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El Centro

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2012

    Ila Packman: Hollywood Marijuana Dispensary Robbers, Murder Suspects Sought

    A marijuana dispensary robbery in Hollywood ended with the gruesome stabbing death of a bud-tender, Ila Packman. It happened more than two years ago at a store called Hollywood Holistic in the 1600 block of North El Centro Avenue, but cops don't seem to have any leads. And so the LAPD today is ask ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2012

    DUI Crackdown For Late Summer Includes Hollywood Checkpoint Tonight

    We're not sure why the end of summer is DUI crackdown season, what with all the other wonderful times of year to find drunktards on the road -- St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo, New Year's Eve, at. al. It just is. We've got a boatload of info for you in our latest edition of LA Weekly's DUI checkp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2012

    An Astral Dick, Some Hair and a Compleat Female Stage Beauty in This Week's New Theater Reviews.

    A three-person series of sketches about Laotians in America, Regugee Nation is this week's Pick. Click here for all New Stage Reviews, or go to the jump. Also, check out this week's stage feature Wednesday eve on Hands on a Hardbody, a new musical developed at and presented by La Jolla Playhouse, ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 23, 2011

    Radar L.A. Festival

    A three-person series of sketches about Laotians in America, Regugee Nation is this week's Pick. Click here for all New Stage Reviews, or go to the jump. Also, check out this week's stage feature Wednesday eve on Hands on a Hardbody, a new musical developed at and presented by La Jolla Playhouse, ... More >>

  • Music

    April 7, 2011

    Lina in L.A.: Can't You Take a Joke?

    A three-person series of sketches about Laotians in America, Regugee Nation is this week's Pick. Click here for all New Stage Reviews, or go to the jump. Also, check out this week's stage feature Wednesday eve on Hands on a Hardbody, a new musical developed at and presented by La Jolla Playhouse, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    LAPD Officer Shoots Man Outside 'A Day to Remember' Concert at Hollywood Palladium After Being Stabbed in the Hand

    Jeffree Star via Twitter"ADTR are slaying LA..." Tweeted drag diva @JeffreeStar at last night's concert​The real punk shit went down outside the mosh pit at last night's A Day to Remember concert (opened by Bring Me the Horizon) at the all-ages Hollywood Palladium. Though Tweeters told of ten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2011

    Stage Raw: LAWEES on Monday

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on L.A. theater's moment of truth this coming summerStage FEATURE on Norm Foster's The Motor Trade, and Thornton Wilder's Our TownL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESLAWEES ON MONDAY The 32nd annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards take place on Monday night. Doors open at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2011

    Stage Raw: Gertrude, Alice, and David Mamet

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Edward Antony's Wish I Had a Sylvia PlathL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEES                          &n ... More >>

  • Stage

    February 24, 2011

    Theater Reviews: The Hyacinth Macaw, Locked and Loaded, Gigi

    Also The Sonneteer, Wrinkles and more

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Stage Raw: The Sonneteer

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ANNOUNCING THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESNEW REVIEW GO THE SONNETEER ​Photo by Katie Pomerantz Nick Salamone's play examines the ways in which homophobia, guilt, self-delusion and hypocrisy cause the gradual disintegration of the Cardamones, a first-generation Italian-A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2011

    Stage Raw: Back Yard Discoveries

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE ON PUZZLER AND ADDING MACHINE: A MUSICALCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNote: Due to glitches in a new computer system, no capsule new theater reviews appeared in the print edition this week or last. This is not a change in policy. All capsule ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Stage Raw: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

    NEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Circle Mirror Transformation and Me, As a PenguinCOMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSPUZZLER​Padraic Duffy's noir drama of East German Spies opens this weekend at Sacred Fools Theater Company. Photo by C.M. GonzalezFAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVERJ. Michael Feldman's ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 13, 2011

    Theater Reviews: Chinese Coffee, Daddy, Love, Sex and the IRS

    Also, Fatigued, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Greedy and more

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    Creep Show, Peep Show

    Heavy Metal Parking Lot, photography at Hotel de Ville Eyewear and the Paul Smith anniversary party, plus saying goodbye to some of our fave haunts

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Hollywood Sleaze Palaces Closing Down, Part XIV: The Mau-Maus at Paul Picasso's Peep/Art Show

    Lina LecaroThe Maus Maus' Rick Wilder still lives up to his name.​ Hollywood's upscale clubsterfuck evolution continues to claim more casualties. Buzz on the streets (and blogs) is that gay stalwart The Spotlight on Cahuenga is in serious danger of closing end of this year. Crane's Hollywood T ... More >>

  • Stage

    December 2, 2010

    Theater Reviews: Cinderella, Schmutzigen Deutsche Kabarett

    Also, Sweet Mama String Bean and more

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: Sweet Mama String Bean

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Randy Newman's Harps and Angels, and NET's L.A. Micro-festSWEET MAMA STRING BEAN​Ethel Waters is celebrated in the "two-person, one-woman show" Sweet Mama String Bean: A Celebration of Blues Woman Ethel Waters, opening this weekend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    Los Angeles Is One of the Worst Places To Live, According to Web Site For Geezers

