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November 14, 2012
Marijuana's The Next Big Wall Street Investment?
Real estate has been a dismal bust, Facebook is a disappointment, and Apple costs too much. What's an investment mogul to do? Boy, do we have a "green" opportunity for you. Marijuana is now fully legal in two states, Colorado and Washington, following last week's elections. There are opportunities ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2012
How Wall Street and Washington Conspired to Spike Gas Prices
By Pete Kotz On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break loose. The country's largest banks had already begun to implode through arrogance and ineptitude. Now t ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
JPMorgan Chase Blocking Century City Center Development (And Thousands of Jobs)?
The Century City stop planned for the Westside subway extension is turning out to be a vortex of political intrigue. Not only is it the place where a friend of L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to build a 37-story high-rise (and note here that Villaraigosa holds sway over the Metro transportati ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2012
'Flash Occupation' of Los Angeles Banks Planned Today
And you thought the occupation of Los Angeles was over with the raid on Occupy L.A.'s City Hall lawn encampment at the end of November. Oh no. The occupy nation is getting ready to confront a series of banks today regarding their take-our-bailout-money-and-our-houses tendencies:
Blogs
January 24, 2012
List of Dodger Bidders in the 2012 Sale by Frank McCourt: Wall Street Jerks and Baseball Lovers
Here's the known, and rumored, list 15 of exceedingly rich Wall Street one percenters, fabulously wealthy moguls and hardcore baseball lovers who may -- or may not -- have made secret, non-binding $1 billion bids to buy the Dodgers before the January 23, 2012 deadline expired. 1. Tom Barrack, col ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2011
UCLA Protesters to be in Full Effect Today as UC Regents Consider Costs: Occupy Principles Invoked
Updated at the bottom with the UC Regents voting to essentially head off another tuition increase. First posted at 6:05 a.m. As expected, UCLA students and other protesters will be out in force at the Westwood Campus today as some of the UC Regents hold a meeting that could ultimately decide the fa ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
8 Places in Los Angeles That Might as Well be Occupied
The reports that the mayor wants Occupy L.A. to leave City Hall raise the question: if they do have to leave, where would they go? The occupiers have already expanded to obvious places like UCLA and Bank of America Plaza. L.A.'s own Wall Street has been slightly occupied for years now (it i ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Occupy-Affiliated Group ReFund California Threatens Lawsuit if UC Regents Meet Behind Closed Doors
ReFund CaliforniaProtesters concerned that University of California Regents will meet behind closed doors as Cal State University trustees are accused of having done this week amid loud demonstrations are threatening legal action. ReFund California, which staged a raucous protest outside the ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
L.A. City Council Moves Toward $8.4 Million Tax Giveaway to Mutual Fund Investors Yet Vows Allegiance to Occupy?
yunguyen666The L.A. City Council is a fairly liberal bunch. It voted last month, for example, to support the Occupy L.A. movement, which holds the bailed-out, tax-loophole-rich banks and investment houses of Wall Street responsible for the Great Recession and its aftermath. But strangely the ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2011
Twihards vs. Occupy L.A: Which Downtown Encampment Has Strength in Numbers?
