AltWeeklies Wire
Remaking Prisonsnew
Now's our chance to design a system that actually works.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
08-10-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Marijuana Raid Diariesnew
Bad memories of the DEA's wild day in L.A.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
08-03-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
A Proposal for the Queen of Brentwoodnew
L.A. Sniper: Come home, Yvonne, to a penthouse suite at King-Harbor Hospital.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Alan Mittelstaedt |
08-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Dead on the Vine: California's Produce Industrynew
As imports of foreign produce increase, farmers are losing their place at the table.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
William J. Kelly |
08-03-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Criminalizing Labor in Southern Californianew
Conflict over a local law restricting day laborers could be a test case in the ongoing war over immigration.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Eric Haas |
07-20-2007 |
Immigration
MIT Neuroscientists Pinpoint Brain Mechanics of Deja Vunew
It stems not from some strange subconscious flash-forward but rather from a complicated breakdown in the area of the hippocampus that allows you to differentiate among places and events that seem the same but aren't.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Natalie Nichols |
07-20-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Lies, Damned Lies, and Marijuananew
A history of federal confusion and persecution over the "evil weed."
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-20-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Crushing Your Local Cannabis Collectivesnew
Feds use asset-forfeiture laws to spell evictions for medical-pot providers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
07-20-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Dirty, Deadly Moneynew
Your wad of cash might be a carrier in the next flu pandemic -- or worse.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
07-13-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Pawn in the Gamenew
Has the U.S. sent a possibly innocent man to his death?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Allison Milionis |
07-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Reversing Reformnew
California’s prison ‘reform’ has turned into the biggest prison expansion in state history.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Daniel Harju |
07-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Three O'clock Fearnew
Lou Dobbs bangs his poison drum.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
06-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Politics of Pollutingnew
The Senate moves to greatly increase gas mileage in cars and trucks, but doesn't go far enough for California.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Dean Kuipers |
06-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Radiation Rangersnew
Developers of Simi Valley's Runkle Canyon claim the water tested clean -- then a band of citizens discovered super-toxic goo seeping from the ground.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Michael Collins |
06-22-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Countdown to a Strikenew
Grocery workers across the country are prepared for the worst as negotiations grind toward the June 21 deadline.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mindy Farabee |
06-22-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
