Thanks for the vote of confidence and offer to help.
I've actually been playing with Ultra Edit, but I guess the problem is the obvious one: I don't know what code or tags will specifically work with that site. I've been trolling the HTML, and the tags are obvious, but stuff like "print_version" over a whole site is what I'm losing. I guess I may have picked a tough site since I'll have to have "following" code to the full stories (as opposed to a full RSS feed), but the L.A. Weekly is so totally awesome (and unwieldy), it's a necessity!
Thanks again for your help and I appreciate the tutorial! Anything you can offer, I'm very appreciative.