It's all about doughnuts (or donuts) in the March issue of Saveur, out now on newsstands. The cover promises a list of the world's best inside. But according to features article contributor Michael Krondol, who's working on an upcoming book on the pastries, "though donuts take on countless shapes, t ... More >>
I once dreamed of being a transportation planner: fast-roping into jungles, skirting ancient booby traps to snag gilded idols, natives and Nazi occultists in hot pursuit. Sadly, urban planners do none of those things. The most daring thing most of them will ever do is Sharpie "Fuck you, Robert Moses ... More >>
Umami Burger owner Adam Fleischman has added another asset to his ever-expanding food empire, which includes 800 Degrees Pizza and Red Medicine, acquiring an ownership stake in the 2-year-old, Chatsworth-based L.A. Creamery. Fleischman plans to expand distribution (the ice cream is already availab ... More >>
Marijuana dispensaries have been painted, justifiably or not, as crime magnets. The Los Angeles Police Department and the L.A. City Attorney's Office have made no secret of their disdain for pot shops that have been the targets of violent armed robberies and drug rings. The LAPD recently boasted it ... More >>
Medical weed ban heads to City Council
Updated at the bottom with a few more details from the FBI and a possible Facebook connection to the case. First posted at 6:40 a.m. It seemed like a week or so could go by without another sex abuse arrest of an L.A. Unified School District employee. Nope. KTLA News this morning reports that a Fr ... More >>
In the midst of a historic scandal, the L.A. school district board today fired two teachers accused of molesting students. A firestorm was sparked when ex-Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt was charged last week with 23 counts of unspeakable acts against children under his care: But he ... More >>
Google MapsGermain Elementary.As if the L.A. school district needed one more scumbag touching children, the LAPD today announced the arrest of an elementary school janitor for alleged lewd acts on a child. The confluence of employees accused of sex crimes at the system (two teachers at Miram ... More >>
Even as City Hall is moving toward outlawing all medical marijuana dispensaries in this pot shop capital of America, the LAPD is doing its part all by its lonesome. The department has, almost single-handed, closed down all the collectives in Chatsworth, according to City News Service. The latest ... More >>
Mention vegetarian food to most carnivores and the result is often a pained expression followed by a series of jokes about sawdust and paper. You need to get these people to Chatsworth. Woodlands features a south Indian lunch buffet and a large menu, but the real star here is on Wednesday nights, t ... More >>
So you've always wanted to attend the L.A.-based porn industry's grand convention in Las Vegas, but were too afraid to ask? Perhaps you don't like hand sanitizer, sticky people, and tattoos (at least in-person)? Well, AVN, the annual industry confab put together by the Chatsworth-based Adult Video ... More >>
​This almost sounds like it's some sort of a joke ... a very sad and bloody joke. It seems a woman is suing the Chatsworth-based sex toy company Pipedream Products, whose slogan goes, "We Don't Make the Orgasm ... We Make the Orgasm BETTER!" for allegedly doing quite the opposite. The woman - A ... More >>
LAPD couldn't evict Brent Zubek. Soon, two were dead in Chatsworth
LAPDBrent Zubeck.Cops today were looking for a reputed robber in the double homicide of a Chatsworth couple. News reports indicated the bodies of the young pair were found decomposing in an alley and that the smell prompted neighbors to call authorities. They guy they're looking for is 43-ye ... More >>
Google MapsBrown's Creek Bike Bath.A middle-aged man's body was found along a bike bath in Chatsworth, and coroner's officials are asking for your help with identification. The find was made about 7:15 p.m. on June 23 near Devonshire Street and Canoga Avenue along the Brown's Creek Bike Path ... More >>
sfistHere we go againUpdated after the jump: The L.A. City Fire Department received 17 percent more calls than on a typical Fourth of July. At one point, there were 26 brush fires raging. Judging by the American flag-shaped sunburns on our foreheads and bottle-rocket scars rendering our thum ... More >>
Young girls saw this poseur a mile away.Updated at the bottom: Cops arrested a mixed martial arts "fighter/trainer" as their suspect in this case. The best part of this story is that middle school girls know a perv-ass poseur when they see one. Police say a twentysomething man with a fake b ... More >>
Will MontagueWelcome to the unofficial start of summer. Now touch your nose. That's right. While you'll be happy to bust out your boardshorts and beer, cops will be working overtime this holiday weekend to bust drunktards on the road. Sorry to harsh your Friday mellow. But here are the de ... More >>
istolethetvWatch it.Ah, spring. A lingering winter storm system, college kids going ape shit, and ... LAPD DUI checkpoints. That's right, it's time for our weekly checkpoint tip sheet. The department actually wants you to know they're on the job, looking for drunktards, in hopes that maybe ... More >>
istolethetvWatch it.Ah, spring. A lingering winter storm system, college kids going ape shit, and ... LAPD DUI checkpoints. That's right, it's time for our weekly checkpoint tip sheet. The department actually wants you to know they're on the job, looking for drunktards, in hopes that maybe ... More >>
