AltWeeklies Wire
Horror Loansnew
Terrified homeowners tell their pain to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
12-07-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Mystery at 330 North Brand Blvd.new
A family searches for answers in the strange death of a DEA agent known as "Rubberneck" and "Buckles."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jeffrey Anderson |
12-07-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
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
L.A.'s Homeless are Targeted for Harassmentnew
Ask anyone familiar with Skid Row, and they will tell you that Safer Cities Initiative is essentially a tool for making the streets of Central City East -- the official name for Skid Row's 50 square blocks -- safer for the developers and art gallery owners and loft dwellers who have either moved in or want to.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Guempel |
11-30-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Stephen Yagman Can Only Blame Himselfnew
Maybe, just maybe, the flawed, pitbull lawyer should have skated.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
11-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
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
The Mexican Mafia's Racial Cleansing Campaign Hits L.A.new
Federal indictments unsealed on October 16 allege that leaders of the Florenza 13 (F 13s) gang acted on orders from the Mexican Mafia to cleanse their neighborhoods of African-Americans.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
11-09-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Right-Wing Talking Heads Go Down With the Shipnew
As the administration sinks lower, the right-wing media rats have started to scamper.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
11-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Extinguishing Some Myths of Fire Weeknew
Many different interest groups distorted what was happening to suit their own purposes: The media wanted to make the fires as sensational as possible, politicians wanted to project an image of supreme competence, small-government conservatives accused the authorities of being underprepared, while liberal democrats wanted to see the fires as a symptom of the advance of global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
11-02-2007 |
Disasters
Reclaiming the California Coastnew
How the Coastal Commission allowed a nuclear power company to fence off public land, and how the public got some of it back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
10-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Air Wars in Los Angelesnew
Some victories, some defeats in the city's battle against pollution.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Abigail Palmer |
10-12-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Burma's Pent-up Demandsnew
A first-hand view of the rebellion's infancy.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Hanna Ingber Win |
10-12-2007 |
International
Tags: Burma, international
Liars in the Pulpitnew
It's hard to sit here and listen to the Rev. Ed Bacon and not think that the Pharisees have entered the temple again. The sophistry, spinning, and sheer avoidance of truth rivals anything uttered in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
09-28-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Fabian's Power Movesnew
How the battle over California term limits made affordable housing a casualty.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Greg Katz |
09-28-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Reefer Madness Threatens L.A. Portnew
Some environmentalists and now some regulators worry that excessively high stacks of refrigerator containers -- called reefers -- are hissing chemicals into the air that can cause skin cancer and global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
09-28-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
