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Five Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week, Including '90s Flashbacks

This week, it's all about looking back: One artist revisits 1993 L.A., another borrows the palette of teen pop from 20-some years ago and a museum show features graphically bold, grittily political art of the '80s. 5. What art even is When the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston changed its nam ... More >>

Eau De Vie: Not Your High School Schnapps

Hans Reisetbauer is a burly Austrian distiller in the town of Axberg, where he lives surrounded by plum, cherry, pear and apple orchards. He's a good farmer, but this particular fruit is not destined for the market. He grows it to make eau de vie ("water of life"), the unoaked, fruit-derived brandie ... More >>

When Pigeons Stand in Traffic Lights: An Ode to 'Her Birdjesty'

In a city where green means go, yellow means go faster and red means go left, few take the time to examine the traffic signals. Most drivers glue their eyes to their phones before even coming to a full stop. But sometimes the light will change and, if you're paying attention, you'll notice an avia ... More >>

The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: 10-1

See also: The 20 Best Albums Not in the Canon: 20-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time 10. Built To Spill Perfect From Now On (1997) Not really grunge but not springy ... More >>

Marquis Edwards, Bloods Gangster Known as 'Baby Uzi,' Convicted of Murdering Two Innocent Latinos in South L.A.

The Bishops Bloods gang is known for running the 52nd Street corridor on the Eastside of South L.A. Most of the set's beefs seem to involve other African American gangs that dwell in the LAPD's rough Newton Division, but for some reason a Blood named Baby Uzi opened fire on at least two Latinos who ... More >>

Feds Dig Up Leaky 10,000-Gallon Tanks From Under Compton Gas Station Razed in L.A. Riots

There used to be a combination Arco gas station and AM/PM market at Rosecrans and Alameda in Compton -- a smoggy little spot beneath the train-track overpass. During the L.A. Riots, however, 20 years ago to the month...

Occupy L.A. Eviction: The View From the Inside

Editor's note: Freelance journalist Skylaire Alfvegren has been attending Occupy L.A. general assemblies since they first began two months ago. She previously covered the Nov. 17 arrests of 46 occupiers for the Weekly and was there last night as police moved in. On the 60th day of Occupy Los Angele ... More >>

Occupy L.A. Appears to Help Crime in City Hall Area Nearly Triple, LAPD Says

Looks like the 99 percent is good at breaking a few laws. LAPD statistics indicate that October-to-mid-November crime around the Occupy L.A. encampment has nearly tripled, compared to the same period last year, police tell the Weekly. The numbers include nearly three times the number of violent an ... More >>

Steve Turner Contemporary's Artist Studio Map Shows Where Artists Work in L.A.

​ Talk about a crazy idea. On this mother of all art weekends in LA, with multiple art fairs and a frenzy of Pacific Standard Time bashes, the good folks at Steve Turner Contemporary added to the fray with a terrific idea -- a stylish pre-printed and/or downloadable artist map detailing the n ... More >>

Urban Wine Making: Rock Wall Wine, Or How To Share That Bottle Opportunity

www.alamedamagazine.comUrban Winemaker Shauna Rosenblum​Back in the early days of pre-Prohibition winemaking, setting up a winery adjacent to a vineyard was hardly a winemaking prerequisite. A warehouse or garage worked just fine for turning those purchased grapes into wine, particularly in Ca ... More >>

Angel City Brewing Debuts Downtown This Weekend

L. Balla​ For the last two weekends, Michael Bowe has been hosting beer tastings outside of his new Angel City Brewing complex in the Arts District downtown. But this weekend it's the real deal: The official grand opening takes place on Saturday, with a blowout that includes beers, barbecue an ... More >>

Time Machine: See What Ten LA Musicians (and Betty White!) Will Look Like 20 Years From Now

LA is famous for a lot of things, but perhaps nothing says Hollywood magic quite like the ubiquitous, desperate quest to stay young forever and ever and ever. Think you're above it? Live east of Alameda for a 2 years and you'll be staring emptily into every mirror you see, desperately trying to perf ... More >>

Muralgeddon

Victorian Star Wars Paintings: Greg Peltz Imagines Vader as Civil War Officer, Jabba as Robber Baron

​These gorgeous Victorian-styled paintings of Star Wars characters--hello! Jabba the Hutt as a 19th century robber baron!--were done by 23-year-old Alameda resident Greg Peltz. Peltz is technical director at Pixar. I like that Civil War painting of Vader. Do you think Vader would have fought ... More >>

Kill Rock Stars to Release 'An Introduction to... Elliott Smith"

Kill Rock Stars to Release 'An Introduction to... Elliott Smith"

Downtown Skid Row Rapist Has Struck Twice, Binding Victims With Tape: LAPD On The Hunt

Skid Row.​Police on Thursday were on the lookout for a rapist they say has struck twice this month along downtown's Skid Row, binding victims in both cases with duct tape. The latest incident happened Monday. Los Angeles Police Department Detectives say the middle-aged, balding man in a brown ... More >>

