Christine Pelisek

Billboard Crackdown? Not Likely!

Christine Pelisek
Will the long-overdue billboard fee inspection program start at long last? Don’t count on it. On May 27, Los Angeles’ Department of Building and Safety is expected to update the Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee on the status of the city’s billboard inspection program. That sounds like good......

No Human Remains Found yet at Manson Dig

Christine Pelisek
So far…nada. Inyo County sheriff investigators reported today that they have not found any bodies yet at Barker Ranch, the last known hideout of Charles Manson and his followers. “One bullet casing was found in the site,” said Inyo County Sheriff’s Lt. Jim Jones,” but forensic testing indicates that there......

Check it Out: A New Los Angeles Billboard Database

Christine Pelisek
Last month, the LA Weekly published a cover story about billboard blight in Los Angeles. Among other things, the Weekly delved into City Hall’s failed effort to find and remove an estimated 4,000 illegal billboards blighting L.A., and its resistance in giving L.A. Weekly basic, public facts about existing legal......
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Elissa Fleak

Christine Pelisek
If you’re a hiker out for an afternoon stroll along the hilly areas of Santa Clarita and Lancaster, or you’re relaxing on one of Malibu’s beaches, or working at one of L.A.’s freshly dug construction sites, there’s a surprisingly good chance you’ll stumble across Native American remains — although you’d......

Chino Prison Guard Accused of Nazism on Hunger Strike

Christine Pelisek
It was a surprise to get another letter from Shayne Allyn Ziska, a former correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino, who has continuously protested his innocence ever since he was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and civil rights violations by a federal judge in 2006. The......
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Crackdown on Gigantic Ads

Christine Pelisek
Companies that put up huge “supergraphics” on buildings and the building owners who allow the gigantic illegal signs could be fined $2,500 a day under a new plan announced today by Los Angeles City Council Member Jack Weiss. “These monster signs turn buildings into billboards,” said Weiss at a press......