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Donald Sterling's 6 Other Greatest Hitsnew

If you were surprised by revelations that an audio recording just might have captured a racist rant by L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, you've been in the dark for years.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
04-28-2014 |
Race & Class
Marijuana Can Help Prevent Suicide, Study Saysnew

A new study from Germany says that, in U.S. states like California where marijuana has become medically legit, rates of suicide have gone down.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
02-27-2012 |
Drugs
Medical Marijuana Crackdown in Southern Californianew

Feds move to take assets of four dispensaries in Orange and L.A. counties.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
01-18-2012 |
Drugs
Porn Defends the Money Shotnew

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
10-03-2011 |
Sex
Chuck Philips vs. L.A. Timesnew

Former Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Chuck Philips, whose career was ruined when the Times published a rare front-page retraction of his March 17, 2008, article about the infamous 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, is demanding that the newspaper apologize and take back its retraction of his story, “An Attack on Tupac Shakur Launched a Hip-Hop War.”
L.A. Weekly |
Simone Wilson and Dennis Romero |
06-27-2011 |
Media
What Killed Prop. 19?new

Historic effort to legalize marijuana will return in 2012.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
11-03-2010 |
Elections
Top 10 Dance Albums of 2009: Club-Land Crossovernew

2009 was a banner year for core e-music grooves. If one thing marked 2009 on the dance floor, it was a new sense of eclecticism. Cool-kid indie DJs played trance, trance jocks name-checked MGMT, dance stars went pop, pop stars went dance.
L.A. Weekly |
Dennis Romero |
12-28-2009 |
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