LA Weekly Investigative Reports
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The Los Angeles Weekly runs counter to the trend in many newspapers, to cut investigative journalism to cut costs. This weekly series of articles will give you the inside scoop on important local and national issues.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA Weekly - February 2, 2012 | "Sundance Film Festival 2012 Wrap-Up. Indie filmmakers grapple with "reality"". by Karina Longworth; "The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax" by Pete Kotz. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:51 |
| LA Weekly - January 26, 2012 | "List of Dodger Bidders in the 2012 Sale by Frank McCourt: Wall Street Jerks and Baseball Lovers." by Jill Stewart; "Breakfast in Los Angeles: Top 10 Spots. Sweet, savory and in between." by Tien Nguyen. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:54 |
| LA Weekly - January 19, 2012 | "John & Ken Nation Riled Over Proposed LAPD Policy to Let Illegal Immigrants Keep Their Cars." by Dennis Romero.; "ACLU Sues Sheriff Over Long-Standing Violence Against Inmates." By Chris Vogel. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:15:15 |
| LA Weekly - January 12, 2012 | "Chris LaRiche seduces immigrants with lies. He offered empty promises but had secrets of his own." By Patrick Faricy. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:51 |
| LA Weekly - January 5, 2012 | "Occupy L.A. Court Fight..." by Gene Maddaus; "L.A. Landmark, V.I.P. Records to Close." by Andrea Domanick; ""In Search of Curly Fries." by Jonathan Gold. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:29 |
| LA Weekly - December 29, 2011 | "Eric Bauman, L.A. Democratic Party Kingmaker. Elevate the ossified, keep out L.A. talent." by Hillel Aron. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:16:15 |
| LA Weekly - December 22, 2011 | "Occupy L.A. Costs Will Mean More Budget Cuts, Says Mayor Villaraigosa - $400K for Lawn Damage, $700K for Police Raid?" by Simone Wilson; "The 10 Best Bakeries in Los Angeles." by Jenn Garbee | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:16:42 |
| LA Weekly - December 15, 2011 | "Goldenvoice Was Built On Marijuana Money." by Vickie Chang; "The Ten Best Burgers in Los Angeles." by Elina Shatkin. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:03 |
| LA Weekly - December 8, 2011 | "Herb Wesson: Will L.A.'s new City Council President Run a Mini State Legislature?" by Hillel Aron; "LAPD's Choreography of Occupy L.A." by Ryan Deto. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:59 |
| LA Weekly - December 1, 2011 | "Pulling the Trigger on Failing Schools. Parents aim for revolution - again." by Simone Wilson; "Fighting Squatters, South L.A.-Style.", by Karen Jordan. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:32 |
| LA Weekly - November 24, 2011 | "$100 Billion Bullet Train. Democrats fray as cost skyrockets, feds bail, and Amtrak starts to look good." by David Futch; Movie Review: "Arthur Christmas" by Nick Pinkerton. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:06 |
| LA Weekly - November 17, 2011 | "Outing Lemon Teachers at LAUSD. They might finally get graded." by Hillel Aron; "Alcohol-Free Whisky Debuts." By Shuji Sakai; "The Zen of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck." by Andrea Domanick. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:31 |
| LA Weekly - November 10, 2011 | "Charter Schools Do-Over. Preferred-parent policies get the ax." by Gene Maddaus; "Malibu Lagoon Plan OK'd. Redo of fragile ecosystem is on after much acrimony." by Hillel Aron. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:50 |
| LA Weekly - November 3, 2011 | "War Over Marina Del Rey Remake. A broke county government seeks dramatic growth..." by Tibby Rothman; "Skid Row vs. Gensler. Who should get $1 million in poverty funds, the rich or the poor?" by Martin Berg | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:13 |
| LA Weekly - October 27, 2011 | "Obama's War on Weed. In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees." by Ray Stern. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:52 |
| LA Weekly - October 20, 2011 | "L.A.'s Sewage Crap Export Flap" by Richie Duchon; "Pumpkin Pie Pops at Four Seasons Westlake Village" by Samantha Bonar; "Fury over Plummer Park Historic Destruction" by Sharon Knolle. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:38 |
| LA Weekly - October 13, 2011 | "Joe Busciano, Dark Horse. District 15 sleeper candidate." by Hillel Aron; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Settebello"; "Carmen Trutanich's War on Art Murals." by Tony Cella and Simone Wilson. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:01 |
| LA Weekly - October 6, 2011 | "Cop's Book Says Sean Combs, Suge Knight Ordered Tupac and Biggie Killings. Top detective on rap murders says LAPD pulled the plug despite confessions." by Chris Vogel and Simone Wilson | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:37:39 |
| LA Weekly - September 29, 2011 | "Malibu's Blood Alley on PCH." by Paul Teetor; "Jonathan Gold Recommends Book Club Eats."; "Farmers Field Roadside Billboard Risks." by Tibby Rothman. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:41 |
| LA Weekly - September 22, 2011 | "Chosen Few Black Biker Club's Demise?" by Tony Cella; "Jonathan Gold Recommends La Paella."; "Brenda Barnette's Animal Services Mishaps." by Ryan Deto. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:18 |
| LA Weekly - September 15, 2011 | "TSA Employee vs. Advice Goddess. Outspoken Amy Alkon slams intrusive body search." by Martin Berg; "Jonathan Gold Recommends Elvirita's Cemitas."; "Farmer's Field's Fanciful Green Promise." by David Futch. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:50 |
| LA Weekly - September 8, 2011 | "Upstart suburban legislator outfoxes California Speaker John Perez." by Gene Maddaus; "Jonathan Gold's Favorite Condiments."; "A Field of Billboards for Farmers Field." By Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:33 |
| LA Weekly - September 1, 2011 | "Sunset Junction Charity's Failed Mission." by Amanda Becker; "Jonathan Gold's Tuesday Home-Cooking Plans."; "Disbarred Lawyer Blames His Friend, a Top California Lawyer." by Tibby Rothman & Jill Stewart. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:42 |
| LA Weekly - August 25, 2011 | "Clamor Over Venice 311." by Simone Wilson; "Jonathan Gold Recommends Frida."; "Bogus Bike Plan." Readers sound off on last week's story of problems facing L.A.'s bike plan. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:29:23 |
| LA Weekly - August 18 2011 | "L.A. Bike Plan Troubles." by Ryan Deto; "Jonathan Gold Recommends Simpang Asia."; "CIM Group's Bitter Lesson to Mid-City. Neighborhoods must sue L.A. City Hall to avert disasters." By Mars Melnicoff. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:53 |
| LA Weekly - August 11, 2011 | "Los Angeles Has New Chance to Enforce Its Arizona Boycott." by Gene Maddaus; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Mother Dough."; "Huge SoCal Police Funerals Questioned." by Paul Teetor. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:30 |
| LA Weekly - August 4, 2011 | "Why Governor Brown Gave Redevelopers a Haircut." by Tibby Rothman; "Jonathan Gold on Palestinian Chicken."; "Fabian Nunez Riles Crime Victims." By Chris Vogel. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:52 |
| LA Weekly - July 28, 2011 | "Is Blake Mycoskie of TOMS an Evangelical?" by Patrick Range McDonald; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Iota"; "Did Female Catholic Teachers Sexually Bully the Guy?" by Zach Winnick. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:49 |
| LA Weekly - July 21, 2011 | "Hollywood Faces a Heroin Summer." by Howie Stier; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Il Fico."; "Laid-back L.A. Animal Services department takes months to stop problem barkers." by Adam Gropman. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:21 |
| LA Weekly - July 14, 2011 | "Lowe's Home Improvement Fiasco." by Mars Melnicoff; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Shin Sen Gumi"; "Architect John Lautner's 100th Birthday Celebration." by Evelyn McDonnell. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:19 |
| LA Weekly - July 7, 2011 | "Double Murder on Grape Street." by Michael Krikorian; "What's in Season at the Farmer's Markets?" by Felicia Friesema; "Carmageddon on the 405." by Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:10 |
| LA Weekly - June 30, 2011 | "California Redevelopment Agencies' Demise." by Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Mon Land."; "Los Angeles CRA Creates Blight." By Mars Melnicoff. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:34 |
| LA Weekly - June 23, 2011 | "Reporter Demands L.A. Times Apologize Over His Tupak Shakur Story." by Simone Wilson & Dennis Romero; "Why We Think We Tip" by Tien Nguyen; "Vincent Price Museum Re-Opens" by Skylaire Alfvegren. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:46 |
| LA Weekly - June 16, 2011 | "Jay Beeber: Folk Hero Stops L.A.'s Red Light Cameras." by Michael Goldstein; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Lao Bian Dumpling"; "American Radio Network Under Attack" by Myles Crawley. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:00 |
| LA Weekly - June 9, 2011 | "Veggie Powered Road Trip." by Martin Berg; "Steak On a Budget." by Jonathan Gold; "Tattoo Parlor Sting In Venice." by Tony Cella. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:56 |
| LA Weekly - June 2, 2011 | "City of Vernon's Fight-to-death with Assembly Speaker Perez." by Gene Maddaus; "USDA Unveils New Food Chart" by Amy Scattergood; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Luggage Room" | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:41:02 |
| LA Weekly - May 26, 2011 | "Prisoners testify to vicious beatings at County Jail." by Chris Vogel; "Jonathan Gold fills the New York-style pizza vacuum."; "Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles" by Hillel Aron. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:52 |
| LA Weekly - May 19, 2011 | "Arnold's Love Child: In Defense of Schwarzenegger." by Dennis Romero; Food Truck Review: "Hot Asian Sandwich." by Gendy Alimurung; Scott Foundas Interviews Woody Allen - Dangers of "Golden Age Thinking." | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:49 |
| LA Weekly - May 12, 2011 | "Good Riddance, Ray Irani. Oxy oil chief steps down." by Tibby Rothman; "Johathan Gold Reviews Moore's Delicatessen"; "Who Replaces Jane Harman?" by Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:18 |
| LA Weekly - May 5, 2011 | "Torpedoing a Top Science Program for low-income kids." by John Sakata; "Andrew Simmons on Where-to-Eat on Cinco de Mayo." | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:31 |
| LA Weekly - April 28, 2011 | "Dodger Divorce: Developer backs public bid for the team." by Gene Maddaus; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Ray's at LACMA."; "Can new school superintendent fix Huntington Park High?" by Jason S. Mandell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:17:10 |
| LA Weekly - April 21, 2011 | "Huge Subsidy for Stadium Architect" by Martin Berg; "Jonathan Gold Reviews The Tar Pit" by Jonathan Gold; "United Methodist Church vs. L.A. City Hall." by David Futch. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:39 |
| LA Weekly - April 14, 2011 | "Bone Bungling at Old Cemetery. Native Americans get short shrift." by Arnie Cooper; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Pacific Fish Center."; "Cleaning Out Dodger Stadium. Can the clock be turned back?" by Beth Barrett | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:55 |
| LA Weekly - April 7, 2011 | "A bully gets major Democratic backing to run for Community College trustee" by Mars Melnicoff; "Jonathan Gold reviews Mo-Chica"; "City council pays for needless study" by Gene Maddaus | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:55 |
| LA Weekly - March 31, 2011 | "UCLA's Millionaire Doctor" by Beth Barrett; "Jonathan Gold on Kid-Friendly Restaurants"; "Manhattan Beach Sex Payoff" by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:34:00 |
| LA Weekly - March 24, 2011 | "Digitally Ad-Wrapped Skyscrapers Coming to L.A.?" by Tibby Rothman; "Jonathan Gold Reviews Pho Filet."; "Todd Haynes' Review of HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce" by David Ehrenstein. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:05 |
| LA Weekly - March 17, 2011 | "Bernard Parks - Union Target" by Beth Barrett; "Poutine - where to get it" by Jonathan Gold; "Campaign Consultants Stank up LA" by David Futch | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:35 |
| LA Weekly - March 10, 2011 | "The greatest unsolved murders in Los Angeles' history: How Los Angeles covered up the 1871 massacre of 18 Chinese." by John Johnson, Jr. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:34:35 |
| LA Weekly - March 3, 2011 | "West Hollywood Incumbents Dig In. Battle for a town without term limits." by Patrick Range McDonald; "Five Best Burger Joints." by Jonathan Gold; "March 8 L.A. Ballot Measures." by Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:25 |
| LA Weekly - February 24, 2011 | "L.A.'s Library Measure L." by Patrick Range McDonald & Mars Melnicoff; "Sang Yoon's restaurant at Helms" by Jonathan Gold; "Bernard Parks vs. Forescee Hogan-Rowles & the unions." by Beth Barrett | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:35 |
| LA Weekly - February 17, 2011 | "Fight for Council District 12. Valley citizens vs. The Powers" by Beth Barrett; "Sweets in Sherman Oaks" by Jonathan Gold; "Numbers game in Council District 14 race" by David Futch. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:15 |
| LA Weekly - February 10, 2011 | "Redondo motorcycle cop rear-ends a motorist - Who deserves jail?" by Paul Teetor; "Bolivian-style empanadas" by Jonathan Gold; "Camera-wielding student's mother demands probe of police raid" by Katherine Russ | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:00 |
| LA Weekly - February 3, 2011 | "L.A. City Council bums line up for a March 8 'Coronation'." by David Futch; "Tasting experiences at high-end restaurants." by Jonathan Gold; "Norco school safety uproar. Student threats chase teacher." by Mark Cromer. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:20 |
