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Venus and Serena Documentary Delves Into the Lives of the Compton-Bred Tennis Stars

An Arrested Development Variety Show

See also: *5 Awesome Album Covers Inspired By Arrested Development *5 Best Arrested Development Artworks at Gallery 1988 *Why Emily Maya Mills Could Be the Next Carol Burnett On Saturday, Silver Lake's Lyric Hyperion Theater staged an Arrested Development-inspired variety hour called Bluth Fest for ... More >>

Fast Food's Healthful Makeover: Truth or Perception?

Recently, Wendy's rolled out flatbread sandwiches and McDonald's added a yolk-less breakfast sandwich to their respective menus. Taco Bell has indicated its desire to shed its junk food persona. Giving alternatives for healthful eating has become a main strategy for fast food restaurants. And the ef ... More >>

Chicken Over Beef: KFC's Boneless Fried Chicken Nontraditional Burger Alternatives

Poultry is no longer an afterthought at traditionally beef-oriented fast food chains like McDonald's and Burger King, which earlier this year launched, respectively, a chicken wrap and a turkey burger on their menus. For insiders, the new items are just evident of a longtime wave toward beef alterna ... More >>

Other Ozzes, Great and Terrible (But Mostly Terrible)

Researchers Paying People to Get Fat on Junk Food

Raise your hand if you'd like to be paid to eat junk food every day. In a study that is proving popular with participants, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are paying people to eat an extra 1,000-calorie fast food meal every day for three months, ABC News reports ... More >>

LA Weekly Web Awards 2012: The Winners!

So the center of the tech universe is still in Northern California. Big deal. Facebook's in freefall; the iPhone 5 is a snooze. Yes, innovation continues to matter, but these days, it's less about the platform and more about the content. On that front, L.A. is king. The top YouTube stars live here. ... More >>

Sight, Graffiti Artist on Cover of LA Weekly, Suspended From His Job for Speaking Out Against L.A.'s War on Graffiti

The star of L.A. Weekly's current cover story -- a talented and gentle young man named Bryant Mangum, aka UPN member "Sight," fresh out of four years in state prison for scratching up the L.A. bus system as a teenager -- has been suspended from his job as a result of the story. As we revealed in "L ... More >>

Trend Watch: The Small-Plates Debate

Yesterday, New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells had some thoughts about small plates, which is a trend that has, thus far, stood the test of time. And yet the trend-complaint I hear the most is, "I'm so sick of small plates." Wells contends that the intent behind small plates -- that they are ... More >>

Drink This Now: Shakes at Orean the Health Express

A missing comma and a forgotten "p" in the word "cappuccino" aren't the only omissions from the drive-thru menu at Orean the Health Express on Lake Avenue in Pasadena. While the menu itself says the vegetarian fast food joint serves shake flavors such as chocolate, vanilla, chai, peanut butter, capp ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Food Fraud, Defining "Gluten-Free" Starbucks as Third Largest U.S. Chain

Huffington Post: Olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee and apple juice are among the most-adulterated food products. With this kind of food fraud, even careful label-reading won't help. The Washington Post: What is truly "gluten-free?" The FDA has been trying to decide for seven yea ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Erica Loberg's L.A. County Mental Ward Tell-All

Henry Rollins: The Column! The War On Christmas Starts With Me

​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. It's been a few days now, and I am just emerging ... More >>

Five L.A. Internet Artists You Need to Know

Friday Food News Roundup: The McRib is Bad For You! Stop the Presses!

The McRib.​Here's all the uber-important food news on this happy, rainy Friday. The McRib is bad for you. Duh. [Time]The McRib is made from the same stuff used to make the soles of shoes. [The Week]The McRib is made from pigs that are horribly mistreated. [NY Daily News]. Slash loves food truc ... More >>

Trader Joe's to See Angry Farm Workers March on Headquarters: They Want Better Wages, Improved Conditions in Fields

​Tis the season of protest. Some angry people will be occupying Trader Joe's today, and not just for the frozen tamales. Unfortunately, this is not a case of occupiers carbo-loading for winter. Rather farm workers are pissed at Trader Joe's for failing to join a movement that seeks to improve ... More >>

Trader Joe's Tomato Protest Today in Monrovia

Top: Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Bottom: Guzzle & NoshWorkers protest Trader Joe's tomato policies.​A one-cent per-pound increase in the price of tomatoes may not mean much to most consumers, but to many of the workers who pick these tomatoes -- a physically exhausting job with no health b ... More >>

Magic Johnson Sells Back 105 Starbucks Locations

Flickr user Atomic PopeMagic Johnson, in statue form​ Former Laker star Magic Johnson is selling off some business assets. Johnson recently sold his 4.5 percent ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers to Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong -- a longtime Lakers season ticket holder -- for reasons that hi ... More >>

