Steve Cooley

Jackie Lacey Steps Out of Steve Cooley's Shadow

Will this black woman be a game-changer at the D.A.'s office?

Jackie Lacey And Alan Jackson Vie For District Attorney; Race Shapes Up As Referendum On Steve Cooley

For the first time since 1996, Steve Cooley is not on the ballot in the race for L.A. County District Attorney. But tomorrow's election is largely a referendum on his 12 years in office.His chosen successor, Jackie Lacey, has the backing of the police and political establishment. Her opponent, Alan ... More >>

The 5 Biggest Losers From Carmen Trutanich's D.A. Debacle (Other Than Trutanich)

The county updated its vote tally this afternoon, and it confirmed what we already knew: Carmen Trutanich crashed and burned on Tuesday night. With 59,000 extra ballots counted, Trutanich's margin of defeat is unchanged. He's still in third by 8,000 votes, and only 117,000 votes remain to be counted ... More >>

D.A. Steve Cooley Calls On John Noguez To Resign; Defense Attorneys Warn Against Trying Case In The Media

District Attorney Steve Cooley took his "pay to play" case against Assessor John Noguez to the public on Wednesday, calling on Noguez to resign in numerous TV, radio and print interviews.Cooley's round of publicity was unusual in that no charges have been filed against Noguez, and no charges are exp ... More >>

Rave Culture Implicated, Wrongly, in Case Against L.A. Coliseum Promoters

In its prosecution of two electronic dance music promoters and four others for alleged corruption at the L.A. Coliseum, the office of Republican District Attorney Steve Cooley also nearly indicted rave culture itself. Cooley, also known for his stance against medical marijuana dispensaries, almost ... More >>

Harry Burkhart's Alleged L.A. Arson Spree Brings Formal Charges: 37 Counts of Setting Fires

Updated at the bottom with Burkhart's huge bail amount and a new court date. First posted at 3:27 p.m. The man who authorities say terrorized L.A. with a three-day series of arson fires has formally been charged for causing most of the spree. Harry Burkhart, the 24-year-old with apparent German ci ... More >>

Did Marijuana Sink Steve Cooley?

An anti-Cooley poster​They're still counting ballots down in Norwalk, but Americans for Safe Access is ready to declare a winner in the attorney general's race: Kamala Harris.ASA supports medical marijuana, and attacked Steve Cooley during the campaign for trying to shut down dispensaries. Now, th ... More >>

Kamala Harris To Steve Cooley: Call Off The Goons (Updated)

Getting testy in Norwalk​Updated below with response from the Cooley campaign at 7:23 p.m.Kamala Harris' chief strategist is accusing Steve Cooley's campaign of intimidating election workers in Norwalk in an effort to disqualify provisional ballots.Harris holds a narrow 14,000 vote lead in the rac ... More >>

Pro-Medical Pot Group: Defeating Steve Cooley More Important Than Prop. 19

Americans For Safe AccessAn anti-Cooley poster​With Prop. 19 way down in the polls, some pro-marijuana groups are turning their attention to the dead-even race for attorney general.Americans For Safe Access, which supports medical marijuana, has launched a "Not Cooley" campaign. The group is telli ... More >>

Hollywood Backs Harris as Cooley Pulls Away

Why ugly and grumpy Steve is beating smart and beautiful Kamala

D.A. Steve Cooley Uses Bell Scandal Figure Robert Rizzo In First TV Ad Of Attorney General Campaign

Political fodder: Robert Rizzo behind bars​When former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo was frog-marched off to jail last month, some -- including Rizzo's lawyer -- questioned the timing. The D.A.'s office had been investigating Bell for more than a year, but waited until six weeks before the Novemb ... More >>

Comment Of The Day: Why Did Bell's Highly Paid Police Chief Avoid The D.A.'s Crosshairs?

Randy Adams: Friends in high places?​The arrests Tuesday of eight Bell city officials rounded up all the suspects -- former city manager Robert Rizzo, former assistant city manager Angela Spaccia, Mayor Oscar Hernandez, City Council members Luis Artiga, Teresa Jacobo and George Mirabal, and fo ... More >>

To Stage War Plays, or Not to Stage War Plays

'They Sell Marijuana Out Of A Van'

Lakeview Collective​It certainly sounded like a good idea: While many doctor-pot-shop relationships are of a longer distance than customers would like (get a doctor's note here, get your weed there), a couple in Riverside County came up with a solution. Partnering up with a doctor's referral b ... More >>

