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SF Weekend: Dodgers, Giants to Play a Particular Brand of Baseball

While neither the Dodgers nor the Giants are playing particularly well at the moment, one team is playing particularly less well than the other. And as much as it pains me to admit -- we don't hide our loyalties here, so if you're looking for unadulterated objectivity, you may want to look elsewhere ... More >>

Congressional District 30 Election Results: Brad Sherman Beats Howard Berman In Bitter House Race

Update, 2 a.m.: Berman concedes.Rep. Brad Sherman has soundly defeated his rival, Rep. Howard Berman, in their bitter, $15 million intra-party battle in the San Fernando Valley.Just before 2 a.m., Berman sent out a message congratulating Sherman and offering to "do whatever I can to ensure a coopera ... More >>

John & Ken Nation Riled up Over Proposed LAPD Policy to Let Illegal Immigrants Keep Their Cars

The John & Ken nation was out in force last night at an L.A. Police Commission hearing in Northridge. The issue of letting unlicensed drivers keep their cars at police checkpoints wasn't on the agenda, but the conservative talk-radio hosts (KFI AM 640) put it there by encouraging listeners to show ... More >>

Reviews of A Cinderella Christmas and Askance

Courtesy El Portal Theatre"A Cinderella Christmas"​Kris Lythgoe's A Cinderella Christmas at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre is this week's Pick.​For all New Theater Reviews, go to the jump. Also, check out this coming week's stage feature on Fela! at the Ahmanson. Many thanks to those who ... More >>

Stage Raw: Camino Real

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON THE BREAK OF NOON, AND CRACK WHORE GALORE -- LIVE!NEW PARTNERS ​CalArts teams up with the Theater @ Boston Court to present CAMINO REAL  (reviewed here on Tuesday) at the Pasadena theater. Photo by Ed Krieger. Another new pa ... More >>

Stage Raw: Furious Theatre Company and Pasadena Playhouse part ways

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON SPIDER-MAN, ON BROADWAYFURIOUS AND PASADENA PLAYHOUSE PART WAYSFor reasons having to do with Pasadena Playhouse's needs to lease its second space, The Carrie Hamilton Theater, and the need of Furious Theatre Company for a space with h ... More >>

Ballroom With a Twist

Theater New Reviews: Ballroom With a Twist, Cologne, Cyclops: A Rock Opera

Also, Room Service, Traces and more

Stage Raw: Room Service

NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW GO ROOM SERVICE ​ Photo by Maia RosenfeldTwenty-two jackals -- I mean, actors -- have run up a $1200 bill at a posh hotel in 1930s Manhattan, and their producer Gor ... More >>

Campaign To Recall Mayor Villaraigosa Looks To Arizona For Cash

​Backers of a recall effort targeting Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are hoping to raise money for the campaign in ... Arizona. That's right: The Los Angeles Daily News' Rick Orlov reports that the group is actively seeking donations from Arizona contributors miffed by the mayor's and ... More >>

Villaraigosa releases secret anti-gang list from GRYD

By Daniel HeimpelA couple weeks back I asked L.A. gang czar Rev. Jeff Carr, who were the people doling out millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to largely untested non-profits who will try to prevent kids from joining gangs. Carr told me, in broad outlines, the kind of people who were on the govern ... More >>

Shutting Down Public-Access TV

AT&T and L.A. City Hall quietly lead a national push to silence the little guy

Eli Broad's Grand Illusion

While real L.A. goes begging, City Hall pours millions into a plastic promenade

The Lawees Are Coming; The Lawees Are Coming!

Our nominees for the 27th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards