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Mapping L.A., Using the World's Most Sophisticated Volkswagen Jetta

Parked at the Grove's Farmers Market is a Volkswagen Jetta that costs more than a Lamborghini -- $250,000, to be exact. The Volkswagen is one of only two such cars in Los Angeles at the moment, and one of only 50 in the world. It looks fairly normal except for the pile of high-tech equipment mounted ... More >>

Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty Is a Thrilling Manhunt

Ritual Coffee & Wine Bar Opens in Topanga Mall

One of the more stressful aspects of holiday shopping at area malls is that they're so noisy. Good luck trying to enjoy a relaxing meal in the food court, where there's always a dull roar in the background. You can hardly hear yourself think, let alone have a conversation across the table. So it wa ... More >>

Adam Carolla Chats About Cars and the Astonishing Popularity of His Podcast: 'We Have Essentially Become McDonald's'

Former Loveline and The Man Show host Adam Carolla loves cars, comedy, and talking about cars and comedy. His daily The Adam Carolla Show podcast has even received a Guinness World Record for the single most-downloaded episode ever, at 59,574,843, and in his spare time he also co-hosts Adam Carolla' ... More >>

Gwynedd and Guy: One Woman Cooks Her Way Through Guy Fieri's Cookbook

"Remember Julie & Julia? This is like that but with more Sammy Hagar." That's the tagline for the brilliant blog, Gwynedd & Guy, in which one woman, writer Gwynedd Stuart, attempts to cook her way though Guy Fieri's cookbook Guy Fieri Food: Cookin' it. Livin' it. Lovin' it.

Kanye West Doesn't Seem To Know Much About Lamborghinis

See also: *Color Me Badd Lyrical Dissection: What Does "We Can Do It 'til We Both Wake Up" Mean? *What The Hell Is Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" About? Anyone who tells you they know what's going on in the mind of Kanye West is a liar or a prophet. So just know up front: We have no idea wh ... More >>

We Love Morrissey but C'Mon: Dude Totally Ripped off Bryan Ferry

Twenty years ago I discovered Morrissey; he gave expression to the deep isolation and longing for connection that I felt as a suburban misfit. As I grew older it became less about the Pope of Mope, however, and more about the well-dressed man singing operatic odes to skinheads and small-time crimina ... More >>

Q & A With Joel Stein: The "Intolerable Foodie" on Organics, Foodie Culture Man Food

Readers of Joel Stein's column in Time Magazine may remember when Stein hobnobbed with the super-rich over bottles of wine valued more than $5,000 each. The night he sampled dishes in the Alinea kitchen inspired by Escoffier's 1903 cookbook. Or the time he gobbled up KFC's Double Down sandwich, made ... More >>

Lincoln Town Car Crashes Into Luxury L.A. Car Shop, Hits Ferrari Identical to Kobe Bryant's

A Lincoln Town Car reportedly being used as a fancy taxi smashed into the Specialty Car Craft customization and parts shop on South La Cienega (a low-profile go-to for L.A. celebrities) around 3:30 a.m. The impact shattered the shop's entire glass front -- causing a window frame and hundreds of sha ... More >>

Guy Fieri Gets His Stolen Lamborghini Back What You Can Fit Inside a Storage Container

The Associated Press reports that celebrity chef Guy Fieri can finally start driving his stolen $200,000 bumblebee yellow 2008 Gallardo Spyder convertible to all those diners and dives again. 17-year-old Max Michael Wade, from San Rafael, California, was charged yesterday with an assortment of crime ... More >>

Big Pimpin'

Pimp cups have real players and white kids alike dropping cash

Riding Dirty With Rothkos: Jay-Z And Kayne West's Luxury Referenced Decoded

​Rapping about the finer things is a big part of what hip-hop's about these days. But what happens when you have no idea what the hell's being boasted about? That's the case on Watch the Throne, Jay-Z and Kanye West's self-described "luxury rap" album. It's clear that they're bragging about ... More >>

Pusha T on Vegas Nights, Partying with Rick Ross, and Driving Lamborghinis in the Club

Pusha T​See Also: Pusha T and Tyler the Creator's "Trouble On My Mind" Video Shoot "I've had a good fucking year and it's pretty amazing!" Pusha T, one half of the Neptunes-endorsed rap group The Clipse, sounds relaxed and happy as he prepares to release his new solo project, Fear Of God II: ... More >>