| LA Weekly - January 27, 2011 | "William Eggleston, Superstar. So much more than a poet of the mundane" by Gustavo Turner; "Quiet San Gabriel Valley restaurants" by Jonathan Gold; "The Legacy of Ken Kesey." by David Weddle. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:45 |
| LA Weekly - January 20, 2011 | "Jose Huizar Unfriends Rudy Martinez!" by David Futch; "Smoke City Market. Texas-style barbecue in Sherman Oaks." by Jonathan Gold; "Ricky Gervais Rules." by Dennis Romero. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:50 |
| LA Weekly - January 13, 2011 | "Stop making payments to win loan modification?" by Martin Berg; "When to send a dish back." by Jonathan Gold; "Plan to sell city garages could anger voters." by Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:20 |
| LA Weekly - January 6, 2011 | "Mongols & Hells Angels Invade Hiptown." by Howie Stier; "Hunting Pheasant at Drago's Restaurant." by Jonathan Gold; "Barry Minkow's New Scandal." by Beth Barrett. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:50 |
| LA Weekly - December 30, 2010 | "PTA opposes Compton charter school." by Simone Wilson; "Food Critic Anonymity" by Jonathan Gold; "Americana Hotel land grab in Glendale" by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:31:00 |
| LA Weekly - December 23, 2010 | "Hollywood Farmer's Market Dispute" by Beth Barrett and Simone Wilson; "Tasting Kitchen - A great Friday restaurant" by Jonathan Gold; "Methodist Church Teen - Pastor dispute" by Tibby Rothman. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:35 |
| LA Weekly - December 16, 2010 | "Reaction to the Jeremy Marks 'Attempted Lynching' case." by Katharine Russ; "Pasadena Asian food" by Jonathan Gold; "L.A. officials take over Methodist church" by David Futch. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:00 |
| LA Weekly - December 9, 2010 | "LAPD Headquarters Blues. How two affable restaurateurs were evicted." by Martin Berg; "Rehearsal Dinner Dining." by Jonathan Gold; "Schwarzenegger Re-writes Green Chemistry Initiative." by Michael Collins. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:20 |
| LA Weekly - December 2, 2010 | "Rudy Martinez Versus Los Angeles City Hall." by David Futch; "The Best Fresh-carved Turkey Sandwiches" by Jonathan Gold; "L.A.'s Jammed 2011 Ballot" by Tibby Rothman. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:45 |
| LA Weekly - November 18, 2010 | "Shore Lovers' Last Stand at Mother's Beach." by Martin Berg; "Cassoulet in L.A. Good bean stew." by Jonathan Gold; "City Council tries to upend Community Plans & zoning protection" by Steven Leigh Morris. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:20 |
| LA Weekly - November 11, 2010 | "The Worst Legislator in California. San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes takes Sacramento bill-peddling to a new low." by David Futch. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:50 |
| LA Weekly - November 4, 2010 | "What Killed Prop. 19? Effort to legalize pot may return in 2012." By Dennis Romero. "Cooking With the Critic. My favorite cookbooks." By Jonathan Gold. "Prop. 20 Soft Revolution Ends Gerrymandering." By Hillel Aron. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:20 |
| LA Weekly - October 28, 2010 | "Cooley isn't so tough on corruption. And Harris isn't so liberal." By Gene Maddaus. "Kid-friendly tacos on four wheels." By Jonathan Gold. "Prop. 27 Gerrymander supporters duck and cover." By Patrick Range McDonald & Aron Hillel. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:30 |
| LA Weekly - October 21, 2010 | "Deputy Abel Escalante's Sorrowful Revenge." By Michael Krikorian; "Lasagna To Go? Try the "cupcakes" from Heirloom L.A." By Jonathan Gold; "From Russia, With Fuzz. Moscow's LA-inspired beat scene." By Chris Martins. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:00 |
| LA Weekly - October 14, 2010 | "Carly Fiorina vs. Barbara Boxer." By Patrick Range MacDonald; "Downtown Surprise at the corner of Bratwurst and Dunkelweizen." By Jonathan Gold; "Whitman's Housekeeper Problem." By Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:50 |
| LA Weekly - October 7, 2010 | "Cell Phones Flooding to Mexican Mafia Prisoners." By Jill Stewart; "Tinga: New-Wave Tacos." By Jonathan Gold; "Edward Norton: Dancing With Himself. His new movie, "Stone."" By Karina Longworth. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:29:15 |
| LA Weekly - September 30, 2010 | "Saving L.A. Foot-by-Foot. Venice canal is a living wetland again." By Tibby Rothman; "Atwater Village Cafe. After-dinner goodwill." By Amy Scattergood; "Patch: the WalMart of internet blogs?" By Tibby Rothman. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:25 |
| LA Weekly September 23, 2010 | "Subway-to-Sea ridership won't help jammed L.A. or Westside." By Patrick Range McDonald. "In search of the best pork in the San Gabriel Valley." By Jonathan Gold. "Rocketdyne cleanup won't help Runkle Canyon." By Michael Collins. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:00 |
| LA Weekly - September 15, 2010 | "L.A. Building and Safety vs. Oaksterdam U." by David Futch; "Alcazar: Encino's new/old Lebanese-Armenian restaurant." by Jonathan Gold; "Death of Manuel Ramirez." by Michael Krikorian. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:45 |
| LA Weekly September 9, 2010 | "The Frank and Jamie McCourt Divorce may come down to signature indentations." By Gene Maddaus; "Daglas Drive-in. Greco-American food." By Jonathan Gold; "Fight over teacher test-scores." By Jill Stewart. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:55 |
| LA Weekly - September 2, 2010 | "Done-In by Democratic Process. Studio City Neighborhood Council member booted from board, vindicated by re-election." By Paul Teetor; "Dip's Grill, Alhambra Vietnamese Restaurant." By Jonathan Gold. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:13:00 |
| LA Weekly - August 26, 2010 | "Cooley's Blind Eye. D.A. accepted laundered campaign money while prosecuting Democratic contributors for same offense" By Gene Maddaus. "Test Kitchen - An experimental restaurant" By Jonathan Gold. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:00 |
| LA Weekly - August 19, 2010 | "Making Waves at Venice Breakwater." by Tibby Rothman; "Xino - Santa Monica's Singaporan Restaurant" by Jonathan Gold; "Grim Sleeper to Haul In $1 Million in Pension Benefits" by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:10 |
| LA Weekly August 5, 2010 | "A perpetually unplanned L.A. must survive life under a developer's expediter" by Beth Barrett; "Great food AND a great margarita" by Jonathan Gold; "Arms merchants of South Central" by Penn Bullock | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:15 |
| LA Weekly July 29, 2010 | "City of Bell Corruption." by J. Patrick Coolican; "Restaurant Chains." by Jonathan Gold; "Los Angeles Civic Park's Stillbirth. Why you've never heard of this signature city park." by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:55 |
| LA Weekly - July 22, 2010 | "Gentry Against Funky in Venice. RV campgrounds?" by Dennis Romero; " "Jinya: For Ramen Freaks and Noodle Geeks." by Jonathan Gold; "Hush-hush at the L.A. D.W.P. New chief tarnishes utility." by Joseph Mailander | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:00 |
