Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Villaraigosa, Nutter Bet On Baseball; The Winner Gets To Volunteer

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.17.2009 | Impact


As the National League Championship Series heats up, friendly rivalries between cities are inevitable. The latest wager comes, however, not between ri...

Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing Finally a Reality...In LA

Jamie Court | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Jamie Court

If the City of Los Angeles can put a prescription drug bulk purchasing card in the hands of every resident, why can't the United States of America?

Stopping the 13 Second Clock: ACORN and Leading Mayors Join Together in Fighting Foreclosures

Bertha Lewis | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Bertha Lewis

With millions more foreclosures staring us in the face, we have to act now to create sensible local solutions that will improve our communities, safeguard families, stabilize tax bases, and revive the economy.

Jerry Brown To Run For California Governor

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics


It was 1974 when Jerry Brown ran for governor as a dashing 36-year-old reformer, the embodiment of change in Watergate's aftermath. "I was the new sp...

Rush Limbaugh Calls Latino Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa "A Shoeshine Guy"

Portfolio.com Mixed Media | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 05.14.2008 | Media


Hey, you know what's a riot? Comparing one of the country's foremost Latino politicians to "a shoeshine guy" because of his race. In a segment about ...

Exclusive Preview: LA Mayor's Mistress Speaks

Los Angeles Magazine | Shawn Hubler | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics


In Their May issue, Los Angeles Magazine has an exclusive interview with former local television reporter Mirthala Salinas, who went from anchoring on...

LA Mayor's Ex-Reporter Girlfriend Back On The Air

LA Observed | Kevin Roderick | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


LA Observed's Kevin Roderick reports: The onetime rising star at Telemundo whose career burned up in the wreckage of an affair with Mayor Antonio Vill...

Mayor Resigns, Claims Abduction By Satan Worshippers

4029tv | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The mayor of an Arkansas town resigned on Wednesday, claiming he was abducted and brainwashed by Satan worshippers nearly three decades ago. Centerto...

LA Mayor's Affair With TV News Reporter Comes To An End

Los Angeles Times | David Zahniser | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and television news reporter Mirthala Salinas have ended their romantic relationship, two sources familiar with the situati...

Celebrities Serve An Early Thanksgiving To LA's Homeless

AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford and other celebrities shared the Thanksgiving spirit Wednesday by serving hot meals to homeless people on Skid Row. Weari...

Mayor's Reporter Girlfriend Quits Station After Demotion To Far-Flung Bureau

Los Angeles Times | Meg James and Duke Helfand | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Los Angeles television newscaster Mirthala Salinas, whose affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa prompted her transfer to Riverside, failed to show up...

Mayor's Reporter Girlfriend Exiled To LA Hinterlands

Los Angeles Times | Duke Helfand and Meg James | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Newscaster Mirthala Salinas, who was suspended without pay for two months in August after her affair with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa becam...

Emmy Afterparties: Kanye Performs, Jeremy Piven Smokes Cigars

AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The biggest star of the Emmy afterparties wasn't the cast of "The Sopranos" or a cigar-chomping Jeremy Piven. It was Kanye West. The 29-year-old rapp...