Occupy L.A.: The Revolution Is Being Televised "Mic check! MIC CHECK!" The now-familiar chant of Occupy Los Angeles protesters unable to hear the speaker wafts through the crisp night air... More >>
Victor Felix: Eastside Stories Click here to see all our Best of L.A. People 2011 profiles. And click here for more photographs of the Best of L.A. People 2011.If the soul of... More >>
Rapturous Certainty Allison Warden of WeCanKnow.com has no room for doubt, and no time for baking. Warden is a prime mover behind the ominous yet chipper "Save the... More >>
In case of Rapture, what happens to your pets? Allison Warden feels compassion for the pets she'll leave behind on May 21, but she says she... More >>
Bob Dylan's L.A. Weekly Birthday Cake: Tangled Up in Frosting You didn't think the Bob Dylan cake on the cover was Photoshopped, did you? Once we decided our cover for this issue would feature a delicious... More >>
Dressing for an Earthquake It's late afternoon at Lucy's El Adobe Café, the well-known entertainment-industry hangout on Melrose. The cavernous place is quiet, but... More >>
Los Angeles Celebrates Photographer Gary Leonard's 60th Birthday When asked to identify himself at photographer Gary Leonard's 60th-birthday-party photo sale two weeks ago, a tall man with a large camera... More >>
Ventriloquists Staying Alive, Keeping the Faith At 6 foot 5, Wilma Swartz cuts a singular figure in the courtyard of the Egyptian Theatre. Attached to her is a 6-foot-tall, green-eyed ostrich... More >>
Richard Simmons' Fabulous Poker Face A mirrored disco ball shimmers on the ceiling, and the room is loud, packed and sweaty. Elbows and feet often make contact, but nobody is... More >>
Romance Novels Are Alive. Reality TV? Not So Much Inside the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, a line snakes around the third-floor balcony from the atrium all the way to the California Ballroom. A... More >>
