Richard Riordan

Richard Riordan served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003-2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993-2001.

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• Good eats next 26.2 miles

  By Joshua Lurie  |  May 23, 2009

  From Los Angeles Times

• Is the Next Harry Potter a Dyslexic New Yorker?

  From Cinematical  |  March 26, 2009

• Only the best for the MTA

  December 18, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

 

• Setback for school board candidate

  By David Zahniser and Howard Blume  |  December 9, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Ben Austin, a front-runner for a hotly contested Los Angeles school board seat, has failed to qualify for the city ballot because he turned... more

• Step up for MOCA

  November 29, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  As Eli Broad wrote in the Opinion pages last Saturday, Los Angeles is "not a one-philanthropist town." It isn't, but it sure can seem that... more

• Ex-L.A. mayor Riordan will pay ethics violation

  From News  |  November 18, 2008

  Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has agreed to pay a $3,000 ethics fine related to six mailers he sent on behalf of Los Angeles Councilman... more

• Two Other Maverick Republicans Not So Psyched About the GOP Ticket

  From Political Punch  |  September 18, 2008

  Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan attended Sen. Barack Obama's Beverly Hills fundraiser the other night. KCAL-TV caught up with the... more

• Riordan joins 'Obamicans'

  September 18, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has never been shy about bucking his Republican Party. And Wednesday he did it again by endorsing... more

• L.A.'s Top 20 Power Players (beta)

  L.A. Now  |  August 19, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  No Eli Broad or Richard Riordan or David Geffen on this list of L.A.'s heavy hitters. The Times' Tech Blog reports on a L.A. Top 20 list designed... more

• L.A. mayor pushes massive school bond

  By Howard Blume  |  July 19, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa teamed up with charter school advocates Friday in Boyle Heights to pressure school board members and district officials... more

• Opening of children's museum put off until summer of 2010

  By Jennifer Oldham Times Staff Writer  |  May 31, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Lack of funds prompted officials this week to delay the opening of the Los Angeles Children's Museum to the summer of 2010 -- the third time... more

• Proudly playing the hits

  By Russ Parsons  |  May 14, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  RICHARD Riordan is no gourmet. That's one of the first things he wants you to know. But he is a restaurateur, and a very successful one... more

• Villaraigosa's budget plan

  April 23, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  More police, fewer city workers. L.A.'s mayor is being realistic with the city's new budget... more

• Villaraigosa picks up business baton

  By Duke Helfand  |  March 21, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan named an influential group of civic leaders 15 years ago to streamline what was said to be a tortuous... more

• Update: The Riordan Malibu beach house

  L.A. Land  |  March 4, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  An update on Sunday's item reporting that Nancy Daly Riordan, the estranged wife of former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan, had sold a Malibu beach... more

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