Bel Air

You Will Go Broke Living in L.A., But Not as Much as in New York

Greater Los Angeles is the biggest town in a state, California, that has more billionaires than any other. We're home to Malibu, Beverly Hills and Bel Air. Real estate prices here are often record-breaking. But the gap between the Real Housewives and the rest of us is huge, and maybe that's the rea ... More >>

Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It

How you think of as the Eastside or the Westside might not necessarily be how Latinos, African Americans, gangs, history or the map of Los Angeles see them. Yet few crosstown rivalries involve such ingrained and often wrong-headed notions as L.A.'s own Eastside-Westside divide. It's as if self-proc ... More >>

Iranian New Year Celebrated on Skid Row? Both Sides Know What It's Like to Be Away From Home

See also: *What's It Like to Go to an Open Mic Night...on Skid Row? Here's something you don't see every day in downtown L.A.'s depleted Skid Row: an extravagant and colorful panorama of fruits, flowers, candles, spices and sweets surrounding a mirror and an abundance of goldfish; in other words, ... More >>

New African-American Owned Beverly Hills Jazz Club Is An Anomaly

Dennis "D.Anthony" Robertson has moved back and forth between the business and music worlds for years now. An aspiring drummer, he first began promoting acts at B.B. King's at Universal Studios, working his way into management and eventually ownership of the club. When that venture ended a few ye ... More >>

Richest Cities in California Slum For Rides, Prefer The Prius

California has more billionaires than just about anywhere in the world except the United States itself, China and Russia. Really. So, if you were to survey a couple of the Golden State's wealthiest communities, what car make do you think would enjoy top rates of ownership? Maybach? Maybe Ferrari? A ... More >>

The Top 20 Whitest Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List

*Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All-Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All-Time: The Complete List Considering that most all of today's popular music -- be it roc ... More >>

Judd Weiss, Bel Air Party Boy, Arrested For Alleged Sex Assault, Took Sexy Photos

Judd Weiss comes off on his Facebook page and his blog as a party boy with a camera, a good eye for pretty girls and a wallet that allows him to live the Hollywood life. But the LAPD over the weekend said Weiss is a felony sexual assailant, and cops want to know if there are other possible victims ... More >>

Deer Shot by LAPD After It Was Hit, Wounded by Car: Cops Had to Put It Out of Its Misery

Los Angeles police have a lot of animals to contend with on the mean streets of the second largest city in America. And sometimes cops have no choice but to shoot. Officials say that was the case over the weekend when officers confronted ... a deer. The deer, sadly, lost. But don't blame the boys ... More >>

Music Picks: Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band, Jane Monheit, Manhattan Murder Mystery

Also, Fishbone, Luciana Souza, Infected Mushroom and others

Plenty to Occupy in L.A. as Area Ranks Near Top of List of Wealthy Cities in Amerca

L.A. to the bone.​Occupy L.A. is often cast as an offshoot of the epicenter of the movement -- Occupy Wall Street, where protesters are shining a light on the mess bailed-out big banks have made of the nation's economy. But there's plenty to Occupy right here in Southern California. As we not ... More >>

Occupy L.A.: City Council Resolution Supports Anti-Wall Street Protesters, Lets Them Keep Sleeping on Front Lawn

Council District 11 via TwitterCouncilman Bill Rosendahl bonds with the many characters of Occupy L.A.​L.A. City Councilmembers Richard Alarcon and Bill Rosendahl introduced a resolution to support the Occupy L.A. movement today -- a gesture that would essentially attach the City of Los Angele ... More >>

Elizabeth Taylor's FBI Files Released, Reveal Extortion Attempts, Creepy Letters

Vanity FairElizabeth Taylor.​The FBI released its files on late actress Elizabeth Taylor today following a flurry of Freedom of Information Act requests from the media. Blogger Michael Petrelis appears to be the first to pick up the release and notes that much of what's in the files pertains ... More >>

William and Kate, Royal Couple, Plan Visit to Hollywood This Summer

New York PostWills and Kate to do L.A.?​It's official! Updated after the jump with the royal couple's dates of stay. Paparazzi alert! Y'all can take a break from heckling Paris Hilton and her belligerent stalkers for a couple days this summer, because brand-spankin'-new royal couple Prince Wi ... More >>

Elvis Never Lived at Zsa Zsa Gabor House? So Says Woman Whose Grandparents Built the Bel Air Mansion

