Tomas O'Grady

5 Ways to Help Feed People This Holiday Season

There are so many worthy ways to give back this time of year. You can attend a fundraising event, donate food or write a check to help the less fortunate. All of which are needed and appreciated by the charities that depend on your generosity. But in case you need some inspiration, we came up with ... More >>

The Insider

Eric Bauman, L.A. Democratic Party Kingmaker

Elevates the ossified, keeps out L.A. talent

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 >>

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 >>

Tom LaBonge's Yacht Problem

Council District 4 candidate Tomas O'Grady: "Drain the swamp," take City Hall to the people

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 >>

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 >>

Tomas O'Grady, District 4 City Council Challenger Calls Shuttering Libraries "Biggest Scam"

L.A. CurbedOn Tom LaBonge's watch: the $875 thou median known as Vermont Triangle Park ​Tomas O'Grady, the L.A. Times endorsed City Council District 4 challenger, told LA Weekly that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council's decision to shutter L.A. Libraries two days a week "was the bigg ... 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"