Brad Laner of Medicine gets the remix treatment from Anticon's BathsFor the uninitiated, it's time to get right with L.A. music. Brad Laner first rose to local and national prominence in the first half of the '90s with his group Medicine. Those dream-pop beginnings led to countless hours of ... More >>
Valley boredom inspires electronic musician to unforeseen heights
Veux's 'Late Key'It was only a matter of time before the hazy, feel-good soundscapes of chillwave merged with the woozy, psych-fueled aesthetic of Los Angeles' beat music movement. A new crop of local artists has been working to make that connection very real -- and to pretty rewarding resul ... More >>
No matter whether you regard Cinco de Mayo as a meaningful holiday or a beer company-sponsored excuse to get loaded, it's a good day to get your bilingual on. Spaceland's lineup tonight plays right into that: NYC's hybridizers of dub, electro and Latin rhythms Pacha Massive headline, supporte ... More >>
Flickr/robjtakDonut Man's Strawberry DonutIt's no news that our city is a paradise for donut junkies. With stores on almost every corner cooking up ring shaped dough, it's hard to keep up with which kitchens have the best glazed donut or apple fritters. The people at Metblogs will bring us on ... More >>
Considering its long-awaited ordinance to get a grip on 545 largely unregulated medical marijuana retailers in L.A., the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday rejected a proposed 500 foot buffer zone between the shops and homes and instead drafted language that would prohibit the businesses f ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSTHEATER NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Bill Cain's Equivocation and Burglars of Hamm's Land of the TigersHAMLET SHUT UP! ​Photo by Diane Meyer Jonas Oppenheim's silent version of Hamlet continues this weekend at Sacred Fools Theatre Check back Monday afternoon for revie ... More >>
Metrolink's board today backed off from a six percent fare hike that it had threatened to put into effect starting Jan. 1. Instead it's going to pursue more creative options in order to try to deal with a budget gap.​ The train system is hurting in this economy -- just like everyone else -- becaus ... More >>
Ted SoquiThe site of last year's Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.​Last year, after a horrific Metrolink crash in Chatsworth killed 25 people, federal investigators found that the engineer was busy text messaging instead of manning the train.Last week Metrolink completed a $1 million project installi ... More >>
Ted SoquiThe site of last year's Metrolink crash in Chatsworth.​Last year, after a horrific Metrolink crash in Chatsworth killed 25 people, federal investigators found that the engineer was busy text messaging instead of manning the train.Last week Metrolink completed a $1 million project installi ... More >>
Talk about the chickens coming home to roost. Only a few weeks ago the mayor was excoriating the firefighters union for sending out mailers claiming that Mr. Villaraigosa's July fire department budget cuts would compromise public safety. The mailer, which used images from Chatsworth's 2008 Amtrak di ... More >>
Photo credit: MILKMilk's shaved iceSummer has officially arrived, and with it the drive for frozen treats to get us through the L.A. heat. While Intelligentsia's baristas will continue pulling single origin espresso shots, and Kogi's taqueristas will be stuffing tortillas with Korean short ribs, Mil ... More >>
One popular bus line broke ground for an extension today, while a troubled light-rail track picked up new opponents earlier this week. The Orange Line will soon begin work extending its dedicated bus route four miles, from Canoga Park to Chatsworth, thanks to passage, last November, of Measure ... More >>
Ignacio SegoviaThe Sixth Chamber in the burnt forests of Chatsworth, CA Local psychedelic outfit The Sixth Chamber creates one of the biggest sounds you will ever hear inside a small club. Rahne Pistor's massive blues riffs merge with Sevan Kand's outrageously soulful wail and a propulsive rhythm se ... More >>
Budget Dilemma Health officials tell Sacramento that state budget cuts in medical coverage could have unwanted long-term results: deaths and higher costs. L.A. Times'Grim Sleeper' Reward Renewed The L.A. City Council has extended the $550,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest of a ... More >>
Gun Suit Shot Down A Ninth Circuit Appeals panel has rejected a lawsuit, filed against gun manufacturer Glock, related to the 1999 Granada Hills shooting at a Jewish community center and the subsequent murder of a letter carrier. Two judges ruled that Glock cannot be held responsible for the illegal ... More >>
Teacher's Holiday Nearly 160 L.A. teachers are paid $10 million dollars not to work while their performance fitness is evaluated. Meanwhile, the school district is seeking an injunction against a one-day strike by the teachers union planned for May 15. L.A. Times, L.A. Daily NewsCable Guy Crime A ca ... More >>
Death and Texts AP reports that the conductor of ill-fated Metrolink Train 111 complained to a supervisor that engineer Robert Sanchez often used his cell phone while on duty. One month ago other lawyers representing several Metrolink survivors also charged that Sanchez, who'd been text-messaging mo ... More >>
Attorneys have leveled sensational charges against the operators of the Metrolink train that crashed in Chatsworth killing 25 people last September. At a packed news conference held today at the Silver Lake offices of Hildebrand, McCleod and Nelson, firm lawyers claimed that engineer Robert Sanchez ... More >>
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