Larry Flynt

by Mark Silva Could Bob Barr, once a leading nemesis of President Bill Clinton, become the spoiler whom Democrats learn to love? Barr, pictured at left, a former Republican and former congressman from Georgia who will represent the Libertarian Party......

Is there any doubt now that Sarah Palin is the transcendent pop cultural figure of the moment? Think about her portfolio: Alaska governor, Republican vice-presidential candidate, homemaker, hockey mom, moose butcher, and muse to Tina Fey AND Larry Flynt.....

Larry Flynt and others in the porn industry are fighting a ballot initiative that will appear before Los Angeles County voters requiring pornographic movie performers to wear condoms during filming....

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating the cause of death of a man found shot and dead in a taxi cab parked outside of a burning home early this morning....

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials are seeking clues to help them apprehend a suspected arsonists who torched a carport, destroying a half-dozen cars and one boat....

Long Beach authorities said Monday there was no apparent motive or connection between the victim and suspect when a man threw a fire bomb at another man sitting outside a market....

As Lance Armstrong continued to face fallout from doping allegations — this time, being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles — questions still surround a federal investigation that closed without criminal charges being filed....

Bumble Bee Foods executives have released more details about the harrowing death of a worker who was cooked to death in an industrial accident earlier this month at their processing plant in Santa Fe Springs....

A Signal Hill man was sentenced today to 25 years in state prison after pleading no contest to shooting a USC student in the chest during a party in September 2011, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office....

Director Tony Scott died of multiple blunt-force injuries after leaping to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge, Los Angeles County coroner's officials said Monday....

The campaign of Los Angeles County district attorney candidate Jackie Lacey accused rival Alan Jackson's campaign Tuesday of lying about whether a gathering Jackson attended at the home of campaign donor Victorino Noval, a convicted felon, was a...

In light of today's news that veteran radio personality Jonathon Brandmeier (left) is taking over morning drive at WGN AM 720, I am republishing the following extensive profile that came out almost exactly 25 years ago in the Tribune's Sunday......