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Coley King: The Doctor Bikes to Work

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.The first thing you notice about Dr. Coley King is his mustache. It's a handlebar, and he had it before handlebars were cool — three, maybe four years? Not that he'll brag ... More >>

4 Los Angeles Brewery Kickstarter Campaigns: Invest in Your Beer Future

It's been a whirlwind start to 2013 for Los Angeles beer. The scene celebrated it's unofficial third birthday with the near-simultaneous anniversaries of Ladyface, Eagle Rock and Strand brewing companies and El Segundo Brewing Company released its first round of production bottles, which are now spr ... More >>

Holiday DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet: Massive Drunk Driving Crackdown Starts Friday

'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:

5 Places in L.A. to See Affordable Opera

Centuries ago, opera was more affordable, not just something thought to be for the country club set when the dained to put on their long silk gloves and gold-rimmed glasses. Several companies in Los Angeles have strived to recreate this custom, but it hasn't always been easy. Ticket prices are one ... More >>

D.C. Declares Laughable 'Transit Revolution' in Los Angeles While Metro Hacks Bus System

'Tis the season for local and national politicians to co-opt the media into singing their praises. November 6 is right around the corner -- and one positive article by a respected journalist is the (free!) equivalent of 100,000 campaign mailers. But because L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the pres ... More >>

UCLA Ties USC in Annual U.S. News & World Report College Rankings

UCLA is, frankly, the nerdier, more scholastic of the two crosstown rivals in Los Angeles (just look at USC's recent accolade of a top hipster college). But in recent years USC has outranked the Westwood school in U.S. News & World Report's annual battle of American academia, called "Best Colleges ... More >>

Young Classical Pianist Sets Out to Prove That Skrillex Is Actually Music

Skrillex Opens Grillex, the First Dubstep-Themed Food Truck Five More Girls Who Look Like Skrillex The 2012 Grammys confirmed that EDM had entered the mainstream, but Dave Grohl didn't really seem to be on board. A debate ensued. But if you ask Summer Shee-Singh -- who's been playing the piano sinc ... More >>

Top 5 Iced Teas to Make at Home

Food and drinks become associated with many things, one of which can be the sensation of sun hitting bare skin -- and the accompanying urge to grab a jug and a couple of tea bags. Which is maybe the reason why June has been designated as National Iced Tea Month. Why not. While really good iced c ... More >>

Pomona College Caught in 'Wave of Anti-Immigrant Hysteria,' Says Professor

The illegal-immigration debate is on fire at Pomona College in far-east L.A. County. "You'd think that if any place was going to be a safe haven for immigrants, it would be at colleges and universities," says Peter Dreier, a professor at Occidental College in L.A. proper. "But that doesn't seem to ... More >>

10 Best Ice Cream & Gelato Shops in L.A.

Delicieuse, known for its goat's milk ice cream, is closing, but that doesn't mean Los Angeles isn't full of fantastic ice cream and gelato shops. In fact, we're chock-a-block with delicious frozen treats. Here are ten of our favorites.

10 Best Ethnic Spas in L.A., From Gail Herndon and Brenda Goldstein's Book The Spa Less Traveled

​ If your version of an "ethnic massage" is limited to Swedish rubdowns, a new book promises to open your eyes. For The Spa Less Traveled: Discovering Ethnic Los Angeles, One Massage at a Time, authors Gail Herndon and Brenda Goldstein anonymously visited hundreds of Thai, Korean, Chinese, J ... More >>

Eric Rohmer's Le Rayon Vert Rereleased

LA's Top 10 Ice Cream & Gelato Spots

Guzzle & Nosh​[Catch up on the full 30 Scoops in 30 Days trek in our sweet, creamy archive.] Americans remember President Ronald Reagan as any number of things: The Great Communicator, a proponent of trickle-down economics, a hack former actor with a penchant for chimpanzees. Few, however, kn ... More >>

Altadena Urban Farmers Market: This Sunday, Maybe No Longer

Felicia FriesemaTomato and garlic jams at the Altadena Urban Farmers Market​ So what is the best farmers market in L.A.? The answer depends on what's most important to you in a market: variety, number of organic vendors, quality of the bakers, sense of community, distance the farms have to tra ... More >>

