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Billboard Wants UCLA Girls To Hook Sugar Daddies For 'Summer Jobs'

Women have come a long way since the skirt-chasing days depicted in Mad Men, right? Yes. And to celebrate, the sugar-daddy dating site ArrangementFinders.com has put up a billboard not far from UCLA that encourages co-eds to get "a summer job" by dating "a sugar daddy." Yeah. And the pin-up girl f ... More >>

Drinking Too Much Makes You Stupid, But SoCal Researcher Has A Cure

We all know that drinking a lot makes you stupid. What we don't really know is if there's an antidote to this mental decline. Now a Southern California professor and her research partner from the University of Colorado at Boulder claim there just might be:

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Christopher Dorner Sent Anderson Cooper A Package With A Note And Bullet-Damaged Coin

Updated at the bottom: Apparently Dorner had messages for many, including Charlie Sheen, Tim Tebow and even disgraced Cardinal Roger Mahony. First posted at 3:04 p.m. Of all the crazy news swirling around the search for alleged murderer Christopher Dorner, including the LAPD's accidental shooting t ... More >>

Cocaine Is 'Heart Attack Drug,' Says New Research Presented In L.A.

Bad news for pretty much everyone who's ever "partied" in L.A. A study presented at the American Heart Association's "Scientific Sessions 2012" confab in Los Angeles concludes that la coca is "the perfect heart attack drug," in the words of lead researcher Gemma Figtree. Holy crap, said Charlie Sh ... More >>

Porn's Asa Akira Invites Presidential Loser To Co-Host AVN Awards In Vegas

Whomever loses the presidential election tomorrow has an additional indignity to look forward to: He's been officially invited to co-host the porn industry's annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Way to bounce back like Charlie Sheen after losing a job at CBS. Yeah, adult superstar Asa Akira extend ... More >>

Best Trick-Or-Treat Cities: Los Angeles Rules Halloween, But It's Not Tops

Who says L.A. isn't the best Halloween town in the world? The stink of Occupy participants. The ghoulish controversy surrounding Michael "Thriller" Jackson's estate. The hangover scene at Urth Cafe on a Saturday afternoon. Hollywood Forever cemetery! The strippers at Sam's Hofbrau. (Shudders). Rave ... More >>

Rick Calamaro: A Nightlife Visionary Remembered

After being found dead in his L.A. apartment Sunday, Rick Calamaro is being remembered as Charlie Sheen's ex-assistant in media reports. But Calamaro meant much more to L.A.'s nightlife scene. His death is suspected to be drug related and followed, we've learned, a month holed up inside his apart ... More >>

Rick Calamaro, Charlie Sheen's Assistant During 2011 Freakout, Found Dead in L.A. Apartment

The man who stood by Mulholland Drive resident Charlie Sheen through his notorious, likely drug-fueled freakout in 2010-11 -- and who many have speculated egged him on -- was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment yesterday, surrounded by "a pharmacy full of drugs," reports TMZ. Tragically, TMZ als ... More >>

Teen Drug Use Triggered by Impulsive Brain, Not Peer Pressure

Is it the bad kids who turn to drugs, or is the drugs that turns teens bad? A recent study suggests that the high schoolers who do drugs are more susceptible to them. The research, billed as the largest brain imaging study ever, was published recently in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Basicall ... More >>

Californians Support Taxing Those Other People

In this richest state in the richest country on earth, voters say it's okay to increase taxes on the wealthy, so long as the proceeds go to things like education and public safety. The results of the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll seem to be good news for ... More >>

Snow in Los Angeles Region Sends Riders to Mountain High Over Weekend

​Updated at the bottom: Following Mountain High's early opening Saturday, Bear Mountain Resort will open Wednesday, and Snow Summit Mountain Resort will kick in on Thursday. First posted at 12:45 p.m. Friday. Wait, you ask, summer's over? Yeah, look at the calendar. It passed more than 30 day ... More >>

Jobs For Los Angeles Amid Lukewarm Unemployment Report, Shite Economy: Craigslist Has The Answers

