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Jorge Leonardo Sanchez: Suspect Allegedly Huffs Nitrous Oxide As LAPD Chases (VIDEO)

A man suspected of huffing nitrous oxide from a balloon as he drove through Panorama City was arrested following a bizarre police chase this morning. Video (after the jump) shows the man sitting in a Honda Accord and continuing to hit his balloon as cops order him to surrender. The LAPD tells LA W ... More >>

Teen Girls Flashed By Nude Man On The Loose In Valley; LAPD Calls Him 'Red Car Flasher'

A motorist who stops and jumps out of a red car completely nude to flash teenage girls has done it again in the San Fernando Valley, cops say. The LAPD this week released a new sketch (after the jump) of the suspect hoping that someone will recognize him and come forward. Cops also issued a "be on ... More >>

Men Oh Tokushima Ramen: Chashu, Pork Belly A Ramen Video!

The history of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rivalry is well-documented in many fields, whether it's the Giants and Dodgers contesting the NL West (we're all aware of how that turned out this season) or a frank debate on which city offers the biggest and best representation of West Coast cuisine. In ... More >>

Men Oh Tokushima Ramen Opens Today in Little Tokyo

It's October on the calendar and thus theoretically great ramen weather. Alas, theory hasn't quite met thermometer just yet, but when it does, it might be a good time to welcome the belated fall season with a nice bowl of noodles from a new ramen joint (yes, another one): Japanese chain Men Oh Toku ... More >>

Grill Around the World in 8 Ways: Celebrating July 4th like an Angeleno

A proper Fourth of July feast probably begins at the grill. And in contemporary Los Angeles, this all-American meal is as likely to be comprised of yakitori and carne asada as hot dogs and hamburgers: Americans have been mixing and matching food traditions from our collective immigrant background si ... More >>

The Beach Boys - Hollywood Bowl - 6/2/12

The Beach Boys The Hollywood Bowl 6/2/12 See also: A Tour Of Beach Boys' Haunts In Their Hometown Of Hawthorne, California - With Pictures Better Than: Your average Carnie Wilson show. This year in the UK, Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee is bringing together millions of her subjects (and pl ... More >>

Fried Chicken Flowchart: Where to Go for Fried Chicken, American and Otherwise

In our last handy food flowchart, we tried to point you in the right direction for those times when you just need a bowl of phở to comfort your soul. Today, our flowchart helps you navigate the city when you're in search of another type of comforting soul food: fried chicken. And because sometim ... More >>

Koreatown's Biggest Art Party, at Commonwealth and Council

Commonwealth and Council, an artist-run exhibition space and studio in the heart of Koreatown, is what some might call a classic "underground" art joint. It's located on the second floor of a dilapidated building, and you have to walk between Amigos Liquor and the popular OB Bear Korean pub to find ... More >>

An Assassination in Silver Lake

Did a middle-class tagger murder a working-class El Chavo busboy?

Trio of Women, Including Possible Mother-Daughter Team, Arrested in 'Distraction Burglaries' in Koreatown

When you think of burglary crews in L.A., you almost always think of bad boys. Yeah? But cops today say they nabbed a trio of break-in artists and, unusually, they're ladies. Not only that, but it appears two of them could be a mother-daughter team, or at least related. Yeah, the LAPD says the thr ... More >>

Alex Rodriguez, Young Duarte Man, Dies When Car Flies off Highway 39 Cliff

This post has been updated to correct information about the victim's identity. Twenty-year-old Duarte man Alex Rodriguez was declared dead early Sunday morning. He had driven his Honda sedan off the side of the windy, cliffside San Gabriel Canyon Road -- also known as Highway 39. A 16-year-old gir ... More >>

1914 Cyclone Motorcycle Worth $1 Million Taken in Bel Air Home Invasion

When you have $1 million worth of vehicle, try to make sure no one's tailing you. The owner of a million-dollar, one-of-a-kind, 1914 twin-cylinder Cyclone motorcycle thinks that crooks might have followed him home after its showing at the annual, open-to-the-public Beverly Hills Concours D'Elegance ... More >>

Matthew Broderick's Ferris Bueller Superbowl Ad Tours L.A. in Midlife-Crisis Minivan

Thank you, Honda, for bringing to life Hollywood's wildest fantasy this Superbowl season: Ferris Bueller, our favorite high-school hooligan, playing hooky in our own backyard. Sure, we get a tired, squarish, middle-aged version of Bueller, who has morphed into a very mortal Matthew Broderick, the a ... More >>

