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My Father and the Man in Black: A Fascinating Documentary From the Son of Johnny Cash's Manager

Los Angeles' War on Street Artists

The art world sees a vibrant movement. Metro's cops see jail fodder.

Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson - The Greek Theatre - October 7, 2011

Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson The Greek Theatre October 7, 2011 Better than...Elton John and Billy Joel. What does Stetson cologne smell like? I've never actually smelled it, but I'm certain Merle Haggard embodies everything the average man is trying to portray when he sprays it on. Meanwh ... More >>

Machete's Danny Trejo: From Inmate to Icon

Danny Trejo: Who's Your Badass

Johnny Cash's San Quentin Jumpsuit Goes for $50 K

Johnny Cash's San Quentin Jumpsuit Goes for $50 K

In Search Of: Chad Brown on Rare Country From Prison, Johnny Paycheck and the Phillipines

courtesy chad brown​ Chad Brown is an L.A.-based DJ and the singer/guitarist in CB Brand, and he may well know more about country music than anyone you're likely to encounter in this city. He is a true historian who recalls the backstories of each record in immense detail--from how he found i ... More >>

Jerry Brown Sues Sikder Family, Owners Of Koi Restaurant, For 'Worker Exploitation' At Car Washes

​California Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown is pulling out all the stops in his quest for the Latino vote. After outing challenger Meg Whitman as a former employer of an undocumented housekeeper, on Monday he slapped the owners of TMZ hot-spot restaurant Koi for "worke ... More >>

Public Enemies: Chicago Vices

Michael Mann on personal crises — and his latest feature

Cortines' Many-Headed LAUSD Monster

Schools teeter on fiscal cliff while the superintendent tries "decentralization"

Chicago Schools vs. LAUSD

Their supe is Obama's new education man. Our supe is nice, but ...

Allred v. Pugno: Post-Proposition 8 Smackdown!

Because of the spectacular, train-wreck-in-the-making aspect of this event, we are giving you, gentle reader, an extra day's notice about Wednesday's gay-marriage debate between Gloria Allred and Andy Pugno. Were any two combatants so different and yet so thoroughly matched in their steely determina ... More >>

Going Undercover at Impact House

Hardcore recovery

Come Home, Wayward Angelenos

Antonio’s call to the faithful

A Mann's Man's World

Think you can keep up with the Miami Vice director?

Whistling in the Wind

Our readers write

Tookie’s Saving Grace

Can the convicted killer’s inspirational books persuade the governor to spare him?

War and Peace in Watts

A gang treaty implodes and the killing resumes

War and Peace in Watts, Part Two

World vs. GOP

War for truth marches on in the streets of New York

Predator or Prey?

For James Rodriguez, the only way to freedom was to confess to sex crimes he — and one of his alleged victims — says he did not commit.

The Big Bang

Death Mansion

What’s really behind Gray Davis’ push for a 1,000-bed death row?

Who She Took With Her

. . . The husband, the son, the boyfriend . . . a drunk's tale

Power Ranger

DWP chief plans to hitch horses, 'pull this wagon out'

Full FemiNazi Jacket

All Aboard: Off the Pig

On the Black Panther legacy Tour, history sits in the back of the bus