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April 12, 2013
Porn Is Obscene And Eric Holder Should Prosecute, Conservative Group Says
The Bush years saw the prosecution of such porn luminaries as Ira Isaacs (who was sentenced to 48 months in January), John "Buttman" Stagliano, who got off, so to speak, and former journalist Max Hardcore, who served time in federal prison for making stuff that's fairly common now. They were dark d ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2013
Obama Administration Weighs In On California Same-Sex Marriage Battle
The Obama administration today put its weight behind opponents of California's ban on same-sex marriage. The office of Attorney General Eric Holder filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, which could be weighing whether the Golden State's Proposition 8 is constitutional. In a statement ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2013
Henry Rollins Doesn't Smoke Marijuana. But He Has No Problem With It
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] If the spread of marriage equality wasn't enough good news for you, recreational use of marijua ... More >>
News
November 8, 2012
SWATting, a Deadly Political Game
DA Patrick Frey's enemies called 911, saying he'd shot his wife
Blogs
October 15, 2012
LAPD's Alesia Thomas Beating Video Demanded By Attorney Benjamin Crump
Following her horrific death, an attorney representing the family of Alesia Thomas wants the LAPD to release its video of the woman's confrontation with cops last summer. Thomas died in custody following a kick to her genitals and a leg sweep at the hands of officers, the department admits. At leas ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2012
How Wall Street and Washington Conspired to Spike Gas Prices
By Pete Kotz On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break loose. The country's largest banks had already begun to implode through arrogance and ineptitude. Now t ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Daniel Chong's 5-Day Nightmare Behind Bars Sparks Outrage for Marijuana Nation
The case of Daniel Chong, the UCSD student who was locked up by the DEA and forgotten for nearly five days as he tried to commit suicide and drank his own urine, has fired up the marijuana nation. As news hit that Chong was filing a $20 million legal claim against the DEA, Ethan Nadelmann, executiv ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2012
Obama's Medical Marijuana Crackdown Could be Stopped by Executive Order
It wouldn't surprise us to see a sitting president tighten up on marijuana enforcement as he faces an upcoming election against an increasingly right-wing Republican party. However, we are a little surprised that Obama did so using some less-than-honest reasoning. He recently explained his federal ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Oaksterdam University Raid 'Payback' For California's Marijuana Legalization Effort?
The man who bankrolled California's closest shot yet at fully legalizing marijuana, Prop. 19, saw his Oaksterdam University cannabis college in Oakland raided by federal authorities yesterday. And pot advocates are fuming. The Drug Policy Alliance suggests the raid by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adm ... More >>
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Pomona Police Brutality, Racism? Family of Andres Avila, Beaten and Shot Dead by Cops, Calls for Federal Investigation (VIDEO)
KFI radioAndres Avila was beaten and Tasered by Pomona cops just months before they shot him dead.Looks as if the murder and manslaughter charges against Fullerton police officers for the fatal beating of homeless man Kelly Thomas may have inspired the family of another officer-involved-shoot ... More >>
News
October 27, 2011
Obama's War on Weed
In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees
Blogs
October 27, 2011
Marijuana Crackdown in California: U.S. Department of Justice Says it's Not President Obama's Fault
Don't blame this guy.As we've noted, marijuana advocates are mad at President Obama. An Occidental College-educated lefty, Obama's supposed to be one of them. But when his U.S. Department of Justice cracked down on pot dispensaries in California, essentially saying that all weed shops are il ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris Joins Obama as Friend of the Gays, Asks Court to Lift Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Updated after the jump with high fives from across the gay-rights community. After disappointing news came two weeks ago that the fight against Prop. 8 is being delayed until at least September, brand-new California Attorney General Kamala Harris took matters into her own hands today, airing ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2011
Pot Shops Gone Wild: Eagle Rock Community Leaders Ask U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder To Crack Down On Dispensaries In The Community
Weed not welcome in Eagle Rock?Long fed up with pot shops in the area that are alleged to be operating outside the law, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council voted this week to ask federal law enforcement officials for help, according to Eagle Rock Patch. Because, apparently, the LAPD, the loc ... More >>
News
October 28, 2010
Grinding Justice
Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work
News
October 21, 2010
Proposition 19 Dreams of Legal Weed
Bruce Margolin has defended 25,000 pot cases and Timothy Leary. Now he's primed for ganja tourists and sensimilla spas
Blogs
October 20, 2010
If California Legalizes Pot, The Feds Might Sue: Boy, The Obama Administration Really Doesn't Want Us To Vote For Prop. 19
Up In SmokeThe U.S. drug czar is sounding a little like Sgt. Stedenko to us.Just because California might legalize pot doesn't mean that enforcement against the drug will go up in smoke. Nope. In fact President Obama's drug czar told Associated Press (via LAist) that if we liberate cannabis, ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Obama Administration Tells California Not To Legalize Pot: What's Your Immediate Reaction To That?
