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Randy Kagan, the L.A.-based comedian who was mauled by a patron at Hollywood Improv while doing a standup routine in April, was raving mad in the days that followed. Mad at the "fucking lunatic felon"... More >>
Of all the "crazy naked man" incidents we've seen in L.A. (and we've seen a lot), the guy who terrorized the Hollywood Hills on June 12 takes the Stanley Cup. Among his various activities that sunny ... More >>
Helicopter parents don't get much more loopy than this: The obsessed mother and father of graduating senior Elisha Marquez are outraged that their daughter wasn't named Valedictorian of Eagle Rock Hi... More >>
L.A. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich won a huge battle today in his war against the city's taggers and street artists. He settled with eight alleged members of a prolific Los Angeles tagging crew call... More >>
Do you live in Pasadena, South Pasadena or San Marinor Do you keep your computer on 24/7, against the pleas of Southern California Edisonr (Or are you willing to start keeping it on in the name of "cr... More >>
Update, July 18: As predicted, the D.A. has found that there is insufficient evidence to file rape charges against Doughty. The decision did take a little longer than expected, though -- a month rathe... More >>
The highly politicized crackdown on America's fat people hits Los Angeles today, with a motion from L.A. City Councilman Mitchell Englander to ban all soda vending machines on city-owned property. En... More >>
As expected, the L.A. City Council gave its final unanimous approval this afternoon to a new zoning code that will allow for the Manhattanization/Blade Runner-ization of Hollywood. Opposition to the ... More >>
Last time the L.A. City Fire Department relied on its own staff to keep track of emergency response times and other crucial data, here's what happened: Firefighters, office workers, dispatchers, etc.... More >>
For about three months now, Northeast L.A. and Eastside residents have been noticing dozens of stuffed animals -- mostly teddy bears -- slung like drug-house sneakers from area telephone lines. The m... More >>
Whatever, hipsters. You can have your flirty World Naked Bike Ride through Silver Lake and Echo Park this Saturday. (Including, via the official event page, a pre-party stocked with "body art" and "l... More >>
Don't you just love when public-sector pricks try to threaten truthy Internet journalists with baseless "defamation" lawsuitsr Nothing's funnier to us than the image of these guys in their offices, a... More >>
ABC7 is reporting that Lindsay Lohan "was taken to hospital after being found unconscious at Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey." Paramedics reportedly arrived around 10:15 a.m. She's been filming "Liz &... More >>
L.A. city and county officials first warned us of the "Rampture" last August, saying they'd be shutting down the Wilshire ramps to and from the 405 freeway as early as fall 2011. That obviously didn'... More >>
The parents of a 17-year-old runaway tracked down her Compton pimp and shot him dead in NorCal, says the San Francisco DA. Calvin Sneed, a 22-year-old member of the Nutty Blocc Crips (according to th... More >>
Yay for psycho L.A. moms who dress their preschoolers up in caps and gowns and take grown-up grad photos of them, as if finishing preschool were some kind of accomplishment! Just the kind of mom, com... More >>
By all accounts, today's march down Figueroa and rally at Staples Center to honor the L.A. Kings -- our Stanley Cup champions -- was an epic affair. As has been much joked about, every last Angeleno... More >>
Skyy Fisher's podcast rant was the worst we've ever heard from a public official: In a matter of minutes, while talking to his friends on Pigzradio, Fisher managed to call the Compton superintendent a... More >>
What was going on behind the Bembis Meat Market last nightr A dramatic explosion around 6:30 p.m. in "a building tucked behind" the market, located just south of downtown Los Angeles, killed one and ... More >>
Updated at the bottom with a witness description. Commuters on the 105 West this morning called up KNX news radio to report -- of all things -- a dead body in the slow lane. Although we don't have m... More >>
Three armed robbery suspects broke into the giant Burlington Coat Factory in Inglewood around 7:10 a.m., reports KNX news radio -- then found themselves faced with the morning cleaning crew. "About a ... More >>
For the fourth year in a row, in an effort to conserve dwindling state funds, LAUSD and the L.A. teachers union have agreed to cut from the single most important aspect of K-12 education: time in the ... More >>
Of all the giant incomprehensible mysteries floating beyond our own teensy planet in outer space, there's one that reigns supreme: The matter-gobbling black hole, a monster trachea that promises to ea... More >>
Kanye West has been trying desperately to get rid of his computer-controlled, aquarium-showered home in the Hollywood Hills for some years now. But we're guessing he didn't ask for these unofficial m... More >>
Despite being one of the nation's busiest airports, LAX is having a really hard time adjusting to the 21st century. Most glaringly, as we're sure you've noticed, L.A.'s international hub lacks the nex... More >>