Temari 09Reach for the sky, L.A.​So the unemployment rate in America is not quite as bad as we thought, and Wall Street is slightly happy but still schizophrenic. Because nearly 1 in 10 people out of work this summer is sort of okay, comparatively, and maybe better than last year, but not rea ... More >>

Marijuana Could be Used to Treat Cocaine Addiction, According to Federal Research

A joint will fix you right up.​Are you one of those partiers who gets caught in this cycle: You're a little plastered, so you reach for the nearest line of cocaine. Then you're a little too up, so you reach for the nearest joint. And so on. (Coughs -- Lindsay Lohan. Joking). Maybe you're onto ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/18-7/22

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "It is quite true: Korean fried chicken is the new black. Or was the new black three ago when the chicken wars began to get nasty, but that's another story." The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken. "On ... More >>

Casey Anthony: Rumors Abound That She Has Come to Southern California

YfrogCasey and friend.​Updated after the jump with one local reporter saying Anthony wasn't on the plane to SoCal. First posted at 1:08 p.m. Southern California is home to the celebrity who gets off. And we're not just talking about Charlie Sheen. You know: OJ Simpson. Lindsay Lohan. Phil S ... More >>

5 Reasons Why Carmageddon Failed to Materialize on the Westside

Ted SoquiCarma-what-now?​So Carmageddon turned out to be a bust. No 100-year traffic jam. No car-to-car shootings. Not even a report of roadkill. In fact, unless you were under a Prius all weekend, you know that the 405 closure ended early -- at about noon Sunday -- instead of abutting the Mo ... More >>

Looking For Rich Guys to Date? You Found The Right Place: L.A. Spot Tops List of Sugar Daddy Hunting Grounds

chateaumarmont.com​So, the rent is due soon and your prospects of landing a role on Entourage are caput now that the show is wrapping up its last season. Well, consider yourself lucky, really. Because you live in a town where some folks are rolling in it, and we're not just talking about ecs ... More >>

License Plates Opposing L.A.'s Porn Industry Approved by Kentucky

Cletus just says no to porn.​Golly, Vern. You know what's gonna get them there professional fornicators in Los Angeleez to stop makin' nude videos? That's right, a specialized license plate in Kentucky that says "In God We Trust." If you charge more for it and send the extra-cost proceeds to ... More >>

Sex Lives Can be Ruined by Drugs, Smoking, Overeating (Surprised?)

Charlie's got his sexual health under control.​This should come as no surprise to anyone except maybe Charlie Sheen. But researchers concluded recently that being on drugs, smoking, drinking and overeating is bad for your sex life -- especially for men. Now, we know the cocaine makes you feel ... More >>

Men Need to Cuddle More Than Women (Really), According to New Kinsey Institute Study

Kinsey Institute director Julia Heiman.​Men are big babies. That we already know, right ladies? But did you know that men in long-term relationships are more likely than their better halves to require "cuddling and caressing" to feed their happiness? That's according to a study from the Kins ... More >>

'No Recovery in Sight,' Says UCLA Anderson Forecast

Adam TinworthShop for America.​Things were looking up there for a second, right? Unemployment was creeping down, people were starting buy houses again, you got the new iPhone. And then, boom: Housing prices went toilet-bound again, unemployment barely budged, and the stock market is experie ... More >>

Sex Survey Finds Angelenos Do it More Than Anyone Else in America

Jimi Photog​It should be no surprise that the city that's home to the porn industry, Hugh Hefner and Charlie Sheen is also the place where people have the most sex in America. The latest Trojan "U.S. Sex Census" puts L.A. the top of the horn-dog heap: We have it 135 times a year, beating ou ... More >>

SlutWalk Los Angeles Happens Saturday in West Hollywood

Anton BielousovWalking the walk.​There are perp walks. And power walks. Now there's a SlutWalk coming to West Hollywood tomorrow. But before you line the parade route, Charlie Sheen, note that the participants aren't embracing your kind. Rather they're protesting the notion, uttered this spri ... More >>

Hotel Maid Panic Buttons For New York City Hotels Following Strauss-Kahn's Alleged Rape of Room Attendant

unclebumpyCode red.​As if New York isn't pleasant enough, with it's subway rats, bed bugs and generally shiny, happy people, a couple of hotels there have taken it upon themselves to equip their maids with panic buttons. You know, to prevent the likes of former International Monetary Fund hon ... More >>

Lenny Dykstra Indicted For Allegedly Selling Stuff Under The Table After Declaring Bankruptcy

Lenny.​Charlie Sheen might have helped to spring him from jail, but Lenny Dykstra still faces some serious allegations. Today a grand jury gave the former All-Star player the gift of a 13-count indictment that essentially alleges what feds originally arrested him for last month: Selling stuff ... More >>

Mercedes To Open Teen Driving School in Los Angeles For The Rich And The Furious

MBUSASL65 AMG: Educational.​Not so sure that if we had a teen daughter we'd want her to learn how to drive behind the wheel of the same kind of car Lindsay Lohan ditched on the side of a local road en route to a DUI conviction and her much publicized legal woes. But if there's anyplace in Ame ... More >>

The Royal Wedding Crass Commercialism: Commemorative Plates, Throne Up Bags Pieminister Pies

PieministerKate and Wills pie​ The British do so many things better than us: Table manners, diction, the drug-addled teens-gone-wild television series, Skins. One thing we can beat them at hands down? Pop culture exploitation. Here, something as minor as Charlie Sheen losing his mind happens a ... More >>

High Holidays: 10 Celebrities Likely to Be Celebrating Both 420 and Passover This Year

​Two very special holidays for the peoples of Los Angeles happen to fall on the same Hump Day this year: 4/20 and Passover, Day 2. One is a silly excuse to dabble in unmentionables (which a certain High Times editor claims "points us in a direction for the responsible use of cannabis") and the ... More >>

Panties on Craigslist -- Used, Worn and, Well, Sometimes Wet -- Are The Latest Sign of a Down Economy in L.A.

An actual photo from Craigslist.​By Dennis Romero and Keith Plocek You know times are hard when people -- well, women, mostly (we hope) -- resort to selling their used panties for profit. Pre-owned ladies' undergarments seem to be a hot industry on Craigslist, where we're spotting more and m ... More >>

Your Alice Waters Twitter Countdown

No, Alice Waters has not tweeted yet. But over the weekend her Twitter followers rose to 2,600 . (Okay, Charlie Sheen still has that Guinness world record.) And there has been not a little anticipatory sport at the hands of, most notably, Ruth Bourdain. "Rumor has it @alicewaters will drop her first ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/7-3/11

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "You're the porteño with the Ph.D. in literature. You tell me." Ask Mr. Gold: In Search of Salteñas, Revisited. "And the drink is named The Bitter End 'because we all know this isn't going to be ... More >>

141 Marijuana Dispensaries in L.A. Told to Shut Down ASAP: Here's the List

1ncognitoWill pot shops in L.A. roll up their welcome mats?​The L.A. City Attorney's office this week told 141 medical marijuana dispensaries to shut down or else:

Man Barricades Himself Inside Downtown L.A. Hotel Room, Claims He Has Gun, Cocaine

Oyster.comThe troublemaker was found negotiating from his Bonaventure bathtub​The 31st floor of the Westin Bonaventure Hotel got some action last night -- all night long, actually -- when one guest decided he was above the hotel's check-out time. According to the LAPD, when security guards t ... More >>

Somebody Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini

Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri​ Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>

Los Angeles Traffic Congestion is Number One in U.S. (Again): 405, 5, 10 Freeways Are National Contenders

We're number one.​This is about as surprising as another Charlie Sheen outburst. But here it is folks, the news: Yet another study ranks L.A.'s traffic congestion as the worst in the nation among major cities. Yeah, a traffic data company called INRIX released its fourth-annual National Tra ... More >>

Roadside Heist in Santa Ana: Masked Robbers Demand Cash From Women With Flat Tire

