Kevin James

Eric Garcetti's winning strategy took Wendy Greuel strongholds

2013-05-23 07:42:00

Eric Garcetti defeated Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayor's race despite Greuel’s overwhelming support in heavily African American neighborhoods. The city controller's strength among black voters in South L.A. was too little to make up for...

Mayor's race: Garcetti's lead over Greuel widens to 8 points

2013-05-22 01:43:00

With more than half of precincts reporting, City Councilman Eric Garcetti's lead over mayoral opponent Wendy Greuel widened to 8 points in the early hours of Wednesday morning. As of 1 a.m. PDT Wednesday, Garcetti led Greuel 54% to 46% in the race to...

Garcetti wins race for L.A. mayor; Greuel concedes

2013-05-22 03:27:00

Wendy Greuel called Eric Garcetti early Wednesday morning to concede the mayoral election, a Greuel campaign source told The Times, ending a two-year campaign to determine Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor and the new political leader of Los Angeles....

Garcetti, Greuel locked in tight battle for L.A. mayor's post

2013-05-22 00:23:00

Eric Garcetti held a narrow lead over Wendy Greuel late Tuesday as the two longtime city officials battled each other — and voter apathy — in the race to become the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles. With more than half the vote still uncounted, the...

Counting begins in pivotal vote for L.A.'s future

2013-05-21 20:00:00

Polls closed and the ballot counting began Tuesday as Los Angeles voters ushered in a new era of leadership at a City Hall battered in recent years by budget cuts.� Despite the high stakes of the elections, experts predicted low voter turnout. Only 21%...

Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds

2013-05-09 16:36:00

He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...

At a salon on Melrose, flowing wine and food for thought

2013-05-04 00:00:00

Six men and two women sit down to a simple dinner around a rectangular table in a glassed-in upstairs room at Osteria la Buca. It's 7:30 on a Tuesday night in spring, and the sun is just barely sinking into the city haze, leaving Melrose Avenue awash in...

Leaders of DWP union launch TV ads in support of Greuel candidacy

2013-05-01 22:06:00

The alliance between Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel and the Department of Water and Power workforce strengthened Wednesday as a committee run by leaders of the utility's main union launched TV advertising to buttress her candidacy just as...

Summer Movie Sneaks complete list

2013-04-28 00:00:00

The 2013 Summer Movie Preview is a snapshot of films opening through the end of August. Release dates (for Los Angeles) and other details, as compiled by Oliver Gettell, are subject to change. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Sneaks list: In the...

Garcetti opens 10-point lead over Greuel in L.A. mayoral race

2013-04-21 06:00:00

Eric Garcetti has opened a commanding 10-point lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race over rival Wendy Greuel, whose dogged fight to win the backing of public employee unions appears to be undercutting her on her home turf in the San Fernando Valley,...

Sneak peek of Sony's 'This Is the End' plays to enthusiastic crowd

2013-04-18 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS -- The head of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners may want Hollywood to make fewer R-rated movies, but the exhibitors at CinemaCon this week seem to be eager for more. During nearly every studio presentation here this week, the movies...

L.A. mayor candidates Garcetti, Greuel about to debate on KABC7

2013-04-11 17:25:00

The first round of the Los Angeles mayor’s race featured a series of 40 debates, sometimes as many as two a day, but during the first five weeks of the runoff election the two finalists have yet to confront each other face-to-face on the issues....

PG; 1:45 running time Wait a sec. How did the Kevin James mixed martial arts movie end up a more convincing portrait of the plight of the American public school teacher than "Won't Back Down," a film that's actually about that subject?

2012-10-11 07:59:00

The sequel contains a moose peeing in Sandler's face (shocking, a peeing joke in a Sandler movie), Spade shouting to James after they skinny-dip, "I was inside you!" and Andy Samberg as a male cheerleader drooling to James, "Your car is filthy.

2012-05-23 00:00:00

stars as Griffin Keyes, a zookeeper who is suddenly being spoken to by the animals at the zoo.

2011-07-06 00:00:00