Stephen Box

Victim Finds Hit-and-Run Driver

Famed bicyclist Don Ward tracked lobbyist Glenn Gritzner to a body shop

Why Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama's Top Cheerleader, Has Been Deemed a 'Failure' in Los Angeles

With the Democratic National Convention now over, it's clear that President Barack Obama has chosen, of all people, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be a high-profile cheerleader for his 2012 re-election campaign. That decision has caused a lot of head scratching in Los Angeles. He was, a ... More >>

L.A. Weekly Wins Big With 6 SoCal Journalism Awards, 3 AltWeeklies Awards

Last night's SoCal Journalism Awards -- an annual affair put on by the L.A. Press Club -- were more star-spangled than usual. Among the presenters and honorees were Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman (so much shorter in person, but with an even bigger voice), Daniel Pearl's extended family and every journal ... More >>

L.A. Overspends by $27,378 an Hour

Two key perks: free gas and cars

Eric Bauman, L.A. Democratic Party Kingmaker

Elevates the ossified, keeps out L.A. talent

Metro Red Line Stabbing at Hollywood Station (Again): Welcome to L.A.'s Year-Round Halloweentown

bugamerica.comHollywood and Western: Enter if you dare.​Update: A man dressed in a clown suit came to the couple's rescue this morning, sheriff's investigators tell KTLA. (At least someone was on duty.) The billions that L.A. has pumped into redeveloping Hollywood over the last couple decades ... More >>

The Fountain: A Battle for Hearts, Minds & Permits in East Hollywood

In early 2010, Mino Jegalian's family purchased a low-rent, five-unit retail property at the southwest corner of Fountain and Normandie, retaining three of the original tenants, and adding a fourth. But the corner unit, once home to a rowdy dive bar called the Grasshopper, remained vacant, unable to ... More >>

Renowned Bike Experts Turned Away From L.A. City Cycling Workshop

ebbc.orgGreen bike lane in Long Beach.​The bike problems thicken for L.A. Two prominent bike afficienadoes, one of whom was a government employee, were asked to leave today when they tried to observe the Think Bike L.A. workshop. The reasons for this are not quite clear.

Park[ing] Day L.A. Is This Friday: Here Are Our 7 Favorite Projects From Years Past

parkingday.orgThe San Francisco park[ing] spot that started it all.​Park[ing] Day didn't start in Los Angeles. That honor goes to San Francisco circa 2005 (though we did beat them to something else very San Francisco-y this year). Still: We can think of no place more appropriate than L.A. -- ... More >>

After Kissing Major Cyclist Ass, L.A. Only Gets 'Honorable Mention' for Bike-Friendliness

ladotbikeblogL.A. City Hall loves bicyclists -- but is the feeling mutual?​Los Angeles politicians have a history of bending over backward for the city's strong, united group of bike activists. Over the last year, faced with an unusually large heap of transportation problems amid the budget c ... More >>

'Apron Parking' Crackdown: L.A. Residents Beg City Attorney to Let Them Park Between Driveway and Sidewalk

Century City PatchRogue parkers can blame their window candy on the L.A. City Attorney.​Apron parking -- one of the only ways UCLA kids can fit all their cars in front of their packed college housing -- isn't the most legit thing in the world, admittedly. Drivers squeeze their vehicles into th ... More >>

L.A. Bike Plan Troubles

The Mayor's Budget

Los Angeles: Broke and Broken

City Council clueless about vast, hidden costs in Villaraigosa's $6.9 billion budget

Campaign Consultants Stank up L.A. on March 8

City Council candidate Rudy Martinez should have listened to his mom

Tom LaBonge vs. Stephen Box and Tomas O'Grady: Los Angeles City Council District 4 Election Results

The good news: Stephen Box can grow his goatee back​By Simone Wilson Update: LaBonge squeaked out a win with 55.09 percent; O'Grady came through with 30.93 and Box with 13.98. A total of 16,257 voters participated in the District 4 election. Update: The vote for O'Grady has risen to 29.37 pe ... More >>

Mitch Englander vs. Brad Smith: Los Angeles City Council District 12 Election Results

Welcome Mitchell Englander to the City Hall fraternity​Update: A grand turnout of 19,819 District 12 residents cast their votes in the City Council election yesterday. All said and done, Englander stayed in the No. 1 spot with 57.76 percent of the vote, and Smith trailed at a distant but admir ... More >>

