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Jodi Arias Is Not White (and Other Lessons About Latinos)

See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from the Chicano identity movement of the 1960s and '70s, when activists wanted it known that not every suspect ... More >>

6 Lessons From "Guts and Glory": Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi on Paula Deen, The Taste Authentic Food

Anthony Bourdain greeted a packed house at the Pantages last night. The Los Angeles installment of Bourdain's "Guts and Glory" tour took place in the opulent 1930 theatre with a crowd that was more academic than hip, and fiercely local as demonstrated by any reference to L.A. -- and especially durin ... More >>

Why Los Angeles Deserves Major Credit for the National Gay Marriage Movement

When it comes to life-impacting stuff -- civil rights, political movements, or education reform, for example -- Los Angeles too often gets overlooked by snobby journalists and intellectual types in New York City and Washington D.C. Let's just admit it: They don't take L.A. seriously and they hate ... More >>

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Wendy Greuel Attacks Eric Garcetti In New Radio Ad; TV Ads Picking Up In Campaign's Final Week

Update below: Check out Kevin James' latest video, and an Eric Garcetti radio ad.Controller Wendy Greuel launched a new radio ad today in the increasingly contentious race for L.A. mayor, attacking Councilman Eric Garcetti for taking "luxury trips around the world" on the taxpayer's dime.The spot (a ... More >>

Shawn and Dorian Holley: Tonight Show Singer Marries Lindsay Lohan's Attorney? Only in L.A.

*Check out our entire 2013 Couples Issue here One Friday afternoon a few years ago, just as lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley dropped some highly confidential paperwork discussing her client's alleged illicit activities through the mail slot of a lavish home in the hills, she realized she had the wrong ad ... More >>

Country Star Brad Paisley's Veiled Liberalism

By Alan Scherstuhl Editor's note: Alan Scherstuhl sometimes writes about country music for our sister blog at the Village Voice. Brad Paisley, "Southern Comfort Zone" Current Billboard Country Singles Chart Position: 10 The Verdict: Holy shit, songs on the radio can still be important! In this ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Is Not Selling Out, Even if The Taste Is a Little Cheesy

Anthony Bourdain describes himself as an "enthusiast," though strangely, as we watch him globetrot across our televisions eating some of the world's most exotic and delicious foods, living a life many would trade their first born for, his demeanor is rarely all that enthusiastic. Known well for his ... More >>

Protesters Deliver Petition Urging Antonio Villaraigosa To Quit Fix the Debt

Protesters delivered a petition to City Hall today calling on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to step down from the Committee to Fix the Debt.Angela Garcia Combs, who launched the petition last week through MoveOn.org, printed out about 14,000 signatures and dropped them off at the mayor's office at ... More >>

Assembly District 50 Election Results: Richard Bloom Declares Victory Over Betsy Butler

The vote count has been taking forever in the closely contested Assembly District 50 race, but on Wednesday night Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom declared victory over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. After the latest count by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, Bloom leads by 1,246 votes. "Our ... More >>

Assembly District 50 Election Results: Richard Bloom's Lead Slightly Widens Over Betsy Butler

In the too-close-to-call Assembly District 50 contest, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom has reversed a shrinking lead and now has 218 more votes than Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. Last Friday's count put Bloom up by only 103 votes. The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder won't certify a winner in t ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Coming To L.A. for Show At Pantages Theater with Roy Choi

As part of his "Guts and Glory" tour, Anthony Bourdain will be coming to Los Angeles for a show at the Pantages Theater on April 16 of next year. L.A. chef Roy Choi will join Bourdain on stage for an evening of (according to the press release) "candid, often hysterical insights about their life's wo ... More >>

Kate Anderson vs. Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board Race: Mother of Twins, Lawyer and Activist Goes After Anti-Charter Zimmer

The heat is on. Kate Anderson, an activist mom and successful attorney with political chops -- she worked for Congress members Henry Waxman and Jane Harman -- will try to oust Steve Zimmer, the Westside's man on Los Angeles Unified School Board, in March 2013. Zimmer has emerged as a fierce oppone ... More >>

Assembly District 50 Betsy Butler and Richard Bloom: Absentee Ballots and Early Returns Show Underdog Bloom Leading Butler By Nearly 4 Percent

Update: At 12:42 a.m., with 12 percent of precincts reporting, Bloom leads Butler by 3 percentage points with 51 percent of the vote. In the hotly contested California Assembly District 50 race, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom is leading Assemblywoman Betsy Butler by nearly 4 percentage points: Bl ... More >>

Assembly District 50 Election Results: Underdog Richard Bloom Holds on to Slim Lead Over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler

Update, 1:05 p.m.: Bloom campaign releases cautious statement about possibly victory, after the jump. Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom holds on to an extremely slim lead over Assemblywoman Betsy Butler. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Bloom captured 69,280 votes, or 50.08 percent, to Butle ... More >>

California Voter Guide for Nov. 6, 2012, Los Angeles Weekly

Confused about the measures and races on Tuesday's ballot? This California Voter Guide for November 6, 2012 contains a summary of all state measures and several key races. It does not take a position but does touch on controversies, polls and analysis. Proposition 30: Jerry Brown's Tax Hike Governo ... More >>