| LA Weekly - July 15, 2010 | "Missing the Grim Sleeper by a Hair. LAPD stakeout in 1988 was three houses away from suspect's home." By Christine Pelisek and Jill Stewart. "Maison Akira. Franco-Japanese fusion restaurant." By Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:55 |
| LA Weekly - July 8, 2010 | "Who Can Fix Camp Nobody? L.A. County Probation Camp scandal." by Sam Slovick; "Waterloo & City - Culver City's new gastroPub." by Jonathan Gold; "A Betrayal in Pomona. Problems with Pomona Police." by Mark Cromer. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:15 |
| LA Weekly - July 1, 2010 | "Villaraigosa's Vanishing Veracity." by Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart; "Landmark Birthday. Restaurants for your 50th." by Jonathan Gold; "The Curious Case of Karen Bass. From organizer to perk-oriented pol." by Beth Barrett | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:40 |
| LA Weekly - June 24, 2010 | "Villaraigosa's Five-Year Free Ticket Spree." by Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart; "Weenies and Wings Fit For a Prince." by Jonathan Gold; "Restrepo: Film Is a Battlefield." by Rob Nelson. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:15 |
| LA Weekly June 17, 2010 | "L.A. Medical Marijuana Outlets Defy City. Dispensaries are waiting to hear from their lawyers." by Clarissa Wei and Dennis Romero; Review of Terroni Restaurant by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:17:30 |
| LA Weekly June 10, 2010 | "Meg Whitman's Uphill Battle." by Jill Stewart; "After Topolobampo. Rick Bayless' new Red O restaurant." by Jonathan Gold; "Bicyclists Clash With LAPD." by Dennis Romero. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:40 |
| LA Weekly June 3, 2010 | "Gloria Romero's race to the top. Can she beat the Union guy?" by Patrick Range McDonald; Food Review: "Mission 261" by Jonathan Gold; "Is Cooley too moderate to win?" by Patrick Range McDonald. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:40 |
| LA Weekly May 27, 2010 | "Sticky Situation at the Tar Pits. A drawing of "La Brea Woman" skull is repressed." By Arnie Cooper; Food Break: Mariscos Chente. By Jonathan Gold; "Prop. 14, the Open Primary. Voters get to shop around?" By Patrick Range McDonald. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:25 |
| LA Weekly May 13, 2010 | "On the Backs of Children. How UTLA's teacher-layoff rules devastate inner-city schools." By Beth Barrett. "Comme As You Are. The flexi-hang, West Hollywood style." By Jonathan Gold. "DWP: Reservoir Dogs. Can Austin Beutner negotiate a DWP swamp?" By Joseph Mailander. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:35 |
| LA Weekly May 6, 2010 | "Raven, Death of a Hollywood Beauty. Sex offender found guilty of her murder." By Christine Pelisek; "When in Thai Town, do as Carl Stone does - eat fire." By Jonathan Gold; "Guessing Game. How L.A.'s budget clouds suddenly parted." By Gene Maddaus. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:30 |
| LA Weekly April 29, 2010 | "One Dollar Rent for Billionaire Broad. So much for a new era of transparency and shared sacrifice." by Tibby Rothman; "Libra: Grill 'Er Up. But first, a very long salad bar." by Jonathan Gold; "Samuel L. Jackson: Merchant of Cool." by Chuck Wilson | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:15 |
| LA Weekly April April 22, 2010 | "Pave to Save Whittier Narrows? Museum & parking vs. green space." by Tibby Rothman; "Mac's Headroom. The future of Mac n Cheese." by Jonathan Gold; "Cry for Yelp. Pop web site or modern-day Mafia" by Tim Elfrink | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:40 |
| LA Weekly April 15, 2010 | "City Hall's 2010 DWP Debacle. How Villaraigosa & Company pushed L.A. to the cliff edge" by Jill Stewart; "Forage: The Found and the Farro - Straight out of Silver Lake" by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:40 |
| LA Weekly April 8, 2010 | "Heimlich Maneuvered. A gala honoring a top scientist discredited by his son gets a venue change." by Paul Teetor; "West Hollywood Restaurants. Small Cozy..." by Jonathan Gold; "California's Big Whiff on Education-Reform Money" by Jason S. Mandell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:05 |
| LA Weekly April 1, 2010 | "City Hall's Gift to Goldman Sachs." by Tibby Rothman; "Bon Marche. Gary Menes' latest restaurant" by Jonathan Gold; "Can Placido Pull It Off? High-stakes Ring Festival - convalescing Domingo." by Joseph Mailander | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:00 |
| LA Weekly March 25, 2010 | "Bleak House at L.A. Cityview 35. How 8 layoffs at the channel threaten more than jobs." by Tibby Rothman; "Dinner Party a L.A. Mode." by Jonathan Gold; "Getting it Wrong. The Budget mess." by Gene Maddaus | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:50 |
| LA Weekly March 18, 2010 | "The Mad Men of Los Angeles. Living the good life... thanks to the big profits from illegal outdoor advertising." by Christine Pelisek; "Top Pesto Chef! Grab your pine nuts! Ready, set, grind!" by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:34:25 |
| LA Weekly March 11, 2010 | "Insiders Versus Charters at LAUSD" by Beth Barrett; "The Mexican Binge. When a visitor wants nothing but." by Jonathan Gold; "A Nervous Rec. Lavishing cash on itself, the L.A. City Council prepares to slash the parks." by Joseph Mailander | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:45 |
| LA Weekly March 6, 2010 | "Will the mismanaged Department of Neighborhood Empowerment destroy Neighborhood Councils?" by Max Taves; "Three Restaurants" by Jonathan Gold; "City of Angles." Comments by L.A. Weekly readers. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:55 |
| LA Weekly February 26, 2010 | "Rodney Alcala's Final Revenge. Begged to spare families at trial, he ratchets up the suffering." By Christine Pelisek; "Best of the Oaxacans: A mole here, a mole there." By Jonathan Gold; "Parking fines jacked up by L.A. City Council" by Michael Goldstein | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:40 |
| LA Weekly February 18, 2010 | "Unscrupulous Employers Skim $26.2 Million per week from lower-income Angelenos' paychecks." By Max Taves; "The Longest Day: L.A. Street Food Fest. Was it worth all the waiting?" By Jonathan Gold; "When Those Who Can't Teach, Do." Comments by LA Weekly readers | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:55 |
| LA Weekly February 11, 2010 | "Layoff Roulette. Mayor aims at city attorney, but City Council won't pull the trigger." by Gene Maddaus; "Good Eggs at Monsieur Egg food cart." by Lindsay William-Ross; "89 Neighborhood Councils face the knife." by Sophia Kercher | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:25 |
| LA Weekly February 3, 2010 | "Eli's Egoland? A billionaire twisted arms to use public land for luxury shops. Now he wants to put his art there." by Tibby Rothman; "W Is for Brasserie. Delphine in Hollywood" by Jonathan Gold; "Public Unwelcome at Grand Avenue. An obsucre body of five decides if Eli Broad gets public land for his museum" by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:05 |
