Jill Stewart

It was a huge, huge night for LA Weekly at the Los Angeles Press Club's awards gala in Universal City a few hours ago. Staff writer Christine Pelisek triple-swept in the Hard News, Investigative and News Feature categories for major newspapers with more than 100,000 circulation, beating the Los Angeles......

In a split decision that ultimately heavily favors the opponents of gay marriage, the California Supreme Court today, May 26, upheld Proposition 8 while allowing about 18,000 gay marriages already performed to stand.Reaction was swift from both sides, who had organized large groups scattered across  California, from West Hollywood to......

Even with one key Los Angeles City Council District race still hanging in the balance at presstime, the political wreckage surrounding some of California’s best...

Even with one key Los Angeles City Council District race still hanging in the balance on the Westside, the political wreckage surrounding some of California's best-known politicians was waist-deep, leaving Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to slog through the recriminations and explanations.A political unknown until just months ago,......

The folks at KCET asked me to do a two-minute essay about the Los Angeles City Council, the highest paid such body in the nation, and whether they should take a far bigger salary cut than the mere 10 percent being bandied about lately. My views air on SoCal Connected......

I haven't had time to count, but it's a huge year for LA Weekly in earning just-announced "finalist" nods from the Los Angeles Press Club's annual competition, The Southern California Journalism Awards. In many categories of the competition, we are vastly surpassing the Los Angeles Times. Our great sister paper,......