Breakadawn.Occupy versus Twilight: Both are camped out in tent cities downtown. Both have a love-hate relationship with blood suckers (Wall Street, vampires). Both, apparently, are comprised of jobless nerds with enough free time to hang out in tents for days on end. (We kid, sort of). So ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
UCLA Students to Occupy Banks in Los Angeles' Financial District Downtown Today
Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2011
Occupy L.A. to March in Financial District Downtown For Bank Transfer Day
Alexis TejadaL.A. has played second fiddle to Occupy Wall Street, where the American movement started, and Occupy Oakland, where it has exploded. But on Saturday the spotlight could finally be on us. That's because National Bank Transfer Day, which has roots here, will be highlighted by the ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Occupy L.A. Anti-Bank Measure at City Hall Could Cost Taxpayers $58 Million: All-Bark, No-Bite City Council Kicks Issue Down The Road
Ed CarrascoOccupy sexy.Ah, how typical of the L.A. City Council to hitch its trailer to a movement then, perhaps, back away when the thing has passed. We're thinking, of course, of the city's boycott of Arizona over its controversial immigration law, exceptions to which are too numerous to me ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2011
'Occupy L.A.' Plans to Stage Rush-Hour Protests on 101 Freeway Overpass Every Day Until February
Occupy Los Angeles via FacebookNowhere, fast.If your commute takes you under the 101 freeway's North Broadway overpass at rush hour, get ready for at least three-and-a-half more months of rowdy 99 percenters dangling their Wall Street insults all up in your windshields. Beginning today at 5 ... More >>
Blogs
October 13, 2011
Van Dyke Parks Re-Emerges With A Set Of Singles, Each Covered By Works Of Art
Illustration by Art SpiegelmanStory by Erik Himmelsbach Van Dyke Parks lives on the fringes of the city, up the hill in the northeasternmost nook of Pasadena. He's comfortable there; it's a geographic mirror of his own five-decade career as a culty wingman whose fingerprints are conspicuous ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Saber Unveils Protest Flag for Occupy L.A. and His Push to End Moratorium on Murals
courtesy of SaberArtist/activist Saber has never been one to do anything in a "small" way as evidenced by his world record holding graffiti piece on the L.A. River -- done in 1997 and visible from space before it was buffed last year. His latest projects are no exception. A couple weeks ago h ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
City Council Unanimously Passes Occupy L.A. Resolution -- Protesters Struggle to Distance Themselves From Democrats, Unions
Los Angeles TimesCity Council President Eric Garcetti shows his support.Just now, the L.A. City Council unanimously approved a joint resolution to officially "support" the Occupy L.A. demonstration and "demand accountability and results from the banks we invest taxpayer dollars in." (Full tex ... More >>
Blogs
October 10, 2011
VIDEO: Occupy L.A. Serenaded by Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine Guitarist
The disgruntled campers on L.A. City Hall's front lawn -- suffocating grasses and inspiring driversby since October 1, like it's their job -- got some inspiration of their own this sweaty Saturday. Occupy Wall Street's much larger crowd may have been blessed by badass spoken-word from Brooklyn rapp ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2011
'We Are the 53 Percent' Claims Middle Ground Between Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street, Tells Protesters to 'Suck It Up'
See also: "Occupy L.A. Now Allowed to Camp on City Hall Lawn: Why Are Politicians Sucking Up to Protesters?" Our very own Gene Maddaus created an enlightening similarities chart between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party yesterday. In short: Same approach, opposite ends of the spectrum. But ther ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Occupy L.A. Arrests: Police Detain 10 Protesters in Bank of America Lobby
See also: "Faces of Occupy L.A: The Student, the Actor, the Addict, the Vet." Update: The protesters were reportedly trying to cash a jumbo check for $673 billion, made out to the "People of California." Photo at bottom of post. According to a Twitter account representing multiple L.A. workers uni ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2011
Occupy L.A.: Wall Street Protesters Hit L.A. City Hall
See more photos in "Occupy L.A." The Occupy Wall Street movement came to L.A. today, as several hundred protesters marched on L.A. City Hall. The crowd gathered at around 10 a.m. at Pershing Square, then marched up Broadway to the north lawn of L.A. City Hall. Crowd estimates varied, but it appe ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
California Environmental Protection Could be Watered Down Under Sneaky Law Awaiting Jerry Brown's Signature, Activists Say
Chris McCorkleDensity in downtown L.A.Critics of over-development in L.A. are up in arms about a California law, which just needs the governor's signature to be finalized, that they argue would weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and allow cities to use years- and decades-o ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Where the Elite Meet to Cheat and Cause Fiscal Defeat
Chris McCorkleDensity in downtown L.A.Critics of over-development in L.A. are up in arms about a California law, which just needs the governor's signature to be finalized, that they argue would weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and allow cities to use years- and decades-o ... More >>
Columns
March 31, 2011
How Wall Street Kicks L.A. Pets Out of Their Homes
Chris McCorkleDensity in downtown L.A.Critics of over-development in L.A. are up in arms about a California law, which just needs the governor's signature to be finalized, that they argue would weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and allow cities to use years- and decades-o ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
FIGHTING THE VAMPIRE SQUID
Chris McCorkleDensity in downtown L.A.Critics of over-development in L.A. are up in arms about a California law, which just needs the governor's signature to be finalized, that they argue would weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and allow cities to use years- and decades-o ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
'Wall Street Whitman' Video Game Launched By California Labor Federation; Mocks Meg Whitman As Job Slasher
The California Labor Federation has taken campaign attacks to another level. Now available for online users everywhere, "Wall Street Whitman" is an interactive video game mocking gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's record of allegedly slashing jobs. "You're Wall Street Whitman,"the main m ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
WHO IS THIS POPCORN MAFIA?
