 6, 2003

    Endorsements

    Our recommendations in the March 4 Los Angeles municipal election

  • Eat+Drink

    November 28, 2002

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Our recommendations in the March 4 Los Angeles municipal election

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    The South

    From Downtown to Long Beach Harbor

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Heating Up

    Coming out against South Gate’s proposed power plant

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Downey to Power Plant: Drop Dead

    Coming out against South Gate’s proposed power plant

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Power Play

    South Gate is already one of the most polluted cities in California. Does it really need a massive new electric plant?

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    No Vacancy

    The school district's space crunch is much worse than you know. And no one has a plan that will fix it.

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Spacing Schools

    Uh-oh! L.A.’s grand plan for creating classrooms won’t work

  • News

    October 28, 1999

    Come to Order, Class

    Whoever’s running L.A. Unified deserves high marks in chaos, struggle and discontent

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    Generation XX

    20 years of covering the unheard music

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Ask Mr. Gold: Have Your Cake & Eat It Late

    Dear Mr. Gold: I'm looking for a bakery/café downtown, or better, in Boyle Heights, that's open late and reasonably priced. It should be a good, festive place for a group of friends to talk after a play.

  • Eat+Drink

    June 25, 2009

    Eastside Bakeries After Dark

    Have your cake and eat it late

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    When White Writers Do “Latino” Issues

    Have your cake and eat it late

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Evacuations Ordered For Several Foothill Communities (UPDATED)

    National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Good money after bad: Should L.A. taxpayers pay $40,000 to steal $20,000 jobs from South Gate?

    National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

  • News

    January 28, 2010

    HOLY SEVERANCE PAY, BATMAN!

    National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 11, 2010

    The Mexican Binge

    When a visitor wants nothing but

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Voodoo Car Dealer Convicted In Real Estate Fraud Case

    Google MapsDowney Motorcars.​A South Gate used-car dealer who allegedly used voodoo to help him in a fraud case brought against him by authorities was convicted on Thursday of filing false papers and grand theft as part of a real estate fraud scheme, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    The Chosen One

    How the labor-Latino political machine decides who serves in Sacramento

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Welcome to the Season of Esquites: Mexican Grilled Corn

    D. GonzalezGrilled corn at Yxta Cocina Mexicana​In the lingo of street food, the horn equals corn: tamales, mayo corn, and increasingly, esquites.  Although you might be familiar with the first two, now is the ideal time to get acquainted with roasted richness of the esquite. In her recently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Bubble Wrap Bandit: Hey Police Agencies, Better Nicknames For Bank Robbers, Please

    Bubble wrap​Police say a man with a history of alleged bank robberies hit a Bank of the West Tuesday at Valley View Boulevard and Imperial Highway in La Mirada. He's been dubbed the "Bubble Wrap Bandit." So does he wrap his face in bubble wrap to disguise himself or something? Or perhaps he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Los Angeles County Cities Have Highest Sales Taxes In The State, Including 10.75 Percent In Pico Rivera And South Gate

    Slices of Light via Flickr​Updated after the jump with comments from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's CEO, who says high sales taxes could hurt car sales. Originally posted at 1:38 p.m. Eleven cents on the dollar in sales tax? Believe that. As five California cities, including two in Sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    The Damage, Halloween 2010: Three-Year-Old South L.A. Trick-Or-Treater Slammed By Hit-And-Run Driver, Boyle Heights 22-Year-Old Kills Girlfriend And Child In SUV

    Sow There!​The night of October 31/morning of November 1 are inevitably rough on the crime front -- something about unlimited Skittles and slutty schoolgirls brings out the evil in any community. This year was no exception in L.A., with a slew of messy shootings and even more deadly road rage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Two Dead After Head-On Collision With Mercedes-Benz Speeding Wrong Way in 91 East Carpool Lane

    eurotuner.comA 1996 Mercedes C220 like the one that plowed into oncoming traffic last night​Updated after the jump: The victims were 24-year-old Vanessa Cease of Long Beach and 26-year-old Alan Reyes of Diamond Bar. Friends say they were a couple. The driver who sped into oncoming traffic was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    South Gate Groper on the Loose: Latest Victim is an 8-Year-Old Girl

    Google MapsCops say the South Gate groper works this neighborhood, where Street View shows school kids walking.​When the weather warms up, the creeps seem to come out like clockwork. Police say this one has been working the northwest section of South Gate, where a 15-year-old girl on her way ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Cal Worthington: Alive and Pitching

    Google MapsCops say the South Gate groper works this neighborhood, where Street View shows school kids walking.​When the weather warms up, the creeps seem to come out like clockwork. Police say this one has been working the northwest section of South Gate, where a 15-year-old girl on her way ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2011

    Bill Gallegos: Cooling Dante's Inferno

    Google MapsCops say the South Gate groper works this neighborhood, where Street View shows school kids walking.​When the weather warms up, the creeps seem to come out like clockwork. Police say this one has been working the northwest section of South Gate, where a 15-year-old girl on her way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Art Sex Crime Tagging Crew Targeted in L.A. County Sweep: 8 Alleged Graffiti Vandals Arrested

    MySpaceArt Sex Crime has a MySpace page.​Cops fanned out across the L.A. area in pursuit of members of Art Sex Crime, an 8-year-old tagging crew they say is responsible for more than 1,600 acts of vandalism: 11 people were arrested yesterday in eight different SoCal cities -- mostly in the sou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Carmageddon Junior This Weekend as 710 Freeway Closes Overnight in Southeast L.A. County

    NoiseCollusion​We're sensing a little Westside bias. Shutdown the 405 for less than a weekend and all other news must cease: The world is coming to an end. But over on the Eastside they're going to have a little Carmageddon Jr. going on this weekend. That's right, the 710 will be shut down ... More >>

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