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The Informer
5:39 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Michael Hastings, Noted Journalist, Dies in Fiery Hollywood Crash (VIDEO) A fiery car crash on Highland Avenue early this morning appeared to take the life of a well-liked and accomplished journalist, Michael Hastings. A statement from Buzzfeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smi... More >>
The Informer
5:08 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Is L.A.'s Plastic Bag Ban a New Way For Stores to Charge You More? L.A. will become the largest city in America to outlaw one-time-use plastic bags at grocery stores and markets if the City Council's vote today stands. Opponents of the measure say it's a gift t... More >>
The Informer
1:29 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Bicycle Used as Deadly Weapon in Santa Monica? You probably know that if you hit someone with your car in a fit of anger you could be prosecuted for assault with a deadly weapon and more. But did you know that a bicycle could be a deadly wea... More >>
The Informer
1:10 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Can Echo Park Hipsters be Safe From Gangs? The City Attorney's office wants to create a 3.8 mile gang-free zone around Echo Park. Perhaps it's a sign of gentrification and the need to protect hipsters on the streets. It'll be an uphill b... More >>
Squid Ink
1:07 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Student Wins Settlement in Lawsuit Against Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena It's been a long road in the dispute between the parent companies of Le Cordon Bleu in Pasadena and the students who filed a class action suit alleging fraud against the culinary school. According... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:46 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Jaime Robledo, the Poor Man's Julie Taymor See also: *Our Latest Theater Reviews Inside East Hollywood's Sacred Fools Theatre on a recent Sunday afternoon, actor Donal Thoms-Capello is capering through a bizarre step of percussive, de... More >>
Squid Ink
12:08 pm
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Cocktail Nerdom: The Algonquin Round Table + The Algonquin Cocktial It was in June of 1919 that the famed Algonquin Round Table came into being, a group of writers, editors, actors and agents who met regularly for lunch at New York's Algonquin Hotel. The group i... More >>
The Informer
11:20 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Dodgers Pull into New York for Don Mattingly Lovefest While L.A. Fans Steam Losers of six of eight, the Dodgers pull into the Bronx today for a pair of interleague games with their long-time World Series rivals, the New York Yankees. And much to the dismay of the City ... More >>
Squid Ink
10:28 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Free Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwiches This Week for Dexter Fans What do serial killers and ice cream sandwiches have in common? Maybe go watch Michael Shannon's wonderful film The Iceman, in which Chris Evans, minus the superhero outfit, drives an ice cream t... More >>
Squid Ink
9:39 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
3 Weird But Great Ways to Get Your Mac And Cheese Fix If you love macaroni and cheese, like with the kind of rabid passion that might get you in fights with groups of hungry kindergartners, you might be happy, maybe even overjoyed, to learn that th... More >>
The Informer
9:06 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Movement to Ban Hands-Free Driving-While-Texting Grows We told you recently how the AAA was recommending that lawmakers look at all the things you can do with high-tech, in-car infotainment systems, including updating Facebook and checking and sendin... More >>
Squid Ink
8:31 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
The End of the Road for Irv's Burgers? Well, this may actually be it. After years of thwarting attempts by the site's landowners to toss Irv's Burgers off the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Sweetzer in West Hollywood, Irv's owne... More >>
The Informer
8:05 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Anti-Gay Hate Crime in South L.A: Car Windows Smashed See also: A Gay Leader Emerges in the 'Hood. Is South L.A. no place to be gay? A 28-year-old man says he awoke recently to find that someone had smashed the windows of his car, flattened its ti... More >>
Squid Ink
8:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Eat Psy's Favorite Foods at Bibigo Korean Restaurant This summer at all three Los Angeles locations of the Korean restaurant Bibigo, Korean pop megastar Psy, also known as the King of YouTube -- or his actual name Park Jae-sang -- is everywhere. O... More >>
The Informer
7:01 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Metro Subway's Virtual Free Rides End As Turnstyles To Lock Up If you believe the New York Times, the arrival of "latched" gates at our subway stations this summer is a "milestone," a sign that L.A. is entering municipal adulthood and becoming more like our ... More >>
Public Spectacle
7:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Street Artist Ben Eine's New L.A. Show Caps a Year of Projects for Virgin and Louis Vuitton Ben Eine, a former Lloyds of London agent who has met great success with a hand designed font named Vandalism, appropriately oversized and placed in illegal spaces (even on the façade of L.A. Wee... More >>
Squid Ink
6:31 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
10 Best Restaurants in Downtown Los Angeles Once upon a time, eating well in downtown Los Angeles meant ducking into one of a very few fine dining palaces, where you would dine prettily at Water Grill or Patina, aesthetically if not physi... More >>
Public Spectacle
6:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
10 Best L.A. Boutiques That Won't Break the Bank See also: *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 Best Women's Shoe Stores in Los Angeles *Top 10 Weirdest Stores in L.A. Finding the right women's clothing boutique means a lot ... More >>
West Coast Sound
4:45 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Sublime Is 25! Fans Reflect on What the Band Means to Them Sublime played their first gig in Long Beach on July 4, 1988, and this year the group would have been 25. A new live album, 3 Ring Circus: Live at the Palace - October 21, 1995, marks the occas... More >>
West Coast Sound
4:00 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
Yeezus: Good, Not Great, and Quite Misogynist Once in a while Kanye West goes ahead and does something that's truly impressive. You can't always tell this because, for West, there's no difference between an act of genius and being a genius. F... More >>
West Coast Sound
3:30 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
I'm a 40-Year-Old White Guy. Can I Get in the Rap Game? Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publici... More >>
West Coast Sound
3:15 am
Jun. 18, 2013
Los Angeles News
How Marc Maron Picks Music For His Show Marc Maron, the salt and pepper podcaster and personality behind the fledgling IFC comedy Maron, knows his way around a guitar. In loose-fitting jeans and a patchwork flannel, the comedian look... More >>
The Informer
5:55 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
Eric Garcetti's Chief of Staff Has Organizing Background, Longstanding Link To His Wife Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti has selected Ana Guerrero, a former community organizer who has worked in his council office for the last dozen years, to be his chief of staff.Guerrero's history with G... More >>
Squid Ink
2:15 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
Now Open: The Juice in Atwater Village Fresh juice spots are having a boom in L.A. right now, and the latest juice bar to hit the scene is The Juice in Atwater Village, which opened its doors last week. Owned by Elizabeth Halpern a... More >>
The Informer
1:27 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
Joe Francis Sex Tape Quashed by Porn CEO We were looking forward to seeing how a guy who beat down a woman (we can say that legally because he was convicted of it) gets down in the bedroom. After all, onetime Douche of the Decade Joe F... More >>
Squid Ink
12:44 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
High Levels of Pesticides Found in Celestial Seasonings Tea A scathing report on Celestial Seasonings tea found that 91% of samples contained pesticide levels that exceed U.S. federal limits, Examiner.com reports. Sleeptime Kids Goodnight Grape was one ... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:29 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
iam8bit's Art Show About Retro Video Games, From DuckTales to E.T. See also: *Entertainment System at iam8bit (Pics) Were you the type of kid who raced home from school to catch DuckTales? Did you have the theme song memorized? Did you spend hours playing the ... More >>
Public Spectacle
12:01 pm
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
Our Diary of the Getty's Architecture Project: Gehry's Back at MOCA, LACMA's Black Blob This is the fifth installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, tracking modern architecture happenings all over the city during the Getty's big initiative. Check out our previous e... More >>
West Coast Sound
9:31 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
RIP Santa Monica Civic Auditorium: Former Punk Haven Finished Holding Concerts For the last 55 years, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium has had all types of boring conventions, cat shows and craft fairs. But it's also held some amazing concerts; truth be told, its importanc... More >>
Public Spectacle
8:00 am
Jun. 17, 2013
Los Angeles News
What's It Like to Bring a Magic Show to the Geffen Playhouse? Helder Guimaraes and Derek DelGaudio Have Nothing to Hide In November, L.A. Weekly ran a cover story on Helder Guimarães and Derek DelGaudio, two L.A. magicians who created the most popular show at the Magic Castle in years, and then transferred it to ... More >>

