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What if Jeffrey Deitch and MOCA Had Made it Work?

The official announcement that the Museum of Contemporary Art's director Jeffrey Deitch would step down only arrived at 3:30 p.m. yesterday, nearly two days after L.A. Weekly's Dennis Romero reported the resignation's imminence and one day after editorials on Deitch's tenure began appearing on arts ... More >>

Is Our Discussion of L.A. Architecture Too Focused on Cars?

Mapping L.A., Using the World's Most Sophisticated Volkswagen Jetta

Parked at the Grove's Farmers Market is a Volkswagen Jetta that costs more than a Lamborghini -- $250,000, to be exact. The Volkswagen is one of only two such cars in Los Angeles at the moment, and one of only 50 in the world. It looks fairly normal except for the pile of high-tech equipment mounted ... More >>

How Wall Street and Washington Conspired to Spike Gas Prices

By Pete Kotz On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break loose. The country's largest banks had already begun to implode through arrogance and ineptitude. Now t ... More >>

Alex Schaefer: Street Artist Speaks Out About His Arrest for Chalking at a Chase Bank

In the wake of his much-publicized arrest yesterday for chalking outside a Chase Bank at 6th Street and Figueroa downtown, L.A. artist Alex Schaefer revealed details of a lengthy 12 hours spent inside a jail cell at the city's Metropolitan Detention Center Towers. In Schaefer's sidewalk chalk drawi ... More >>

Murder on Montana Ave.

Was LAUSD teacher Sasha Merman slain to hide Daniel Becerril's greed?

Kamala Harris' $12 Billion Deal With Big Banks: Cop-out or Solid Settlement for California Homeowners?

So did she cave in to the Big Banks, or secure a good deal for the people of California? After holding out for a year, Attorney General Kamala Harris today announced that the Golden State is singing on to the nationwide settlement with the banks over their bungling of its loans to people who couldn ... More >>

Silver Lake Arts Collective's Open Studio Tour: Who Are All Those 'Silver Lake Artists' You Always Hear About?

Diana Cheng: ParadeOpen studio tours leave you thinking, "Yes, the art is lovely, but what will the inside of this person's bathroom look like?"​ While out on an afternoon stroll this past Sunday, Colleen Crosby found herself drawn to the orange paper lantern and colorful, framed stencil-work ... More >>

Occupy L.A. to March in Financial District Downtown For Bank Transfer Day

Alexis Tejada​L.A. has played second fiddle to Occupy Wall Street, where the American movement started, and Occupy Oakland, where it has exploded. But on Saturday the spotlight could finally be on us. That's because National Bank Transfer Day, which has roots here, will be highlighted by the ... More >>

Kamala Harris, California's Top Cop, Pressured by Occupy Movement to Fry Big Banks Over Bad Home Loans

Kamala.​An activist platform that supports Occupy Wall Street is telling California Attorney General Kamala Harris to hold fast against pressure to make nice with major banks that allegedly committed fraud in their drive to sell home loans to folks who couldn't afford them. That, of course, l ... More >>

FBI Makes Fun of L.A. Bank Robber's Enormous Ears

KABCThere's no disguising those babies​Reveling in the only lighthearted part of working for the FBI -- the official naming of the crooks -- investigators have christened a prolific bank robber currently on the loose in Los Angeles the "All Ears Bandit." Which is kind of mean, actually. With ... More >>

The Nightlife Before Christmas

Mannywood: Too Big to Fail

​L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez makes what many Dodger fans will find an indecent proposal: Lopez says he will hand over a pair of World Series (Game 4) tickets worth $500 to the person who writes the best 50-word essay scolding Left Fielder Manny Ramirez for being . . . Manny Ramirez. "I can't ... More >>

Comic-Con 2009: Exclusive Photos and Interview with Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer of The Venture Bros.

Shannon CottrellDoc Hammer and Jackson Publick of The Venture Bros.​It's incredibly difficult to avoid being sucked into the cult of The Venture Bros. From its overt homage to Johnny Quest and comic book culture to its subtle references to post-punk music to JG Thirlwell's driving score, the A ... More >>

April Showers of Shindigs: Telekinesis, Snoop Dogg

Plus, Origami Records, Ghetto Gloss and more

Uh oh, Obama asks Antonio Villaraigosa for Economic Advice

By Tibby Rothman Many Southern Californians were mystified by this news from the Wall Street Journal and NBC's Firstread blog: The often stumbling Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, whose city budget deficit has hit a historic high and who has based his economic plan in Los Angeles almost entirely on a s ... More >>

Venue Directory

Raiford Rogers Modern Ballet

Pumping Sunshine

Aaron Rose’s infinite quest

The Smart Guy

Cox in charge of Wall Street? Dumb.

Corporate Conventions

How millions of dollars will buy influence in New York and Boston

Getting Out of Town

Terry Allen and his chicken-fried Gesamtkunstwerk

The Genuine Article

Paul Wellstone, 1944–2002

A More Honest Gamble

Let the casinos take over Wall Street

W Transformed!

Bush, new and improved, except where he’s old and rotten

Democrats: No More Whining

And a side order of grilled Gephardt, please

About That Money

The caravan moves on, but someone forgot to pay the bill