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DUI Checkpoints in Silver Lake & Beyond For Holiday Weekend

Summer's almost over, and we know you want to get your last kicks in. The LAPD, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and nearly 100 other local police agencies know this. So while you're enjoying the holiday weekend, they'll be working overtime looking to bust drunk drivers. They've been kind eno ... More >>

10 Best Take-Out Restaurants in Los Angeles

For as great as this city's restaurant scene is, sometimes all you want to do is lay around at home and shovel food into your mouth from a styrofoam container. Forget the industrial lighting, and to hell with communal seating. Give us a threadbare sofa, a box of fried chicken and something good to ... More >>

Naked Juice Settles Suit Over 'All Natural' Claims

A lawsuit has laid bare the real ingredients in Naked Juices. Naked Juice Co. has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a class-action suit alleging that it falsely advertised some of its juice and smoothie products as "all natural" and non-genetically modified, according to the website Law360.com. U ... More >>

Driver Targeted 2 Bicyclists For Destruction, SoCal Cops Say

See also: L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic. An enraged hit-and-run driver targeted two bicyclists for destruction in the San Gabriel Valley over the 4th of July holiday weekend, police say. He also targeted a pair of witnesses who followed him in a car by striking that vehicle, too, cops said. T ... More >>

[Updated] $1 Turkey Sandwiches at Capriotti's on June 13

We may be roughly five and a half months away from Thanksgiving, but for some a turkey platter with all the fixings is good anytime. For them, we bring a deal they can use. Thursday, June 13, Capriotti's will be offering their "Bobbie" sandwich -- roasted turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, and ... More >>

Teacher Allegedly Watched Child Porn With Undercover Fed ... In a SoCal Classroom

A middle school teacher arranged to meet up with someone to view child porn together. In his Covina public middle school classroom. Really. Allegedly. So says the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A., which announced that John David Boyle, a 49-year-old Glendora educator, has been arrested on suspicion o ... More >>

Fast Food Holiday Strategies: Fish McBites Other Limited-Time Offers

It's no coincidence that McDonald's, Carl's Jr., and Wendy's have each rolled out a new fish option on their menus around the time of Lent. In time for St. Patrick's Day, participating Micky D locations also offer the Shamrock Shake, a limited-time mint milkshake. Fast food chains are relying more o ... More >>

Edrina Martinez Is a Space Cadet Called Astronautica

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] When Edrina Martinez was a little girl, she wanted to be an astronaut or a rock star. Two things got in the way of the 21-year-old electronic producer wh ... More >>

Saveur Names 4 L.A. Doughnut Shops Among Favorites in the U.S.

It's all about doughnuts (or donuts) in the March issue of Saveur, out now on newsstands. The cover promises a list of the world's best inside. But according to features article contributor Michael Krondol, who's working on an upcoming book on the pastries, "though donuts take on countless shapes, t ... More >>

Assembly District 49: Chau's Video Featuring Lin's Wife's Social Security Number Still Up Online, Despite Suit and Restraining Order

The San Gabriel Valley showdown pitting two successful Asian-American professionals, a doctor and a lawyer, against one another is getting cutthroat in the dwindling hours to election day--with accusations of tax evasion, lawsuits and a restraining order to boot. Joy Lin, wife of candidate Dr. Mat ... More >>

10 Best Sweet Treats in Los Angeles

As you may have noticed, this year's Best Of issue dropped on your doorstep, metaphorically if not actually, last week. There are hundreds (yes, hundreds) of listings, of spas and hikes and cocktails and grottos (yes, grottos), so many that you might get lost -- so many that we thought we'd pull out ... More >>

The Donut Man: Get Your Fresh Peach Doughnuts Now, Before They're Gone

Like Santa Claus, The Donut Man's fresh peach doughnuts come but once a year. So, if you've been good, you have every right to go over the river and through the woods to that outpost of civilization called Glendora. The Donut Man, a.k.a. Jim Nakano, has been making doughnuts since 1972 to satisfy h ... More >>

10 Best Doughnuts in Los Angeles

They say sex is like a doughnut: even at its worst, is it ever really bad? Well, once you consume, in rapid succession, as many doughnuts as we have in the last few weeks, you start to believe it can be. Of course there's never a reason to eat a doughnut. No amount of self-delusion will allow you t ... More >>

Roberto Garcia, Glendora Palm-Tree Trimmer, Suffocates to Death in Freak Frond Accident

A 35-year-old tree-trimmer named Roberto Garcia was about 40 feet up a palm tree in Glendora on Saturday when tragedy struck: A ring of dead fronds, which he had been trying to sever from the trunk, suddenly detached and slipped down over his body, according to L.A. County Fire Department officials ... More >>

Murs on How His Family's Dry-Cleaning Business Survived the Riots

[Editor's note: All this week West Coast Sound is speaking with rappers and writers whose work has been influenced by the L.A. riots, to coincide with their 20th anniversary on April 29.] See also: Murs On Why He Moved To Arizona: "I wouldn't feel comfortable living here without owning a firearm" ... More >>

'Geminids' Meteor-Shower-Chasing Driver Crashes Mustang 100 Feet Down Angeles Mountain Road

bigoneepA view worth crashing for?​Legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem's trademark sign-off is "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Maybe, for safety's sake, he should change it to, "Keep your car on the road and keep reaching for the stars." A driver in the mountains ab ... More >>

