James Preston Allen

Bass and the Billionaire

An epic battle for the soul of Los Angeles If these were normal times, the regular exercise at the ballot…

3 years ago

Something Awesome and Surprising in a Bottle

It seems a good Cinco de Mayo celebration can’t be had these days without tequila. As a result, the quantity…

3 years ago

Something Surprising with Blue Agave and Cinco de Mayo

It seems a good Cinco de Mayo celebration can’t be had these days without tequila. As a result, the quantity…

3 years ago

HELP WANTED: A New CD 15 Council Rep Do you know who’s running to replace Joe Buscaino?

The traditional logic of winning the 15th District is that the weight of the voters are here in the San…

3 years ago

30 Years Later The unsettled business of the 1992 Rodney King uprising

In the wake of the Watts Rebellion, city leaders thought utilizing more militarized training would make the city safer. Chief…

3 years ago

Wrong Again Joe

You can always count on Buscaino to take advantage of somebody else’s misery You may recall how Councilman Joe Buscaino…

3 years ago

LA Mayor’s Race― What’s In Caruso’s CAN?

Long before Rick Caruso started dumping a million dollars a week into his campaign to run for mayor of Los…

4 years ago

Wrong Way Joe

Buscaino calls for outlawing sidewalk bike repairs and other ill-conceived notions Once again LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino wants another…

4 years ago

Historic Star-Kist Cannery Threatened

Port eyes demolition as a solution to short-term crises Terelle Jerricks contributed to this article The grand old Star-Kist Cannery,…

4 years ago

A Veteran’s Day Story ― Brian Thomas, the Man on the Bridge

Two days after Veterans Day was unseasonably warm and reminiscent of summer. I wasn’t planning on doing much except to…

4 years ago