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Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan Endorses Kevin James for Mayor

Kevin James | Posted 04.21.2013 | Los Angeles
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Kevin James

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan officially announced his endorsement of mayoral candidate and former federal prosecutor Kevin James.

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Richard Riordan's Wrong Ideas Don't Deserve a Second Chance

Madeline Janis | Posted 01.15.2013 | Los Angeles
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Madeline Janis

Former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan has been in the news lately, arguing that city leaders need to take drastic steps to make L.A. more business friendly. But current elected officials should be wary about taking the Riordan's advice.

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Recalling Total Recall: Schwarzenegger's Comeback Proceeds With A Big (Naturally) Book

William Bradley | Posted 12.05.2012 | Politics
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William Bradley

Sufficiently contrite or not, Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to be, as Jerry Brown noted on CNN right after the "surprise" announcement of candidacy in 2003, "a very interesting character."

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Gore Vidal: Remembering A Brilliant, Controversial Legend of the Sort We Don't Foster Any More

William Bradley | Posted 10.03.2012 | Books
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William Bradley

The current scene isn't producing writers like Gore Vidal, one of the towering writers and cultural figures of the post-World War II era. So his passing Tuesday in Los Angeles, where he lived most of the past decade, marks a sad cultural milestone.

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Villaragosa Rebutts Riordan's Bankruptcy Assertion

LA Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Countering assertions by former Mayor Richard Riordan that Los Angeles should consider declaring bankruptcy, a top City Hall official said Thursday th...

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The Case for Not Recalling Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Fernando Espuelas

The great promise of Los Angeles' first Latino mayor in over 100 years has vanished in a cloud of disappointment and embarrassment.

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Bruce Karatz Brings In Star Witness: Richard Riordan

latimes.com | Stuart Pfeifer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
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Former KB Home chief Bruce Karatz turned to a powerful ally Thursday in his defense against stock-options backdating charges, presenting former Los An...

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Nancy Daly, Philanthropist and Children's Activist, Dies at 68

Causecast | Karen Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Nancy MacNeil Daly Riordan, longtime philanthropist and estranged wife of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, has died of pancreatic cancer at a...

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