| LA Weekly January 20, 2010 | "Good money after bad: Should L.A. taxpayers pay $40,000 to steal $20,000 jobs from Southgate?" by Tibby Rothman; "Off the street: Antojitos Carmen comes in from the cold" by Jonathan Gold; "Weed mags sprout across L.A., reaping a windfall from pot ads" by Steve Appleford | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:55 |
| LA Weekly January 14, 2010 | "L.A. Opera's $14 Million Improglio. Superstar Placido Domingo pushes the company closer to worldwide acclaim - and financial collapse" by Joseph Mailander; "House Style. Neither Cora's nor Capo, and 10 miles east." by Jonathan Gold; "Ed Moses: Hanging at Hal's" by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:35 |
| LA Weekly January 7, 2010 | "City Hall's Revenge on Cecilia Estolano. Villaraigosa and his boys pushed out the one woman who topped them all" by Tibby Rothman; "Celebrating Centeno at the Lazy Ox Canteen" by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:50 |
| LA Weekly December 30, 2009 | "Los Angeles' Red-Light Ticket Ripoff. Cameras capture motorists and huge fines follow. Streets may not be safer." By Michael Goldstein; "As Pub Food Goes... the Gorbals... If it's open." By Jonathan Gold; "Foster-Child Power. Microstipends for parentless youths got slashed by Arnold. Will kids fight back?" By Daniel Heimpel. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:20 |
| LA Weekly December 23, 2009 | "Silencing Hawthorne High's Music Man. Mr. Flaherty changed kids' lives on the drum line. The pencil pushers struck back" by Beth Barrett; "Oregon Style: The Tasting Kitchen. Communal, unorthodox and somewhat Italian." by Jonathan Gold. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:40 |
| LA Weekly December 16, 2009 | "The polluter of Paradise Cove. Multimillionaire lets sewage spill into the Pacific" by Paul Teetor; "No Bell? Jar, then. For the best brunch in town, no scrimping" by Jonathan Gold; "LAPD audit: Bratton's fiscal mess" by Patrick Range Mcdonald and Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:45 |
| LA Weekly December 9, 2009 | "Brentwood's Toxic Grave. Historic dumping grounds beneath spectacular VA land." by Michael Collins; "Going Ham for the Holidays." by Jonathan Gold; "Invasion of the Granny Flat. L.A. weighs plan to allow backyard dwellings and car parking on lawns." by Steven Leigh Morris. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:15 |
| LA Weekly December 2, 2009 | "Las Vegas Grows Up: Architecture review" by Hugh Hart; "Where, Oh Where, for an Almond Croissant?" by Jonathan Gold; "Los Angeles City Hall's Funny Michael Jackson Figures." by Dennis Romero | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:45 |
| LA Weekly November 24, 2009 | "A Terrible Thing to Waste: Billy Cottrell, Part 2. Court refuses leniency to brilliant physics student" by Paul Teetor; "A Question of Degrees: Boiling or roasting?" by Jonathan Gold; "Hollywood's Catered Stimulus. Why $23 million creates just 21 jobs" by Tim Cavanaugh | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:31:05 |
| LA Weekly November 11, 2009 | "Pedraza vs. Macintosh: Worms in the Apple. Two rebels defy a beloved computer company." by Tim Elfrink; "Point West: Mark Peel's new Culver City digs." by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:29:35 |
| LA Weekly November 11, 2009 | "Sand Dune Park: Top athletes vs. Manhattan Beach locals" by Paul Teetor; ""Bollywood and Vine: L.A. Indian food fit for an Englishman" by Jonathan Gold; "L.A.P.D. Chief Charlie Beck: Will he get led on a leash by Villaraigosa, or be his own man?" by Dennis Romero | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:55 |
| LA Weekly November 4, 2009 | "L.A. Medical-Pot Shops Peddle to LAUSD Pupils" by Paul Teetor; "Indo Cafe: Out of the Ashes and into the urap" by Jonathan Gold; "L.A. Light Rail? Or Keep Your Car? The sales-tax increase won't pay off for decades" by Dennis Romero | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:45 |
| LA Weekly October 28, 2009 | "Riled Over California's High-Speed Rail." by Jason S. Mandell; "Billy's: A Deli Grows in Glendale" by Jonathan Gold; "Poor, Ultrarich Tim Leiweke. L.A. City Hall genuflects to AEG." by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:40 |
| LA Weekly October 21, 2009 | "Paving Over Playa del Rey. The last L.A. beach town and dunes still standing have a developer drooling." by Tibby Rothman; "What Is a Burrito? A Primer. It's a Chicano thing - you gotta understand." by Jonathan Gold; "Cirque Du DWP. Nahai gets $82K via immaculate conception as Freeman tries not to step in it." by David Ferrell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:05 |
| LA Weekly October 14, 2009 | "Mishandled Murder Investigation of L.A. Coed in Ecuador" by Matthew Nestel, "Play It Again, Jean. Casa Bianca Once More" by Jonathan Gold; "Long Knives Slice Up Bratton" by Patrick Range McDonald | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:35 |
| LA Weekly October 7, 2009 | "Los Angeles Corporate Walfare: Ritz-Carlton and AEG. Rich entities siphon taxpayer money while real communities struggle." by Tibby Rothman; "JTYH Restaurant: Knife-shaved pasta, the next generation" by Jonathan Gold; "Did Feds Cause the Station-fire Disaster?" by Jill Stewart | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:34 |
| LA Weekly September 23, 2009 | "Potshots Over Los Angeles Pot Shops. A year late, LA City Council tries to stop marijuana collectives" by Daniel Heimpel; "Wo Konnen Wir Deutschen Essen. Sprechen Sie Hipster?" by Jonathan Gold; "LAUSD's Finest Shakeup. Police Chief Manion relinquishes powers but old blood is still at top" by Max Taves | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:59 |
| LA Weekly September 16, 2009 | "Urine the Money With L.A. Sidewalk Ads: Steam-cleaning advertising into sidewalk filth." by Nate Berg; "All About Eva: Actually, Eva is all about you" by Jonathan Gold; "Mushroom Season in Poisonous Sacramento: Assemblyman Perez wants to make AEG richer" by Tibby Rothman and Jill Stewart. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:59 |
| LA Weekly September 8, 2009 | "Carpetbagging for Cash in Council District 2. Eight San Fernando Valley activists try to stop two monied outsiders" by Jason S. Mandell; "Street Cred: Susan Feniger's new Hollywood restaurant" by Jonathan Gold; "War of Words Over Station Fire: Too modest air attack?" by Daniel Heimpel | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:30:00 |
| LA Weekly September 2, 2009 | "Andrew Adelman's Building & Safety Mess. Lurid rape claim aside, there's no mystery about his failed oversight." By Christine Pelisek. "Popeye�¢����s and Jazz. In search of the perfect portable chicken dinner." By Jonathan Gold. "CIM Group: Hollywood's Richest Slumlord. Two fed up YouTubians embarrass a City Hall insider into demolishing a shocking hovel." By Patrick Range McDonald. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:08 |
