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Ricardo Lara Wants To Remove Tax Exemption For Anti-Gay Boy Scouts

California Sen. Ricardo Lara is introducing the "Youth Equality Act" to try to remove the Boy Scouts of America's tax-exempt status because it discriminates against gays. Lara aims to pass bill SB 323, which would end 501(c)3 status for all youth groups that continue to discriminate against homose ... More >>

NationBuilder, a Downtown L.A. Startup, Explodes onto Scene in Los Angeles Mayoral, City Council 2013 Elections

Also see "Emanuel Pleitez, the Most Amazing Person Who Won't Win the March 5 L.A. Mayoral Primary." By Amanda Lewis Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel isn't using it, but candidates Eric Garcetti and Emanuel Pleitez are. So are five of 12 candidates vying for City Council District 13, and ... More >>

Ready-to-Eat Popcorn Recalled Due to Listeria

Popcorn manufacturer Popcorn, Indiana has issued a voluntary recall of several ready-to-eat bags of popcorn due to possible contamination with that very nasty bacteria Listeria, Fox News reports. According to the company's product recall site, bags that were distributed "to various retailers" and s ... More >>

Peter Bart-Bill O'Reilly Gay Marriage Prank Hits Inboxes Today

Someone's trying to punk ex-Variety editor Peter Bart and Fox News bloodhound Bill O'Reilly with a fake email invitation to their pre-gay-wedding coming out parties. LOL? Bart was certainly no force for diversity at L.A.-based showbiz publication Variety, but we never understood him to be a gay bas ... More >>

What if Texas Seceded? Comedy Writer Bob Smiley Imagines What Would Happen, in Don't Mess with Travis

Sometimes, something has to make you truly miserable before you can see the humor in it. Los Angeles-based TV writer and ESPN.com contributor Bob Smiley entered Princeton University with the idealistic dream of studying politics and eventually becoming a small-town mayor back home in Southern Cali ... More >>

Organic Foodies Are Jerks, Study Finds

Could organic food give you good health but a bad attitude? A study published May 15 in the journal of Social Psychology and Personality Science says that people who are exposed to organic foods are more likely to have judgmental thoughts and feelings, Fox News reports. (And they should know.) "The ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! The War On Christmas Starts With Me

​[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.] I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. It's been a few days now, and I am just emerging ... More >>

Mark Matuszak, L.A. Designer of Obamas' Holiday Card, Sees Thumbs-Down Critique From Sarah Palin

The card (cropped).​Turns out the Obamas' holiday card this year was designed by L.A. artist Mark Matuszak. It's cozy and apropos, featuring First Dog Bo chillin' like a villain in front of a White House fireplace. Good work, Mark. Except that even if President Obama were to bring back Jesus ... More >>

Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour

Countering the right wing's fury with humor

Food News Roundup: The Royal Wedding Edition

-- Royal wedding sparks fruitcake boom in U.S. [Fox News] -- Dunkin' Donuts rolls out the Royal Wedding doughnut. No pun intended. [Orlando Sentinel] -- Where to Watch the Royal Wedding in Los Angeles. [The Feast LA] -- Coronation prawn vol-au-vents (a recipe). [BBC] -- Watch The Royal Wed ... More >>

Obama en Español: U.S. President Tours Latin America, Talks Chilean Miners, His Own Stellar Immigration Policy (Really?)

The Daily BeastBarack and Michelle, lookin' the part​Updated after the jump: The president makes his last stop in El Salvador. If there's one thing our POTUS can do, it's talk. Barack Obama could talk himself out of Guantanamo Bay through a thick swatch of duct tape. In perfect form, he tur ... More >>

L.A. Clean Sweep Nets Big Endorsements, Drops Big Dime in Last Seconds of Election Season

Full disclosure: We have a huge crush on Ron Kaye.​L.A. Clean Sweep may have started small and controversial, but after a rowdy few months of almost mainstream redevelopment scandal and municipal mud-slinging, the out-with-the-old "political action committee" has seen a few of its candidates b ... More >>

Public Radio Music Under Attack

Right-wingers’ “Defund NPR” campaign threatens the local music scene (among other things)