The Sausage Stand at the Echo

A music innovator and sound impressionist gets inspired by the life customizers of Echo Park

Move Over, Junk Food: Schools Fill Vending Machines With Baby Carrots

Crispin Porter BoguskyCarrots Are Cool​ What comes to mind upon hearing the term school vending machine? If you're like us, you immediately conjure up images of junk food: Funions. Creme-filled Oreos. M&Ms and a plethora of other high-fat, sodium-laden snacks that are not only bad for you, ... More >>

"When you're in that state of mind, you'll put your pee-pee in anything": GnR's Steven Adler Talks about His New Autobiography, Overcoming Addiction, Slash's Text Message Obsession, and His Unconditional Love for his "Ginger" Buddy Axl Rose (and Stryper!)

"Axl is a ginger, so he doesn't tan very well": Steven Adler, unmuzzled​No man's danced with "Mr. Brownstone" and dodged death as many times as original Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler, one of the architects of the greatest '80s hard rock album. After surviving "twenty-eight ODs, three bot ... More >>

How to Blow Your Career and Alienate Your Family, featuring Scott Storch

Illustration by Jason Seiler​Our sibling publication Miami New Times just published a long article about hip hop/pop producer (and LA resident) Scott Storch. Writer Gus Garcia-Roberts tried to interview Storch for this account of the spiral into drug-addiction and debt that destroyed his once- ... More >>

Food For Ammo: Fast Food Cut From U.S. Bases In Afghanistan

Flickr user foodforfelA Farewell to Freedom Fries​ The fight in Afghanistan just got a lot less processed. According to Command Sargent Major Michael T. Hall's blog (yes, he has a blog), "In the coming weeks and months, concessions such as Orange Julius, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dairy Queen an ... More >>

View From the Top: Santa Monica Place & Rooftop Market to Open This Fall

Since the closing of the original Santa Monica Place in 2008, passers-by near the south end of Third Street Promenade have been wondering at the dark and mysterious tarp-covered space. The first week of August, the tarp will be lifted to reveal a newly constructed Santa Monica Place featuring a roof ... More >>

Real Life Robin Hoodie? Teen Charged In Audrina, Lohan Burglaries

Prosecutors today charged an 18-year-old Calabasas man with burglary not once but twice. It isn't clear if Nicholas Prugo stole from the rich to give to the poor (you know, those Range Rover drivers in the far West Valley), but the district attorney's office believes he targeted well-heeled stars Li ... More >>

Burger King Double Cheeseburger Now Only 3.5 Cents Per Gram of Fat

How many Burger King double cheeseburgers can you get for $20? Twenty! Starting today at all BK lounges nationwide, the quarter-pound double cheeseburger -- formerly priced at $1.49 -- is an even one buck. We'll take 20 to go. D. Thomas​

Messy Shoppers, Guatemalans and Lebanese Wannabes

Best Burgers for a Democratic Society: The Original "Original Tommy's"

Keep On (Taco) Trucking

Notes from the taquero resistance

Barack Obama and the Company We Keep

Many blacks have a Jeremiah Wright in their past ... and are better men for it

Thousands Predicted To Attend Fallen SWAT Officers Funeral

Thousands of mourners and a swarm of media are expected at Friday morning's funeral for fallen Los Angeles Police Department SWAT Officer Russel Simmons, who was shot to death on February 7 in a horrific shootout in the San Fernando Valley. LAPD officials are predicting an overflow crowd and one of ... More >>

Big Bill's Dicey Moves

Clinton is back at the table, playing us for chumps

And Justice for All

Parisian duo wins the West

Flavor Flav in the Roaster

“How do you embarrass a crackhead?”

Attack of the Portable Dark Ages

My Big Fat Greek Dinner

Su Casa Es Mi Casa

Familiar spaces — and faces — at the Buenos Aires Film Festival

MoveOn’s Offside Kick

Political group can’t buy Super Bowl airtime for an anti-Bush ad

Turning to a Newspaperman for Ethics

And assorted other City Council maneuvers

Winter Restaurants 2002

Part 3

Worlds of Wonder

The Lord of the Rings and Monster's Ball; plus, The Majestic

Turning Up the Heat

Hopes, dreams — and trouble — for historic bakery

Anarcho Syndicalist

Cooked Bakery

Van de Kamp’s to become a hardware giant

Slippery When Wet

The city's best shrimp jobs

Duck, Duck, Goose...

Fowl play

One Potato, Two Potato . . .

Bold as Love

Jimi: Still raining, still dreaming