Colin Sawyer: Girl Scout Cookie Bandit Seen On Video Now In Custody, Cops Say
If Southern California had its own Florida -- you know, a place where all the crazy-dumb crime happens -- it would be the Inland Empire. True to form, cops last night announced the arrest of Co...
View ArticleVoter Guide to L.A. Weekly's March 5 Election Stories: Prop. A, Garcetti,...
Here is key coverage so far by the L.A. Weekly staff regarding the Los Angeles March 5, 2013 primary: --Proposition A: Sales Tax or Scam? By Hillel Aron --and Prop. A Sales Tax Goliath Fought by...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 11 Primary Results: Mike Bonin Running Away...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 11 race, frontrunner Mike Bonin, the longtime chief of staff to outgoing District 11 Councilman Bill Rosendahl, is expected to win big. But just how big?...
View ArticleLos Angeles Mayoral Results: Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Heading To May...
Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel appear headed to a mayoral runoff in May, after taking the top two spots in Tuesday's primary election.With about 42% of precincts reporting,...
View ArticleWest Hollywood Voters Defy Political Establishment and Approve Term Limits...
West Hollywood voters defied the city's entrenched political establishment and overwhelmingly approved term limits for the City Council by more than 1,000 votes. The passage of Measure C is a hu...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 9 Primary Results: Curren Price and Ana...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 9 race, Latina candidate Ana Cubas and state legislator Curren Price may grab the top two slots and head to the May runoff. Cubas, the only woman in th...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 11 Primary Results: Mike Bonin Wins...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 11 race, Mike Bonin, the longtime chief of staff to outgoing District 11 Councilman Bill Rosendahl, won a resounding victory on Tuesday night and will r...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Controller Primary Results: Ron Galperin and Dennis Zine to...
In the Los Angeles City Controller race, Dennis Zine and Ron Galperin are heading to a May 21 runoff. Zine raised more money -- $811,000 to Galperin's $362,000 -- but Galperin got a Los Angeles...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 13 Primary Results: Mitch O'Farrell and...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 13 race, frontrunners Mitch O'Farrell and John Choi will face each other in a May 21 runoff for one of California's most prized political seats. Past CD ...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 9 Primary Results: Curren Price and Ana...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 9 race, Latina candidate Ana Cubas and state legislator Curren Price grabbed the top two slots and will head to a May 21 runoff. Cubas, the only woman ...
View ArticlePoll Worker Shot In Watts On Election Day; Love Triangle Expected
In L.A. we have the drive-by shooting, the car-to-car shooting and now, on election day, the poll-worker shooting. Yeah. In Watts yesterday civic-minded voters were reminded why we need our pol...
View ArticleL.A., California Streets Crumbling, Will Need Billions To Fix, Report Says
If you think our streets are crumbling before our very eyes, you're not alone. The latest California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment by the League of California Cities shows ...
View ArticleCorey Delaine Stewart: Cops Say Suspect Had SUV Rigged For Rape, Used It
Cops say they've arrested a man wanted in connection with a super-creepy rape in which a vehicle rigged with a passenger door that could not be opened was used in an attack on a woman contacted ...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 1 Primary: Gil Cedillo Just Shy of Winning...
Update Wednesday morning: Unofficial vote totals show Gil Cedillo failed to break the 50 percent needed to beat Jose Gardea, setting up a dramatic Eastside showdown between the two very differen...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 3 Primary Results: Bob Blumenfield Wins...
Despite his massive spending, Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield barely gained the votes needed to beat neighborhood council activist Joyce Pearson in Los Angeles City Council District 3 race in the ...
View ArticleProposition A Los Angeles Sales Tax Election Results: Voters Rejecting Tax...
Update, Wednesday morning: In a huge embarrassment for City Council President Herb Wesson and the City Hall establishment, voters resoundingly rejected the citywide sales tax hike, 55.17 percent...
View ArticleLos Angeles City Council District 7 Primary Results: Felipe Fuentes Wins...
In the Los Angeles City Council District 7 race, frontrunner and former state assemblyman Felipes Fuentes has won. With strong political connections, better name recognition, and much more money...
View ArticleWendy Greuel Adds More Labor Support, As Eric Garcetti Seeks To Exploit Her...
The day after mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel secured a spot in the May 21 runoff against Councilman Eric Garcetti, she won endorsements from two more public employee unions.SEIU Local 721, which...
View ArticlePaul Tanaka, Sheriff's 2nd-In-Command & Once Head Of Troubled L.A. County...
Paul Tanaka, the controversial second-in-command at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, heavily criticized for his oversight of a troubled jails system, is retiring, the department announced t...
View ArticleRafael Davis, Laid-Up L.A. Firefighter Caught MMA Fighting, Gets A Slap On...
Rafael Davis took a lot of heat from prosecutors after the L.A. city firefighter claimed he was too injured to work and took workers compensation while ... fighting in mixed martial arts bouts. ...
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