Stephen Box, City Council District 4 Challenger, Has Best Balls in L.A. Tweeting on His Behalf

We love you, Stephen, tweet tweet.​Stephen Box, candidate for City Council District 4, has food trucks tweeting up a storm for him. @greatballsot (Great Balls On Tires) tweets: "You've voted us as best BALLS in L.A., now vote for BOX because he supports Food Trucks in District 4. Get out an ... More >>

L.A. Clean Sweep Nets Big Endorsements, Drops Big Dime in Last Seconds of Election Season

Full disclosure: We have a huge crush on Ron Kaye.​L.A. Clean Sweep may have started small and controversial, but after a rowdy few months of almost mainstream redevelopment scandal and municipal mud-slinging, the out-with-the-old "political action committee" has seen a few of its candidates b ... More >>

L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti Claims Library Cuts Went 'Under the Radar' -- Despite 10,000 Postcards to His Office, Billboard in His District

Maybe Eric Garcetti just forgot to put his glasses on​At L.A. City Hall, a new mantra is emerging: When in doubt, plead ignorant. That's how City Council President Eric Garcetti chose to handle a February 18 KPCC radio question about his role in cutting the Los Angeles Public Library system d ... More >>

Blogger Field Day in Huizar vs. Martinez

The fur-flying Council District 14 race is influenced by citizen journos

Stephen Box, City Council Candidate, Likens L.A. to Titanic Heading Toward Iceberg (VIDEO)

​L.A. City Council candidate Stephen Box has had the Best Month Ever. First, he nabbed the cover of LA Weekly with a centerstage cameo in "The Bikeroots." Then, he won over the editorial board of the LA Daily News for its official endorsement -- no small feat for an indie activist hoping to r ... More >>

1,680 Miles of L.A. Bike Lanes Approved by City Council; Mayor Pre-Signs Via Twitter

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIReady to burn some rubber​Aside from a few equestrian types worried about their horse lanes in the foothills, the long-labored plan to build 1,680 miles of bike lanes along Los Angeles streets (at least 200 miles every five years) was embraced by one and all at today's L.A. C ... More >>

LA Daily News, Los Angeles Times Endorse Non-Incumbents in District 4 City Council Race

Neon TommyCity Council challengers Stephen Box (left) and Tomas O'Grady (right) at a debate​We can't remember the last time both big L.A. dailies endorsed a non-incumbent with relatively light campaign funding in one of the City Council races -- and, even more unusually, the District 4 endorse ... More >>

Bike Zeal

The Bikeroots

City Council candidate Stephen Box and L.A. bicyclists roll into the halls of power

L.A. City Council Bums

Entrenched and ridiculed, they line up for a March 8 "coronation"

L.A. City Council Candidate Stephen Box Goes Where No Councilmember (Especially Opponent Tom LaBonge) Has Gone Before: The Internet

L.A. City Council candidate and "avid cyclist" Stephen Box​Reality-TV star Rudy Martinez isn't the only non-incumbent with a pointed plan of attack for crashing the insular tea party at L.A. City Hall next year. It seems watchdog Paul Hatfield [via the Village to Village blog] has picked a n ... More >>

Today Is Park(ing) Day

They've turned a metered parking spot into a mini park, for Park(ing) Day.​Today is Park(ing) Day, a worldwide event during which people transform metered parking spots into mini parks, an act of civil disobedience designed to point out that we need more open space in our cities. Here's the ... More >>

Bike Wars: L.A. Neighborhood Councils Could Get Some Say In Bike Issues

Councilman Greig Smith​Damien Newton of LA Streetsblog has an interesting piece about a potential conflict between bike activists and neighborhood councils, though it may wind up in peace, love and harmony. Backstory: City Councilman Greig Smith, who represents district 12 in the Valley, has ... More >>

"DONE" Is Kaput

Will a badly mismanaged city department take L.A.'s neighborhood council experiment down with it?

Envirowimps: L.A.'s Big Green Groups Get Comfy

Activists leave the street-fighting to the little guys

Measure B: Tweet Against the Machine

How L.A. City Hall power was struck down by blogs and online social networks