Steven Mikulan

City College Paper Takes Financial Hit — Was It Payback?

Steven Mikulan
When administrators at Los Angeles City College slashed the budget of the campus' 80-year-old newspaper, the Collegian, they had no idea of the bad publicity the move would get the school.  KPCC FM's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez reports today that State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) has "urged L.A. City College President......
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Can the City Council Stop Runaway Production?

Steven Mikulan
According to City News Service, the L.A. City Council today directed government agencies "to consider offering a host of incentives to encourage television and movie production companies to keep conducting business in Los Angeles, instead of moving to other cities and states."The council deserves a special Academy Award for this......

Downtown's Dueling Ice-Skating Rinks

Steven Mikulan
In addition to Pershing Square's ice-skating rink, downtown L.A. will soon be home to a sparkling new rink at L.A. Live -- one that, according to the Downtown News, seeks to recreate the holiday season vibe of New York's Rockefeller Center. As opposed, say, to Pershing Square's feedlot-with-benches ambiance. Which......
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Ed Roski Jr. Sells 'Los Angeles Stadium' to the O.C.

Steven Mikulan
The San Gabriel Valley Trib's James Wagner reports on the new tone of self-confidence (or hubris) displayed by mega-developer Ed Roski Jr. and representatives of his Majestic Realty Company. Roski's long political fight to build a 75,000-seat sports stadium/retail complex in the City of Industry seems to be ending. With......
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Mannywood: Too Big to Fail

Steven Mikulan
L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez makes what many Dodger fans will find an indecent proposal: Lopez says he will hand over a pair of World Series (Game 4) tickets worth $500 to the person who writes the best 50-word essay scolding Left Fielder Manny Ramirez for being . . ......
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Today in Photographs: October 7, 1951

Steven Mikulan
Collision Courses. Two accidents occurring on the same day share similarities: A restless crowd of gawkers and a woman bent over a fallen man. Top: Traffic accident at Olympic Boulevard and Pelham Avenue in West L.A. (LA Examiner/USC)(Bottom: Two speedboats collided at the mouth of the L.A. River in Long......

Is L.A. Unfairly Taxing Unincorporated-Area Businesses?

Steven Mikulan
As the financial crisis tightens its grip on California, the pressure to squeeze out more local revenue is causing rifts between the city and county governments -- and the results are not pretty. Last week the County Board of Supervisors unanimously supported a letter proposed by Supervisor Gloria Molina and......
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Ron Jeremy v. The Pastor

Steven Mikulan
Porn has been very very good to Ron Jeremy, the cherubic hardcore star who, paradoxically, could serve as an inspiration either for the main character in Hung or a figure in a Disney film. (One of his nicknames is, after all, "Hedgehog.") After appearing in nearly 2,000 adult films, Jeremy......
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Mel Gibson's DUI Forgiven

Steven Mikulan
Call it an act of redemption, but today Malibu Judge Lawrence Mira agreed to expunge actor Mel Gibson's 2006 drunk-driving record. On July 28 of that year Gibson was pulled over for speeding on Pacific Coast Highway by LASD deputy James Mee. The Braveheart star's blood-alcohol level was a robust......