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Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television? Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas Explains

It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she says. "We're pick ... More >>

Gabriel Perez Facio, Pomona Cyclist, Killed in Hit-and-Run; Dragged Half-Block by SUV

Updated at the bottom: Suspected hit-and-run driver turns himself in -- likely due to "large amount of media coverage" surrounding Facio's death. Originally posted December 29 at 2:15 p.m. In one of the most horrific hit-and-runs of the year, Pomona resident Gabriel Perez Facio was killed by an SU ... More >>

Gilani Taylor, Aspiring L.A. Singer, Loses Daughter, Burns 80% of Body in Fiery Crash on 101 Freeway; Hit-and-Run Driver Sought

Traffic was backed up for hours on Saturday along the 101 near Calabasas, behind an almost unrecognizable 1995 Chrysler engulfed in flames. The victims inside were 9-year-old Jayla Taylor, who died in the fire; and her mom, 27-year-old Gilani Taylor, who's in critical condition with 80 percent of he ... More >>

Interview With The Guy Who Ranks Rich Rappers For Forbes; Dre and Snoop Are On The New List, But What About Black Eyed Peas?

​Zack O'Malley Greenburg is the Forbes writer who puts together the magazine's annual "Cash Kings" list, which estimates the earnings of the wealthiest rappers of the past year and ranks the top 20. Their newest version came out yesterday; Jay-Z topped the list with $37 million, and L.A. is ... More >>

Inside Misha's Studio: Where Hello Kitty Meets 'Ghost in the Shell'

Artist Misha works in a home studio filled with collectibles-- shelves lined with Ghost in the Shell figures, Sanrio accessories, Gloomy Bear goodies and lots of small toys that she has accumulated over the years. Amidst the hodgepodge of cute, pop culture references, she paints adorable girls with ... More >>

Glenn Beck Seizes On Bell Salaries

​ Be sure to pick up this week's print edition of the Weekly, where we make the observation that the scandal of public employee and politician salaries in the small working class city of Bell will be used by the conservative commentariat to great effect. They'll point to Bell, where the city m ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The A-Team, Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, The Karate Kid and Killers

Also, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Whiz Kids and Winter's Bone

Who's Right? Villaraigosa and Riordan, By The Numbers

​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former Mayor Richard Riordan went to war this week over the city's fiscal future. In the Wall Street Journal, Riordan predicted the city will go bankrupt by 2014, and charged his successor with fecklessness in the face of a crisis.One of Riordan's claims was that ci ... More >>

Has L.A.'s Auto Show Overshadowed Detroit and Tokyo?

In the wake of the bankruptcies of General Motors and Chrysler, a downsized Detroit auto show that saw the likes of Nissan, Porsche and Mitsubishi pull out, and a Tokyo auto show subsequently passed up by the Detroit three automakers, is L.A.'s own annual showcase next the place to be for the auto w ... More >>

Today in Photographs: August 17, 1979

​Car salesmen await buyers at a Van Nuys Chrysler-Plymouth dealership. Chrysler was an American automobile manufacturer.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

Ricardo Montalban Remembered

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Chrysler: DOA?

Today Chrysler announced it was shutting down all of its 30 North American manufacturing facilities for a month. Tight credit was cited, along with the fact that the Big Three car maker will be able to save lots of money by not paying people for the next month, along with not having to pay heating a ... More >>

Movie Reviews: An American Carol, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Flash of Genius

Also, Blindness, Still Life, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and more

Beat the Press

Gwen Ifill calls out Tim Russert over l’affaire Imus

6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

6 Highs and Lows of American Automobilia

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

The Capital of Car Design

L.A. is, once again, where the action is

Valhalla on a Tank of Gas

From the Red Car to the Hummer

An automotive timeline

Union Triage

The fight for hospital workers involves two unions against each other – and a health-care giant

What Would Satan Drive?

Goils, Goils, Goils

Savoring the Jack Amster living-vaudeville experience

Letters

Power to (and From) the People!

Why outright public ownership (and not just shares in Edison) will solve the power crisis

Rocket Reducer

Wayne Kramer on the MC5