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Phil Spector Is Sentenced to Life and the Victim's Family Speaksnew

Unlike his second trial's verdict reading, Phil Spector's sentencing hearing was the definition of "anticlimax."
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  06-05-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Judgment Day: Anand Jon Trial Concludesnew

Designer found guilty of 14 felonies and two misdemeanors against seven of the nine women, including one forcible-rape charge and multiple counts of lewd acts upon a child, and faces life in prison.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  11-21-2008  |  Crime & Justice

The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jonnew

Even in its quietest moments, the Jon case is a volatile fable of rape, ambitious but naïve girls, the rag trade and feral male vanity. It is a trial junkie's dream. Inexplicably, the proceedings have so far garnered little media attention.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  10-10-2008  |  Crime & Justice

California Fires Fan the Flames of Hate and Stupiditynew

Long before the blazes were anywhere near contained, the rhetorical ash began raining down from the blogosphere and elsewhere, as both ends of the political spectrum saw in the fires grave portents for the republic.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  11-02-2007  |  Disasters

LA People: Paul Thomasnew

Depending on your view of pornography, director Paul Thomas is either the Ernst Lubitsch or the Mack Sennett of hardcore -- with nearly 300 titles under his belt, he is Silicone Valley's premier porn director.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  05-11-2007  |  Sex

Asphalt Junglenew

Parkers are prey in the new Hollywood.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  11-17-2006  |  Transportation

Flat Line, Bottom Linenew

Is a hospital chain cutting corners for profit?
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  08-17-2006  |  Business & Labor

Critical Conditionnew

Will the NLRB deny nurses union cards?
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  07-20-2006  |  Business & Labor

Dreaming of Picket Fencesnew

UNITE HERE's Hotel Workers Rising campaign seeks to lift working and living standards in one of the few American industries whose work force cannot be offshored.
L.A. Weekly  |  Steven Mikulan  |  02-23-2006  |  Business & Labor

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