Jon Regardie

a city politics journalist at LA Magazine

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Curren Price was charged on Tuesday with embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest. Why have developers and pay-to-play schemes been involved in several city council scandals?

Legal trouble for Curren Price is like awful version of ‘Groundhog Day’

Curren Price was charged on Tuesday with embezzlement, perjury, and conflict of interest. Why have developers and pay-to-play schemes been involved in several city council scandals?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Robot dogs made headlines in New York and San Francisco when those police departments added them to their forces. LA is next for the big debate.

Robot dogs stir heated debate in LA City Council

Robot dogs made headlines in New York and San Francisco when those police departments added them to their forces. LA is next for the big debate.

from Greater LA

LAPD Chief Michel Moore is facing a tough fight to earn a second term. It comes after three men died following recent encounters with police.

Will LAPD have Michel Moore as chief again — or someone new?

LAPD Chief Michel Moore is facing a tough fight to earn a second term. It comes after three men died following recent encounters with police.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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Historian Juan Cole minces no words in offering a grave and sobering account of the conflict in Palestine and Israel on this episode of the Scheer Intelligence podcast.

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American historian, writer, professor and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz uses her studies on indigenous peoples’ history and her work with Palestinian diplomats and the United Nations…

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand