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Did Losing His Dog, Saki, Detonate the 'Killer Santa' Bruce Jeffrey Pardo?

One of the creepiest pieces of news about mass-murderer Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, an aerospace software technician who lived in Montrose, among Los Angeles' most charming, quiet and friendly suburban neighborhoods, was that he lost his "beloved" dog, Saki, to the estranged wife Pardo so viciously and methodically killed on Christmas......

Thankful for the LA Times' David Zahniser

We'd be horrible Scrooges if we ended this year without a nod to a former Weekly reporter and columnist, our friend Dave Zahniser (or Dave Z., as he's known throughout the local political and journalism world).  His amazing recent scoop about the secret report on Measure B on the ballot......
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Great Los Angeles Quakefest Simulates "Big One" Disaster

Photo by Erin Broadley. Click image for entire slideshow. If today was a training session to help government and emergency personnel understand how to react to a 7.8 Big One hitting Los Angeles, and to get Angelenos revved up about earthquake preparedness, it looks like they still have quite a......
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Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for massive tax increases

Having held back just long enough to avoid voter fury against Sacramento legislators who might have been hurt on November 4 if they backed his plans for a massive tax increase, the anti-tax Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today proposed a stiff hike in the cost of most things Californians buy, which......

Coalition of Whatever

California’s record-breaking 13-million-plus voters on Nov. 4 proved to be a mercurial throng who followed no code or discernible ideology, placing into the sta...

L.A. County suspends same sex marriages

According to a Los Angeles County press release issued moments ago, County Registrar Dean Logan is suspending his department's issuing of marriage licenses or civil marriages for same-sex couples, after reviewing California Secretary of State Debra Bowen's canvass results of Proposition 8. Logan's office stated that Logan will maintain his......

L.A. County Sales Tax by a Sliver! Antonio's Gang Tax Tanks!

In a real squeaker, a few thousand voters put the half-cent sales tax over the 66.67 percent line, as Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters' employees toiled in the predawn hours trying to gather up and count a few wayward voting precincts. Los Angeles County will now have the highest......