themadpothead via FlickrWashington's telling California how to vote on marijuana?So President Obama finally put his foot down. He's okay with medical marijuana and the kind of retail pot sales you see in L.A. (well, sort of). But this Prop. 19 business takes things too far. So his Attorney G ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders Gives Thumbs Up To California Pot Legalization
Joycelyn Elders says California should (legally) smoke 'em if we got 'em.Our girl Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. Surgeon General who once suggested masturbation as an alternative to unsafe sex (for some of us it's the only alternative), is stoking (stroking?) the headlines once again. Over ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder In L.A. To Make Announcement About Marijuana Legalization; He'll Be Joined By Pot Foes
Will Eric Holder denounce Prop. 19?U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to be in town Friday to make an announcement about California's marijuana-legalization effort. We're not expecting it to be an endorsement. Here's why: Standing with him will be Prop. 19 opponents Sheriff Lee B ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Eric Holder: Feds Will Crack Down On Marijuana If Prop. 19 Passes
Eric HolderAttorney General Eric Holder has announced that the U.S. government will "vigorously enforce" federal law against marijuana if California voters elect to legalize the drug next month.In a letter to former administrators of the DEA, Holder stated that the Department of Justice "strongly ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Marijuana Advocates Want Michele Leonhart Out At DEA Following California Pot Shop Raids
Leonhart with Attorney General Eric Holder.Despite an Obama administration directive meant to put a halt to federal raids of pot shops in states where medical marijuana has been legalized, recent dispensary busts, including one in Southern California, have prompted a group of cannabis advocat ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Rep. Brad Sherman Unwittingly Gets Fox News Gum In His Hair Over Black Panther Case
Rep. Brad Sherman Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat who represents the Valley, has become a Fox News star because he doesn't watch enough Fox News or read right wing blogs that have gone absolutely blotto about a 2008 voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party. The awesome sp ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Decries Arizona's Immigration Law
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck joined top cops from around the nation in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to decry Arizona's controversial immigration law as a hindrance to law enforcement. Beck aired his opionion to Attorney General Eric Holder, who is still considering whether t ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Terror Suspect Arrested In New York; L.A. Authorities Beef Up Studio Patrols
As federal authorities announced late Monday that a suspect in Saturday night's attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square was arrested, Los Angeles-area authorities said they have beefed up patrols of area movie studios as a precaution. It's not clear if the terror attempt targeted th ... More >>
Stage
April 22, 2010
Theater Reviews: Dirty Pooh, L.A. Noir Unscripted, Looking for Trouble
Also, My Sister in This House, Paved Paradise: The Art of Joni Mitchell and more
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Stage Raw: Dirty Pooh
NEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE BOYS IN THE BAND AND SURVIVAL EXERCISENEW REVIEW GO DIRTY POOHPhoto courtesy of Zombie Joe's UndergroundHow does Zombie Joe's Underground make A.A. Milne's short story, "In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets Into a Tight Place," NSFW? When Winnie-the ... More >>
News
January 7, 2010
Weed Takes Root
Marijuana's steady march toward legalization nationwide
Blogs
October 19, 2009
Details Emerge On Obama's Pot Stance
Just as a crackdown on the city's medical marijuana dispensaries is being set in motion, the Obama administration is calling off the federal fight against sellers and buyers who abide by laws in California and 13 other states that allow the distribution of doctor-approved pot, the Associated Press i ... More >>
News
September 24, 2009
Potshots Over Los Angeles Pot Shops
A year late, the City Council tries to uninvite its unvetted marijuana collectives
Blogs
September 16, 2009
Settlement in Federal Immigrant Jail Suit
Most Angelenos never see the Brezhnevian Federal Building on Los Angeles Street. Fewer still have had a reason to brave the long security line to get inside, much less to visit its underground detention center. The latter's six holding pens, known, in affectionate governmentspeak as "B-18," are wher ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Mr. Orwell, Meet B-18: ACLU Sues Government Over Basement Holding Pens
The U.S. Federal Building at 300 N. Los Angeles Street is one of downtown's uglier edifices -- a gray, Brezhnevian block of barricaded concrete that houses a host of government bureaucracies, including the U.S. immigration courts. Visitors entering the lobby little suspect, however, that just below ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day Extravaganza: The First Hip-Hop President?
Image via Hip Hop is Read Unless you've been living in the Madagascan Rain Forest or are a cave-dwelling ignicolist in Outer Mongolia, you're well aware that today marks the inauguration of Barack Obama. To the delight of the rap world and the chagrin of the social security set, Obama has been bi ... More >>

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