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The Gun in the Dispensarynew

How a gun in an L.A. marijuana dispensary led to a secret gang of rogue deputies.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
03-20-2015 |
Features
Tags: LA Sheriffs
Michael Hastings' Dangerous Mindnew

Journalistic star was loved, feared and haunted.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
08-21-2013 |
Features
Tags: Michael Hastings
Death by Designnew

Architect Gerhard Becker faces manslaughter charges after a firefighter died trying to save his home.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
03-22-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gerhard Becker
Dodger Con Mannew

Josh Macciello convinced L.A. he was in line to buy the Dodgers. But he was really a fraud.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
03-16-2012 |
Features
Occupy L.A. In Standoff With LAPDnew

Occupy L.A. continues to hold its ragged patch of ground at City Hall, six hours after a deadline passed for protesters to leave.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
11-28-2011 |
#OCCUPY
A Hollywood Dream Ruinednew

The brutal descent of a movie hustler.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
09-19-2011 |
Features
Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt Not Going Awaynew

With the appointment yesterday of a monitor to oversee the Dodgers' day-to-day operations, everyone in baseball seems to think the era of McCourt ownership is drawing to a close. Everyone, that is, except Frank McCourt.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
04-26-2011 |
Sports
L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasconew

How rail service to Los Angeles' Westside jumped the track.
L.A. Weekly |
Gene Maddaus |
12-03-2010 |
Transportation