Inglewood

Marijuana: L.A. County's 1st Dispensary Shut Down

An Inglewood marijuana dispensary that was the first pot shop in Los Angeles county, according to its owner, was shut down by police today and will likely close for good, he told the Weekly. Paul Scott of IMCC Wellness Center says numerous police officers showed up shortly after 1 p.m. today and ra ... More >>

Coni'Seafood: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

VIDEO: TV Viewer Gets Front-Row Seat For Inglewood Police Chase

A guy in Inglewood was watching a televised chase last night from the comfort of his couch, when all of a sudden, things got really real.After the jump, check out his reaction when he looks out the living room window and sees a stolen vehicle coming at him with a bunch of cops in hot pursuit.Ah, Los ... More >>

45: The Pescado Zarandeado at Coni'Seafood

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4) -- and probably beyond, at this rate -- we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 45: The Pescado Zarandeado at Coni'Seafood. The pescado zarandeado at Coni'Seafood in Inglewood has long been the stuff ... More >>

Los Angeles, Inglewood Officials to Sacrifice 400 'Majestic' Trees in Way of Space Shuttle Endeavour

"Space exploration events are like the Olympics; everyone just feels good," Inglewood Mayor James Butts said at a triumphant press conference on the September 20 arrival of the space shuttle Endeavour. And the spacecraft's 12-mile trip from LAX to the California Science Center on October 13, added ... More >>

Burlington Coat Factory Janitors Held Hostage During Botched Inglewood Robbery, Standoff

Three armed robbery suspects broke into the giant Burlington Coat Factory in Inglewood around 7:10 a.m., reports KNX news radio -- then found themselves faced with the morning cleaning crew. "About a dozen" employees total, says KNX. So the robbers reportedly took them hostage, lining them up on the ... More >>

Stuff I Eat: Going Vegan in Inglewood

If vegan and animal rights activists really want to change the way the majority of people eat, they might want to forget those PETA protests where half-naked women dress like tigers and sit in cages all day or those really depressing humane society commercials where slow motion footage of abused dog ... More >>

Prince at the Forum, revisited

Inglewood Hero: Fred Martin Dies After Taking Bullet for His 8-Year-Old Son

As the sun went down on Tuesday evening, a young father died in a heroic effort to save his 8-year-old son from street gunfire. Fredrick Martin, 28, was shot twice in the chest and stomach after pushing his son to the ground at the last second -- ultimately saving the kid's life. The 7 p.m. shooti ... More >>

Javier Arrioja, Soccer Coach for the Los Angeles Misioneros, Charged With Molesting Teen Player

lamisionerosfc.com​Updated below: The sheriff says Arrioja actually molested two 14-year-old players. Originally posted February 22 at 6 p.m. A former soccer coach for the Los Angeles Misioneros, a private under-17 club team based out of Inglewood, has been accused of molesting one of his yo ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Coni'Seafood

Fighting Squatters, South L.A.-Style

A neighborhood pressures a trespasser to move on and creates a stronger community

Jomo Zambia, Convicted L.A. Pimp, Crashes Into Inglewood Police Car After Being Murdered in Red BMW

Jomo Zambia via Facebook​A young man named Jomo Adoula Zambia was murdered in broad daylight yesterday while driving his red BMW down Florence Avenue in Inglewood. Inglewood police say he blew through the red light at Eucalyptus Avenue around 2:30 p.m., after being shot in the arm and torso - ... More >>

The Art World Party Line Blows Up

M-Bone, Member of "Teach Me How to Dougie" Crew Cali Swag District, Killed in Inglewood

M-Bone is first from the left at the beginning of the video, wearing plaid shirt. Several news outlets are reporting that Montae Talbert, best known as M-Bone, member of the hip-hop crew Cali Swag District, was gunned down yesterday night in Inglewood. The SoCal crew became world-famous thanks to ... More >>

Hooray for Inglewood!

