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Is 'Operation Guacamole' Racist? SoCal Cops Target Latino Gang

When we got a statement from the San Diego Sheriff's Department last week regarding a crackdown it called "Operation Guacamole," we automatically assumed that it was a reference to America's favorite dip in anticipation of Sunday's Super Bowl. Nope. It's about a crackdown on ... a Latino gang. Yep. ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Dragonfruit

Dragonfruit is so aptly named. The baseball-sized fruit is covered in long, lime green fleshy scales that ripple out from a dark red core. Open one up and you stain your hands magenta from the nearly fluorescent flesh dotted with tiny black seeds. Asia has long grown dragonfruit -- also known as ... More >>

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What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Persian Sweet Limes (or Lemons)

"This lemon will cure that cough of yours," advised a fellow market-goer. It turned out that her motherly advice wasn't simply anecdotal. The Sweet Lemon, or Sweet Lime depending on who you talk to, is incredibly high in Vitamin C and has been a favorite of Mediterranean and Persian cultures for c ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Seedless Kishu Mandarin

Jeanne Davis owns a small orchard out in Fallbrook (formerly known as Coyote Growers) where she grows a variety of citrus trees. But none that garners the attention that her grove of 85 Seedless Kishu mandarin trees does. She started offering the small, walnut-sized fruit about four years ago, at ... More >>

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In a Better World

Fig Garcia Organic Farm Team Up For Farm Dinner

Flickt/madid#​ While the rest of the country is stuck under three free of snow and ice, an L.A. "winter" means we're still able to get up early, throw on our stylish (if completely unnecessary) Uggs, beanies and gloves and head to the Santa Monica farmer's market for sweet peaches, corn, straw ... More >>

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Movie Review: Heaven's Rain

Movie Revews: Predators, [REC] 2, Great Directors, Cropsey

Also, Despicable Me, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Kids Are All Right

Movie Reviews: Restrepo, Eyes Wide Open, The Sun Behind the Clouds

Also, Knight and Day, Raavan, The Killer Inside Me and more

Movie Reviews: After the Cup, Shrek Forever After, Prince of Persia

Also, Sex and the City 2, Survival of the Dead and more

Movie Reviews: Dirty Hands, Furry Vengeance, Harry Brown

Also, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, Timer, The Good Heart

Movie Reviews: The White Ribbon, Gigante, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, 3 Idiots

Movie Reviews: Armored, Brothers, Everybody's Fine

Also, The Last Station, Transylmania and more

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 261, LAPD Investigating Murder-Suicide

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the deaths of a married couple who were found dead inside their home on November 2. The deaths of Craig and Donna Edwards are being investigated as a murder suicide. View Larger Map According to police reports, patrol officers were called to the 79 ... More >>

Murder was the Case: LA Homicide No. 261, LAPD Investigating Murder-Suicide

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the deaths of a married couple who were found dead inside their home on November 2. The deaths of Craig and Donna Edwards are being investigated as a murder suicide. View Larger Map According to police reports, patrol officers were called to the 79 ... More >>

Movie Reviews: The Girl From Monaco, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Kambakkht Ishq, I Hate Valentine's Day

Also, New York and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

Movie Reviews: Alien Trespass, Paris 36, Sugar

Also, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Who Does She Think She Is? and more

Movie Reviews: Delhi-6, Fired Up, Madea Goes to Jail

Also, Chain Link, Moscow, Belgium and more

Movie Reviews: Fanboys, The Pink Panther 2, Push

Also, Crips and Bloods, Luck by Chance and the 2008 Academy Award-Nominated Shorts

Movie Reviews: Ghajini, Let Them Chirp Awhile

Movie Reviews: The Tale of Despereaux, The Yellow Handkerchief, Yes Man

Also, Tunnel Rats and Where God Left His Shoes

Movie Reviews: Twilight, Dostana, Eden

Also, The Dukes, Toots, I Can't Think Straight and more

Movie reviews: House, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Also, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Also, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Dear Zachary and more

Movie Reviews: Bustin' Down the Door, Love Comes Lately

Also, A Man Named Pearl, CSNY: Deja Vu and more

Film Reviews: Get Smart, Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg

Also, Never Forever, Viva, Brick Lane

Everything Old Is New Again at the 23rd Israel Film Festival

They don't make 'em like they used to

Movie Reviews: Kung Fu Panda, Mongol, Mother of Tears

Also, The Go-Getter, Trying to Get Good and more

Movie Reviews: Be Kind Rewind, Men in the Nude, The Signal

And other Feb. 22 releases

Movie Reviews: Secret Sunshine, Awake, The Amateurs

Also Paul Schrader’s The Walker, Timber Falls, Oswald's Ghost and more

Film Reviews: Smiley Face, Beowulf, Confessions of a Superhero, Om Shanti Om

Love in the Time of Cholera, How to Cook Your Life, Salvador Allende

Movie Reviews: 30 Days of Night, Canvas, Futbaal

Also Golda's Balcony, The Price of Sugar, Things We Lost in the Fire and more

Movie Reviews: Kurt Cobain: About a Son, Michael Clayton

Also Beyond Hatred, Blade Runner: The Final Cut and more

Film Reviews: King of California, Mr. Woodcock, Shadow Company

Also I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, Ira & Abby, December Boys and more

Film Reviews: Delirious, Death at a Funeral, 7 Dias

Film Reviews: Goya’s Ghosts, Cashback, Captivity

Also this week's pick, Ten Canoes

Film Reviews: Black Sheep, 1408, You Kill Me

Also Yellow and Broken English

Movie Reviews: Day Watch, Mr. Brooks, Paprika

Also reviews of Bamako, The Devil Came on Horseback, Golden Door and more

Film Reviews: First Snow, The Last Mimzy, Dead Silence

Also this week's pick, Offside

Film Reviews

Including Danielson: A Family Movie, Guru, Primeval and more

Film Reviews

Including Alpha Dog, God Grew Tired of Us and Black Gold

Film Reviews

Including Turistas, Van Wilder 2, 10 Items or Less and more

Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

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Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Yang Ban Xi: The Eight Model Works

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For the week of March 31-April 6