Ron Kaye, a local community activist and former editor of the Los Angeles Daily News, posted an unforgiving look at Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck today. "The Trouble with Charlie: Murders Are Up, Cop Attacks Are Up, the Politicians Own Him" details the highlights provided by the story's headline, and Kaye says murder is Beck's problem. more ›

Love him or hate him, newly elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has definitely made a mark. He beat out Villaraigosa ally, former Councilman Jack Weiss, and quickly started rocking the boat--first with bringing up "criminal aspects" about the Michael Jackson memorial service (later being a bully to AEG) and most recently, his controversial proposals for medical marijuana dispensaries (during his inauguration, he did state he was "not here to win a popularity contest."). more ›

Ron Kaye, the previous Editor of the Daily News, has kept up his writing and thoughts on Los Angeles post job via his blog, which has turned activist. Like many, he is dissatisfied with the machine that is Los Angeles politics and city services. Lately, he's been meeting with people and community groups all over the city. He was invited back for a Daily News editorial yesterday: more ›

But why does a city that's under ice half the year have a better system of bike lanes, not to mention a bike-riding mayor, while Villaraigosa has a deputy mayor for transportation who dopes around L.A. in his Hummer? more ›