Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz

Cadence Weapon Raps With Breakneck Flownew

Ordinary rappers rarely try to distance themselves from party funk, and even more rarely try to align themselves with cerebral electronica. But 22-year-old Cadence Weapon is no ordinary rapper.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz | 03-28-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Cadence Weapon

Derailing L.A.new

Damien Goodmon wants to halt the L.A.'s light rail project in its current form and place the line underground. Along the way, he's aligned himself with remnants of some of the same ugly forces that have impeded mass transit since racism and fear stopped the Red Line subway in the 1980s.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz and Alan Mittelstaedt | 02-15-2008 | Transportation

Tags: transportation

Wal-Mart vs. the Poornew

Blame Howard Jarvis and his Prop. 13 for big-box projects beating low-income housing.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz | 01-25-2008 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

Bill Rosendahl: The Lone Voice of Reasonnew

For nearly two years he’d been the only government ally for the tenants of Lincoln Place, a Venice affordable housing project that invading corporate giant AIMCO planned to bulldoze.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz | 11-30-2007 | Housing & Development

Tags: housing & development

California's Healthcare Reform is on a Gurneynew

Despite renewed budget problems, massive reform to cover uninsured Californians is on the table yet again with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez's new plan.

Los Angeles CityBeat | Greg Katz | 11-26-2007 | Science

Tags: Health & Science