| LA Weekly August 26 2009 | "Early Release Candidate No. 1: Prisoner Najee Ali. The L.A. activist says cut him loose, help the state budget." By Annette Stark; "Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants - Between a tweet and a truck." By Jonathan Gold; "Can an Activist Crack L.A. City Hall's Machine? In the riled-up S.F. Valley, a struggle pits regular folk against big money." By Jason S. Mandell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:56 |
| LA Weekly August 19 2009 | "Andrew Adelman's Sick Sex Scandal: Rape and kidnapping claim hits a long-criticized Los Angeles City Hall bureaucrat." By Eric Leonard, "Meat and the City." By Jonathan Gold, "Slashing L.A. City Council Pay to $90K: Can pissed-off Angelenos cut the nation's richest city council salaries by half?" By David Ferrell. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:56 |
| LA Weekly August 12, 2009 | "Bye-Bye, Bill Bratton. Top five reasons the chief is really leaving Los Angeles." By Jill Stewart, "Of Cumin Bondage: Korean at Feng Mao. The improbable, cross-cultural carom." By Jonathan Gold, "Lily Burk Death: Paperwork Snafu, or Steve Cooley Screwup? Critics say the D.A.'s approach to the third strike makes him less vigilant." By Daniel Heimpel. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:21 |
| LA Weekly August 5, 2009 | "Why was Jewish radical Earl Krugel slain in prison? Judge Stephen Wilson keeps alleged murder by the Aryan Brotherhood under wraps", by Tibby Rothman; "Chili John's: Coming Home", by Jonathan Gold; "Lily Burk: Snatched a block away from a downtown L.A. crack bazaar", by Dennis Romero | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:50 |
| LA Weekly July 29, 2009 | "State Budget Debacle: California descending. Why Schwarzenegger, Bass and Steinberg are grinning." By Jill Stewart, "Food Fight: the Foundry vs. Father's Office." By Amy Scattergood, "Losing Lily Burk: Outrage after a popular teen gets carjacked and slain." By Christine Pelisek. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:54 |
| LA Weekly July 22, 2009 | "Wrinkles in Runkle Canyon: 50 Years After a Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Holds Up Land Development." By Michael Collins, Guelaguetza: Romance and Salsa. In search of the perfect spot to impress a gal." By Jonathan Gold, "Todd Holland's Advice to Play it Straight: Gay Director Apologizes and Debates Ensue." By Patrick Range McDonald. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:45 |
| LA Weekly July 15, 2009 | "L.A.'s Reefer Revolution: City Hall's yawning loophole for pot dispensaries spawns a Woodstock economy" by Daniel Heimpel; " The Heat is on at Sugar Spice Cafe: With Japanese curry rice and everything nice" by Jonathan Gold; "Up for Murder: LAPD's Stephanie Lazarus - The cop that almost got away" by Jan Golab | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:00 |
| LA Weekly July 8, 2009 | "Harder Than It Looks: Villaraigosa's 'Model' Schools Bite Back. Meanwhile, the LAUSD dropout rate soars citywide" by David Ferrell; "Eating, L.A. Style: From Musso & Frank to street vendors" by Jonathan Gold; "L.A. Weekly News Editor Responds to L.A. Times Hit Piece" by Jill Stewart | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:05 |
| LA Weekly July 1, 2009 | "City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in the house. Rocky Delgadillo departs on an acid note, and a black SUV visits 'Nuch'." by Paul Teetor; "Celestino: first date, Italian-Style. White tablecloths, good wine and that golden light." by Jonathan Gold; "Laura Ling and Euna Lee face silence. In L.A., the Current TV employers of the imprisoned local journos duck and cover." by Babamoto. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:57 |
| LA Weekly June 23, 2009 | "Numer Uno Versus LAPD: Detective Greg Kading was fixated on George Torres. Did he go too far?" by Beth Barrett. "The Unmassacred Churro - Fried-dough dessert is best at its plainest." by Jonathan Gold. "Free Pass From Teacher Jail - President Monica Garcia and a cowed LAUSD board punt on firing bad teachers." by David Ferrell. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:23:39 |
| LA Weekly June 17, 2009 | "Russian or Armenian Mob Used 'Model Employee' Con at PCH Arco. Redondo police search for the elusive 'Erick' - and $300,000" by Paul Teetor, "Good Girl Dinette: Depression-Era Dining" by Jonathan Gold, "Ruining the L.A. Marathon. Preachers pressured City Hall to change it. Now the race faces uncertainties" by Tina Dupuy | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:07 |
| LA Weekly June 10, 2009 | "Group Demands Progress on Grim Sleeper: 1980s-era activists return to fight a serial killer in South-Central" by Christine Pelisek, "Eating in Encino - And overcoming the Romanian-goat-herder problem" by Jonathan Gold, "Unsung Heroes of Rams Football Integration: Greg Nelson seeks historic status for Washington, Strode and Harding" by Gretchen Atwood | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:59 |
| LA Weekly June 3, 2009 | "Homeless Versus Venice - Winnebago world clashes with City Hall politics and progressive dreams." by Tibby Rothman, "Wolfgang Puck's Bar & Grill Export at L.A. Live" by Jonathan Gold, "Mike Gin, Redondo Beach's Chinese-American, Rotarian, Gay Mayor - Meet Hizzoner." by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:59 |
| LA Weekly May 27, 2009 | "Proposition 8 Ruling Sets up California War" by Tibby Rothman; "The Return of Ludo Bites" by Jonathan Gold; "Death of L.A. Newssttands" by Sharon Knolle | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:02 |
| LA Weekly May 20, 2009 | "California's May 19 Election: Schwarzenegger, Villaraigosa, Weiss, Bratton, Bass, all repudiated." by Jill Stewart, "Golden State's Beer Warriors, All Hopped Up: The ale-intensive gastropub serves some of L.A.'s best burgers and a mind-blowing beer float with brown-bread ice cream from Tai Kim's cult gelateria, 'Scoops.'" by Jonathan Gold, "Claiming Poverty, L.A. City Council Tries to Defund Its Critics, But then drops its threat to slash the 90 neighborhood councils." by Daniel Heimpel | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:35 |
| LA Weekly May 13, 2009 | "Why Arnold's May 19 Bailout Is Failing - Ticked off voters primed to torpedo Schwarzenegger's ballot measures." by Tibby Rothman; "Bill Bratton's Endorsements Spectacle - The LAPD chief's politicking has critics fearing a slide to the bad old days." by Daniel Heimpel; "Vahedi vs. Koretz City Council Race - L.A.'s upscale 5th District seeks a slow-growther to replace Jack Weiss." by Max Taves. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:24 |
| LA Weekly May 7, 2009 | "L.A. City Attorney Race: One Cooley Customer - The white-hot battle between Trutanich and Weiss" by Tibby Rothman; "Bound Together by the Grim Sleeper - L.A. family of serial killer's victims meet at long last" by Christine Pelisek. | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:13 |
| LA Weekly April 30, 2009 | "Bratton: L.A. Is as Safe as 1956 - Except the chief is manipulating numbers and acting like a politician." by Patrick Range McDonald; "DWP Slush Fund - In Los Angeles vs. All Persons, a tough judge makes Villaraigosa return $30 million." & "L.A.'s Density Bonus Blowup - A judge says City Hall broke the law by allowing outsize projects." by Daniel Heimpel, "Jane Usher Slams Gail Goldberg - A former commission president slams L.A.'s planning director as a developer sellout." by Steven Leigh Morris | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:34:10 |
