Stirring words on a hot day at Long Beach’s latest anti-Prop. 8 rally
Saturday’s anti-Proposition 8 rally at the usually-deserted Burton W. Chace Civic Center was, as advertised, a “peaceful rally,” with babies frolicking on the grass outside City Hall, loving couples lounging barefoot in front of the stage, and Long Beach police sitting on their [...]

This has been a rough week in journalism, thanks in no small part to our main man Dean Singleton, who owns the Press-Telegram, and the Daily Breeze in Torrance.

Somehow, we missed Press-Telegram reporter Kris Hanson’s latest port report yesterday–which is too bad, because it kinda reads like a script for the TV series The Fabulous Life of … .
The “of” in this case is Port of Long Beach harbor commissioners, Mayor Bob Foster and Second District Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal, who have flown many [...]

Merry Christmas! Indian kids were beaten with pipes
A British paper revealed that a Gap clothing subcontractor was using Indian child slaves to produce clothing for the big Christmas rush. Gap officials respond by complaining about their own pain. “It’s deeply, deeply disturbing to all of us,” Gap President Marka Hansen said Sunday. “I feel [...]