[UPDATED WITH PHOTOS] 180 Naked Women In 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer's Photo Collection Might Be More Victims

PHOTO BY TED SOQUIFrom left: Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, City Councilman Bernard Parks, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck​LAPDJanecia Peters, the Sleeper's last proven victim​Updated after the jump: No. 119 has been identified as Janecia Peters (pictured, right) -- one of the Sleeper's known victi ... More >>

GWAR Kills Sarah Palin, Faces Wrath By Right Wing (as usual)

GWAR Kills Sarah Palin, Face Wrath By Right Wing (as usual)

Muslim Journalist Asra Nomani To TSA: Racially Profile Me; Profile My Family

Georgetown UniversityIs Asra Nomani's journalistic reputation at stake?​If you're a non-Muslim male, we recommend you don't spew offensive stereotypes about Muslims on national television. That is, if you're keen on keeping your job as a left-wing journalist. If you're a Muslim woman, though ... More >>

National Public Rollins: Henry Rollins on the Pleasures of Voting, his New Favorite Documentary, and What Happens When You Give Him Your Band's CD-R (Yes, He Might Play It on his Radio Show!)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

Food Stamp Use Bigger Than Bacon Chocolate

NCReedplayerFood stamps​ Piggy chocolate. House-made pickles. New Nordic Cuisine. Food stamps. No, it's not as sexy as reindeer tartare with a lichen gastrique or a bar of fair-trade dark studded with smoked bacon bits, but the humble food stamp is really catching on. According to a Sept. ... More >>

My Penis, Which Art in Heaven

Antonio Sacre's genial, genital solo act

Venice RV Dweller Aims Plywood At Fox News Reporter's Head

​Fox News this week posted a video that takes a look at the RV situation in Venice that has caused some differences of opinion among residents -- some defend the rights of those who live in their rigs while others, including the city of L.A., consider it blight. It's a such a contentious iss ... More >>

Meg Whitman's Uphill Battle

She's fashionable as an outsider, but that guarantees nothing against Jerry Brown

Texas Lingerie Store Forced To Get Food Permit For Selling Edible Underwear

Christie BishopSan Antonio's New Food Pyramid​ We're all familiar with the six food groups: meat, dairy, vegetables, bread, fruits and fats. But here's a food pyramid pop quiz for you: under which group - if any - would edible panties fall? That's an issue Rosemary Benitez, owner of San Anton ... More >>

Talking the Pith Out of Kathy Griffin

Rotten Families

Watermelongate and Its Discontents

The past week saw the meteoric flaring and passing of one of those stories about race and the Obama presidency that have occurred regularly since the start of the 2008 election season and which will be with us until at least 2012. This one took place nearby, in Los Alamitos, and involved the mayor's ... More >>

No Face Time in Denver for Villaraigosa

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, according to the LA Times, may be the "Latino point man" for Barack Obama's presidential campaign, but when he arrives in Denver late this week for the Democratic National Convention, he will not have a prominent TV slot as a speaker.

Sonic Youth Rides its Masterpiece

Don't Daydream it's over

Scott Ritter's History Lesson

“Can anybody tell me what a Sunni Wahhabist is? Anybody?”

The People Revolt

If only the Democrats could find a credible candidate for president

Theater Reviews

Clooney Vision

Good Night, and Good Luck, a searing requiem for the Fourth Estate, raises questions about truth and paranoia today

Arnold’s Kiss-Off

Only a desperate governor would veto the gay-marriage bill

The Mortal Storm

The Deaths of the 20th Century

Right-Wing Political Correctness

Shut Your Mouth

Cold Snap

Mr. Freeze helps put the dems on ice

Storming Fort Brag

Military fakes and the people who bust them

Bloggers’ Report

The Gipper

Death Valley Days

Swallow This, Deep Throat

A case for silencing anonymous sources

You, Sir, Are No Gene McCarthy

Howard Dean and the Democrats blow another debate

American Idol

How AMERICAN Is It?

Fox News vs. CNN International

A Head Above

Bill Maher in real time

The Television War

Soldiers of Fortune 500

The Logo-Spangled Banner

Slices of a digital war

Letters

As the World Turns

Not your regular news

Spiking the Punch

Mum’s the Word