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Yvonne Burke

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    September 8, 2011

    Bill Burke, The "Lead Investor" In China-Backed Bid For Dodgers, Is Even Poorer Than We Thought

    Bill Burke​Remember Bill Burke, the guy who offered to buy the Dodgers last week with $1.2 billion of China's money? Something about that didn't smell quite right, so last week we tracked down his wife's financial disclosure statement from 2003. Turns out, the Burkes are worth no more than $6.8 mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Mike Antonovich's Ironic Cross

    Supervisor Mike Antonovich has rolled up his gray-flannelled trousers to wade deep into the culture wars. Specifically, according to the L.A. Daily News, he wants the crucifix put back in the County Seal, now that the steel cross has been restored to the roof of the San Gabriel Mission, following it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    South L.A. Report Card: Zero for Conduct

    Town Without Pity -- And HospitalsEveryone knows South L.A. has problems -- even its civic moniker had to be changed from "South Central L.A." a few years ago, so synonymous had those words become with crime and poverty. A new study by the Community Health Councils, however, shows just how bad thing ... More >>

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    L.A. Board of Supervisors Second District Race

    Parks, Ridley-Thomas and a vast labor machine duke it out. What about voters?

  • News

    October 16, 2008

    Villaraigosa's Fiscal Folly

    The ant (L.A. County Board of Supervisors) and the dung beetle (City Hall)

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Local Theater News: The Taper, Galatea and Paul Brennan

    Theater News: The Mark Taper Forum's $30 Million Face Lift; Galatea aims for Fringe NYC festival; Company of Angeles former president Paul Brennan dies. TAPER FACELIFT On Tuesday morning, Center Theatre Group rolled out its $30 million re-design of the Mark Taper Forum, that has been dark for t ... More >>

  • News

    May 22, 2008

    Yvonne Burke's Crumbling Kingdom

    She was hailed as a black pioneer and hero. Did she sell out?

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    Will Latinos Be the Swing Vote in the Tussle Between Parks and Ridley-Thomas?

    She was hailed as a black pioneer and hero. Did she sell out?

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    Did Subway Cheaters Put Egg On L.A.'s Face?

    MTA is dismantling the honor system, jacking up construction costs and lying about why

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    MTA's Plan to Gate L.A.

    Miraculously, our subways use an honor system. The pencil pushers just hate that

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    Rotten Regifting

    County employees stole gift vouchers from foster kids. They might not be fired.

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Brownout Is the New Black

    L.A.’s bid to copy Sydney feels like a humiliating replay of Millennium Eve

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Rage Against...

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

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Voters’ Guide

    Making sense of the ballot measures L.A. City Measures:

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Voters' Guide

    Making sense of the ballot measures

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Death Watch

    King/Drew slips away on county supervisors’ watch

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Seeking Refuge

    An accountant’s case sheds light on a troubled L.A. center

  • News

    February 23, 2006

    Life of Labor

    Miguel, Martin and Maria Elena

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Impossible Cure

    Dr. Garthwaite abandons his five ailing patients

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2005

    Herb the Inevitable

    Playing field cleared for the former Assembly speaker

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Public Enemies

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

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Not So Fast

    Herb Wesson’s cakewalk turns into a challenge

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Bamboozled in South L.A.

    A new building will benefit everybody but the people who live there. So what else is new?

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    We Recycle!

    Herb Wesson bids to succeed Ludlow, shuffling a familiar deck

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    Building Confidence?

    Riot-scarred Vermont Avenue finally gets a big development, but some say it’s the wrong kind

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Start Making Sense

    An open letter to Miguel Contreras

  • News

    March 10, 2005

    Winners and Losers

    An open letter to Miguel Contreras

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Anointing the Savior

    Is Herb Wesson hoping his King-Drew role turns into more?

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Pulling the Plug

    The long, sad road to King-Drew

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Exposing L.A. Secrets

    The right lawyer could make sure that L.A. County is run openly

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Preying on the Seal

    The ACLU takes on the county’s cross

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    Is the Saint of South L.A. for Real?

    Jeffrey Anderson investigates the turbulent world of L.A.'s flagship refugee agency and its mysterious director, Nikki Tesfai

  • News

    May 22, 2003

    Which Black L.A.?

    Tuesday’s election gives the African-American community the chance to reclaim its roots

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Behind Hahn’s Lines

    Villaraigosa in South-Central

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    Soul Battle

    The 9th Council District has new candidates and old problems

  • News

    April 5, 2001

    It’s Weird Out There

    Politicians provide comic relief from election madness

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Letters

    Politicians provide comic relief from election madness

  • Calendar

    October 5, 2000

    MTA Game Plan

    The poor walk, so that the middle class can shrink

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    Mayor of Mayors?

    The newest county-government reform could benefit a political old-timer

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Damn the Eulogies

    Richard Fulton, rest in peace — the pols have left the building

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    More Endorsements

    Richard Fulton, rest in peace — the pols have left the building

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Sport of Supes

    Maybe it makes sense to expand L.A.’s Board of Supervisors

  • News

    December 2, 1999

    Never Too Early To Run

    Who will be L.A.’s mayor in 2009? And 2017? Find out here.

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    The Guns of Autumn

    Getting the county out of the arms trade

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    No Welfare for Lockheed or Maximus

    Private firms derailed in bid to take over county aid program

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    A Long-Unsought Benefit

    Sacramento’s latest stick-it-to-L.A. bill tempts writers

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Living-on-the-Edge Ordinance

    This county ordains a living wage for some, instead of for all

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    County Living

    Supes poised to enact living-wage ordinance — but not for part-timers

  • News

    March 4, 1999

    Caretakers Take Charge

    75,000 workers (in 75,000 work sites!) form a union

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    No Mercy

    The supes find a way

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