AltWeeklies Wire
A Sneaky Move Aims to Stop Calif. Charter Schoolsnew
The proposed law would prohibit the California State Board of Education from allowing statewide charter schools to operate longer than three years -- a limitation that would discourage schools from opening.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
08-17-2007 |
Education
A Heavy Load for Truckersnew
The ports say they have a plan for cleaner, safer trucks -- but do they have a plan for the truckers?
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
07-27-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Lost in Tijuana: A Mother's Search for a Deported Sonnew
After serving about 20 days of a 120-day jail sentence for vandalism and car theft, Pedro Guzman was transferred to the ICE detention center, where he signed a "voluntary deportation order," claiming Mexican citizenship -- but Guzman is an American citizen, born in L.A.
L.A. Weekly |
Daniel Hernandez |
07-20-2007 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Cardinal Roger Mahony's Tainted Legacynew
Many priests' sex crimes will stay secret, but now some victims can rest.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
07-20-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Hector Marroquin's Revengenew
Feds arrest the "No Guns" activist for selling guns, while L.A. politicians that directed funds his way duck.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
06-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The LAPD Tries a Classic Diversionnew
Chief Cayler Carter is publicly sacrificed, but the screwups on May 1 began with Chief Bill Bratton.
L.A. Weekly |
Patrick Range McDonald |
06-08-2007 |
Crime & Justice
What's Smart About Smart Growth?new
L.A.'s plan for the future expects you to give up the yard, the car -- and learn to love density.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Peddling Smart Growthnew
Call your project "smart" -- even when it isn't -- and get millions in public funds.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Smart Growth's Biggest Boosters Love Suburban Livingnew
If any one principle provides the underpinning for smart growth, it's density -- so why are so many smart-growth advocates avoiding density in their own lives?
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
06-01-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
What to Do With the Charred Griffith Park?new
Though there is much talk about planting yellow mustard seeds in the decimated park, just about every respectable ecologist wants those mustards eradicated.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
05-25-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Firefight in L.A.new
The firefighters from Fire Station 35 had a close call at Griffith Park's Hogback Trail Bridge.
L.A. Weekly |
Christine Pelisek |
05-18-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Tom Labonge: The Mayor of (Fire-Blackened) Griffith Parknew
On the day that fire threatened Los Feliz, LaBonge behaved like a councilman should.
L.A. Weekly |
David Zahniser |
05-18-2007 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
LA People: Perez Hiltonnew
Perez is one of the most polarizing media figures since Howard Stern -- he even calls himself the "queen of all media."
L.A. Weekly |
Lina Lecaro |
05-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
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
Tags: Vivid
Singing for Supper in the Alcatraz of Arizonanew
Tent City's "Inmate Idle Singing Con-Test" -- a bona fide hit.
L.A. Weekly |
Joshuah Bearman |
05-04-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
