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More Events: A Beer Pairing Dinner, Family Fun Day Spring Cocktail Launch

5-Course Beer Pairing Dinner at Mohawk Bend Chef Erick Simmons and brewmaster Jesse Houck have put together a five-course dinner menu complete with beer pairings. The meal begins with mini pizzas matched with Carillo Kolsch. The first course of potato gnocchi is served with Emil's Special Beer. The ... More >>

New Faces of Targeted Beer Drinkers: Joe College and Hipsters

From Joe Six-Pack to Joe College, the face of the desired beer drinker has changed in the past few years with growing sales of craft beer brands and fruit flavors. Joe College, unlike his older and more blue-collar counterpart Joe Six-Pack, is a "lot more experimental than [he] used to be, sampling ... More >>

The Corona Compromise: Budweiser Making Expansion Deal

We warned you of the attempted word domination bid by Budweiser by way of beer earlier this month. The Justice Department had filed a lawsuit to block a merger between AB InBev and Grupo Modelo SAB by way of the former's purchase of the latter to the tune of $20.1 billion. It seems this had some e ... More >>

Christopher Dorner Gets No-Bail Warrant, Death-Penalty Eligible Murder Charges

Christopher Dorner is officially a man with a no-bail murder warrant over his head. That after the Riverside County District Attorney's office today charged him with murder and attempted murder following his alleged fatal ambush of a Riverside cop and shootings involving that officer's partner and ... More >>

Christopher Jordan Dorner, Disgraced LAPD Cop, Suspected In Irvine Murders

UPDATED BELOW with a list of dead and wounded police and other victims and comments by Chief Charlie Beck on the LAPD's accidental predawn shooting of paper delivery women at a staked-out site in the manhunt for Dorner. The search for the suspect has focused on San Diego. Cops were on the lookout t ... More >>

Budweiser Attempting World Domination, Justice Department Says 'Hell Naw'

Anheuser-Busch, brewer of Budweiser, has been looking to buy Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo for $20.1 billion, giving them ownership of brands like Corona, Pacifico and Negro Modelo. But yesterday, the Justice Department sued to stop the merger, saying it would lead to an unfair market share for Anheus ... More >>

Summer Drinks, Part III: The Shandy

The very first drink my father ever made for me - the first drunk not behind his back in some friend's basement, but in our basement, with him - was a shandy. That must be part of the reason I love them, but that shouldn't detract from the fact that a properly-made shandy just might be the most refr ... More >>

Slipknot's Clown On His Exit Strategy

The Top Five Metal Guitarists Under The Age of 30 The Ten Bloodiest Metal Album Covers Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Nine-piece metal outfit Slipknot begins their headline run on this year's Rockstar Mayhem tour this Saturday in San Bernardino. Their percussionist ... More >>

Top 5 Mexican Beers: What to Drink Before Tequila

Let's face it, Mexico isn't exactly a major player in the current craft beer revolution. But that doesn't mean that its long tradition of easy-drinking European-style lagers is something to be overlooked. Sure, the cerveza market is just as consolidated and macro-dominated as the United States' was ... More >>

Obama's Latino Problem Might Have Just Been Solved by This Hipster T-Shirt

You're young and Latino. And, frankly, you're on the fence about this Obama guy. After all, he promised immigration reform and only recently started to deliver after continuing George W. Bush's militaristic build-up of security along the border. And by "only recently" we mean that he planned to rel ... More >>

Bizarre Ride: Jeff Weiss's Five Los Angeles Music Archetypes

[Editor's note: Longtime Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's new column, "Bizarre Ride," begins today. You can find it on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] The L.A. cliché is a war of shadow and light: fallen stars gone to seed, saccharine pop and gangsta rap. But this is 2012 and Dr. Dre is a headphone g ... More >>

Beer Tips: Scoring "Real" Guinness Corona "Familiar" (Ziploc Baggie Sipping Optional)

jgarbeeGuinness Foreign Extra Stout And Black Lager​We've been hearing a lot about Guinness' new release, a shift into the realm of black lagers (historically known as German schwarzbier) that have been the microbrew buzz recently for their light body (like a lager) yet full-on dark stout flav ... More >>

5 Dirtiest Facebook Posts We Tried to Get Posted on the 91 Freeway's Robbins Brothers Billboard

Earlier this week, our news blog The Informer reported on ​the Robbins Brothers jewelry store Facebook campaign that lets people use Facebook to post rather bland messages of love to an electronic billboard over the westbound 91 freeway in Corona. It's not known as the most happening part of town, ... More >>

Facebook Messages to Appear on SoCal Freeway Billboard Thanks to Robbins Brothers Jewelers

There's a new way to broadcast your Facebook feelings to the world: Robbins Brothers, the L.A.-based jewelry store chain, is giving you a chance to put your "love" on its digital billboard on the westbound 91 freeway in Corona (right before the 15 freeway) during the holiday season. In fact the je ... More >>

Food Truck in New York Begins Selling Alcohol: Start Spreading the News

Photo via DNAinfo.​For once we're going to concede that New York is ahead of the game. Manhattan news outlet DNAinfo reports that Pera's Turkish Taco truck began serving alcohol today alongside its street fare. Pera's is the first food truck with a liquor license in the city.