Car Breathlyzers Now Required For Los Angeles DUI Offenders

mrjorgen via flickr​Beginning on Thursday, DUI offenders in Los Angeles County will have to install ignition-locking breathlyzers in their cars. If the breathlyzer detects alcohol in their breath, the car will not start. The law starts on an experimental basis for five years in Los Angeles, A ... More >>

South Central Farmers: New Life with a Ceremony, a Festival Water

Brooke BurtonTribal Elders and South Central Farmers at Buttonwillow Farm's Blessing​ The sun rose over Buttonwillow Farm in Bakersfield early last Saturday morning, as Native American elders and members of the South Central Farmers collective gathered to bless the land for future harvest. In ... More >>

First-Time DUI Offenders In L.A. Will Have To Install Breathalyzers In Their Cars

​Beginning July 1st, people convicted of drunk driving in four California counties including Los Angeles will be required to install dashboard Breathalyzer devices that would prevent their car engines from starting if alcohol is detected. The bill was signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger l ... More >>

Federal Lock-Up In Downtown L.A. Erupts In Violence

​Four staffers of the federal Metropolitan Detention Center downtown were injured after a fight broke out among 10 inmates Wednesday night, authorities reported. Two of the victims were hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries. Violence broke out about 7:10 p.m. in a housing unit at the ... More >>

Coming soon to L.A: Ignition-locking breathalyzers for cars

Arnold Schwarzenegger spent the weekend madly signing scores of laws that will go into effect in 2010. The screw-ups who comprise our California state legislature had piled a heap of about 700 mostly unneeded, mostly special-interest-ghostwritten new laws on his desk, many of them just  in the ... More >>

Coroner Reports Lily Burk Died from Neck Wound

The Los Angeles County Coroner reports this morning that 17-year-old Lily Burk died from an "incised wound to neck." In other words, her neck was slashed. Burk, whose father is well-known music writer Greg Burk, also suffered traumatic injuries to her head as previously reported in local papers.Burk ... More >>

Lily Burk's Alleged Killer Makes First Court Appearance

The 50-year-old parolee who is accused of killing 17-year-old Lily Burk made his first court appearance in the Los Angeles Criminal court building this afternoon. However, Charlie Samuel didn't enter a plea. His arraignment was rescheduled for August 20. He remains in custody without bail.The Distri ... More >>

Songs for our City: Elliott Smith on Alameda Street

Elliott Smith's songs filled in the blanks for the musical and emotional landscape of Silver Lake.

American Apparel: Made in East L.A.?

L.A. Garment and Citizen's Dot Dot Dish column (spotted by the Eastsider L.A.) recently reported on rumors that American Apparel may move its operations from the gritty industrialscape just east of downtown and into the old Sears store on Olympic and Soto. The Sears locale makes sense, given AA's r ... More >>

Today in Photographs: May 20, 1952

There's a haunting quality to this image of a traffic-accident victim being assisted by ambulance attendants at the intersection of Alameda and 41 streets. Wilbur Chidester, whose face is being wrapped by gauze, seems to be at the mercy or the help of figures whose eyes are also hidden. There only r ... More >>

The Actor Becomes a Director: With Shia LaBeouf and Chris “Cage” Palko, Making the "I Never Knew You" Video

"This shit is better than riding unicorns"

Sweet Smell of Secession: Another Move to Split California

To hear Bill Maze tell it, L.A. County takes all the money generated by the rest of hard-working California and squanders it on stuff like "public services and education." Not only that, says the termed-out Assemblyman, but you've got places up north like San Francisco and Marin County that always v ... More >>

Brick’s Picks: Jazz in Orbit

Jazz in L.A., January 30-February 5

The Two-Minute Interview

Jay Levin and the beginnings ...

Signs of the Dov: The American Apparel Flea Market and the Search for the Next Top Billboard Model

Shoppers wait five hours just to browse for T-shirts

Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu

The Taste of Nostalgia

Best Lost East L.A. Cinema Gems

Fallow Dreams

Empty talk doomed South Central Farm

Pledging the Farm

Annenberg Foundation might give $10 million to save the South-Central symbol of hope

The $10 Million Intervention

Mayor V’s role in South Central Farm could cost Los Angeles

Not So Fast, Antonio

L.A.’s role in farm deal contains a shovel full of legal questions

Bushel of Complaints

Farmers at South Central Community Garden unload on their activist organizers

The Stem-Cell Debate Gets Silly

Challenge to $3 billion in research funds has its (bad) day in court

Seeds of Secrecy

Behind the scenes, Mayor V’s been negotiating the purchase of the South Central Farm

Confrontations in a Con-Art World

CTG fallout, and threatening the president

Hot Wheels

Give 'em Shelter

L.A. city and county are far apart on aid to the homeless

An Exquisite Scar

Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

Love is Blonde

Edited by Kateri Butler

Distant Port

The far-flung 15th District draws its most-progressive-ever roster

Soul Battle

The 9th Council District has new candidates and old problems

Work: Part 3

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