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What Office Trailers Can Teach Us About Los Angeles

A new exhibit at the Center for Land Use Interpretation glorifies the utilitarian

John O. Dabiri: The Jellyfish Genius

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.John O. Dabiri, 32, is the impossibly young chair of faculty at the California Institute of Technology, where he studies jellyfish propulsion and fish schooling behavior — ... More >>

It's Not a Space Shuttle or a Giant Rock, But Chevron's 100-Foot Coke Drums Shut Down the PCH Yesterday

See also: *20 Ways to Pose for Photos at the LACMA Rock *LACMA Rock Finally Opens. Does It Live Up to Expectations? Last night, Chevron began moving two of six 500,000-pound coke drums -- that's oil industry lingo for processing units -- up from the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro to its refinery ... More >>

CBS2 Blows Lid Off State Worker's Daytime Alcohol Purchases

CBS2's David Goldstein did a report last night in which he blew the lid off a state employee's daytime alcohol purchases.Goldstein then confronted Jerry Brown about it, provoking the governor to point his finger in Goldstein's chest and momentarily swipe his cell phone.Even better, it's all caught o ... More >>

Christy Roberts: The Guerrilla Johnny Appleseed

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Considering she leads her own militia, Christy Roberts is surprisingly charming in person. The Upland native isn't exactly secretive about her plans for global rebellion, but t ... More >>

Obama's Latino Problem Might Have Just Been Solved by This Hipster T-Shirt

You're young and Latino. And, frankly, you're on the fence about this Obama guy. After all, he promised immigration reform and only recently started to deliver after continuing George W. Bush's militaristic build-up of security along the border. And by "only recently" we mean that he planned to rel ... More >>

Carmen Trutanich, L.A. City Attorney, Tramples the Rights of Pot Smokers, Street Artists and Protesters

Judge Sentences Occupy L.A. Protester to Write Essay on Thoreau

​Gotta hand it to Judge William Sterling. This guy gets it.This morning, Sterling sentenced Cajid Heartfield for violating probation by failing to disperse from the Occupy L.A. protest. Heartfield was sleeping in a tent when the LAPD raided the encampment.Instead of the typical 20 days of Caltrans ... More >>

Gregory Brice, Occupy L.A. Protester, Sentenced to 19 Months in Jail

​It's a rule as old as criminal justice itself: Punch a cop, go to jail.Gregory Brice, 31, was sentenced today to 19 months in county jail for punching an LAPD officer during the Occupy L.A. protest at Bank of America Plaza on Nov. 17.The City Attorney's Office, which has seen a number of its Occu ... More >>

Occupy Arrestee Says City Attorney Carmen Trutanich Is "Going For The Jugular"

Carmen Trutanich: Preoccupied​Bethania Palma was one of those arrested on Saturday for "re-occupying" the lawn at L.A. City Hall. She has since pleaded no contest, and been sentenced to 18 months' probation and seven days of Caltrans duty.Palma, a former reporter at the San Gabriel Valley Newspape ... More >>

Tanker Explodes on 60 Freeway in Montebello, Burns Through Overpass, Snarls Traffic

CBS2Carmageddon. For real this time.​Updated after the jump: The 60 will remain closed for days, and the Paramount Boulevard overpass will need complete reconstruction. Originally posted December 14 at 3 p.m. About two-and-a-half hours after a tanker truck burst into flames on the 60 freeway ... More >>

$100 Billion Bullet Train

Democrats fray as cost skyrockets, feds bail, and Amtrak starts to look good

The First 15 Minutes After the Big One

Who dies in Los Angeles, and why, when the earth quakes on the San Andreas Fault?

Devin 'Thor' Dickey, Young Valley Tagger, Arrested by Burbank Police for Vandalism -- 'Just the Start' of Crackdown on Graffiti Crew

pixiecanfly via Tumblr​Burbank police announce today that two young taggers they arrested on November 3 -- Devin Dickey, 20, and an unnamed 16-year-old girl -- are possibly facing felony charges after they allegedly vandalized multiple pieces of property across the San Fernando Valley. Invest ... More >>

Porn Defends the Money Shot

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?

The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs

The Battle for Malibu Lagoon

Should humans destroy Mother Nature in order to save it?

Carmageddon: A Breakdown of How The Mulholland Bridge Will be Broken Down

California DOTThe Mulholland Bridge.​Yeah, the 405 freeway is closing from the 10 to the 101 this weekend. But the meat and potatoes of Carmageddon really comprises only about four lanes or so of width -- the Mulholland bridge. To widen lanes and make way for a new bridge they're taking the o ... More >>

405 Closure Got You Down? Check Out the Five Craziest Design Ideas for Saving Our Transportation System

Courtesy Van Alen Institute.​ Without harping too much on that inconvenient thing happening on a big road somewhere in West L.A. this weekend, let us begin this modest post by agreeing that transit in L.A., in California, and in the vast majority of the US, could stand a few more efficient alt ... More >>