The beginning of a horror movie.​OK -- is it just us, or is there something majorly fishy about this story? The Santa Ana Police Department reported a theft yesterday from the shoulder of West Barbette Avenue, where a couple of women had allegedly just been stripped of thousands of dollars in ... More >>

Capri Anderson, the Porn Star at Ground Zero of Charlie Sheen Saga, Signs Adult Film Deal

VividCapri Anderson.​Porn star Sasha Grey has used her fame to get into mainstream movies. Capri Anderson, whose famous run-in with Charlie Sheen at a New York hotel last year seemed to be Ground Zero for his unraveling of late, is using her notoriety to ... do more porn. But not just any po ... More >>

UCLA Study: Cigarettes Make Teens Want to Smoke More Cigarettes

cigarettesflavours.comStop that, teens. Smoking is bad.​UCLA researchers were on a real roll there for a minute, what with all the cures for baldness and sexual revelations about homeless kids. But if we may be so bold, we're inclined to wax a bit duh on this one: According to the university's ... More >>

LAPD DUI Checkpoint in the San Fernando Valley Tonight

Steve LyonComin' at ya.​Ah, the dreaded "dewey." It targets people of all backgrounds, and while critics have accused the LAPD of setting them up in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods where finding unlicensed drivers (and taking their cars) is like shooting pescado in a barrel, we've got one for ... More >>

ATM Keypads Are As Dirty As Toilet Seats (And Charlie Sheen's Sheets)

You dirty girl. Now where's my money?​Here's something you didn't need to know: ATM keypads are as dirty as public toilet seats, according to British researchers. The enterprising scientists put their gloves on and took swabs from England's cash machines and finest porcelain and found both to ... More >>

Top 10 Celebrity Marijuana Brands: In Honor Of Chuck Norris And Michael Phelps, Here's Our Wish List Of Superstar Strains

current.comMichael Phelps goes for gold.​In reaction to such recent honorees as Chuck Norris and Michael Phelps, the Weekly would like to forward to you, our humble and useful cannabis retailers, a list of other celebrities who also deserve their own strains of weed. We know your suppliers ar ... More >>

Live! Henry Rollins Shares Rare Records and Stories Behind His Vinyl Treasures at the Echoplex

Live! Henry Rollins Shares Rare Records and Stories Behind His Vinyl Treasures at the Echoplex

Good Morning, L.A: Cold Enough For You?

L.A. does cold too, sometimes.​How cold has it been the last few nights? Charlie Sheen hired two porn stars just to keep him warm. Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of marijuana. Frozen marijuana. And people who planned to protest the TSA's airport-security pat-downs at LAX actually b ... More >>

Porn Star Capri Anderson's Claim Against Charlie Sheen Nowhere To Be Found, But He Files 'Extortion' Suit Against Her

Capri Anderson has yet to bring the legal pain.​This town would be much more boring without Charlie Sheen and his cliff-diving Mercedes-Benzes (two of them), abuse-claiming exes (two of them) and jilted assaulted porn actresses prostitutes. Adult video starlet Capri Anderson came on strong Mo ... More >>

Bristol Palin's Last Supper: Thank You, TMZ

We owe TMZ so much. News of what William Shatner is wearing. The details of Charlie Sheen's $20,000 text messages. Pictures of Ryan Seacrest doing pretty much everything, from exiting Mozza to walking around Paris with his parents. Now we know exactly what Bristol Palin and the rest of the Dancing w ... More >>

(Video) Discussing Pot Legalization, Jimmy Kimmel Gives A Shout To LA Weekly (Thanks)

Jimmy Kimmel obviously reads LA Weekly.​We here at LA Weekly world headquarters have been on top of California's failed attempt to legalize marijuana like Charlie Sheen on a porn-star bender. All. Over. It. So it was nice to see that the namesake host of Jimmy Kimmel Live this week recognize ... More >>

The Rubber Stamp Is Ready For Chief Beck

Charlie Beck, as a candidate for the chief's job at the Los Angeles Police Department, we hardly knew ya. And now the City Council is poised to approve your nomination starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.​It's only been a few weeks, in fact, since you were named as a top-three finalist for the job. A we ... More >>

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