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How the Hollywood Fault Made Millennium's Future Uncertain, and L.A. a Laughingstock

Ana Martinez: The Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Girl

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. In other cities, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce would not be considered a flashy gig. But in Hollywood, it's a dramatically different story and one unique to Los Ange ... More >>

Will Los Angeles City Council District 13 Candidates Fully Address Hollywood's Affordable Housing Crisis?

Will candidates for the highly competitive Los Angeles City Council District 13 race ever seriously talk about and offer solutions for the affordable housing crisis in Hollywood and other parts of the city? That's what Coalition for Economic Survival was wondering when it attended a candidates' foru ... More >>

Hollywood's Urban Cleansing

12,878 mostly Latinos are pushed out by City Hall, high rents and hipsters

Eric Garcetti And Wendy Greuel Play Nice At First Mayoral Debate

In the first debate of the 2013 mayor's race on Wednesday, Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel came out of their corners, touched gloves, and then did not take a swing at each other for the rest of the night.Instead, the two frontrunners spent most of the night agreeing with each other on business taxati ... More >>

How a Shabby Hollywood Intersection Became a Hot New Art District

Baby Doll, Forgotten, On Holy Ground and other new reviews . . .

Joel DaavidTony Gatto and Lulu Brud, in Tennessee Williams "Baby Doll" at the Lillian​Lovell Estell III found Tony Gatto's performance to be a highlight of this week's, Pick of the Week, Tennessee Williams Baby Doll at the Lillian. ​ Recommendations also for Pat Kinevane's solo performance abou ... More >>

Hollywood Walk of Fame is More Like Great White Way: Minority Stars Hard to Find

shakira.comShakira got her star on this week.​Updated at the bottom with comments from the Media Action Network for Asian Americans' Guy Aoki. First posted at 12:59 p.m. It looks like L.A's world-famous Walk of Fame might as well be called the Great White Way. That's because minorities are s ... More >>

West Hollywood's Fur Ban: Is it Unlawful?

The West Hollywood City Council banned the sale of fur the other week to worldwide headlines, and now the politically correct city is feeling the backlash. Animal rights activists cooed over the new ordinance, but the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and retailers are enraged, with some merchants ... More >>

Hollywood Farmers Market: Film School "Stays" Objection to Permit

Felicia Friesema​ Grassroots support and community ire have seemingly won out over land ownership and business development. Upon hearing that the Hollywood Farmers Market would be granted their much delayed street permit, the LA Film School (LAFS) issued a letter to Public Works Commissioner ... More >>

The Hills Have Fonts

City Council Pays for Needless Study By Not Doing Its Homework

L.A. Film School Hopes to Build New 'Classroom' -- Smack Dab in Heart of Hollywood Farmers Market (Told You So)

Simone WilsonUrban farming at the weekly Hollywood market​Finally, the land war goes mainstream. L.A. Film School spokesman Antoine Ibrahim spilled to the Times this morning that the school is thinking about erecting another building at the corner of Selma and Ivar Avenues, an intersection th ... More >>

iPhone App Allows Fans To Search For Stars On Hollywood Walk Of Fame

​ An iPhone application allowing people to search for their favorite stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Wednesday, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced. Those eager to find the stars of Lucille Ball, Clint Eastwood or Mark Wahlberg can now do so with a few strokes of the ... More >>

L.A. City Council Approves Hollywood's Massive Columbia Square Project

Gregory BojorquezL.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti​Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved entitlements for a massive high-density project in Hollywood, where a 28-story residential building, a 7-story hotel, and a 17-story office tower are planned for constructio ... More >>

Los Angeles City Council One Step Closer To Banning Supergraphic Signs In Hollywood

​After a crackdown on "supergraphic" signs earlier this year which included jailing a co-owner of a building on $1 million bail, the Los Angeles City Council is one step closer to permanently banning giant billboard signs in Hollywood. The motion, approved Tuesday, comes after a two-year tem ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Awash in Controversy and Protest

The West Hollywood City Council was awash in controversy and protest at its annual "reorganization" ceremony on Monday, where longtime Councilman John Heilman became West Hollywood's newest mayor -- for the seventh time.Ted SoquiWest Hollywood Mayor John Heilman​Heilman, who's sat on the City Coun ... More >>

City Hall’s Revenge on Cecilia Estolano

Villaraigosa and his boys pushed out the one woman who topped them all

Over the Weekend: Gay Pride, Kung Fu Femmes, Jay Reatard, Plus Lakers Win but Downtown L.A. Loses

Sunday night was a winning night for L.A. Weekly at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards ceremony at the Universal City Sheraton hotel. Writers Christine Pelisek, Daniel Heimpel, Gendy Alimurung and Nancy Rommelmann all took home first place awards, while Darrick Rainey, Steven Leigh Morris, Patrick Ra ... More >>

Dem Presidential Candidates Face Gays

At Hollywood Q&A, Richardson screws up, Hillary argues, Edwards flipflops

An Asphalt Jungle

Parkers are prey in the new Hollywood

Nightranger

Stuck in a Winter Wonderland Traffic Jam

The Amazing Adventures of Super Mayor

Antonio’s heroics have suddenly inspired the citizens of Metropolis, but will he be brought down by his own brand of Kryptonite?

God Free

The Man Who Would Be King

Gene La Pietra’s quest to rule Hollywood

Hurry Sunrise

Hollywood’s last act before daybreak

Small City, Big Plans

West Hollywood struggles through the chaos of reconstruction

Star power

Keystone Nostalgiacs

They love Hollywood, but can they save it from themselves?

CNN Cops Out

Blockbuster

Raleigh Studios squeezes its neighbors