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10 Best Eats on Third Street: Neighborhood Grub Crawl

In a city where nobody walks, here's a street that imminently walkable. While our low stucco architecture bears no resemblance to the brownstones of New York City, Third Street -- between La Cienega and Fairfax -- has become a Manhattan-esque mish-mash of bars, restaurants, cafes, dry cleaners, bout ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Boy!

Jay Mohr

My Favorite Albums of the Second Half of 2012, in Haiku Form

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Kendrick Lamar attributed L.A.'s primacy to the women, weed and weather. He was quoting Biggie, who consecrated the left coast via song, despite his long ... More >>

L.A.'s Best Arts & Culture Apps

Jonathan Gold Reviews Westfield Culver City Food Court

Five Fiercest Frocks From Fashion's Night Out 2011

Lina Lecaro Brow-raising looks at the Phillip Lim store​ The annual eve of retail raging called Fashion's Night Out 2011 took place all around the world last night. New York always seems to have the most cohesive FNO and be the most happening hub (with major designer events and parties attract ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Son of a Gun

First Bite: Son of a Gun, or What Would You Want To Change Anyway?

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the international palette of flavors; and the resistance to even modest customer ... More >>

MAKE US LAUGH, FUNNY GIRL! AMY SCHUMER

Updated: Dominick's Closes Temporarily Due To Fire Damage

Dominick's​ Update: Dominick's reopens today, Monday, November 22nd. In celebration of the reopening, the restaurant will host a "Sunday Supper" this Wednesday, November 24, boasting the familiar deals: $15 for three courses, $12 bottles of wine and $3 Morettis. Turn the page for the origina ... More >>

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's Answer To The Recession: Go Shopping

​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was in his favorite milieu today, among flashbulbs and models. At a Beverly Center event, he announced two new programs, "Fashion's Night Out" and "Shop LA," initiatives intended to spur L.A.'s economy and thus generate revenue for the city. At the press conference ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Trash Humpers, A Nightmare in Las Cruces, Letters to Juliet

Also, The Thorn in the Heart, Princess Kaiulani and more

The Original West Hollywood Pinkberry Closes After 5 Years

Flickr/wEnDaLiciousKiwi and Captain Crunch topped Frozen Yogurt at Pinkberry​In a symbolic close, the original West Hollywood Pinkberry store that kicked off the national froyo craze -- and came to be affectionately known as "Crackberry" -- stopped swirling last week. The location will be tran ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Liverpool, Dreamkiller, Brooklyn's Finest, Alice in Wonderland

Movie Reviews: Zombie Girl, The Yellow Handkerchief, Defendor

Also, Easier With Practice, Formosa Betrayed and more

What Would Pau Do? LA Paella Brings Spain to L.A.

Ask Mr. Gold: Spain in L.A., or What Would Pau Do?

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I love this big giant melting pot we live in, but why do we have such little representation of Spanish food? Am I missing something? --Matt Armendariz Dear Mr. Armendariz: Probably because L.A.'s best maker of charcuterie, ... More >>

Depeche Monde

Fan doc casts Brit synth-pop as the soundtrack of revolution

Weed Takes Root

Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide

Movie Reviews: Amelia, Astro Boy, Saw VI

Also Cirque du Freak, Stan Helsing and more

Secret Foodie: An Interview with Christian Lander, Author of Stuff White People Like

There are foodies hiding everywhere. One of them is Culver City resident Christian Lander, creator of the blog mega-hit Stuff White People Like, author of the New York Times best seller of the same name, and host of PC Hook-up with Christian Lander. He recently took the time to chat with us about hi ... More >>

THAT'S LAVA B-S

Ludo Bites at Breadbar

Ludovic Lefebvre Brings Post-Molecular Gastronomy to Third Street

Bail Reduced for Alleged Dolla Killer

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge lowered bail to $2.1 million for 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry, an Atlanta entertainment promoter who allegedly shot to death aspiring rapper Dolla. Berrys' bail was originally $5 million. Judge Terry Bork said the bail reduction  was "appropriate." Atlan ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Dolla Shooter: It Was Self-Defense Aubrey Louis Berry, according to his lawyer, says he shot Dolla at the Beverly Center because he felt threatened by the Atlanta rapper and his crew. L.A. TimesUCLA Prof Caught Plagiarizing School of Dentistry professor Dr. Doina Panaite resigned in February, it was ... More >>

Rapper Dolla Shot to Death at the Beverly Center [UPDATE UPDATE: SUSPECT NAMED]

Rap artist Dolla was shot to death today near an entrance to the Beverly Center mall, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Dolla, whose real name is Roderick Anthony Burton II, was shot several times at  3:11 p.m., after a fight between a group of individuals broke out. The 2 ... More >>

New loopholes for Los Angeles billboards and "sign districts"

A heated hearing unfolded earlier today before the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, which wants to create yet another complicated, exception-filled plan to try to control street clutter in Los Angeles, the capital of the illegal billboard industry.Details of today's hearing will come from ace r ... More >>

Severed Arm Made of Chocolate

So, recently this mysterious chocolate arm arrived in the mail. My cubicle-mates all coveted the arm. Some tried to steal it outright. Some gnawed off its fingers. One person claimed the thumb, which we cut off and left on his desk. There were many questions. Here are the F.A.Q.'s: What the hell ... More >>

Movie Reviews: City of Ember, Quarantine, Rocknrolla

Also, Breakfast with Scot, The Little Red Truck, Quarantine and more

Noriyuki Sugie guest stars at Breadbar

But hurry ... Crudobar lasts just until May 15

Movie Reviews: Secret Sunshine, Awake, The Amateurs

Also Paul Schrader’s The Walker, Timber Falls, Oswald's Ghost and more

Cat Scratch Fever

The leopard loving lass is a special kinda gal. She can be a sweet kitty cat, but get on her bad side and she'll scratch you. I've been a leopard print fan since I was a kid. My nana had a super-comfy animal print couch and I loved lounging on it and pretending I was a movie star. When I got old ... More >>

Film Reviews: The Last Winter, The Jane Austen Book Club

Also Resident Evil: Exintction, Over the GW, Sea of Dreams, Sydney White and more

Film Reviews: Black Sheep, 1408, You Kill Me

Also Yellow and Broken English

Film Reviews: Delta Farce, Hollywood Dreams, Fay Grim and more

Also reviews of Even Money, In Search of Mozart and Paris Je T’aime

Film Reviews: Diggers, Next and Banished

Also Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace and more

Film Reviews: The Reaping, Are We Done Yet? and More

Alsoo reviews of Firehouse Dog, Sacco and Vanzetti and Operation Homecoming

Film Reviews: Bridge to Terabithia, Daddy’s Little Girls and more

Film Reviews

Including G.I. Jesus, Smokin' Aces and Verdict on Auschwitz

LA Weekly Insiders - Test Page

Balls Out

Dane Cook does whatever it takes to make you laugh

Crying Time

The Saddest Music in the World’s surreally funny sob story

The Interregnum Riots

Was the uprising of ’92 the end of black power?

Straight Outta Ipanema

Revelation versus exploitation in City of God

The Realm of the Open-Ended

Farmers Market in the shadow of “The Grove”

Rising After the Fall

That Championship Season

The Contender rocks, Billy Elliot jetés

White Space

The possibilities and pleasures of pasta

Changing Colors

The BellRays' Maximum Rock & Soul

Consume Part II:

[Mostly] Not Food