Daniel Heimpel

DWP Slush Fund

On March 25, L.A. Superior Court Judge Kenneth Freeman handed down a tentative ruling against the city’s practice of skimming 5 percent off the top of Angelenos...
Starr and Rico; Credit: Daniel Heimpel

Rooftop Foster Kids

The corner of Hollywood and Western is the epicenter of an underground world: a community outside the collective vision of club-hoppers and restaurant-goers rus...
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Mold Queen Loses in Court: July 24, 2008

When does a health concern become an obsession? L.A. Weekly’s cover story, “Toxic Mold Rush: California Mom Helps Fuel an Obsession” delved into raging courtroom wars over whether mold — that black and blue stuff that can grow in wet places in homes and offices — can make healthy people......