How KPCC's Quest for Latino Listeners Doomed The Madeleine Brand Show

In the Stage Adaptation of The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion Searches for Meaning After Her Husband's Death

VIDEO: L.A. Journalists Amber Lyon, Tim Pool, Steven Gregory Shot at by Anaheim Police

Approximately 500 protesters, majority Latino, were showered in police beanbags, rubber bullets and pepper balls last night outside Anaheim City Hall as they rioted over two recent officer-involved shootings in the Orange County town. (And the fight wasn't one-sided: Protesters reportedly hurtled bo ... More >>

Jesus on a Popsicle: Artist Makes Wine-Flavored Christsicles

Faith can restore a fractured soul. When temperatures skyrocket, it can also be quite refreshing. Over the weekend, at a pre-Design Week party at Gallery R'Pure in New York's Flatiron District, Chilean-born artist Sebastian Errazuriz's latest work -- 100 wine-flavored popsicles molded around cross ... More >>

The Manny Pacquiao Misquote: A Timeline

Salon's sometimes media critic Mary Elizabeth Williams just wagged her mighty finger at the rumor mill that has become online journalism -- a system that allowed Manny Pacquiao to be misquoted as saying gay men should be "put to death" yesterday. In truth, Pacquiao's original interviewer deceptively ... More >>

A Hipster Guide to Weight Loss: Check Out Martin Cizmar's Chubster

Martin Cizmar lost one hundred pounds in less than a year, and all he had to do was give up Slurpees. Well, he also biked to work occasionally. And quit drinking full-calorie beer. What he didn't do was try the Paleo Diet, the Atkins Diet, the Cookie Diet or Jenny Craig. He didn't join a gym, and h ... More >>

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Occupy the WBC: Air Guitarist Mormon Rockwell Leads Protest of Westboro Baptist Church's Oscar Protest

This past Sunday, the Westboro Baptist Church gagged on a spoonful of its own medicine. During their annual demonstration against the Academy Awards show in Hollywood, the homophobic religious group, notorious for its zealous protesting of military funerals, was itself the target of picketing by the ... More >>

How Mark Malkoff Convinced Kate Walsh, Justine Bateman and Other Celebrities to Let Him Sleep Over

Courtesy Mark MalkoffMark Malkoff, left, gets a bedtime story from Phil Rosenthal, who created Everybody Loves Raymond.​Not wanting to spend thousands of dollars on hotels during his recent visit to Los Angeles, comedian Mark Malkoff instead asked a bunch of celebrities if he could sleep at ... More >>

The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should Scouts share the blame?

Hollywood Walk of Fame is More Like Great White Way: Minority Stars Hard to Find

shakira.comShakira got her star on this week.​Updated at the bottom with comments from the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' Guy Aoki. First posted at 12:59 p.m. It looks like L.A's world-famous Walk of Fame might as well be called the Great White Way. That's because minorities are s ... More >>

Robert Rizzo Sues City of Bell For $1.5 Million

Rizzo gets the 'Art in the Streets' treatment in Little Tokyo.​Robert Rizzo, the human hedgehog at the center of the Bell salary scandal that allegedly cost taxpayers there $5.5 million, is suing the city for his cut. Really. And he might be right. Though the former city manager is accused ... More >>

Will Steve Jobs' Death Help Sell iPhone 4S?

Update: Sure enough! In the 24 hours since it's been available for pre-order, the iPhone 4S has almost doubled all previous iPhone records in that period. Apple reports that one million phones have been sold. Stock, naturally, is up as well. Lesson: Grief sells. Originally posted October 6 at 1 p.m ... More >>

Compton Rapper Game Returns to an Industry That's Gone Soft

Will his old tricks still work?

CNN Names The World's 50 Most Delicious Foods

Flickr/rockYOfaceMassaman curry: CNN's favorite food​CNN has a lot on its plate. Literally. Not only does the news empire have to follow Anderson Cooper around the globe, trailing camera crews and earnestness, but it has lately gone on a quest to identify The World's 50 Most Delicious Foods. W ... More >>

Amber Lyon and the Media's Paranoia Over Underage Sex Trafficking

​Last week's cover story focused on how Ashton Kutcher was using spurious data to claim there are "between 100,000 and 300,000 child sex slaves in the United States today," but he's not the only one causing panic with those numbers. There's also CNN reporter Amber Lyon, a member of the media y ... More >>

Janice Hahn Alleges Craig Huey Tie to Hip-Hop Stripper Video; Huey Calls It "Racist and Sexist"

​UPDATE: Turn Right USA's domain name was registered by Huey's vendor. More below.Councilwoman Janice Hahn alleged a link today between her opponent, conservative Craig Huey, and an inflammatory YouTube video that depicts her as a stripper.Huey has said he had nothing to do with the video, and wen ... More >>