Basil Max Price III Killed in Ferrari Crash on PCH: Car Split in Half

A Ferrari 360.​The second Ferrari to split in half in a crash on Pacific Coast Highway in the last five years took the life of a man ID'd by cops as 23-year-old Basil Max Price III of Glendora. He was the passenger in the 1999 car that was apparently speeding and went out of control on PCH no ... More >>

National Homebrew Competition L.A.-Area Finalists

JgarbeeHomebrews At Pacific Gravity's Annual Party​If you've heard a lot of homebrewer buzz at your neighborhood pub the past few weeks, it's likely because the National Homebrewers Conference (NHC) is being held in San Diego this year. Hoards of home brewers will be descending upon Southern C ... More >>

National Donut Day: 5 Classic L.A. Donut Shops You Can't Miss

Remember when a Du-par's donut was coated in an inch-thick raft of frosting, spread, it seemed, by a very generous hand? Neither do we, but our friends who grew up in Los Angeles do, and they still talk about it with reverence. In the absence of that, here are five of LA's classic, old-school donu ... More >>

'Starbucks Peeper' William Zafra Velasco Busted For Allegedly Secretly Videotaping Women in Coffee Shop Bathroom in Glendora, Cops Say

starbucks.comA generic photo of Starbucks in action.​Oh boy, this story only gets better. Police now claim the alleged Starbucks Peeper stalked a young woman and stole her panties. Details at the bottom of the next page. Perhaps the biggest indignity for you if you allegedly installed a video ... More >>

Australia's In-N-Out: Oporto, Coming to OC

Various burgers served at Australian chain Oporto.​ Australia's answer to In-N-Out is coming to the United States, and its first stateside location opens tomorrow in Orange County. Founded in 1986, Oporto, which serves Portuguese-influenced Australian fare, "supposedly has a cult following in ... More >>

More Than Mere Doughnuts

Try a malasada when you're in the mood for a fried dough treat

Ask Mr. Gold: Mmmmm, Doughnuts!

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: I have a craving for a doughnut. I've had good doughnuts in Los Angeles, but is there a truly great doughnut? I hate that I can't hate on NYC doughnuts, but I had the tres leches donut at Doughnut Plant, and that was dddd-licious! I ... More >>

The Bikeroots

City Council candidate Stephen Box and L.A. bicyclists roll into the halls of power

Glendora School Segregates Students For Martin Luther King Day

Segregation For A Day didn't go as planned at Willow Elementary​It must be a struggle to come up with new lesson plans every year for Martin Luther King Day. How do you bring Jim Crow alive for second graders? This year, some teachers in Glendora got a bright idea (possibly while high): why not se ... More >>

Donut Man Pairs Cheese & Donuts for Valentine's Day Love

For lovers only: Donut Man, one of our favorite donut men in all of Los Angeles, announced (via Facebook) that beginning tomorrow he'll suggest daily cheese and donut pairings in the run-up to Valentine's Day During the next few weeks, we will be posting tips and suggestions for matching Donut Man ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: In Search of the Doughnut-qua-doughnut

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: My brother wants to open a doughnut shop that makes the best donut in Los Angeles. I believe he has the passion and skill to do it. In the process of research he has been seeking the best donut in Los Angeles and I can't say he's found it ... More >>

Ou Est Le Cassoulet a L.A.?

Or, for a good bean stew, call ...

$9 Billion Subway-to-Sea Rip-off

War of words erupts when data show tiny ridership won't help jammed L.A. or Westside

Universal Appeal

Brush Fires Burn In Northern Los Angeles County

​Updated throughout. The Crown Fire in northern Los Angeles County that burned nearly 14,000 acres since it broke out Thursday afternoon was 62 percent contained Saturday afternoon, county fire officials said. About 2,460 structures near and in Palmdale remained threatened, they said. It was ... 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 >>

L.A.'s Top Political Stories Of 2009 Listed: Not A Good Year For City Hall

Blaze of glory: The Station Fire.​The blog Griffith Park Wayist has its take on the top 10 political stories in the city of Los Angeles for the year, and by the looks of it 2009 wasn't City Hall's best year. There was a mayor who let the governor's race pass him by, the council that found dist ... More >>

Where to Drink Now: The New Cocktailian's Guide

The New Cocktailians

The farmers market–loving, sleeve garter–wearing ladies and gentlemen of the bar taking over L.A.'s restaurants one glass at a time

Theater Reviews: Of Mice and Men, The Dying Gaul

Also, Mask, The Lost Plays of Tennessee Williams

Mask

Brick's Picks: New Traditionalists, Old Innovators

Top 10 Dishes of 2007

Hummus replaced foie gras, Southern Thai was hot and cheese shredded

Crullers That Bloom in Spring

Time to see the Donut Man

The Porterhouse Rules

Ancient supper clubs and watering holes of the San Gabriel Valley

The Perfect Storm

Remember me to Herald Square

Letters

TRIBES: Kittens and Puppies and Birds, Oh My

The Song, Not the Singer

The dangerous twang of Double Naught Spy Car

Letters

Remembering Glenn

Letters

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