Patrick Range McDonald

Update: Greuel discovers education reform after mayoral lambasting, challenges Garcetti to debate. See on next page. Will political twins and L.A. mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti -- a.k.a. "Greuel-Cetti" -- ever talk specifics, and not just platitudes, about the most serious problems facing Los Angeles? The kind of......

The Parent Trigger at 24th Street Elementary School in West Adams keeps chugging along -- despite what L.A. mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti thinks about it. Today, Latino and African American parents at 24th Street Elementary will vote to ratify who will operate their kids' school next year. They had previously,......

There's no question about it now. With Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's endorsement of Los Angeles City Council District 13 candidate John Choi today, City Hall's political establishment is squarely behind a man who's had little to no ties with the communities -- such as Hollywood, Silver Lake, and Echo Park --......

In extraordinarily candid remarks to Los Angeles community activists, U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters ripped into fellow Democrat and U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman over plans to expand Los Angeles International Airport. At a Westchester Democratic Club meeting this past weekend, Waters minced no words, saying she was "misled" by Waxman about......

Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson and other council members better hope they don't have any embarrassing emails or texts on their computers or cell phones. In a hard-charging legal move on Thursday, Beverly Hills civil rights attorney Leo Terrell sent out California Public Records Act requests to Wesson,......

Former Los Angeles City Councilwoman Rita Walters has accused Council District 9 candidate Curren Price of trying to "incite racial animosity among African-American voters." In a strongly worded "open letter," Walters, who backs Council District 9 candidate Ana Cubas, says Price, an African American, made "blatantly scurrilous remarks" when he......

Update and correction: An upset mayoral aide says they've achieved a lot and were more than willing to talk. See next page. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraiogosa has a legacy problem. Leaving office on June 30 after eight years at the helm, Villaraigosa's highly publicized Million Trees L.A. initiative is......

Los Angeles radio personality John Farahi won't be advising listeners on investment matters any time soon. On Monday, Farahi, who hosted the popular financial talk show "Economy Today" on Persian-language KIRN-AM radio, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that targeted wealthy folks in......