Apartment Managers: L.A.’s Ultimate Slacker Dream Job

May 4th, 2012

Twenty minutes before his apartment-management certification class is supposed to start, students pepper Joseph Cavalin with questions. “How do you get rid of the tenants?” a man in the front asks. A woman in back needs to learn to run credit checks. A student asks Cavalin, who goes by “Cav,” “Di… LA Weekly | News

Andrew Breitbart Was L.A.’s Implausible Native Son

March 7th, 2012

Last spring, when Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) accidentally tweeted a photo of his erection to his entire feed — the first brick in an infidelity scandal that would include sexting porn stars, nude cellphone pics and Weiner’s eventual resignation — the alarm didn’t sound from New York… LA Weekly | News

Helen Kim Takes on L.A.’s Old Guard

March 2nd, 2012

Helen Kim was not used to feeling like the dumbest kid in class. A graduate of Harvard and of Yale Law School, a top litigator — yet she felt as if everyone on the Los Angeles City Redistricting Commission had done their homework except her. She felt like the only one asking questions. … LA [...]