The Informer http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/ LA Weekly's news blog en Copyright 2012 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:12 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Naked Man Climbs Radio Tower in Downtown L.A., Threatens to Jump (NSFW Photo) http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/naked_man_radio_tower_downtown_la.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/naked_man_radio_tower_downtown_la.php Crazytown downtown naked man nude photo radio tower Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:40:12 -0800 Kamala Harris' $12 Billion Deal With Big Banks: Cop Out or Solid Settlement For California Homeowners? http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/kamala_harris_18_billion_foreclosure_banks.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/kamala_harris_18_billion_foreclosure_banks.php Real Estate big banks Great Recession homeowners Kamala Harris loans mortgage subprime Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:26:48 -0800 Man on Westwood Rooftop in Standoff With Cops After Short Car Chase http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/westwood_roof_stolen_car.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/westwood_roof_stolen_car.php WTF car chase LAPD pursuit rooftop standoff Westwood Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:10:08 -0800 L.A. Sheriff's Department Shakeup? Rumors That Sheriff Lee Baca Has Demoted Paul Tanaka, Sketchy Undersheriff http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/la_sheriff_lee_baca_demoted_paul_tanaka.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/la_sheriff_lee_baca_demoted_paul_tanaka.php Police deputies inmate abuse inmate beatings L.A. County Sheriff's Department Lee Baca Paul Tanaka Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:45:18 -0800 Miramonte Staff Will Never Return to Scandal-Plagued Campus, Teachers' Union Says http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/miramonte_teachers_removed_utla_union.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/miramonte_teachers_removed_utla_union.php Miramonte LAUSD Miramonte sex abuse teachers union UTLA Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:37:38 -0800 Carmen Trutanich Announces Campaign For D.A., Highlights Lawsuit Against Deutsche Bank http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/carmen_trutanich_announces_for.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/carmen_trutanich_announces_for.php politics Alan Jackson Carmen Trutanich District Attorney Jackie Lacey Mario Trujillo Steve Cooley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:53 -0800 LAUSD's Adult Schools May Be Cut From Budget Entirely: Protesters Rally in Defense of 350,000 Endangered Students http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/lausd_adult_schools_cut_rally.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/lausd_adult_schools_cut_rally.php Education adult education DACE LAUSD Planaria Price Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:15:36 -0800 Oscars Shmoskers: You'll Pick The Winners Thanks to Twitter Analysis http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/oscar_tweets_analyzed_academy_awards_twitter.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/oscar_tweets_analyzed_academy_awards_twitter.php Social Media Academy Award Oscar social media Twitter USC Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:05:21 -0800 Ball-Throwing, Sand-Digging at L.A. Beaches Could Cost You $1,000, Jail Time http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/ball-throwing_la_beaches_1000.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/ball-throwing_la_beaches_1000.php Law Department of Beaches and Harbors L.A. County Board of Supervisors ordinance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:00:13 -0800 'Flash Occupation' of Los Angeles Banks Planned Today http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/flash_occupation_occupy_banks_angeles.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/flash_occupation_occupy_banks_angeles.php Occupy L.A. banks flash mob Occupy Occupy L.A. OWS Wall Street Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:38 -0800 Robert Butyka Hacked Into JPL Computer System, Called Himself 'The Iceman,' Feds Say http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/hacker_jpl_robert_butyka_charged.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/hacker_jpl_robert_butyka_charged.php Crime computer hacking hacker JPL NASA Pasadena U.S. Attorney Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:28 -0800 SeaWorld Whales Are Slaves Protected by U.S. Constitution? Federal Judge in SoCal Actually Considers It http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/seaworld_whales_orcas_slave_13th_amendment.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/seaworld_whales_orcas_slave_13th_amendment.php Animal Rights 13th Amendment constitution federal court PETA SeaWorld slavery slaves Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:04:18 -0800 Pomona College Caught in 'Wave of Anti-Immigrant Hysteria,' Says Professor http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/pomona_college_anti_immigrant_hysteria.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/pomona_college_anti_immigrant_hysteria.php Immigration illegal immigrants Pomona College unions Unite Here Local 11 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:49 -0800 LAPD's Abandoned Rampart Station, Center of B.I.G. Scandal, Is Now Blight Capital of the Eastside http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/lapd_rampart_station_scandal_blight.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/lapd_rampart_station_scandal_blight.php Police blight Eastside Historic Filipinotown Rampart scandal Rampart station SWAT Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:12 -0800 Marijuana Sold For Profit at California Dispensaries? Guy Who Wrote The Law on This, John Vasconcellos, Says it's Legit http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/marijuana_profit_dispensary_pot_shop_vasconcellos.php http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/02/marijuana_profit_dispensary_pot_shop_vasconcellos.php Marijuana Carmen Trutanich marijuana medical marijuana pot shops Prop 215 SB 420 Steve Cooley Vasconcellos Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:55:38 -0800