Jeffrey Anderson

Taming the Wild 740 Club

Jeffrey Anderson
A DECISIVE MOVE by Councilman José Huizar spells trouble for the rowdy 740 Club, a notorious gang magnet on Broadway in downtown’s historic core that until recently was frequented by Huizar and a number of other local politicos. The question is, what took him so long to act, and how......

Did City Hall Fund a Gun-Runner?

Jeffrey Anderson
See related slideshow here.FEDERAL ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS AGENTS knocked first, then entered the Downey home of purported anti-gang activist Hector Marroquin on Wednesday, arresting him for selling silencers and weapons — including three assault rifles and a machine gun — to an undercover ATF agent. The gun sales, some......
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The Boras Factor

Jeffrey Anderson
Nestled in the middle of a nondescriptoffice park in Newport Beach, just under the flight path of nearby John Wayne Airport, is the home base of perhaps the most powerful man in baseball. With its sleek, iron-and-glass façade and waterfall in the forecourt—a departure from nearby law firms—the Boras Corporation......
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Dealing for Dollars

Jeffrey Anderson
{mosimage}Adrian BeltreAfter signing him in 1998, the Dodgers nurtured Beltre through some developmental years. In 2004, he broke out with 48 home runs, 121 runs batted in and a .334 batting average. Then Beltre took a five-year, $64 million deal from the Seattle Mariners, spurning a similar offer from the......

Friends in Low Places

Jeffrey Anderson
When the city of Bell Gardens awarded an exclusive towing contract to United Motor Club last November, there was no public mention that the company’s representative, standing before the city council and chief of police, was a convicted felon on trial in two federal drug-trafficking cases. At the time, however,......

Politics Meets Street

Jeffrey Anderson
{mosimage}Bell Gardens Councilman Mario Beltran was recently convicted of lying to the police after a wild night last June that involved allegations of sexual assault, racial insults and public drunkenness that spilled out of the 740 Club on Broadway and onto Skid Row.But as intriguing as that spectacle was —......
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The Trouble With Mario Beltran

Jeffrey Anderson
A recent criminal conviction for filing a false police report is not the first brush with the law for Bell Gardens City Councilman Mario Beltran. Nor is it out of the question that it won’t be his last, according to court documents obtained by the L.A. Weekly. Beltran is known......

Meruelo Maddux’s Missing Asbestos

Jeffrey Anderson
A WEEK AFTER LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY Rocky Delgadillo filed criminal charges against downtown developer Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. for illegally dumping asbestos-tainted material, key questions remain.Why charge the president of the company, John Charles Maddux, and not CEO Richard Meruelo, whose Merco Group is listed on documents filed with......

Slammed for Secret Asbestos Removal

Jeffrey Anderson
{mosimage}A week after Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed criminal charges against downtown developer Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. for illegally dumping asbestos-tainted material, key questions remain.Why charge the president of the company, John Charles Maddux, and not CEO Richard Meruelo, whose Merco Group is listed on documents filed with......
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Un Pueblo Olvidado por la Ley

Jeffrey Anderson
  El primer indicio de problemas para Tony Mendoza, candidato al Concejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Cudahy, fue un par de tangas enviado  a su esposa, con una nota advirtiéndole que vigilara las espaldas de su marido. Luego vinieron los llamados telefónicos – y las amenazas de muerte. Mendoza,......