Breaking News: White People Riot Too

YouTubeWhite-on-car violence in Vancouver.​A sad echo of the Lakers championship riots of 2010: Racists seemed to come out of the woodworks to blame the mayhem on Latinos. Guilty. But here's the thing: One out of every two people in L.A. is Latino. So, yeah, when shit goes down, good or bad, ... More >>

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Our New Responsible Carnivore

Flickr/kate.gardinerdinner for billionaires​ Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is good at picking up on trends. His latest? Butchery. Locavorism. Sustainable eating. According to Fortune and CNN, Zuckerberg has recently decided only to eat meat he kills himself. Which news he announced, ... More >>

Snoop Dogg Criticized for Promoting 'Blast' Malt Liquor in Letter by Law Officials That, Ironically, Puts The Drink on The Map For Kids

PabstIt's a Blast.​The Snoop Dogg-promoted Blast malt liquor is being targeted by law officials across the land for being a "binge in a can." The fruity, 23.5 ounce concoctions contain 12 percent alcohol, about three times the amount in a 12-ounce can of Budweiser. Maryland Attorney General ... More >>

Japan Earthquake: Could Nuclear Power Plant Radiation Reach L.A?

Fukushima, on-edge.​Update: Minor amounts of radiation are projected to reach SoCal by Friday, after the jump. Could radiation from Japan's quake-stricken nuclear power plants reach Los Angeles? It's a long shot. But a look at Pacific jet stream animation shows that what happens in Japan doe ... More >>

Japan Earthquake: Los Angeles Rallies to Help, Raise Cash

jefferson via TwitpicA crack in the earth in Japan.​Japanese Americans rallied over the weekend in Little Tokyo for victims of Japan's devastating 8.9 earthquake. People set up collection boxes in shopping areas, and one woman told TV crews she raised $3,200 Saturday alone. The Dodgers announ ... More >>

Jean and Scott Adam, SoCal Missionaries on Global Yacht Tour, Taken Hostage by Somali Pirates, Dragged Back to Lair

svquest.comJean and Scott Adam, L.A.'s gutsiest missionaries, hand out Bibles in the Cook Islands​Update: Jean and Scott Adam were fatally shot on their boat by pirates, authorities said today -- even as U.S. Navy ships trailed the vessel. Two pirates were then killed and 13 were captured, acc ... More >>

IRS Targets California Pot Shops: Your Business Expenses Are no Good With Uncle Sam

Is the IRS gunning for shops like the infamous K.F.C?​It's an issue that will face folks in L.A. March 8: To tax pot shops or not? The L.A. City Attorney's office says a city tax on dispensaries would be illegal because the businesses are supposed to be nonprofit (and thus tax exempt) in the ... More >>

Lara Logan, CBS Reporter and Warzone 'It Girl,' Raped Repeatedly Amid Egypt Celebration

Lara Logan, the "60 Minutes" firecracker who was raped at the moment of Egypt's overthrow​Updated after the jump: Commenters respond to bloggers respond to reporters respond to Tweeters respond to the inexcusable crime against Lara Logan. Breaking news: South African TV journalist Lara Logan ... More >>

Your Aerosol Breakfast: Batter Blaster, or Pancakes in a Can

everview.comGetting Past The Reddi Wip Association Is Tough​ We are by nature wary of any nitrous oxide-propelled food product, a pressurized canned food prejudice that we blame squarely on one too many corn syrup and artificial flavor-laden Reddi Wip mustaches as kids. And so when it first h ... More >>

Dennis Hopper Photo Stolen: Actor Jason Lee Offers $25,000 to Get it Back

Jason LeeA one-off photo of Dennis Hopper is missing.​Actor Jason Lee is pleading for his photo back. It's not any photo. It's a shot he took of the late Dennis Hopper. And it's a one-off image: There's no digital copy, no negative. Lee says the photo was stolen Friday at an event at the Thi ... More >>

Larry King: Ryan Seacrest Has Been My 'Jeans Supplier' for Seven Years (VIDEO)

Don't tell Seacrest -- Larry shops Juicy​Larry King was looking all kinds of fly in three different shades of purple last night on the freshly revived "Conan." But for once, we looked past the suspender/tie/button-up combo to a whole new side of Larry: his bottom half. Before you go calling u ... More >>

In Compton, Parent Trigger Supporters File Intimidation Charges With U.S. Department of Education

Parent Revolution organizers Shirley Ford and Mary Nareja (center) with McKinley Elementary parents​Two parents in Compton have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. They charge that intimidation tactics have been used during the ongoing Parent Trigg ... More >>

Mother Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meals

Flickr/itspaulkelly​ Your kid's Happy Meal just got a little more unhappier, at least for McDonald's. Yesterday a Sacramento mother, Monet Parham, filed a class action lawsuit against the fast food giant. The suit was filed in conjunction with the Center for Science in the Public Interest in C ... More >>

California's Parent Trigger

How McKinley in Compton became the first school taken over by parents under a radical new law

Red Line Fever: It’s Casual

Coming to an off-ramp near you

Addiction: Buying the Cure at Passages Malibu

At upscale "rehab," all you need is faith. And $67,000 a month

4 Ways to Find Out What’s Really Happening in Iraq