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DUI Checkpoints Tonight, Tomorrow For L.A., West Hollywood, Long Beach

As a small warm-up for the massive DUI crackdown scheduled to harsh your mellow New Years Eve, police around the L.A. area are planning DUI checkpoints. Locations include West Hollywood, Long Beach and the San Gabriel Valley. Think of this as practice for Monday, the ultimate amateur night. We'll ... More >>

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Ryan Koyama, Rancho Palos Verdes Optometrist, Killed When Benz Collides With Escaped Horse

A 69-year-old man driving south on Crenshaw Boulevard just after 2 a.m. this morning crashed into a horse that was weaving through lanes near Palos Verdes Drive North, says the California Highway Patrol. The coroner has since identified the driver, who was pronounced dead soon after at Torrance Mem ... More >>

Paul Tanaka, Sheriff's No. 2, Encouraged His Cops to Work on 'Edge' of Law -- Report

See also: *Men's County Jail Visitor Viciously Beaten by Guards. L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca says he didn't know his deputies were allegedly beating inmates (and even visitors) at the jail facilities he's supposed to be overseeing. Findings from the Citizens' Commission on Jail Violence unleashed ... More >>

DUI Crackdown For Late Summer Includes Hollywood Checkpoint Tonight

We're not sure why the end of summer is DUI crackdown season, what with all the other wonderful times of year to find drunktards on the road -- St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo, New Year's Eve, at. al. It just is. We've got a boatload of info for you in our latest edition of LA Weekly's DUI checkp ... More >>

The Standing Room: A Hawaiian Lunch 
in Redondo Beach, 
Without Chairs

It seems crazy to find a line winding out the door of Catalina Liquors. But a stream of hungry humanity queues up at this nondescript Redondo Beach convenience store to score the outrageous sandwiches and Hawaiian-inspired lunch plates sold at The Standing Room within. This minuscule, seatless deli, ... More >>

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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 >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Green Thai Eggplant at Yang Farms

Felicia FriesemaGreen Thai eggplant from Yang Farms ​ Yang Farms out of Fresno is a year-round vendor at the Hollywood Farmers Market, offering a wide variety of greens and vegetables. We love their yu choi and baby bok choi and we spied a really early crop of kabocha on their tables recently ... More >>

Janice Hahn Alleges Craig Huey Tie to Hip-Hop Stripper Video; Huey Calls It "Racist and Sexist"

​UPDATE: Turn Right USA's domain name was registered by Huey's vendor. More below.Councilwoman Janice Hahn alleged a link today between her opponent, conservative Craig Huey, and an inflammatory YouTube video that depicts her as a stripper.Huey has said he had nothing to do with the video, and wen ... More >>

'Sopranos' Reference Sparks Fight Between Southern California Lawmakers (Video)

HBOBada Bing.​California lawmakers are usually way too busy doing absolutely nothing to fight. But it finally happened late Wednesday when two Southern California assemblyman got into a shoving match in Sacramento. It popped off as the assembly was debating a bill that would eliminate redevel ... More >>

Whale Meat Seller Pleads Guilty

ahisgett/Flicker​Ginichi Y. Ohira, 50, the Gardena seafood vendor who imported endangered whale meat from Tokyo and sold it to Southern California sushi restaurants, including the now-closed The Hump, pleaded guilty plea on Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court to a misdemeanor charge of knowin ... More >>

DUI Checkpoints Abound in L.A. This Weekend: Where Not to Drive Drunk

The coppers come out on Friday (and Saturday) night​Updated with a few more stops from around the county. OK, technically you shouldn't be driving drunk anywhere (bad!), as we learned for the umpteenth time from a Long Beach fire captain who nearly killed a cyclist in Seal Beach last week, bu ... More >>

Search for Missing Woman Dawn Viens Has Investigators Digging Inside Lomita Restaurant

Google mapsThyme Contemporary Cafe.​Updated after the jump: Sheriff's officials say David Viens basically confessed. But they said there might not be any remains under the restaurant. In the latest twist in the saga of missing L.A.-area woman Dawn Viens authorities overnight were digging insi ... More >>

Security Guard Class Instructor Fatally Shot by Student Downtown, LAPD Says

coastcareer.comA generic photo of security guard training from Coast Career Institute.​By Dennis Romero and Simone Wilson Updated after the jump: The victim has been identified; the suspect has been charged. An instructor who was teaching the finer points of how to be a security guard was fa ... More >>

Giant Donut Fight, Part 1: Randy's Vs. Kindle's

N. GalutenRandy's Donuts​Back in the 1940s, a donut machine salesman named Russell C. Wendell created a chain of Big Donut Drive-Ins. He opened nine total locations, with each one featuring an enormous donut perched on the roof (a quintessential example of programmatic architecture). Wendell t ... More >>

Appeals Court Overturns Hermosa Beach's Ban on Tattoo Parlors

​A federal appeals court Thursday struck down the city of Hermosa Beach's ban on tattoo parlors, saying what we already knew: Tattoo art is a "unique and important method of expression" and therefore protected by the Constitution's right of free speech. A three-judge panel from the U.S. 9th Ci ... More >>

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Ramen Mottainai Opens in Gardena

N. GalutenInside Ramen Mottainai​ Thanks to a tip from L.A.'s resident ramen expert Rameniac, we found out that Ramen Mottaiani very quietly opened its doors on July 1st, without press, advertising or fanfare. Although many noodle shops open and close throughout the year (Ramen Jinya has just ... More >>

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Suge Knight Arrested (Again)

​According to an AP report, Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested last night in Gardena after someone reported that the notorious rap impresario "had pointed a gun at him in South Los Angeles." The police are investigating this allegation of "assault with a deadly weapon." Besides assault, the rep ... More >>

The 2010 Donut Summit: Your Entry Fee Is A Dozen Donuts

Flickr/robjtakDonut Man's Strawberry Donut​It's no news that our city is a paradise for donut junkies. With stores on almost every corner cooking up ring shaped dough, it's hard to keep up with which kitchens have the best glazed donut or apple fritters. The people at Metblogs will bring us on ... More >>

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Celebrities Frequented Whale-Sushi Restaurant

thehump.biz​If The Hump, the Santa Monica restaurant that allegedly served illegal whale sushi, was not exactly in the same league as its more critically acclaimed competition (Urasawa, Nozawa), it was still on the map for many celebrities, some of whom frequented the eatery after flying into ... More >>

Eyewitness Account of Inglewood PD Ordering Hard Summer to Shut Down

West Coast Sound is going to use this post for eyewitness accounts from writers who attended Hard Summer, which was shut down last night. The first is from Dennis Romero, who watched as Inglewood PD ordered Hard's Gary Richards to shut down: Dennis RomeroPolice arriving at Hard Summer last night ... More >>

Mattress-cide: Irwin the Accountant Killed Off

The Sit 'n Sleep mattress company has confessed to a king-sized felony: The murdering off of Irwin the Accountant, the besieged character who had appeared in a series of near-folkloric radio and TV ads over the years. SnS's format was simple: Company president Larry Miller would ebulliently announce ... More >>

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