| LA Weekly April 16, 2009 | "Should L.A. City Council Agree to Slash Its $178,789 Salaries? - 15 richly paid politicians are happy to cut their pay - by 2.5 percent." by Paul Teetor, "Jan Perry's Grand Avenue Conflict - An L.A. politician votes for public subsidies that boost her home's value." by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:18 |
| LA Weekly April 9, 2009 | "Los Angeles Infrastructure or Bust - Metro gives second chance to a snafu-riddled Italian railcar builder" by Beth Barrett, "Pen Pushers Break Bank: Cash-Strapped L.A. City Hall Spends $1 Million on Calligraphy - Despite fiscal free fall, Villaraigosa and City Council spend public money on scrolls." by Daniel Heimpel | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:22 |
| LA Weekly April 2, 2009 | "Funny Math on Downtown L.A. Civic Park - Taxpayers may be out $27 million if "Grand Avenue" project breaks ground" by Tibby Rothman, "Octomom as Reproductive Lightning Rod - Do the prolife and prochoice sides in L.A. finally agree on something?" by Tina Dupuy, "Juror Furor: Anand Jon Case Takes Troubling Twist" by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:42 |
| LA Weekly March 25, 2009 | "Measure B: Tweet Against the Machine - How L.A. City Hall power was struck down by blogs and online social networks" by Daniel Heimpel, "A Los Angeles "Ban" That Really Invites Billboards? - Critics assail a "Swiss cheese" vision that allows massive sign proliferation" by Christine Pelisek, "The Big Sleep: Raymond Chandler, 50 Years Dead - Writer who gave L.A. a lasting identity took the language of the street and made it sing" by Judith Freeman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:30:51 |
| LA Weekly March 18, 2009 | "Rooftop Foster Kids: At 18, they lose their foster parents and become homeless. A law may help them" by Daniel Heimpel, "DNA Deep Feeze: Why Los Angeles crime-fighters fell years behind on rape testing, and may never catch up" by Christine Pelisek, "Cortines' Many-Headed LAUSD Monster: Schools teeter on fiscal cliff while the superintendent tries "decentralization"" by Joseph Mailander | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:29:26 |
| LA Weekly March 11, 2009 | "Grim Sleeper's Sole Survivor - Relishing life, a tough churchgoing mom is at the center of the Los Angeles serial-killer mystery" by Christine Pelisek, "Gimme Shelter: U.S. Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada to Avoid Iraq War - Looks like this time they picked the wrong country" by Megan Feldman, "Replacing Wendy Greuel in the Valley - A juicy $2.5 million City Council seat opens in anti-Villaraigosa territory" by Jill Stewart | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:37 |
| LA Weekly March 4, 2009 | "Villaraigosa and Solar Measure B Get Burned - March 3 was supposed to be a romp for the L.A. mayor, not a reprimand" by Daniel Heimpel, "San Fernando Valley's Galaxy of Chemical Goo - City planners make a slick zone change to allow easier building on land" by Michael Collin | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:30 |
| LA Weekly February 26, 2009 | "How L.A. City Council Got Those Huge $178,789 Salaries" By Patrick Range McDonald, "A Shark Tank of Lawyers Takes on Jack Weiss for L.A. City Attorney - Five sharp lawyers try to upset the Westside politician’s bid for the office" by Christine Pelisek, "Bratton's Jump Into L.A.'s Mayoral Race - Angry candidates ask: How can Bratton and Villaraigosa claim L.A. is as safe as 1956?" by Jill Stewart | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:14 |
| LA Weekly February 19, 2009 | "The Greek Versus the Pixie: Can Upstart Nick Patsaouras Beat the Anointed Villaraigosa Insider Wendy Greuel? - Greuel's long-planned bid to become the new Laura Chick looked like a cakewalk. But that was before the economy tanked." by Jill Stewart, "Fight for L.A.'s Ritzy Council District 5 - Six candidates vow to bring back 'slow growth'" by Max Taves | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:37 |
| LA Weekly February 12 2009 | "Los Angeles' Bungled Solar Plan - How D'Arcy and Villaraigosa turned clean energy into a dirty dispute" by Beth Barrett, "Bellflower Water Bills Skyrocket - A Los Angeles suburb's water wars make the Kremlin look efficient" by Jorge Casuso | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:19:19 |
| LA Weekly February 5, 2009 | "Morgan vs. Foretich Twenty Years Later" by Emily Henry, "Drew Street Drug House Demolished" by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:24:59 |
| LA Weekly January 28, 2009 | "Is Tokyo the Future of Los Angeles?" by Christine Pelisek, "Leaving the Valley" by Beth Barrett | Reader: Luke Huapaya | 00:20:22 |
| LA Weekly January 21, 2009 | "Chicago Schools vs. LAUSD - Their supe is Obama's new education man. Our supe is nice, but ..." by David Ferrell, "Griffith Park Shenanigans - La Bonge's landmark designation leaves big loopholes for chains and hotels." by David Ferrell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:20 |
| LA Weekly January 14, 2009 | "L.A's Hidden Housing Disaster - Massive rebuilding and the ownership bubble quietly wiped out 13,713 cheap rentals." By Max Taves, "L.A.'s Solar-Energy Ballot-Measure Melodrama - David S. Freeman: City Hall 'is capable of screwing up a two-car funeral.'" By Daniel Heimpel, "Roman Polanski's Catch-22." By Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:22:21 |
| LA Weekly January 7, 2009 | Why Do Secret Citizens Control the Gang Contracting? - Villaraigosa says they have to be anonymous. A dead city attorney told him so. By Daniel Heimpel, The 11 Percent Mayor Villaraigosa Lashes Back - Blasting L.A. Weekly, he says we relied on bad facts. Aides say he misspoke, by Patrick Range McDonald, Donald T. Sterling's Fake Homeless Center - After hiatus, ads began again by Patrick Range McDonald | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:10 |
| LA Weekly December 30, 2008 | "On Trial: Pellicano, Scat-Porn King Ira Isaacs and Designer Anand Jon Verdicts are never the last word in court." by Steven Mikulan, "Mold Queen Loses in Court: July 24, 2008." by Daniel Heimpel, "LAFD Boondoggle: The Firefighting Jobs Women Don't Want." by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:52 |
| LA Weekly December 18, 2008 | Secrecy Rules in L.A.'s $24 Million Gang Program - Carr and Villaraigosa use 50 anonymous people to decide who gets the money. by Daniel Heimpel, Fiery Urban Critic Jane Usher Resigns - One of the few Villaraigosa insiders to question massive projects is out by Tibby Rothman, LACMA's $900,000 Political Donation - Was the museum promoting access to art, or speculating on land? by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:21:30 |
| LA Weekly December 11, 2008 | LA Slams Residents With Stiff Fees and Taxes by Daniel Heimpel, Brewer's Bungled Buyout by David Ferrell, Sylmar Fire's Lady Looters by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:20:06 |
