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L.A. College Student Wanted For Allegedly Threatening to Kill Kids

Cops are on the lookout for a man who has threatened to kill schoolchildren and commit "suicide by cop." Frank Edward Edmonds is said to have made "disturbing" threats during recent mental confinement at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, according to the L.A. County Probation Department. Even though the ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: The Whole Menu

Over the past few months, you've watched us catalog our 100 Favorite Dishes. Catalog being a lovely term meaning eating our way across this town, well, even more than usual. And because we thought you might want a better way to access these, we've collected all one hundred into one piece, a menu if ... More >>

Endeavour's Road Trip to California Science Center Expected to Draw Masses to L.A. Streets

You thought Endeavor fever was over once the retired space shuttle hit the ground at LAX following its amazing flyover last month. You're wrong. The fever has only begun. Because L.A. will get an even closer look at the shuttle next week. That's way cool, except that the cops are worried too many ... More >>

10 Best Seafood Tacos in Los Angeles

It used to be, a dozen years ago or so, that there weren't that many spots in town where you could find a decent seafood taco, much less a great one. Fast forward to 2012, and fish and shrimp tacos have gone through something of an evolution. There are plenty of fish in the sea now; you can barely ... More >>

DUI Checkpoint in Hollywood Tonight; Drunk Driver Crackdown Across L.A.

The dog days of summer are here, the 4th of July is way back in the rear view, and the season is winding down. But, for whatever reason, authorities across L.A. county are turning up the heat on drunk drivers with a "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign August 17 to September 3. Not only that ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 4/30 - 5/4

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Goan restaurants are almost nonexistent in the U.S., perhaps due to the fact that the region enjoys such a resort-town popularity in India that few of its chefs would ever imagine emigrating their bustling hotel kitchen posts. ... More >>

Trayvon Martin Town Hall in Los Angeles

As L.A.'s own Trayvon Martin case appears to be erupting in Pasadena, the radio station KJLH (102.3 FM) is hosting a town hall discussion about the Florida shooting tomorrow. Some of the African American community's biggest luminaries will be there, and it's free and open to the public. Here's the ... More >>

'Occupy 90210' to Protest Outside Obama's $40K-per-Plate Campaign Fundraiser in L.A.

Unlike the people's beloved First Lady -- who stops by Inglewood groceries when she's in town; so humble! -- President Obama is notorious for never letting his limo stray beyond L.A.'s lavish Westside. Especially now that election season is drawing near, and so many deep Hollywood pockets have yet ... More >>

Best L.A. Twitter Beefs of 2011 (and Who Won)

​Like most news bloggers, we probably spend too much time on Twitter. Tips arrive in real time -- quicker than on news television, or over the wire -- and Twitpics open us up to a world of witnesses. In effect, we might also talk about it too much. (Online celebrity rags are guiltiest of all: ... More >>

Roderick Wright, Inglewood Senator Accused of Sexual Harassment, Pays Woman $120K in State Money to Shut Up: Report

Bakersfield NowOK, ew.​The most infuriating part about the California State Senate's reported $120,000 payout on behalf of Senator Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) last year -- just now revealed by the Los Angeles Times -- is that officials are treating it like nothing out of the ordinary. Wrigh ... More >>

Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Considers Mariscos Chente, Now Called Coni'Seafood

Anne FishbeinThe snook at Coni'Seafood​This week, Jonathan Gold considers the moveable snook feast orchestrated by chef Sergio Peñuelas, whose Inglewood restaurant Mariscos Chente has recently been renamed Coni'Seafood. Same restaurant, same chef, even kind of still the same name (it hasn't b ... More >>

Top Ten Los Angeles Metal Albums of 2011

Harassor​There was a lot that was great on the metal scene in 2011, from The Big Four's show in April to Prosthetic Records picking up U.S. distribution for Norway's Indie Recordings. (Dear Prosthetic, please get Shining over here for a tour next year). Sure, the closing of The Blvd. Cafe in B ... More >>

FBI Says Millage Peaks, Son of Former L.A. Fire Chief, Paid TSA Agent $5K to Let Him Smuggle Pot Through LAX

LA Daily NewsNot a proud day for former fire chief Millage Peaks (right).​Either 23-year-old Millage Peaks is really bad at math, or the former Los Angeles Fire Department chief's royalish offspring really, really wanted some California green for his trip to Boston. According to KNX news radi ... More >>

Prosthetic Records Is The Third L.A. Metal Label To Pull Their Catalog Off Of Spotify

Skeletonwitch's new album - not coming to Spotify​We recently told you about how Norwegian metal giant Indie Recordings was partnering with Inglewood-based label Prosthetic Records. Now there's more news on the Prosthetic front. The imprint has revealed to West Coast Sound that they are in t ... More >>

Wal-Mart Buys Up Monster Lot in Burbank; Facebook Protesters Say 'Hell No'

Facebook​There comes a time in every sleepy suburban town's life when it must go head-to-head with the Wal-Mart empire. There is the initial outcry -- the sidewalk picketers, the angry speeches at City Council meetings -- and, too often, the inevitable defeat. (Followed by a sheepish midnight ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Señor Bayless Where To Eat Regional Mexican Food in L.A.

