AltWeeklies Wire
Tax Fraud Increasing in Digital Agenew

In a digital age, when individuals can file taxes online in just a few clicks, identity theft tax scams are on the rise nationwide. Police believe a pair in Hawthorne, Calif. is operating an identity theft ring.
Easy Reader |
Alene Tchekmedyian |
03-02-2012 |
Economy
Tags: cybercrime, tax fraud
Accused Medical Marijuana Grower to Serve as Own Lawyer on Felony Chargesnew

Despite cautions from a judge, Tim Beck, who describes himself as a medical marijuana grower, will serve as his own lawyer on felony charges of cultivating marijuana and cultivating marijuana for sale.
Easy Reader |
Robb Fulcher |
12-02-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: medical marijuana, tim beck
Mystery at Topaz Substationnew

A family is forced out of their home due to stray voltage emanating from a neighboring electrical facility.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
10-14-2011 |
Features
“The Other F Word”new
Black Flag’s Ron Reyes, Black Pacific’s Jim Lindberg talk about “The Other F Word,” a documentary based on Jim Linderg’s autobiographical “Punk Rock Dad: No Rules, Just Real Life.”
Easy Reader |
Kevin Cody and Jim Lindberg |
10-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Soldier Comes Home on a Special Missionnew

U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Ambriz returned home to Redondo Beach from Afghanistan on a two week “R & R” leave last week. But he wasn’t there only to rest and relax: he was a man on a mission.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
10-03-2011 |
War
Tags: Afganistan, Sean Ambriz
Mission of Mercy in Ugandanew

California woman opens school for children in the rebuilding of war-torn Uganda.
Easy Reader |
Andrea Ruse |
03-25-2011 |
War
Tags: Uganda, child soldiers
Kill the Irishmannew

The story of Cleveland Irish mobster Danny Greene and a young producer's decade long journey to bring Danny's story to the big screen.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
03-17-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tony’s Secret Warnew

The Redondo pier’s godfather and his unheralded heroics in World War II.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
02-08-2011 |
History
Tags: Redondo Pier, Tony Trutanich
Group Protests Open Carry Pizza Dinnernew

A group of 25 demonstrators protested open carry gun laws last Thursday in front of a pizza restaurant in which roughly 60 holstered patrons ate dinner.
Easy Reader |
Andrea Ruse |
02-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Line of Firenew

Manhattan Beach native says Tucson shot to his shoulder felt like a sledge hammer.
Easy Reader |
Andrea Ruse |
01-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Open Carry Gun Activists Kicked Out of Los Angeles Area Restaurantnew
A dozen armed South Bay Open Carry gun activists were escorted out of a restaurant at a Los Angeles-area mall Saturday afternoon.
Easy Reader |
Mark McDermott |
01-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Gun Control, Open Carry
Long May You Runnew

The Last Good War: The Faces and Voices of World War II reminds us that we need to hear the stories of veterans while they’re still among us.
Easy Reader |
Bondo Wyszpolski |
01-03-2011 |
Nonfiction