Subject: Stockton (California)

• Loose Gravel

  February 8, 1996

• News of the Weird

  December 9, 1999

• A Killer Nanny

  Charlotte Foster wanted a male nanny who’d play sports with her sons. She got an escaped murderer.

  March 6, 2003

• Slanted Enchantment

  A jazz quartet tribute to Pavement is, inexplicably, a roaring success

  December 29, 2005

• Doing Justice

  Plus: Olympic Bid; Allah 1, Christ 0; Paris Is Burning?

  October 17, 2002

• Fresh Pavement

  One of the last great indie rock bands struggles to survive its success

  September 30, 1999

• Sheila Jackson Lee Honors Michael Jackson, At Incredible Length

  Via The Hill's blog, we've learned of our own Sheila Jackson Lee's epic attempt to immortalize Michael Jackson (who is being celebrated as we speak; check out the twittering/liveblogging at the music blog of our sister paper LA Weekly).Amazingly, Lee's bill declaring the House of Representatives "recognizes Michael Jackson as a global humanitarian and a noted leader in the fight against worldwide hunger and medical crises" is a bit....long-winded.It contains no less that 44 "whereas" clauses, in

  July 7, 2009