Past Stories
Mayoral hopefuls share views on issues impacting Westside
By Paul M.J. Suchecki
On May 21, voters in the city of Los Angeles will decide whether Eric Garcetti or Wendy Greuel will be the next mayor. Bo...
Mayor’s budget calls for funding 2014 neighborhood council elections
By Gary Walker
In what several local community leaders view as a sign of the growing power of Los Angeles neighborhood councils, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s recently released 2013-14 budget requests that the City Council pro...
Link between ABC license density, underage drinking found
By Gary Walker
Venice and its world renowned boardwalk have long been a favorite tourist destination and a popular playground for locals, especially d...
Non-profit tries to battle underage drinking and distracted driving
By Gary Walker
An organization forged after a tragedy is now seeking to turn what were sad occasions into a preventive vehicle that it hopes will allow teenagers not to run the same fate as others have.
Gail Schenbaum Lawton,&h...
Sen. Lieu becomes ‘swatting’ victim after proposing law to combat it
By Gary Walker
Less than a week after introducing his proposed bill to penalize those engaging in the practice of “swatting,” state Sen. Ted Lieu was subjected to the trendy and dangerous phenomenon that he is trying to leg...
Panel says more money is needed to improve city’s networks of sidewalks, pipelines
By Gary Walker
The American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2009 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure estimated that there is a $549.5 bill...
LAUSD issues offers to charters at local traditional school campuses No charter petitions offered at Venice High, Mark Twain and Westminster
By Gary Walker
Charter operators seeking new homes for the 2013-14 school year recently received the names of locations that they will consider as par...
Screenings encouraged for those who are susceptible for colon cancer
By Gary Walker
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the chief of medicine and chief of the gastrointestinal research program at the John Wayne Cancer Institute in Santa Monica says that while many men and wom...
Conservationists happily welcome threatened bird back to the area
By Gary Walker
A recent sighting of a small blue and white songbird near the habitat of another protected species is drawing the attention of naturali...
Neighborhood leaders confront Villaraigosa over loss of funds, canceling elections
By Gary Walker
Angered by what they feel is an affront on the grassroots democratic process, a group of Los Angeles neighborhood council leaders have asked the city’s chief legal officer to inform Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa a...