D.A. To Urge Legislature To Pass New Body Armor Law

​District Attorney Steve Cooley and state Sen. Alex Padilla will hold a news conference Friday to urge the state legislature to pass what they describe as an urgent law that would ban violent felons from wearing body armor. Cooley, who has indicated his plans to run for state Attorney General ... More >>

L.A. D.A. Steve Cooley Ponders Run For Attorney General

​The same day Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley was getting statewide headlines for proposing a solution to an overturned state law banning body armor for felons he was also getting ink for saying a run for California Attorney General is possible. "I am definitely considering it," th ... More >>

State Sen. Alex Padilla Could Sponsor Body Armor Law

​That new no-body-armor-for-felons legislation written by District Attorney Steve Cooley has been offered up to State Sen. Alex Padilla, who could sponsor it if he likes it, Cooley told the Weekly. Calls to Padilla's office went unanswered Thursday, but Cooley says Padilla's staff has been re ... More >>

Steve Cooley Likely To Announce Run For Attorney General In The Next Two Weeks

District Attorney Steve Cooley.​Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley tells LA Weekly he'll likely announce his official candidacy for the state Attorney General's office in early January. The Republican will likely be running against the man who used to hold his office, Democrat R ... More >>

District Attorney Steve Cooley Writes New Body-Armor Legislation

​After a state appellate court overturned California's no-body-armor-for-ex-violent-felons rule, citing what it stated was vague and confusing language, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has come up with a law of his own and he's urging the state legislature to pass it. Cooley ... More >>

Pro-Pot Group Says L.A. City Council In Its Pocket

Pro-medical-marijuana group Americans For Safe Access this week claimed victory in its campaign to get the Los Angeles City Council to see things its way when it comes to regulating L.A.'s 800 or so registered pot shops.​After campaigning on-air at KPCC (89.3 FM), ASA claims it has beaten back the ... More >>

District Attorney Plans Crackdown on Pot Dispensaries

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told a small crowd of print and television reporters on Thursday that he would prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries for over-the-counter sales. "The over-the-counter sales of marijuana for money is illegal," said Cooley who, along with City Atto ... More >>

Will Adelman Face Charges in Sex-Toy Case?

LAPD awaits the D.A.'s word in the lurid scandal gripping City Hall

Lily Burk Death: Paperwork Snafu, or Steve Cooley Screwup?

Critics say the D.A.'s approach to the third strike makes him less vigilant

D.A. Steve Cooley Versus the Water Boarder

Steve Cooley​ It's a strange complaint: A candidate for one of the most important offices in L.A. County cries foul because his political affiliation is revealed in robocalls to voters. Registered Republican and District Attorney Steve Cooley isn't merely complaining, however -- his office is inve ... More >>

May 19 Election: Schwarzenegger, Villaraigosa, Weiss, Bratton, Bass, Go Down in Flames

Even with one key Los Angeles City Council District race still hanging in the balance on the Westside, the political wreckage surrounding some of California's best-known politicians was waist-deep, leaving Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to slog through the recriminatio ... More >>

L.A. City Attorney Race: One Cooley Customer

The white-hot battle between Trutanich and Weiss

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 >>

The Steve and Bob Show

Ex-D.A. Philibosian has a good friend in Cooley

New Count for Three-Strikes Law

D.A. Steve Cooley wants voters to revamp the inhumane measure

Rampart Forgiven

Steve Cooley fails to get to the bottom of things — again

A New Umpire

Reforming the state’s three-strikes law

Just One More Thing

Missing motives in L.A.’s pay-to-play scandal

The Man in Red

Pray tell, what are Steve Cooley’s plans for Cardinal Mahony?

Rampart’s Elusive Justice

Will Steve Cooley pursue the case against three LAPD cops?

Minor Deceptions

Can Steve Cooley win the big one at City Hall?

Endorsements

D.A. Man and Me

Encounters with the many sides of Steve Cooley

The Surprise Witness

Is it too early to wonder if Steve Cooley can win the big cases?

Crimes of Hate

Trev Broudy and the night 'something really terrible happened'

Strange Bedfellows: Winona and the Chicago 7

What Cooley Learned From Rampart

Not enough, say critics of the district attorney

Power From the People

L.A. County supervisors run a secret government

Senseless Steve

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

Cooley Cops Out

Turns out that the new D.A. was only kidding about Rampart

The New Alignment

Winners, losers and others in the Gloria Marina fiasco

Rampart Watch

New, harder look produces more charges against cops

A Key Test

D.A. chooses to drag out suspense

The New D.A. Man

Steve Cooley vows to go after public corruption

The Real Cooley

Gil Garcetti would like to paint his foe as a right-winger

Getting Even

The bad blood between Gil Garcetti and his challengers