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Feds Photograph Guilty Diamond Jeweler and Accused KPMG Honcho Passing Bags of Cash

In exchange for confidential information worth of millions of dollars to him, well-to-do Encino diamond jeweler Bryan Shaw admits, he gave his tipster at KPMG a $12,000 Rolex Daytona Cosmograph watch. Shaw, of Shaw Diamond Co. located in a high-rise on Ventura Boulevard, pleaded guilty Monday to f ... More >>

The Original Django and a Sing-Along Fiddler on the Roof: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. Our weekly list of special event movies: Friday, Dec. 21 Those excited for Django Unchained, the new film from our cover boy, Quentin Tarantino, should check out Django, the 1966 Sergio Corbu ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Autumn Sugar Cane

Thanks to C&H, sugar cane will always be associated with a Hawaiian hibiscus flower in full bloom. For good reason -- Hawaii has the rainfall to support this thirstiest of crops. To grow sugar cane, you need at least six acre-feet (six foot depth over one acre) of water (that's almost two million ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Market: Pepino Melons from Rancho Santa Cecilia

It's sometimes called a tree melon, but it grows on a three foot tall shrub. It smells like honeydew, but tastes like a sweet cucumber. It's a tasty Andean native, both refreshing and pleasantly sweet, but it has never found a large (or very appreciative) audience here in California. A shame as it ... More >>

Pool Service Truck Crashes in Encino, Unleashes Toxic Chlorine Gas Onto Ventura Boulevard

This out-of-control heat wave, combined with our usual traffic mayhem, has made it hard out there for a pool guy on the streets of L.A.: Brian Humphrey of the L.A. City Fire Department says that over the last week, two separate car crashes involving pool-service vehicles have resulted in dangerous ... More >>

Rock stars in Speedos

Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Paparazzi Art

This week, a flashing sign turns a basement into a danger zone, a veteran paparazzo exhibits his best shots and an exhibition at the MOCA Pacific Design Center outpost makes you feel you've swallowed Alice's shrinking potion. 5. Lazy Sunday music Critic and professor Jan Tumlir has written about ar ... More >>

Starry Kitchen's 4/20 Weed Dinner: Nothing Green Can Stay

If you happened to take a twilight stroll through downtown's industrial district last Friday, you may have spied a wild figure waltzing along the cracked asphalt, between the art houses, coffee galleries, and bombed-out warehouses. He was dressed in mismatched knee-high socks, a navy blue coat, an ... 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 >>

Jewish Iraqi Food: Yes, But in Los Angeles?

Dear Mr. Gold: My parents are coming to visit soon and I was hoping to do them proud by finding some authentic Iraqi cuisine akin to what my Baghdad-born father grew up eating just outside of Tel Aviv. His mother has stuffed us many a visit with things like sambusak, the sabich, kubeh, bamia and the ... More >>

Frozen Tuna Recall: Histamine Illnessess From Frozen Ground Tuna Grocery Sushi

sushi from AFC​ Another day, another food recall. The latest is of frozen tuna that has been linked to illnesses caused by elevated histamine levels. According to Food Safety News, the FDA found evidence of food decomposition and elevated histamine levels in frozen tuna packed by Osamu Corpora ... More >>

11 Most Awkward Pieces of Trash Found on L.A. Coastal Cleanup Day

The least of the awkward.​Oh, Los Angeles. Not only are you way too slovenly with your dead cigarette butts, but you're super awkward about the bulkier items you choose to leave lying around this great cemented city. (All too often dangerously near a storm drain, and therefore the sea, and the ... More >>

Squatter Murders in L.A. Burbs

LAPD couldn't evict Brent Zubek. Soon, two were dead in Chatsworth

Lenny Dykstra Indicted For Allegedly Selling Stuff Under The Table After Declaring Bankruptcy

Lenny.​Charlie Sheen might have helped to spring him from jail, but Lenny Dykstra still faces some serious allegations. Today a grand jury gave the former All-Star player the gift of a 13-count indictment that essentially alleges what feds originally arrested him for last month: Selling stuff ... More >>

Los Angeles Spring Storm Fells Trees, Floods Streets, Darkens Homes

MuscleNerdTree down in L.A.​Update: PCH was reopened, and so was the Grapevine. Record rainfall was recorded around Southern California, with downtown Los Angeles seeing 2.42 inches Sunday compared with 1.48 inches on the date in 1943. See more records after the jump. The first week of spring ... More >>

Take a Dip

Fresh-carved Turkey sandwich not easy to find, even right after thanksgiving

Ask Mr. Gold: Take a Dip, Or Finding a Post-Thanksgiving Turkey Sandwich

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I recently moved back to L.A. from the Bay Area to pursue some kind of storytelling job. And what I want to know is where I can find a hot freshly carved turkey sandwich. San Francisco has some amazing restaurants, but the thing that I se ... More >>

Be Thankful For This Guide To LAPD Holiday DUI Checkpoints

Dystopos​So you have a lot of things to be thankful for? A job, maybe? The fact that pot is still at least halfway legal in California? A mild winter that will probably see some nice beach days (we know, it's been crappy lately). Be thankful your ass isn't in an LAPD drunk tank, too. Just to ... More >>

West Los Angeles Locals Say 100 Remaining Digital Billboards Gotta' Go!

