AltWeeklies Wire
The Trials of Mexican Georgenew
For 20 years, the feds have suspected supermarket mogul George Torres is a drug runner and murderer with friends in Los Angeles City Hall. Now they'll try to make it stick.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jeffrey Anderson |
02-23-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Three Days at the Border with the Minutemennew
Reporting for duty during the California Minutemen's October muster, I encounter a miniscule army of geriatric Republicans lacking political support who are disorganized, hamstrung by petty regulations, ineffective, and sedentary.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Nathaniel Page |
10-24-2008 |
Immigration
Seeking Asylum in U.S. Immigration Courts is All in the Luck of the Drawnew
Depending on whom asylum-seekers draw as their judge, they may get a rubber stamp on their application -- or an almost instant denial.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mira Jang |
09-19-2008 |
Immigration
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgianew
Maybe oil figures it's time to get back to Plan A and revive the Cold War, or at least oilmen do. There are issues aplenty behind the conflict in Georgia, but to the powers fueling it, it's a war of competing pipelines.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Jim Washburn |
08-25-2008 |
International
Paying L.A. to Do It Yourselfnew
Cycling and riding public transit in L.A. requires a DIY mentality. The bus does not seem to follow a schedule. You have to just guess what time it is going to show up.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Browne Molyneux |
08-08-2008 |
Transportation
Chatting with Vincent Bugliosinew
We begin our chat with famed prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi with a few minutes of pleasantries. I have heard he is an arrogant bastard; he certainly thinks well of his abilities, but perhaps since I am a young lady he can be courtly and gentlemanlike, as there is no need for competition.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Rebecca Schoenkopf |
08-08-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Saving L.A. From Nuclear Terrornew
These days, working as a policy wonk on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, I am sometimes asked whether the danger of nuclear terror is "real" – or whether, instead, certain modern-day Machiavellis are manipulating our most nightmarish fears, to promote their own cynical political agendas. What if it's both?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Tad Daley |
07-18-2008 |
War
Fighting for Green Technologies ... and Some Venture Capital, Pleasenew
The flow of capital toward alternative energy and other green technologies has risen from a trickle to a torrent which last year equaled tens of billions of dollars. Much of that money comes off one street in Silicon Valley, and the Bay Area has already become a green tech hub. But the Southland is also a potential center of the emerging industry. We looked into a few of the mad scientists hoping to do well, do good, and do the hustle.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Nathaniel Page |
07-07-2008 |
Environment
Think the Housing Crisis Was Bad? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yetnew
While many eyes are focusing on the housing meltdown and its hugely negative effect on an economy clearly moving into recession, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Danny Schechter |
06-27-2008 |
Economy
No One Could Bait the Well-Behaved LAPD This May Daynew
In Los Angeles, May Day laurels go to the LAPD for the heroic continence of not going batshit crazy and attacking random citizens at this year's march.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
05-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
"Real Hot Property," "Where the Bodies are Buried," "Digging Up the Dirt," "Nuclear Reactions"new
AltWeeklies Award - Investigative Reporting
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Michael Collins |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
"American Babylon": 1, 2, 3new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Ailene is 11 and Homelessnew
Where will she and 13,000 others go to school today?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Matthew Mundy |
04-04-2008 |
Children & Families
Simple as Brown vs. Blacknew
LAPD chief denies what others see as clear cases of racial violence.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Annette Stark |
03-21-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Adulterer's Perp Walknew
As with Spitzer's self-destruction in New York, sex scandals are spectacular but brief.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
03-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