Victoria Jackson's Excellent Tea Party Adventure

Hervey Medellin: Hollywood Body Parts Victim ID'd

Updated at the bottom: The Times ID's the victim. Our headline has changed and this piece was wholly rewritten after we picked up a false report of an arrest in the case. First posted at 6:54 p.m. Thursday. Reports of an arrest in the grisly case of human body parts found this week in the Hollywood ... More >>

Honda Civic Hybrid Only Gets 30 Miles Per Gallon? L.A.'s Heather Peters Sues ... The Right Way

So you bought an ugly, slab-sided Honda Civic hybrid thinking it would, despite its Danny DeVito looks, become the next "it" car for the eco hipsters. Wrong again, ethanol breath. Turns out earlier models of the Civic hybrid came with way less gas mileage than advertised -- 30 versus 50 -- as a re ... More >>

My Scooter Got Me a $526 Ticket?! When Small Bikes Collide With the Law

​ In our new column, First Person, L.A. writers tackle the good, the bad and the funny about life as they know it.There is a high price to pay in the city of Los Angeles for the feeling of wind rushing through your hair -- $526, or 68 community service hours, to be exact. I know, because it ... More >>

John & Ken Radio Show Plagued by Anti-Latino Hate Speech, UCLA Study Says

johnandkenshow.comJohn & Ken under the gun.​A UCLA study of broadcast hate speech, including a look at L.A.'s controversial John & Ken Show (KFI AM 640) found that two thirds of hateful statements analyzed targeted undocumented immigrants "and Latinos." The study (PDF) looked at single segmen ... More >>

Groupon Concert Tickets: Why The Ke$sha, Rick Ross, and Rihanna Fire Sale?

​In May, Live Nation and Groupon combined forces in a presumed effort to jumpstart the struggling concert ticket market. Indeed, in recent months you've been able to get Groupons for all sorts of big shows. The partnership has been a boon to musically-inclined bargain hunters, but it also gets ... More >>

Update: Silver Lake Restaurant Employee Shooting Victim

lesbal123El Chavo​There's an update on the condition of the Silver Lake restaurant employee who was shot and seriously wounded last weekend in an apparent road rage incident. Sadly, Juan David Vasquez Loma (who goes by David Vasquez), an employee of two popular silver Lake restaurants, El Chav ... More >>

Westside Market Robbers Dressed as 'Security' And Holding Guns Have Hit Three Stores Including Trader Joe's: LAPD on The Hunt

LAPD/YouTubeA robbery at Overland Liquor Store.​The latest in a series of market robberies has authorities on alert and normally happy shiny Westsiders shaking in their Ugg boots. It happened Wednesday night about 9:45 p.m. when three gun-toting men dressed in black "security" shirts burst in ... More >>

Juan David Vasquez Loma -- Pizza Delivery Boy in Silver Lake, Sending Money Back to Mexico -- Expected to Die After Road-Rage Shooting

FacebookLoma's profile picture​[Update: LAPD Detective Larry Burcher tells the Weekly that as of Tuesday night, Loma has been declared brain-dead, though he's still hooked up to the breathing machine. Burcher says the hospital is "working with the Mexican consulate, trying to get his mother up ... More >>

Miranda July's New Film The Future and MOCA Exhibit "Eleven Heavy Things"

With her talking cat, T-shirt dance, interactive pink thought balloons and unicorn fans, the filmmaker-artist just wants us all to connect

Winning the Future: Car Thieves Prefer Domestic Makes for First Time Since 2002

​President Obama should be damn proud of the 2010 car-theft report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau, craftily titled "Hot Wheels": Nationally--and for the first time since 2002--thieves preferred domestic makes over foreign brands. Ford took three spots, Dodge two and Chevrolet held o ... More >>

Robert Canizalez and Martin Morones, Illegal Street Racers, Murdered Dora Groce and Her Two Kids in Fiery El Monte Crash

Dora, Robert and Catherine Groce, murdered by street racers.​Robert Canizalez and Martin Morones murdered Dora Groce and her two children in a horrific car blaze like a terror scene from Terminator, and California's 2nd District Court of Appeal yesterday denied their absurd attempt to undo the ... More >>

Jimmy Chau, San Gabriel Wah Ching Gang Member, Allegedly Had 2,000 Ecstasy Pills on Him During Traffic Stop

YouTubeWah Ching.​Damn, drug dealers have to learn have to learn how to drive. We warned you about this when last we reported about a suspect named Johnny V. Pham, who got popped in Arcadia for allegedly rolling through a stop sign -- with 8,000 ecstasy pills in his car. Now authorities say ... More >>

Pothole Swallows Motorcycle Cop's Bike Near Downtown L.A: He's Hospitalized With Cuts And Bruises

mypotholes.com​We've told you for quite some time how much we love the nationally acclaimed roads of L.A. While the City Council hoards millions in redevelopment funds for rich guys and corporate developers, we suffer thousands in damage to our vehicles from tire-popping, wheel-bending pothole ... More >>

Coachella Organizers Trying to Find Owners of Lost Car Keys, Cameras, Bags and Cellphones

The keys to Coachella.​One week after the start of Coachella ... and some folks still haven't found their keys. Don't worry. Festival organizers probably have them in what seems to us to be a massive lost-and-found collection. Besides keys there are cellphones/smartphones, bags/backpacks and ... More >>

Kevin Butcher, 23-Year-Old Burbank Man on Motorcycle, Killed in I-10 Crash With Another (Allegedly Drunk) Man on Motorcycle

Facebook23-year-old Kevin Butcher​Kevin Butcher was riding his red Ducati motorcycle down the 10 East yesterday afternoon, when traffic began to slow up ahead. He was riding behind another motorcyclist on a white Honda at the time -- a 29-year-old man from North Hollywood who West L.A. CHP Of ... More >>

Carlos Ibanez, L.A. Homicide No. 4: Young Partygoer Gunned Down in Valley Glen Drive-By on New Year's Day

Google Maps​A Latino man who died January 4 after suffering multiple gunshot wounds at a New Year's Day house party in Valley Glen has been identified as 28-year-old Carlos Ibanez. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ibanez had no gang affiliation; however, LAPD detectives think the shooters ... More >>

Cameron Cook, 18-Year-Old Senior at JSerra Catholic High, Falls to Death From 57 Freeway Overpass

FacebookR.I.P. Cameron Cook​Updated after the jump: Ashley Bryan, the 24-year-old driver who caused Cook to fall off the overpass, was allegedly drunk at the time. She's now charged with vehicular manslaughter. Update: JSerra Principal Tom Waszak "mourns this tragic loss." An Orange County t ... More >>

Beauty is Chicken Skin-Deep at Honda Ya Izakaya

​Anyone who orders sushi at Honda Ya Izakaya has wasabi for brains, specifically the fake, green, putty-like sort that comes on supermarket trays rimmed with plastic "fences." We're not saying that the raw fish at this Little Tokyo eatery isn't decent; we just don't see why anyone would order ... More >>

Godzilla No Like When Honda Use Godzilla to Sell Minivan; Godzilla Sue Honda (VIDEO)

Toho Co. Ltd. (please don't sue us)A Japanese chick from 1954 gets her first glimpse of the Honda Odyssey​We're not sure why we're talking like Elmo, and we'd like to amend that Godzilla himself has not filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against American Honda Motor Company in Los Angeles ... More >>

All in the Family

Izakaya's Korean Brethren

Ask Mr. Gold: All in the Family, or Izakaya's Korean Brethren

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: We only have one night in town, but we were hoping to do an izakaya crawl. Suggestions? Not in Torrance, please. If we've drunk as much as we hope to drink, it's a bit far to drive. --Lisa, San Francisco Dear Lisa: I know that there's so ... More >>

Fast Food: Talking Food with IndyCar Driver E.J. Viso

And now, an entirely different meaning for fast food. With this weekend marking the annual Long Beach Grand Prix, it seemed like a good time to find out what an open wheel racer eats. Meet driver E.J. Viso. Now in his third year in the Indy Racing League, the 25 year-old from Caracas, Venezula, h ... More >>

Rock Picks: Daedelus, Beth Thornley, Yeasayer

Also, Ohioan, Hepcat, Vivian Girls and others

Brick’s Picks: Dancing Hearts

What Super Bowl? Let's Go Whale Watching!

What to do in L.A., Feb. 1-7

Surfing Sephardic

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Santa Monica or Saigon?

A tale of two brothers

5 Transmissions From the Post-TV Frontier

5 Transmissions From the Post-TV Frontier

Artsters, Juggy D and the Last Bricktops

The King Crab and I

The Capital of Car Design

L.A. is, once again, where the action is

The Loneliest Road In America

Heartbreak and redemption on Route 50

Less Than or Equal To Another Vacation

D.C. Diary

Downs and ups of a protest

Council Ousts Ostrich

A farewell to Valley farm life