Hillel Aron

L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson: His district looks like a turkey.; Credit: PHOTO BY FAYE SADOU/ADMEDIA/NEWSCOM

Koreatown Roars Against Gerrymander

Hillel Aron
To see the crazy-shaped gerrymander of L.A., please click here. At a packed public hearing Feb. 1 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, Koreatown residents expressed rage over a proposed Los Angeles City Council "redistricting" plan — an arcane, once-per-decade element of democracy that most people find about as thrilling as......
Venice Boardwalk seller Nasrin Amin: City Hall says her jewelry isn't art.; Credit: PHOTO BY NANETTE GONZALES

Venice Boardwalk Trinket Sales Ban

Hillel Aron
Rodica Carroll, a fiery Romanian with bleached-blond hair, was born to parents who survived the Holocaust. She grew up in Israel, where she attended college and...
Outsider Joe Buscaino: Will he be the City Council's first fresh face in forever?; Credit: PHOTO BY TED SOQUI

Buscaino vs. Furutani

Hillel Aron
Y ou know an endorsement is tepid when it starts, "Citizens should vote, even if they're not wild about the choices they face." So began the Los Angeles Ti...
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Outing Lemon Teachers at LAUSD

Hillel Aron
Teachers call it "getting stulled." Newbie teachers in Los Angeles classrooms are evaluated once annually for the first two years. Then, with that minimal exper...

Malibu Lagoon Plan OK’d

Hillel Aron
Athena Shlien had been hitting "refresh" on her computer all morning, her eyes fixed on the Malibu Patch home page, which promised up-to-the-minute news about t...