    ​ Los Angeles is ranked the 6th worst place to live in the country, according to a study by AOL's Wallet Pop. The website compiled a list of the top 10 worst cities to live in the country and using factors such as unemployment rate, pollution, crime, health data and other factors that would ma ... More >>

  • Music

    July 22, 2010

    Dance Club Pick: All in the Family

    ​ Los Angeles is ranked the 6th worst place to live in the country, according to a study by AOL's Wallet Pop. The website compiled a list of the top 10 worst cities to live in the country and using factors such as unemployment rate, pollution, crime, health data and other factors that would ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    Stage Raw: Springtime for Lawees

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS AND NEW REVIEW FUNCTIONS WILL RETURN SHORTLY. 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSYeah, we know, there was apparently no glue in the frames, so recipients who held their coveted Lawee prizes on the stage of the El Rey Monday night frequently suffered the indignity of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Jerry Brown Announces Successful Prosecution Of Mexican Mafia Cell

    ​State Attorney General Jerry Brown on Thursday announced the last of a series of successful prosecutions against a Mexican Mafia cell that worked in Imperial and San Diego counties. Imperial County resident Patrick Ralph Ponce, 44, pleaded guilty this week to drug, weapon, kidnapping and ext ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Stage Raw: LADCC Winners

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on gay politics in Halam Iran and Salam Shalom THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS coming March 29! Nominees RSVP now to (310) 574-7208. Public tickets available at http://laweekly.comTHE 41ST ANNUAL LOS ANGELES DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWAR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Today In WTF: Man Serving Time For ID Theft Does It Again From Behind Bars, Graduates To Federal Prison

    ​An identity thief got an extra 102 days behind bars Monday, this time in federal lockup, after he was caught taking out credit card lines in other people's names as he served time in a state prison in El Centro, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Authorities say he even obtained persona ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Bob Dylan at the Palladium, Night Three: Hollywood Swinging

    Bob Dylan & His Band at the Hollywood Palladium, Thursday, October 15 After the unexpectedly smooth vocal performances and the many sublime moments at the first two shows of Bob Dylan's three-night stand at the Hollywood Palladium, it's understandable and perhaps inevitable that there would be a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2009

    The Great Music Save: Dark Night of the Soul Opens at Michael Kohn Gallery

    Untitled (Little Girl #2) David Lynch, 2009Last Saturday's Dark Night of the Soul opening at LA's Michael Kohn Gallery, featuring the work of David Lynch, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, wasn't just the hot event ticket of the weekend, it was one of the greatest save's in music history.

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards recipients

    PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES 40TH ANNUAL L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS LAST NIGHT Vicki Lewis and Wenzel Jones co-hosted with considerable charm an awards show last night that was sweet, simple and too long -- probably due to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Stage Raw: Awards, Awards on Every Corner

    Minsky's Photo by Craig Schwartz MINSKY'S The world premiere of Charles Strouse, Susan Birkenhead and Bob Martin's new '30s musical opens to the press tonight (Friday) at the Ahmanson. Director-choregographer Casey Nicholaw took The Drowsy Chaperone from the Ahmanson to Broadway, and has much ... More >>

  • Stage

    January 22, 2009

    The 30th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards

    The Arts Crisis Edition

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Stage Raw: L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Nominees

    Light up the Sky is this week's Pick of the Week. Light up the Sky Photo by Maia Rosenfeld THEATER PICK Moss Hart's sharp, hard-boiled 1946 farce, Light up the Sky, is the quintessential backstage tale of the mid-20th century. His characters are often based on real people: fast-talking produ ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Jay Diola

    Hair apparent

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Jep’s Hit List

    Jep’s Hit ListFil-Am club nights you don’t want to miss

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Soleful Saturday

    Jep’s Hit ListFil-Am club nights you don’t want to miss

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Parking Lot for Hollywood Hydes

    Jep’s Hit ListFil-Am club nights you don’t want to miss

  • Film+TV

    August 31, 2006

    Attention, Ball Lickers!

    Gaming guides come of age

  • News

    March 16, 2006

    Greed Runs Through It

    One man’s journey to the end of the Colorado River

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Partying Out of Bounds?

    Outrage over border-themed frat party puts USC’s Greeks on defensive

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Clubland

    Outrage over border-themed frat party puts USC’s Greeks on defensive

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Ghosts in the Machine

    When you're lost in El Centro's immigrant detention center you may be lost for good

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    A Doctor in the House

    The asylum case of a Pakistani physician that no one wants to touch

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    This Ain't No Juilliard!

    Life and violins at the school that Flea built

  • Eat+Drink

    June 20, 2002

    Dangerous Liaison

    Life and violins at the school that Flea built

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Body of Work

    Jorge Rivero, king of the real Mexican cinema

  • Stage

    January 3, 2002

    Curtain Calls, Stage Frights

    The year in theater

  • Stage

    December 14, 2000

    Field of Wet Dreams

    Build it and they will cum

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    Fair Questions

    Troubling silence on Sunset Junction finances

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Troubled Help

    Gang program hits low point in Echo Park

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    INS-Style Justice

    Plea bargains approved, but future remains unclear for the El Centro Five

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Clouds Over Sunset

    Street fair may have outgrown its community roots

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Black and Blue on the Border

    Inmates allege reprisal beatings by INS guards

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