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L.A. to Build Football Stadium at 405-10 Interchange

By Eva Recinos and Zachary Pincus-Roth The city of L.A. today reached a historic agreement on a new NFL football stadium to be built at the intersection of the 405 and the 10 freeways. The decision comes after various proposals for stadium plans have fallen through in recent years, notably a propo ... More >>

Music Picks: No Doubt, Nikki Hill, Alice Cooper

Pssssst: L.A. -- Your Pride Is Showing

Jonathan Gold Reviews Coni'Seafood

(Video) Hollywood Sign Buzzed by 'Wingsuit' Skydivers Sponsored by Red Bull

Red Bull USAWingsuits over Hollywood.​The one percenters (okay, maybe they're 10 percenters) who live around the Hollywood sign have been pissed off at all the tourists who nose around their neighborhood because they happen to live ... near the friggin' Hollywood sign! (Listen folks, don't m ... More >>

West Hollywood Library, an Edward Fickett Artifact, Demolished Days Before Grand Opening of New $64 Million Version

West Hollywood City Councilmembers and their right-hand planning staff have a history of imposing their own architectural desires on the LGBT townspeople. You'd think, in a town of gays, you could find someone with a little taste (and we mean that in the best way possible). But no: In this rapidly ... More >>

Equality California Seeking Relevance With Prospect of Pro-Gay Marriage Ballot Measure?

​And so Equality California leaders came to West Hollywood yesterday, holding one of their town hall meetings to understand if ordinary gays and lesbians in California want to go back to the voting booth with a pro-gay marriage ballot measure in 2012. There are many critics of such an expens ... More >>

Music Picks: The Psychedelic Furs, Orgone, Raekwon, Beach Fossils, The Raveonettes

Also, Thao & Mirah, Sun Araw, Cass McCombs, Trinket and others

Dethroning West Hollywood's Martinets

Can five intriguing gay men upset the City Council's 26-year dynasty?

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Debate Again, Challengers Seek to Unseat Longtime Incumbents

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood candidate John D'Amico​West Hollywood candidates meet up for another debate tonight at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium, where hard-charging challengers seek to unseat longtime incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. Heilman and Land have served a c ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Square Off in First Debate, Challengers Say Time for Change

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood Mayor John Heilman​A long-anticipated debate will take place in West Hollywood tonight between all of the candidates running for City Council, including several hard-charging challengers and incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. The challengers will ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Tries to Ban Public Restaurant Smoking Once and for All

Life MagazineWeHo starlets with cigarettes: a fading grace​Updated after the jump: The outdoor smoking ban passed last night, even after some awesome characters in bondage and mohawks (apparently not too convincing) showed up for public comment. Oh, West Hollywood. That fabulous little town o ... More >>

L.A. Rainstorm Causes All Hell To Break Loose, Will Wreak More Havoc Christmas Day

Tricia via PBaseCHP: Don't even think about blaming the weather​We were still kind of making fun of the impending Los Angeles "weather" last Friday, when the shower head was set to wimpy sprinkle and L.A. drivers were farting around at their always hilarious (except when we have to get somewhe ... More >>

Robert Rizzo, Bell's Disgraced City Manager, Owned 'Small Stable' Of Thoroughbreds

R-to-the-izzo seemed to live like a rap star.​They call it the sport of kings. And who could blame a man who reportedly pulled in $1.5 million in a recent year for partaking? Of course, if that man was Robert Rizzo, the disgraced former city manager of Bell, then, yeah, there might be some bl ... More >>

CNN To Televise West Hollywood Rally for Prop. 8 Ruling

WeHo NewsThe Abbey in West Hollywood​As expected, national and local news outlets are setting up in West Hollywood, ready to televise reactions to today's ruling for the Proposition 8 federal trial. The ruling will be handed down sometime between 1 and 3 p.m. this afternoon. A CNN truck as w ... More >>

This Weekend: El Guincho, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Harlem, Dawes, Peter Case

El Guincho​Yes, that's the voice of Julieta Venegas on the re-imagined "Mientes," one of the five tracks on El Guincho's new EP Piratas de Sudamérica. El Guincho, the nom de tune of Barcelona experimentalist Pablo Díaz-Reixa, fueled some underground buzz with his 2007 album Alegranza. A pri ... More >>

This Weekend: Dâm-Funk, Jane's Addiction, Hootenanny, Mates of State, Baths, CocoRosie

Matthew ScottDam-Funk​Chalk it up to one of music's little mysteries -- how the old synths and creaky drum machines on Dâm-Funk's sprawling Toeachizown can sound so new. L.A.'s "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," born Damon Riddick, unleashed that double-CD, five-LP collection on the world last yea ... More >>

Music Picks: Femi Kuti, Love Revisited, Fol Chen, Riot Grrl Carnival

Also, Dam-Funk, the Outline, CocoRosie and others

No Horse Racing At Santa Anita This Fall?

​The big players in California horse racing will gather next Tuesday to hash out the future of racing in Southern California.At the moment, it looks like the Oak Tree Racing Association -- which has been running races at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for 40 years -- will be heading elsewhere.

Music Picks: Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, VoicesVoices, Peter Gabriel, Jakob Dylan

Also, Ane Brun, the Melodians, Kate Miller-Heidke, Ian Whitcomb and others

Nightranger: Everybody Talk About Pop Muzik

Nightranger: California Paradise

Dinner at the Best Chef's Table In Town: What Would 20 of L.A.'s Top Chefs Dream Up?

Imagine gathering twenty of LA's top chefs -- in one cramped restaurant kitchen -- to cook up a 50-person thank you dinner for a beloved longtime customer. No egos allowed. On the chefs' night off. Free of charge. Oh, and each chef must agree on the menu. Not going to happen? It did. The secret, ... More >>

Snook Attack: La Chente

Beware the dangerous, cult-forming Pescado Zarandeado

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Common Cause Different segments of L.A.'s huge Iranian community are uniting to protest their homeland's presidential election results. L.A. Times, L.A. Daily NewsSpecial Order 40 Upheld A state appeals court upheld the LAPD rule banning officers from seeking information about suspects' immigration ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Off and Running? Detailed plans are moving forward to replace Inglewood's storied Hollywood Park racetrack with a mixed-use retail district and residential complex. L.A. TimesMercury Insurance Job Cancellations L.A.-based Mercury Insurance Company announced it will lay off 360 employees in order to ... More >>

Waiting for a Decision: Will State Court Overturn Prop 8?

California's State Supreme Court begins hearing arguments for and against overturning Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November. The state's high court will issue its decision within 90 days. The San Francisco proceedings, based on three separate cases challenging the ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Requiem for a Heavy Cat

A tribute to Dave Carpenter, and more

Brick's Picks: Golden Moments '07

Jazz picks around L.A. — plus a look back

Fabian Núñez's Big Break

Shamelessly coddling the megarich tribes, the Assembly speaker splits his own coalition

Brick's Picks: Hooked On Benny

The Bowl celebrates Carter’s ­centennial, plus jazz around town

Brick's Picks: Flight Plans

Zane Musa and other rides worth catching

Rock Picks

For the week of June 7 - 14

Jazz Listings

For the week of Jan. 5 – 11

The City I Found

Best remnants of hardboiled L.A.

On Deck With the Dealer to the Stars

The stakes aren’t as high, but the action’s still hot when Hollywood holds ’em

Houses of Cards

Where to get poker-faced without leaving L.A.

Happy Trails

Saddling up in the big town

Welcome to Inglewood — Leave Your Aspirations Behind

For Erin Aubry Kaplan, coming home has been a labor of tough love

Friday Night at the Races

Goliath Down

Inglewood voters kick Wal-Mart’s ass

Thinking Out of the Box

Inglewood’s obsession with Wal-Mart

Off-Tack Bettor

Salsalvation

Sky High

The 'At Least' Factor

At least Frank Stronach isn't bulldozing Santa Anita for condos

Out at the Tracks

Horsing around in Southern California