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Walmart Aiming For Chinatown in a Los Angeles Hostile to This Big-Box Retailer - LA Weekly (blog)
Two well-placed sources in city government, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed this morning to Frying Pan News that the applications were submitted by Walmart. The LA Business Journal (via Curbed LA) seems to corroborate the story of a Walmart at ...
Harry Burkhart's Mother Dorothee Linked to Erotic Massage Business: Alleged ... - LA Weekly (blog)
A description of him and his van was broadcast to police after a government official said he/she recognized him from surveillance video of a Saturday fire that was broadcast via news outlets. The suspect had allegedly created commotion during an ...
Frank McCourt Turned The Dodgers Into A Symbol Of Corporate Greed - LA Weekly (blog)
According to the Times' Bill Shaikin, a person close to the situation said that McCourt decided to sell because it was in the "interests of his family, his business and the team." No mention of the community. The idea that he could have some broader ...
Renowned Bike Experts Turned Away From L.A. City Cycling Workshop - LA Weekly (blog)
According to an anonymous source provided to Alex Thompson, president of cycling outreach group Bikeside, a CalTrans head honcho and a award-winning bike consultant walked up to the meeting and were asked to leave by Department of Transportation ...
Sunset Junction Says The Show Will Go On; The Bands Aren't So Sure - LA Weekly (blog)
"It isn't an easy task and if Junction does get cancelled, there will need to be a lot of juggling and adjusting to accommodate as many acts as possible," says one Los Angeles booking agent, who asked to remain anonymous to protect herself ...
Sunset Junction Bands Seek New Venues In Anticipation of Festival's Cancellation - LA Weekly (blog)
But the agencies are trying to look after the bands and secure them some money if it doesn't," says the source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, to protect himself professionally. "I doubt very much [festival organizers] even know agents are ...
Lara Logan Confirms She Was Brutally and Repeatedly Raped in Egypt: Why Did ... - LA Weekly (blog)
So why was the media so quick to rely upon an anonymous source and drop the question of what really happened to Lara Logan? Even the Weekly ran a correction after intense public pressure, most of it from other media. "In everyday speech, Solan said, ...
Correction: Was '60 Minutes' Reporter Lara Logan Raped in Egypt? - LA Weekly (blog)
14 2011 @ 2:45PM The issue arose four weeks ago, when the Wall Street Journal reported that an anonymous source "familiar with the matter" told them Logan was sexually assaulted, but not raped, during the lengthy attack she suffered in Cairo amid ...
Eastside L.A. City Council Candidate Rudy Martinez Had An LAPD Badge, But He ... - LA Weekly (blog)
Here's the story, as we know it: We were tipped off by an anonymous source who says he's an LAPD officer. The source said that Martinez once had possession ...
Bunch Of People Wait In Line For A Phone - LA Weekly (blog)
An Apple sales associate who declined to be named confirmed that for every one person let in from the standby line, 10 would be let in from the pre-ordered ...
Concert-Goers Endure Three-Hour Wait At Coachella - LA Weekly (blog)
A concert worker who did not want to be identified said the concerts organizers decided this year to let volunteers handle ticket scanning and the handing ...
Billionaire Couple Robbed While In LA For Oscars - LA Weekly (blog)
... the elevator when a man in a blue uniform with 'hotel' written on his shirt started to talk Spanish to Pepe (inset)," an anonymous source told the Post. ...