Inglewood's U-N-I Design Lakers-Inspired Hat (MP3)

Inglewood skinny pants-rap duo U-N-I have their own designer brim, available now courtesy of the Bay Area-based Hella Tight Hats. Last night, Inglewood rapper Thurzday announced the news via Twitter, subsequently sharing that the first two sales went to Australia, then Hawaii. That's a pretty wide s ... More >>

Fightin' Words: Inglewood Open Mic Summons Rhyme and Rhythm to Stop Police Brutality

Aja ViaforaThe night of August 20, a light burned on the street corner near Crenshaw Blvd. and Florence Avenue. Inside Chuco's Justice Center, a group of about 20 minorities, all under the age of 35, bobbed their heads and swayed their arms to the disheartening professions of their inner emotions re ... More >>

(VIDEO) Inglewood PD Shuts Down Hard Summer 2009 (UPDATED)

View more photos in the "HARD Summer: From Party to Riot Police?" slideshow. @danlantham (twitpic)Police at the Forum shut down Hard Summer 2009​ Here's what we know, via Twitter. The police and fire marshals have shut down Hard Summer. Not sure about the truth to @anhnguyen, who Tweeted: " ... More >>

Today in Photographs: July 28, 1951

​Street Scene: A car collision brings together new suburbanites in a mural of shirtless men, concerned women and blanketed victims. The accident occurred in a development bounded by La Cienega and La Tijera boulevards, wedged between Inglewood and Westchester.LA Examiner/USC

Officer Involved Shootings Reach 27 this Year

With Monday's fatal shooting of postal worker Kevin Wicks by an Inglewood police officer the number of deaths this year at the hands of law enforcement in Los Angeles County has hit 27, according to the LA County Coroner. That means roughly four deaths a month involving police officers. The startl ... More >>

Helen of Inglewood

Revisiting Lundeberg’s History of Transportation

Mayor for Life?

In Inglewood, even a runoff might not defrock Dorn

Combat Dance

Bell, Book and Casket

Curiosity shopping for the adventurous

Welcome to Inglewood — Leave Your Aspirations Behind

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

How To B. Chic

Revenge of the White Cops

The meaning of the Inglewood verdict

Thinking Outside the Big Box

L.A.’s new law to rein in Wal-Mart isn’t sweeping, but it may be smart

People vs. the Police — Take Five

The Stanley Miller beating prompts more promises of citizen involvement. Haven’t we been here before?

Distant Justice

Police-brutality victim Patricia Surjue and her elusive day in court

Goliath Down

Inglewood voters kick Wal-Mart’s ass

Letters

Store Front

In the bid to expand its empire into Inglewood, Wal-Mart’s getting black like me

Thinking Out of the Box

Inglewood’s obsession with Wal-Mart

Day in the Sun

No more secrecy for cops, judges and lawyers in Inglewood brutality case

Light of Justice

Federal judge agrees to take another look at secret deal in Inglewood brutality case

Second and Long

Retrial in Inglewood’s videotaped beating case is a test for Steve Cooley

Domestic Violence

On the mismatched war at home

Our Town

Inglewood, once more with feeling

Everyone But the Gloved One

The usual suspects of black leadership, and then some, give it their all in Inglewood

The Cop Who Stopped the Punch

Law and Disorder

The roughing-up of a handcuffed 16-year-old in Inglewood

10 Inner-City Stories You Didn’t Read . . . Again

East of the Sun, West of the 110

The politics of the big move

Plane Injustice

LAX neighbors worry no one stands up for them

Inglewood’s Magisterial Mayor

Roosevelt Dorn was bombastic on the bench — and he still is

Letters

Marilyn Martinez’s article on Superintendent McKinley Nash ["Big Stick on Campus," June 19–25] is one-sided, full of inaccuracies, and reflects flawed investigation by your reporter...

Big Stick

Inglewood schools super McKinley Nash cows his critics