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Disabled Fakery at L.A. City College Escalated to 60 Percent of "Handicapped" Placards

An intense investigation and sting by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation apparently struck fear into the hearts of hordes of students faking a disability to score free parking on meters near Los Angeles City College.A ticket for being a wank starts at $363 and will change the behavior of j ... More >>

Los Angeles' War on Street Artists

The art world sees a vibrant movement. Metro's cops see jail fodder.

Lynze Martinez and Her 2 Young Kids Killed by Alleged DUI Driver on Memorial Day

Between Friday evening and 6 a.m. yesterday, CHP officers had already arrested over 250 suspected drunk drivers throughout L.A. County. But despite ramped-up DUI patrols by various traffic-enforcement agencies for Memorial Day Weekend, alleged drunk driver Jason Steward, 32, still did his damage ju ... More >>

Search For a Hospital For South L.A. Gunshot Victim Ends in Death

Adam GerardA search for a hosptial ended in death.​An errant hunt for a hospital in South L.A. ended in tragedy Sunday as a shooting victim died in the back of a car as his friends tried to summon help. The man was behind the wheel with his friends in the vehicle when someone opened fire at 1 ... More >>

Seven Nominated For Resurrected Martin Luther King Hospital Board Of Directors

​Seven nominees were forwarded Thursday to become the first board of directors of the soon-to-be rebuilt Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in Willowbrook. The hospital, which will be staffed by University of California physicians, was scheduled to open in 2013. The Los Angeles County Board of ... More >>

Wise Move Or Copout? King Hospital Given To Private Hands

​The deal to reopen the troubled Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital will take it from county management and put it private hands. And while you might be scratching your head justifiably, wondering why a public institution is being given away, we would point to evidence that this might just be a g ... More >>

Billionaire Hopes To Revive Hospital Of Horrors

A doctor who says he was moved by the story of a woman who bled to death in the emergency room waiting area at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital is putting a $100 million in loan guarantees behind a movement to revive the troubled institution. The question is, on this Halloween eve, is the plac ... More >>

Supervisors Vote to Resurrect MLK Hospital

Today the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to fully reopen Martin Luther LACHS​King Jr.-Harbor Hospital. In doing so, the board will also reopen wounds and political accusations that were temporarily forgotten when most of the medical center was shut down two years ago. Calling t ... More >>

Rage Against...

Bruce Willis, Maxine Waters and Living Wagers, plus a new religion for Teddy “The Gay Hypocrite” Haggard

Death Watch

King/Drew slips away on county supervisors’ watch

Compton's Crash Course

Connecting the doubts about the failure of a community college

Wake Up and Vote

L.A. Weekly endorsements for next Tuesday’s primary

Impossible Cure

Dr. Garthwaite abandons his five ailing patients

Public Enemies

King/Drew gets closer to extinction, while Crenshaw High gets de-accredited. But folks are fighting back

The Dirt We Stand On

Tim Watkins on spawning a renaissance in Watts

Brother Man

L.A. rapper Kam and the politics of love

Chicanos and the Man

Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

B as in Betrayal

Loss of King-Drew trauma unit upsets residents who voted for Measure B

Killing Time on the Ghetto Blue

The nation's busiest- and deadliest - light rail line

What Is Lillian Mobley Fighting For?

Saving King/Drew, the hospital in the hood

Hahn Me Down

L.A. County’s most beloved supervisor is gone, but not forgotten

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