Neighborhood Eats: The Fat Dog

The people of Fairfax deserve a well-thought-out watering hole. The Fat Dog, unfortunately, isn't it. Recently opened in a charmless, multi-story complex that seems emblematic of the mania for pre-fab mixed use developments, the Fat Dog is nominally a gastropub but with so little attention paid to ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo Drunk Patrol in Full Effect Tonight Through The Weekend, Says LAPD

Horia Varlan​Updated after the jump with the sheriff's department and the CHP jumping in on the fun. A victory over the French is like saying you beat Andy Dick only using your left hand. Too easy. Still, any excuse is a good excuse to party, and, to be fair, Cinco de Mayo has become America' ... More >>

Cinco De Mayo Victory Kept U.S. From Becoming Confederate Nation of Rednecks?

Beverly & Pack​Among some of the facts you didn't know about Cinco de Mayo -- besides the holiday's invention at the hands of Corona beer -- is that Mexico's 5th of May French invaders wanted to stop U.S. expansionism and planned to join up with Confederates against the Union Army. Whoa. So s ... More >>

8 Places To Get a Beer Cocktail in L.A.

Caroline on CrackSteingarten LA's Bavarian Marian beer cocktail.​ Beer cocktails are a growing trend in the Los Angeles cocktail scene, with Library Bar bartender Matthew Biancaniello's Hopping in the Rye being one of the first to start things off. Now you can take your pick of either traditio ... More >>

Happy Hour: The Yard in Santa Monica

​ The place: The Yard, 119 Broadway, Santa Monica; (310) 395-6037. The hours: Daily, 5-7 p.m. The deals: $6 bar bites, $3 beers, and $5 wine and drinks. What did we think? Turn the page to find out...

Wooden Arrow Shot Through Elderly Couple's Bedroom Window in Burbank; Grandma Suspects Party Crew Next Door

pensacolafishingforum.comThe only place worse to find an arrow than hovering over one's floral bedcover​Big things going down in the Glendale News-Press today, like six unidentified police officers on paid leave for unpolicemanlike conduct and a charity drive to collect 100,000 lemons, grapefr ... More >>

L.A. Journalists Invited to Get Asses Kicked as Part of Police-Beat Training

Police Investigative Media Academy​Turns out some journalists do have first-hand experience with police displaying "use-of-force" techniques. There was that little incident in 2007 in which a line of LAPD cops pushed over people in MacArthur Park, including a few journalists. (Some sued and wo ... More >>

Breakfast Burrito Fight: Lucky Boy vs. Tacos Villa Corona

Breakfast burritos have a special place in the hearts of college students. There are times when you desperately need a heavy, filling breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday morning, but the idea of handling silverware and a plate seems like far too Herculean an effort. Enter the breakfast burrito: your m ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/7-9/10

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Did we agree to stop calling them gastropubs? Very well, they're no longer gastropubs." First Bite: Half a Dozen of Each, or Mix & Match at The Six. "Some people think that food started when goat cheese was introduced on ... More >>

Christian School Fires Teachers For Being Catholic

Beth Frobisher, Superintendent of Crossroads Christian Schools​A Corona-based Christian school has fired 11 employees, including four teachers, for not being quite Christian enough.Most of the fired employees were Catholics, according to the Press-Enterprise, though it appears there was at least o ... More >>

Last Night: The New Lineup of Jane's Addiction @ Bardot

Gustavo TurnerJane's'n'Roses!​ Historic (i.e., pre-Chinese Democracy debacle) Guns'n'Roses bassist Duff McKagan debuted last night holding the low-end for Jane's Addiction in a small gig at Hollywood club Bardot. The band, dubbed by the fans Jane's Addiction 6.0 or Jane's'n'Roses, sounded hap ... More >>

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'They Sell Marijuana Out Of A Van'

Lakeview Collective​It certainly sounded like a good idea: While many doctor-pot-shop relationships are of a longer distance than customers would like (get a doctor's note here, get your weed there), a couple in Riverside County came up with a solution. Partnering up with a doctor's referral b ... More >>

Stinkers Bar to Re-Open as Thirsty Crow A Look at Their Bourbon Menu

1933 GroupThirsty Crow's Scotch menu​By now you probably already know that Stinkers bar in Silver Lake will re-open on April 23 as Thirsty Crow, a thematic shift that moves the venue from Ironic Truck Stop Chic to Grampy's Neighborhood Bourbon Bar. Named after one of Aesop's Fables -- in whic ... More >>

Baby Carriages of the Damned: Kudos with the Child-Rearing, Cardboard Box Stroller Mother!

They say that the first two months of a baby's life are the most critical in terms of their psychological development. Or maybe it was first two years. Whatever. In any case, wheeling them around in these strollers can't possibly be good. 1. The Baby Brain Car ​ This baby is sitting in what ... More >>

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 247, Man Killed Outside North Hollywood Nightclub

The Los Angeles Police Department is searching today for two men involved in a fight that killed a Pacoima man outside a North Hollywood nightclub. According to police reports, Juan Guijarro-Ramirez, 44, got into a fight with the two men at the Hacienda Corona nightclub at 11700 Victory Boulevard, ... More >>

Murder Was the Case: L.A. Homicide No. 127: Man Beaten to Death at North Hollywood Motel

A Hispanic male in his early 20's was killed in the early hours of June 8 in a possible attempted robbery gone bad. View Larger Map According to preliminary police reports, the victim was staying at the Corona Motel at 11727 Saticoy Street in North Hollywood when he was hit over the head with a bo ... More >>

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