Are drivers watching the road or the digital sign?​ Environmental advocates are ramping up their efforts to combat the proliferation of what they call "weapons of mass distraction," by urging local lawmakers to

News Haiku: Buy Ronnie James Dio's House, Bad Religion Turns 30, Far East Movement Goes National

News Haiku: Buy Ronnie James Dio's House, Bad Religion Turns 30, Far East Movement Goes National

Alcazar: An Old Friend

Back, serving crunchy boreg in Encino

Thousands Of Volunteers Will Clean Up Trash At Southern California Beaches As Part of Coastal Cleanup Day

© jdm_photo via FlickrRedondo Beach​ Thousands of volunteers are set to clean up trash along Southern California beaches and waterways September 25, heeding a call from environmental nonprofit Heal The Bay. The massive effort is part of the 21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day. The event will tak ... More >>

Lots Of DUI Checkpoints Planned By LAPD For Labor Day Weekend

​Welcome to Labor Day Weekend Southern California. Now stay home. The Los Angeles Police Department is setting up more check points than a communist era Balkan republic. Seriously. So no cocaine in your purse. No weed smoke wafting from your vehicle. No sizzurp. And definitely no driving und ... More >>

The Trials of Westside Chinese: California Wok

Ben CalderwoodCalifornia Wok's Seafood Fantasy at home​ It's a ubiquitous foodie refrain: There's no good Chinese on the Westside. Followed immediately by foodie Verse Two, the commandment Go east. Since the demise of Royal Star Seafood at Stanford Avenue and Wilshire, which was aspirational a ... More >>

LIFE IS JUST A BOMB OF CHERRIES

It's A Family Affair: Couple Brings Kids Along On Alleged Robbery Spree

CHPFile photo.​We've heard of families that do everything together, but this is ridiculous. Los Angeles police report that a couple took a 6- and 4-year-old along for an alleged, early morning robbery spree in the San Fernando Valley Monday. The suspects hit a Rite Aid at 13333 Riverside Driv ... More >>

Top 10 Places to Get Your Fro-Yo Fix

Erinn EichingerNew Zealand Natural​ Tart green tea or mint chocolate? Icy or creamy? Fresh fruit or mochi and lychee for toppings? For frozen yogurt aficionados, these are key elements in what makes a good cup of fro-yo. And serious frozen yogurt fans can be just as cultish in their loyalty ... More >>

City Council Votes for Permanent Ban on Digital Billboards

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously today to ban all digital billboards in the city, an action brought before them by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who feared that an existing "Interim Control Ordinance" that temporarily bans digital billboards and super-graphics may soon be found inval ... More >>

On Jimmy on the Edge, Funk Spirit and the Nuclear Family

Judas Priest's Performance of British Steel at Gibson Amphitheatre: Sonically Beefier, Possibly Record-Breaking

By Skylaire Alfvegren Judas Priest at Gibson Amphitheatre, August 2 Last year, Birmingham, UK stalwarts Judas Priest released an ambitious double album conceptualizing the life of French seer, Nostradamus, and mounted an epic summer escapade with Motorhead and Heaven & Hell. Under the stars abo ... More >>

Billboards Gone Wild, L.A. City Council Defiled

Citizens take matters into their own hands

Hank You Very Much: King of the Hill Celebrates Last Episode

Clear Channel Drops Bid for Digital Billboard

Anti-billboard activists are breathing a sigh of relief. Yesterday, Clear Channel decided to withdraw its application to install a hyper-bright electronic billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. Clear Channel's attorney sent a letter to city planners withdrawing its application for a 14 foot by 4 ... More >>

Anti-Billboard Activists Gear Up for Fight

Anti-clutter, anti-billboard activists are gearing up for a fight tomorrow when a hearing will be held on a proposed, hyper-bright electronic billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. The Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight has been fighting to stop the bright billboard on Ventura Boulevard since l ... More >>

Greenwashed and Dyed: Nori's Eco Salon

Nontoxic hair color under the shredded-denim ceilings of a Greenopia-recommended beauty parlor

Syrian Brunch Sundays at Sham

Spice-scented pleasures

Adios, Pio Pico: Doors Close on California Historic Park

One of five local estates targeted by Schwarzenegger's budget cuts

The Chosen Pancake

From Iran to Uzbekistan, the foods of the Jewish Diaspora

Tom Petty's Los Angeles

Royal Welding

Jewelry fit for a king or a queen, baby

Mr. Right Now

Ask Mr. Gold

All Finked Up

Letters

Davids and Goliaths

A few upstarts try to overcome the odds in four races

Lost in Translation

The Mission Is on a Mission

And Cardinal Mahony has been its target for years

Letters

Heartaches by the Numbers

Letters

...The people who were interviewed said that they felt they had been stopped because they were minorities, pointing to the fact that the police had not issued them tickets. As a working police officer, I hear too much of this in the media...