AltWeeklies Wire
Brewing Up Change on the San Pedro Waterfrontnew

The crowds were ebullient, if not inebriated, at the long-awaited opening of Brouwerij West in old Warehouse 9 in San Pedro. That same week, Mayor Eric Garcetti flipped a symbolic switch as he unveiled the city’s 1.2 megawatt solar panel initiative on top of that same warehouse.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
03-15-2016 |
Commentary
Crime, Harbor Division Jailnew

Badges, Pistachios, More Excuses
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
True Leadership Demands Action in a Crisisnew

“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that the edifice, which produces beggars, needs restructuring.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-22-2016 |
Commentary
China Shipping NOP, POLA’s Failed Mitigationsnew

Draft Supplemental EIR Admits to Lack of Compliance with Legal Settlement
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-16-2015 |
Commentary
Stumping on Fear and Arrogancenew

San Pedro Stands up to Fear Mongering
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
09-21-2015 |
Commentary
Anatomy of a Facebook Uprisingnew

The Neighborhood Council motion that sparked citywide reaction.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
09-10-2015 |
Commentary
A Long Journey from Brighton Beachnew

Terminal Island—Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-21-2015 |
Commentary
The Great Homeless Debatenew

Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
05-01-2015 |
Commentary
Taking Sidesnew

We can be pro-business and pro-labor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-17-2015 |
Commentary
The Law of Unintended Consequences Part IInew

>The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
—Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936).
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-02-2015 |
Commentary
The Persistence of Memorynew

Nostalgia for a Past that No Longer Exists
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
03-20-2015 |
Commentary
Bias in the Corporate Medianew

What goes unreported when discussing labor on the Los Angeles waterfront.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-20-2015 |
Commentary
The Law of Unintended Consequencesnew

When the Ports Impacts of Operations Become Community Problems
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-23-2015 |
Commentary
American Justice on Trialnew

When the war comes home.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-09-2015 |
Commentary
If Not Now When?new

How We Fail at Democracy, How It Fails Us
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-22-2014 |
Commentary