The California Labor Federation has taken campaign attacks to another level. Now available for online users everywhere, "Wall Street Whitman" is an interactive video game mocking gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's record of allegedly slashing jobs. "You're Wall Street Whitman,"the main m ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
L.A. City Council Aims For 4,000 Total Layoffs
The City Council on Thursday voted to order city departments to identify and layoff an additional 3,000 employees, above the 1,000 already targeted for cuts. The vote was nine in favor and three abstaining but, once again, layoffs have not been set in stone. Based on a motion by Councilwoman ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
Dem on Dem Payback State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-L.A.) disciplined three members of her party for not voting to put spending limits on the ballot -- part of a key compromise Democrats made to finally pass a budget with Republicans. Stripped of their committee chairmanships were Black Caucus l ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
Arrest in Homeless Slay Case Benjamin Mathew Martin, 30, was apprehended in Rancho Mirage for the gruesome death of John Robert McGraham, a homeless man who was set on fire last fall in an alley off of Third Street near Berendo Street. Meet the Bark Beetles The news about climate change's effects on ... More >>
Columns
December 25, 2008
Jordan Belfort: The Wounded Wolf of Wall Street
Still howling
Calendar
October 30, 2008
U.S. Drag
Still howling
Columns
October 9, 2008
Banking on Disaster: A Day in the Life at the End of the World
What do you do when it seems as though you're the last man on Earth with a savings account?
Blogs
September 26, 2008
Election '08: A Day In The Life At The End Of The World
My head is spinning and not just because this is the third time I've tried to write this. Unfortunately, as far as clarity and fresh thinking is concerned, my computer kept crashing as I pecked away at these thoughts last night, trying to make some sense of a dizzying day. Maybe my laptop was having ... More >>
News
September 25, 2008
Reaganomics Meets the GOP-Bolshevik State
Potemkin economy
News
September 18, 2008
Hollywood: Damaged on Wall Street, Weak in Prime Time and Ignoring Tina Brown
A world of hurt
News
March 20, 2008
Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Mirage
The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.
News
October 12, 2006
Out of the Frying Pan
Democrats may well win this November, but they can�t deliver like they used to
News
July 13, 2006
Go, Johnny, Go!
Depp gives Disney the pirate’s booty
Film+TV
December 2, 2004
Downsized
American and European movies go to work
News
March 13, 2003
Letters
American and European movies go to work
Columns
October 24, 2002
Waiting to Inhale
American and European movies go to work
Columns
July 4, 2002
Lord of the Chickens
American and European movies go to work
News
February 7, 2002
The Back Story
A reading list
News
March 1, 2001
Flips and Switches
Gray Davis wants it both ways
News
February 8, 2001
Power to (and From) the People!
Why outright public ownership (and not just shares in Edison) will solve the power crisis
News
January 4, 2001
A Light Matter
Why exactly Californians are getting screwed by power companies
Film+TV
August 31, 2000
B-Pictures
Bull, Bash, Blonde Bombshells and a Sandy Bottom
Art+Books
May 4, 2000
Space-Age Whiz Kids
Bull, Bash, Blonde Bombshells and a Sandy Bottom
Art+Books
March 11, 1999
Y2KAOS
Bull, Bash, Blonde Bombshells and a Sandy Bottom
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