From the Print Edition

Could L.A. Become a Honeybee Mecca? The Backwards Beekeepers Are on It Could L.A. Become a Honeybee Mecca? The Backwards Beekeepers Are on It

Look inside a plain wood box, in a truck, in the driveway of Rob and Chelsea McFarland's house on certain spring nights, and you will see them. Bees. How did they… More >>

Lost Highway? How Metro Turns the 405 Into an Impossible Detour Maze Lost Highway? How Metro Turns the 405 Into an Impossible Detour Maze

You're on the Westside at night, trying to take the 405 north during endless freeway construction. How ridiculously convoluted and frustrating might Metro's suggested detour be? Los Angeles residents are experiencing… More >>

Pride's Fall and Henry Rollins' Appeal: Readers React Pride's Fall and Henry Rollins' Appeal: Readers React

The Silver Fox Readers loved our June 7 issue, which was devoted to Henry Rollins. Jennie Vasquez particularly liked Ben Westhoff's interview with the punk-rock legend ("Henry Rollins: The Interview!"). "The… More >>

Ken Tarr's Reality TV Racket Ken Tarr's Reality TV Racket

The packed midtown television studio of The Bill Cunningham Show was pimped out in the fake-wood paneling and industrial gray paint of a New Jersey office park. On its stage… More >>

Monica Ratliff: The Woman Who May Change L.A. Monica Ratliff: The Woman Who May Change L.A.

With Wendy Greuel soon out as controller and just one woman left on the 15-person L.A. City Council, unknown fifth-grade teacher Monica Ratliff suddenly may be the most powerful woman… More >>

Gary Webb's Death and Big Labor's Losses: Readers Weigh In Gary Webb's Death and Big Labor's Losses: Readers Weigh In

They Shot the Messenger Nick Schou's story about ex–L.A. Times writer Jesse Katz apologizing for his paper's "tawdry" attacks on journalist Gary Webb was last week's most read story ("Gary Webb's… More >>

Big Labor Can't Elect a Mayor in L.A. Big Labor Can't Elect a Mayor in L.A.

In hindsight, it seems clear that Wendy Greuel lost the race for L.A. mayor in the second week of March. Greuel had been the front-runner in the primary, which made… More >>

Ex-L.A. Times</em> Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks

Nine years after investigative reporter Gary Webb committed suicide, Jesse Katz, a former Los Angeles Times reporter who played a leading role in ruining the controversial journalist's career, has publicly… More >>

<em>Star Trek</em> Spoilers and a Mayor With Baggage: Readers Respond Star Trek Spoilers and a Mayor With Baggage: Readers Respond

The Mayor's Next Move Whither Antonio Villaraigosa? That's the question Patrick Range McDonald posed in his May 24 cover story ("Have Baggage — Will Travel") — and readers had much to… More >>

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