Eatalian Café West: Now Reopened

D. GonzalezThe 46 slice at Eatalian Cafe West​ Many of us who write about food hear the plea: "Please don't write about [insert favorite restaurant/bakery/seller of obscure charcuterie here]. They are crowded enough." They point to places like Eatalian Café, in the Harbor Gateway area of Ga ... More >>

Somebody Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini

Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri​ Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>

Supercars: When Too Much Is Almost Enough

This is How Motley Crue's Vince Neil Likes to Party in Vegas Waiting for His DUI Verdict: Eyewitness Account

Vince Neil: his DUI mugshot from June, 2010 (left) and a candid shot for a fan at a secret, decadent Eyes Wide Shut style party this past December​ According to Billboard, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil "avoided the media and quietly pleaded guilty Wednesday [today] to driving drunk last summe ... More >>

Top 5 Hip Hop Guest Appearances Of 2010 (All of Them Involving Gucci Mane)

Gucci Mane loves accessories​Gucci Mane has a knack for making memorable song appearances. Whenever he leaves the studio he gets arrested so it's best he keeps busy at work. See, Gucci Mane is genuine. His real name is Radric, which contains the word "rad" and sounds like an Elizabethan Romanc ... More >>

O.C.'s Dana Ray Reynolds Gets 18 Months In Federal Prison For Following His Own How-To-Tax-Dodge Videos

​Well, you can't blame him for walking the walk (but the feds did): Orange County tax adviser Dana Ray Reynolds sold books and videos about how to avoid paying taxes. Apparently he also took his own advice, which led to prosecution on failure to pay Uncle Sam, according to the U.S. Attorney's ... More >>

LAPD Chief Beck Victorious After Lakers Unrest Quashed

​So more than 40 people were arrested following the Lakers championship victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday. A taxi was set ablaze. A Lamborghini was violated. A few people got beat up. A bicyclist was hit by a police cruiser. A few law enforcement officers were hurt by debris thrown at t ... More >>

LAPD Declares 'Unlawful Assembly' As Crowds Amass Near Staples Center Following Lakers Victory

​[Updated at 10:55 p.m.]. Some fans were starting to get out of control Thursday night following the Lakers' 83-79 win over the Boston Celtics. A few people appeared to have been beaten up as unruly men gathered at Flower Street and Olympic Boulevard near Staples Center. Some hooligans attacke ... More >>

Video Feast: New Clips from Foreign Born, Nite Jewel Dam-Funk, We Are The World, and Edward Sharpe

In honor of, err, it being Thursday, West Coast Sound has rounded up a spate of newly released videos from around the L.A. underground -- and the Ugandan one as well, as the first clip illustrates. Need a feel-good moment? Look no further than this video, which shows the Gulu Widows Group of Ugand ... More >>

Customize It: Car Clubs, Lolitas and Extreme Fashionistas Have More in Common than You Think

View more photos in the "D1 Grand Prix: Exotic Cars, Lolitas and Drifting" slideshow. Shannon CottrellHector Esquivel, president of Nokturnal Car Club Los AngelesHector Esquivel has spent the better part of the last two years transforming his 2005 Chevy Avalanche into a work of art. The truck has ... More >>

LA People 2009: Spokesmen — Bicycle Oven's Josef and Adam Bray-Ali

Their single-gear Flying Pigeon bikes are all over the city, and on weekends the boys take to the streets of Alhambra for monthly dim sum rides, leading a parade of hungry rollers

Harmonic Convergence: Brotherly Opposites Kurt and David Andersen Search for the Right Pitch

One is a famous novelist, the other a rebel piano tuner

Where to Eat Now

Where to Eat Now

The Return of the Kong

Bigger isn’t always better in Jackson’s remake

Five Miracles

The Bush Theocracy

Righteous homophobe Claude Allen brings his agenda to the White House

From Motown to Rimtown

The blinging of Los Angeles

The Alficionado

A man and his (other) car

Dreaming About Big Cars and Tax Cuts

Bush’s economic plan for Lamborghini owners

The Gods of Small Things

The Center for Biological Diversity cares as much about the unarmored threespine stickleback as it does a cathedral forest of trees, which is why it is reinventing the environmental movement and could be saving Southern California in the process.

Titty Titty Bang Bang

Edited by Kateri Butler

I Dough

An homage to pasta

Battle of the Bads