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5 Arcade Classics for Your iPhone

See also: *Family Fun Arcade Prepares to Close After Four Decades *10 Best Arcades in L.A. Ever get the hankering to play some classic arcade games, but, alas, you're nowhere near your arcade? Or your go-to place is Granada Hills' Family Fun Arcade, which is set to close? If you have an iPhone, yo ... More >>

Garbage Monopolies Coming to L.A.?

Unions, enviros, push hard to ban free-market trash removal.

Completely Useless New California Law Says You Can Use Siri to Text While Driving

In a time-wasting attempt to earn back an ioda of public approval, California Governor Jerry Brown just OKed a new law that (sort of, not really) allows texting while driving. The law, proposed by L.A.-area Assemblyman Jeff Miller, says that you can now send and receive texts on the road -- as long ... More >>

Geek Chicks: PyLadies, a Gang of Female Computer Programmers

Nanette GonzalesKatharine Jarmul, PyLady​It's not that the PyLadies are intimidated by the men who dominate computer programmer events and workshops. It's just that they got tired of feeling like outsiders.Katharine Jarmul, 29, remembers the day they first identified the problem. She and t ... More >>

World Famous V.I.P. Records To Close

Long Beach shop helped foster the G-Funk era

Texting While Driving? Nationwide Ban on All Cellphone Use in Cars Proposed

​The National Transportation Safety Board wants to treat your car like an airplane. Basically, once you buckle up, it's time to shut off all electronic devices. That's the recommendation of the board today following its review of a summer 2010 Missouri highway crash that killed two and injure ... More >>

Joe Buscaino, Dark Horse

200,000 reasons why a cop is L.A. City Council District 15's sleeper candidate

Lady Gaga in Your Ear? Andre 'Sketch' Hampton's Kick-Ass Bluetooth Art at Earloomz in Sherman Oaks

​A few Tuesdays ago, a live performance in the custom art shop Earloomz by the popular singing group Mindless Behavior created a public stir unlike anything the quaint Ventura shopping district in Sherman Oaks had seen in a while. But even more intriguing than the unexpected hubbub was the uni ... More >>

Review: Apocalypse Cakes: Recipes For The End A Jonestown Kool-Aid Cake Recipe

​Sure, Apocalypse Cakes: Recipes For The End, is a gimmicky new pocket-sized book by author Shannon O'Malley who boasts on her book jacket bio that she "has no previous baking experience." That's also why this book is a pretty great cure for summer workweek doldrums with its snarky recipes for ... More >>

More SoCal Drivers Talk, Text on the Road Than Rest of U.S. -- But Central Californians Are the Worst

Paris: Public enemy No. 1​Confirmed: We gossipy, chronically plugged-in Southern Californians are pretty terrible about driving under the influence of smart phones. New numbers from March [big ugly HTML doc] show that 9.8 percent of SoCal drivers are tinkering with their handheld devices behi ... More >>

Jerry Brown Or Meg Whitman? Your Phone Is A 'Tell'

Gizmodo​It might be a little scary knowing that pollsters and political operatives can take one look at you or, rather, at your mobile phone, and have some idea of who you will vote for in California's November gubernatorial race. That is, at least if you have one of the two most-popular smart ... More >>

FBI Task Force Busts Credit Card Identity Theft Ring; 40,000 Local Victims Possible

​According to NBC Los Angeles, a task force consisting of members from the FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has busted a alleged identity theft ring that reportedly stole from tens of thousands of credit card holders throughout California. The alleged mastermind behind the ... More >>

Love Me Tender, Love Me Harsh

The dating game, L.A.-Style

Shriver-gate: Maria Apologizes

California First Lady Maria Shriver apologized after paparazzi snapped her driving while talking on a mobile phone, sans hands-free device. Husband and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state's "hands-free law," which mandates that drivers must use hands-free devices such as Bluetooth he ... More >>

Bringing Frank Zappa's Garage to Life

The Rock Opera Is the Thing: September 17, 2008

Movie Reviews: Max Payne, Sex Drive, What Just Happened?

Also, Morning Light, Secrecy and more

Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage Gets Its Premiere 29 Years On

Rock opera, like its revered creator, was ahead of its time

Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato

How Mark Mothersbaugh, an Agent of De-Evolution, wormed his way into America’s subconscious

Pass Da Chutney

Or, OMFG this POS!!

Phone Sex, Kiss-offs and Showmances

Hollywood starts new year with a bang

The L.A. Cinema Club and the Rise of Amateur Filmmaking