69 Things for Music Lovers to Do In L.A. on Valentine's Day

Timothy Norris​ Don't sacrifice your Monday night music excursions into our fair city of Los Angeles, just to be a slave to the grueling whip of commercialized love. You can have your cake and eat it too, especially if that cake comes with a plethora of "ingredients" that help you get your ro ... More >>

Lynwood Man Electrocuted To Death By Exploding Vault -- Police Say It Was Copper Theft, Brother Claims It Was Strictly Business

Santillanes didn't see the sign​Jose Fernando Santillanes, a 36-year-old Latino man, was tinkering with an electric vault in an empty South Gate lot on Saturday afternoon. His wife, 33-year-old Maria Cortez, stood by. Their two kids -- ages 3 and 9 -- sat just 15 feet away, waiting in the fami ... More >>

James Hueter: Meeting a Master

Pave to Save Whittier Narrows?

A tense battle over erecting a "hands-on" museum and more parking on a shrinking band of green

L.A. City Budget Boss Miguel Santana Steps Down Temporarily

​City administrative officer Miguel Santana, the point man on the city's budget and its ominous deficit, announced over the weekend that he's stepping down from his post temporarily in order to attend an alcohol treatment program following his arrest last week on suspicion of drunk driving. T ... More >>

City Budget Honcho Miguel Santana Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI

​City administrative officer Miguel Santana, the point man in the city's efforts to pare down its $212 million deficit, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Thursday night. In a bizarre twist of fate, the man whose office might have to prosecute him, District Attorney Steve ... More >>

Music Picks: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Donovan, Ana Tijoux, John Wicks

Also, Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, the Low Anthem and others

Rock Picks: Pink, the Grates, Doug Paisley, Ooh La L.A. Festival

Also, Slavic Soul Party, Pet Shop Boys, the Humpers and others

Farm to Cell Phone to Table: Alex Weiser's i-Field

The path from farm to table is sometimes a convoluted one, with hours logged in the fields and on the highways to farmers markets. At Weiser Family Farms in Tehachapi, this path is also virtual. You can now follow your Ru ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

What the ALF? A pair of Animal Liberation Front associates were arrested in connection with alleged criminal intimidation of UCLA researchers and an L.A.-based juice company. Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, are being held in lieu of $450,000 and $460,000 bonds, respectively. L. ... More >>

Indie 103.1: Tune In, Turn On, Shut Down

From Hollywood to Uruguay, on a one-of-a-kind L.A. music station

Brick's Picks: LA Jazz Collective's Fall Festival, Saxophone Summit 2008

Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?

Four on the floor

David Foster Wallace Friend John Seery Remembers the Late Writer

The news of David Foster Wallace's apparent suicide this weekend here in Southern California -- he was found in his Claremont home Friday night by his wife Karen Green -- has prompted tributes all over the web. One of the most unusual and intimate portraits comes from Pomona College political theory ... More >>

The Paradoxes of Sandeep Mukherjee

"The mass of the mountain ... entwined with the space of its valley"

Some Paintings

The artists in the third L.A. Weekly Annual Biennial

Last Resort: Pasadena Ritz-Carlton Faces Developer’s Makeover

Could it be last rites for the legendary hotel?

Shows and Tickets Coming Up

Ryan Adams - Royce Hall, UCLA, Jan. 30 and Bridges Auditorium, Claremont, Jan. 22. Both shows on sale Saturday Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Suicidal Tendencies - San Diego Sports Arena, Dec. 7 - All ages Andrew Bird, Handsome Family - Orpheum, Dec. 7 Black Ghosts, Mezzanine Owls, Tweak Bird, more ... More >>

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Clown Power

Stilt walkers and activists step up for a day of "national climate action"

Foreign Affairs

The box-office slump of 2005 is a reality, regardless of what language you speak

Ask Mr. Gold

Demands of Independence

Let Gov. Arnold see what people like Mary Martz really need

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Crossed Wires

Sandblasted Standards

When Fa Joins Mi . . .

The Noise of Art

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The Playwright’s Playwright

The persistence of Murray Mednick

Father Sarducci, Please Call Home

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Global Stench

Come to Tijuana to experience globalization

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