Beverly Hills Versus the Westside Subway

Carmageddon Countdown: FAQ (Along With All Your Not-So-Frequently Asked, But Equally Burning, Questions)

This is Carmageddon, the game. Please do not attempt this during Carmageddon, the Los Angeles traffic event.​We've spent a lot of time joking about Carmageddon -- meming it, crowd-sourcing it, naming drinks after it, etc. Admittedly, though, beneath the stupid hype, which has reached quite i ... More >>

Porn And Condoms: California Workplace Safety Officials Get Earful on Move Toward Requiring Condoms in Adult Video

​As the state of California seemed poised to hoist condoms upon every penis in the porn industry, the adult game has been kicking and fighting every step of the way. A major step came Tuesday when representatives of the state's Division of Occupational Health and Safety (Cal/OSHA) came to L.A ... More >>

Taking the Bait: What Happens on TruTV's Bait Car Happened to Guillermo

Guillermo came to L.A. from the village of Soyapango, El Salvador, when he was 4 years old. His belly swollen with parasites, he rode on his uncle's shoulders as they navigated a well-worn trail in the night jungle to avoid the heat. Guided by a rope and a vision, they aimed for El Norte. Sam Slovic ... More >>

The Bikeroots

City Council candidate Stephen Box and L.A. bicyclists roll into the halls of power

Community Watchdog Cary Brazeman Fights Villaraigosa's Crusade to Allow Development Everywhere

L.A.'s postwar zoning code on the chopping block

L.A. Road Closures, Wednesday Edition: Where Not To Drive

PHOTO BY TED SOQUI​I punish thee with hella traffic​Updated after the jump: The beginning of the end FLASH FOOD warnings until 6 p.m. (this includes downtown L.A.). Constantly updated with traffic conditions, evacuations and the best in emergency rescues. Originally posted at 8:30 a.m. ... More >>

Jerry Brown Aims $40 Million Fraud Suit At Former California Retirement Plan Head, 'Middle Man'

Jerry Brown.​Attorney General Jerry Brown announced he has filed a fraud lawsuit against the former head of the California Public Employees' Retirement System and a middleman accused of wining and dining him in order to procure $40 million in commissions from the massive investment pool based ... More >>

Sheriff's Boat Runs Aground On Dry Land

The Old West image of the local sheriff as a six-shot cowboy still endures, so you might give Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies a little leeway for any perceived lack of sea legs and water navigation skills. But a sheriff's boat was on dry land Wednesday when it hit an obstacle -- a freeway over ... More >>

Sanjana Alexander's Contempt Fine: $1,000 Plus 120 Hours Service

This morning Sanjana Alexander was scheduled to receive punishment from Judge David Wesley as part of the contempt of court citations he'd previously issued to her and Alvin Dymally. She had to wait, however, while Wesley conducted a pretrial hearing involving the two alleged animal right militants ... More >>

Esteban Nunez Case: Bad Little Suburban Boys

The son of Fabian Nunez, and his friends, face the music in Lu Santos’ killing

Los Angeles Infrastructure or Bust

Metro gives second chance to a snafu-riddled Italian railcar builder

Dig For San Fernando Boy Ends

Law enforcement officials called off the search today for the remains of 16-year-old Roger Madison who was believed to be buried along the 23 Freeway at the Tierra Rejada Road offramp in Moorpark for the last 40 years. Madison was a victim of child serial murderer Mack Ray Edwards. The remains pr ... More >>

Detour Dance Party: Cut Copy, Hercules and Love Affair, Silent Disco Caught on Video

Despite foreboding clouds and a few rounds of mist-like rain, dancing began in the early afternoon at this year’s Detour Festival and continued until the witching hour. For much of the day, the electronic grooves were confined to the courtyard of City Hall, where DJs like Paparazzi and Kid Lightn ... More >>

Rolling Out L.A.'s Cement Carpet

Downtown's long-promised central park has few trees. "Ugly" doesn't cover it

Best Escape From L.A.

The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner

The Final Hours of Miguel Contreras

The 911 call said he went in for a card reading. But the death of the labor leader prompted a prostitution raid. What really went down at the botanica?

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Watchdog Scorned

Is Fran Reichenbach the patron saint of Hollywood or its biggest NIMBY?

Air Angels

Under the Overpass

Letters

Flow, Baby, Flow

1 command center, 7 engineers, 3.000 wired intersections and 12,000 sensors in the pavement add up to the world’s most advanced traffic-control system

Let Them Pick Up Garbage

A plan for avoiding transit strikes in Los Angeles

10 Going on 16

An Exquisite Scar

Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

An Appealing Shade of Green

Denise Munro Robb for City Council

Swap This

Sweet deal goes sour for Galanter and her Playa pals

Fast Track

I got railroaded and now I’m hooked

Radical and Real

Twenty years of smog, wars and holes in the ground

Gridlock

A Weekly roundtable discussion on the future of transportation in Los Angeles (that is, on the future of Los Angeles)