| LA Weekly December 4, 2008 | "What Happened at the Botanica - The death of a labor leader and its reverberations." By Alan Mittelstaedt, "The Freedom to Write - What you knew, what you wanted to know" By Alan Rifkin, "The Verdict - After Rodney King" by R. J. Smith | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:11:48 |
| LA Weekly November 27, 2008 | Rider on the Storm: The Best and Worst of LA Buses, Subways and Light Rail by Steven Leigh Morris, In the Strike Zone: Is the Unthinkable About to Happen Again? by Nikki Finke, Schwarzenegger Elevates Former Mayor Hahn by David Ferrell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:31:09 |
| LA Weekly November 20, 2008 | Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy - Silver Lake, Hollywood, the Valley and Westside take on City Hall's anti-green transformation of LA by Christine Pelisek, Villaraigosa Helps Obama on the Economy - An LA Weekly man-in-the-street instant poll says "Huh?" by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:37:15 |
| LA Weekly November 13, 2008 | The After-Bush Afterlife: Goodby to all that and to this column too by Marc Cooper, Dirty Laundry Over Prop. 8: Blame-game erupts over latino and black support for gay marriage ban by Patrick Range McDonald, Heading Into the Holidays: Fur goes big - Bond goes missing - girls go vamp and Dark Knight just goes by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:10 |
| LA Weekly November 6 2008 | Yes We Did: What we know and what we don't about our new American era by Marc Cooper, You Can Feel It All Over: Partying on Election Night with Hollywood's Godless liberal elites and lowlifes by Randall Roberts, The Night the World Began: The view from LA union rooms by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:43 |
| LA Weekly October 30 2008 | Prop. 11: The Most Misunderstood by David Ferrell, Diane Watson: Hillary's Gal - A talk with the 68 year-old congresswoman by Mark Groubert, Prop. 6: The Most Implosive - A tiny, unnoticed clause could allow much looser hearsay in trials by Max Taves | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:23 |
| LA Weekly October 23 2008 | Reading the Fine Print: How to Spot the Loopholes and Loose Phrasing in California's Ballot Initiatives by Jill Stewart, Local Pols Grasp at Obama's Coattails but Change Isn't on Their Minds by Tibby Rothman, Wall Street Crisis Begins to Hurt Media Moguls by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:53 |
| LA Weekly October 16, 2008 | Villaraigosa's Fiscal Folly: The ant and the dung beetle by David Ferrell, LA Board of Supervisors Second District Race: Parks, Ridley-Thomas and a vast labor machine duke it out. What about voters? by Daniel Heimpel, Down and Out at the Americana: Matthew Fleischer goes undercover in Carusoland by Matthew Fleischer | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:31:51 |
| LA Weekly October 9 2008 | Tuesday's Presidential Debate By Marc Cooper, Sexual Orientation of McCain's Senate Chief of Staff Revealed by David Ehrenstein, A Pasadena Author Researching Jogging Trails Cracks an Old Serial-Killer Case by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:28:34 |
| LA Weekly Sep 26 to Oct 3 | Arab Adventures in Hollywood - Hip young actors are refusing roles as terrorists and creating their own material by Andrew Gumbel, Griffith Park's Empty Canvas Problem - Will an obscure "cultural" board resist the density hawks? by David Ferrell | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:15:33 |
| LA Weekly Sept 19-26 | Misery's Witness: A Photographer's View of the Chatsworth Metrolink Crash by Ted Soqui, Lehman Brothers Call McCain's Bluff by Marc Cooper, Mega-Billboard for Billionaire Anschutz by Christine Pelisek, Schwarzenegger's Budget Veto Drama by William Bradley | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:30:20 |
| LA Weekly September 12-19 | How Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Spends His 16-Hour Days by Patrick Range, Throwing the Book at Najee Ali - Four Years? | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:49:01 |
| LA Weekly September 5-12 | Record $500,000 Offered for Grim Sleeper by Christine Pelisek, Art School or LAUSD Folly? by Erica Zora Wrightson, Major Messy NBC Shakeup by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:33 |
| LA Weekly Aug 29 - Sep 5 | UCLA Profs and Scientists Sued Animal-Rights Radicals by Max Taves, Asphalt Beats Artists in Venice by Tibby Rothman, Can Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian Save Terry Christensen From Tony Pellicano's Fate? by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:46 |
| LA Weekly August 22-29 | Obama vs. Baldilocks - A blogger's African dad came here on the same airlift as Obama's dad by Max Taves, Grand Avenue Drenched in Misdirection by Tibby Rothman, Yes, When I Think of Christmas, I Think of Nazis by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:27:02 |
| LA Weekly August 15-22 | Branding Griffith Park: Griffith's Heirs Fight Commercialization Plan by David Ferrell, Metro Sales-Tax Shell Game by Max Taves, R.I.P. Bernie Brillstein by Nikki Finke | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:29:50 |
| LA Weekly August 8-15 | Villaraigosa: Faking an Economic Miracle by Max Taves, Space Race Two: by Michael Goldstein, Judge Kozinski Gets Judged by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:31:54 |
| LA Weekly August 1-8 | LA River Really Floats Their Boats by Tibby Rothman, MTA's Toxic Towers in Van Nuys by Steven Leigh Morris, Sweating It Out in Summer Courtrooms by Steven Mikulan | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:20 |
| LA Weekly July 25-31 | Rolling Out LA's Cement Carpet by Tibby Rothman, War Over MTA's "Eternity Tax" by Max Taves and Jill Stewart, Poison Pen From France: New Twist on Nigerian E-mail Shakedown by Paul Teetor | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:20 |
| LA Weekly July 18-24 | Antonio Pinocchiosa and His Police Tax by David Ferrell, L.A.'s Racial Redlining of Black Children by D. Heimpel, City Hall's E-Mail War on the Poor by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:30:40 |
| LA Weekly Jul 11-17 | City Hall as Slumlord by Tibby Rothman, Gridlock Wars Are Here by Jorge Casuso, Do You Trust MTA With $40 Billion? by Jill Stewart and Tina Dupuy | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:26:21 |
| LA Weekly Jul 4-10 | California Prison's Big Group Hug by Matthew Fleischer, Obama's Middle Ground by Marc Cooper, Stick Figures by Jonathan Gold | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:18:26 |
| LA Weekly Jun 27 - Jul 3 | In Ray Cortines' Shadow by D. Heimpel, Echo Park's Gentrification Woes by David Futch, What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor by Christine Pelisek | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:25:34 |
| LA Weekly Jun 20-28 | Blasphemy Against the Pope of All Media - A sinner's view of Tim Russert's passing by Marc Cooper, Is Art Center Gehry-rigged? by Matthew Fleischer | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:24:03 |
| LA Weekly Jun 13-19 | Fenced In - Secure borders? it's still the same old catch-and-release game by Marc Cooper, Is City Hall's Pet Project Foundering? by Tibby Rothman | Reader: Joe Jurca | 00:30:45 |
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