TMZThe Gabor house.​Prince Frederic von Anhalt has been laying the groundwork for the possible sale of his and wife Zsa Zsa Gabor's Bel Air mansion with tours for the press and, some might say, some pretty lofty Hollywood namedropping. Among his claims: Elvis once lived there. And Gabor bought ... More >>

Zsa Zsa Gabor's $28 Million Bel Air House up for Sale Following Her Leg Amputation

Von A-Hole.​Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, has been giving reporters tours of their Bel Air mansion, hoping it will drum up good publicity for a hoped-for $28 million sale following Gabor's stint in hospital that ended with a leg being amputated. Von Anhalt, who TMZ has ... More >>

When Bed Bugs Attack: New Wave Of Critters Reported In L.A. County, Beverly Hills Area

Ah, the luxurious bed bug of Beverly Hills.​As if you don't have better things to worry about -- unemployment, global warming, the latest revelation on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills -- L.A. County health officials report that more bed bugs are invading the metropolis, particularly the t ... More >>

The Housewives May Be Real, But The Location -- Beverly Hills -- Might Be A Little Off

tmz.comA 'real housewive' schlepping in Los Angeles?​When is one of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills not so real (and we're not talking about silicone body parts or Collagen-reinforced brow-lines)? Maybe when she doesn't really live in ... Beverly Hills? TMZ ran this photo of 'Housewives' ... More >>

L.A. Country Club Pays Ultra Low Property Tax Rate; Faces Possible Review

​The Los Angeles Country Club, protected under Prop. 13 limits and loopholes, pays an ultra-low rate of about $200,000 a year in property taxes based on 313 acres of prime Westside property that could be worth nearly $20 billion or even more if it were developed, according to the Garment & Cit ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Blue Note 7, Ravi Coltrane, Stones Reed Man Tim Ries and more

Star Trek's Number One Dies

Majel Barrett, the tall beauty who appeared in 33 episodes of the original Star Trek series, died of leukemia today in her Bel Air home; she was 76. After portraying the ill-starred Captain Christopher Pike's Number One officer in the show's pilot, Barrett more often played USS Enterprise Nurse Chri ... More >>

Pacific Heights: L.A. Weekly's Top 10 L.A. Recordings of 2008

No Age, Chapin Sisters, Mia Doi Todd, the Knux, Flying Lotus, Madlib and more

America Without Chevys?

Driving down Vermont Avenue, you might spot, next door to the Islamic Center of Southern California, one of those alarming signs of the times that are multiplying as the economy cartwheels to a crash. It's an anonymous-looking building with a huge parking lot, whose facade simply bears the number 44 ... More >>

Dark Knight, Late-Night Wars and More: What a Bunch of Jokers:

But for some in Hollywood, the joke's on them

Bands and Brands

Your favorite band is playing the Roxy tonight — but you’re not invited

Foreclosure Frenzy

L.A.’s middle class embraced $3,000 mortgages. Will a recession ensue?

Jack Weiss Recall Stumbles

Westsiders turn an effort to oust a councilman into amateur hour

Sahl-ud!

Do As We Say, Not As We Do

Smart growth’s biggest boosters still love suburban living

Jonathan Gold’s 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants - Part 2

From The Hungry Cat to Providence

Thoroughly Postmodern Lily

On how to survive bar mitzvah season

Or Not To Be

The lamentable tale of a $250K Hamlet that played two nights and will never be forgotten

Chewing Tobacco and Big Feet

Lisa Teasley may be a saint, but she ain’t perfect

A Life in 10 Cars

Chewing Tobacco and Big Feet

Lisa Teasley may be a saint, but she ain’t perfect

The Director’s Apprentice

Fajita pitas, Octopus Tacos, and the Birth of California Cuisine

25 moments — over 25 years — in L.A. restaurants

Letters

Peter Bogdanovich Doesn't Live Here Anymore

The director reluctantly drives down memory lane

Manhattan Project

Letters

Why I Drive a Hate Crime

Going down the road feeling bad . . .

Less Than or Equal To Another Vacation

Testy, Testy

L.A. theater toffs have each other for brunch

Super Furry Sound

A year in music

Bad News

L.A.'s Low-Definition TV Journalism

Letters

The Rupture

Bruce Wagner's I'm Losing You

Letters

Of Lice and Men

Naomi Wallace's play about London's Great Plague

Pot War P.O.W.

Judge revokes bond, denies THC to medical- marijuana activist