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Chef Rick Bayless has continuously told the media that he thinks L.A. is a "timid" food city and that we do not have as good regional Mexican cooking as what he can find in Chicago. He seems to think that we only have "California" Me ... More >>

Shawn Bryant, 22-Year-Old College Student, Shot Dead by Inglewood Liquor Store Robbers on Way to Beach Birthday Party

Facebook22-year-old Shawn Bryant​A young Hawthorne man who reportedly attended El Camino College in Torrance was murdered last night by two men who had just robbed his family members at Gins Liquor Store, located along Crenshaw Boulevard in next-door Inglewood. The victim's aunt, Trezil Houst ... More >>

Montae 'M-Bone' Talbert -- Behind Cali Swag District's 'Teach Me How to Dougie' -- Shot to Death in Inglewood Drive-By

Exposay22-year-old Montae Talbert​Update: TMZ wildly speculates that M-Bone's murder was tied to a Twitter war over a girl, while the Los Angeles Times quotes his publicist as saying it was "a random act of violence." We're not buying either theory. Here's why, after the jump. Originally poste ... More >>

November Roundup of Restaurant Closures By The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Kat Teez via FlickrJerry's Deli ruben sandwich​ Since the hepatitis scare at Jerry's Famous Deli in Westwood last month, specifically on Nov. 18, 21, 23 and 24, many of us have been weary of our restaurant choices. And some of us are getting hepatitis A vaccinations or immune globulin shots. ... More >>

Police Suspect Two-Year-Old Erica Johnson Was Beaten To Death By Mother's 21-Year-Old Boyfriend

Google Maps​A two-year old black female was discovered by paramedics in full cardiac arrest at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. Because her mother is currently serving time in jail, the girl was staying with her maternal grandmother on the 10600 block of Cimarron Street in Westmont. From ... More >>

Los Angeles County Cities Have Highest Sales Taxes In The State, Including 10.75 Percent In Pico Rivera And South Gate

Slices of Light via Flickr​Updated after the jump with comments from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce's CEO, who says high sales taxes could hurt car sales. Originally posted at 1:38 p.m. Eleven cents on the dollar in sales tax? Believe that. As five California cities, including two in Sou ... More >>

David Edward Albert Charged In 'Passive Arts' Bondage Club Murder

A flier for an event at Passive Arts.​A man fired from a bondage club earlier this month was charged Thursday with murdering the venue's owner after the man's body was found among the ashes of the fire-damaged building near LAX. Fifty-three-year-old David Edward Albert of Simi Valley was exp ... More >>

Should A Los Angeles Public Venue Be Used For Raves? Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says Maybe Not

Timothy NorrisElectric Daisy Citizens.​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week questioned whether a public venue should continue to be used for a massive rave that claims to have drawn 185,000 people to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over the weekend.

LAX Police Dispatched Outside Of Airport To Help Other Cops

​LAX police are often dispatched to help aid other cops in neighboring cities, according to a two-month investigation by Los Angeles radio station KNX 1070 Newsradio. In the past year and a half alone, airport officers were dispatched about 17 times to help aid police in nearby cities. "We'r ... More >>

Man Drains 97-Year-Old's Life Savings Via ATM

LAPDThe suspect.​Police on Wednesday announced they were looking for a Mercedes-driving suspect they say drained a 97-year-old's life savings by using an ATM card stolen from the victim. The man's alleged take was $46,000 withdrawn at Southern California ATMs between August and November. Los ... More >>

Evacuations Ordered For Several Foothill Communities (UPDATED)

National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

Autism In L.A. Clustered Around Affluent Areas, Study Finds

UC Davis​Researchers at UC Davis have been studying geographic patterns that correlate to autism perhaps in hopes of coming up with an environmental link. On that front, they came up blank. But the school's recent findings are interesting nonetheless: For the greater Los Angeles region, the ac ... More >>

Squid Ink Food Fight: Oysters, High and Low

There are few things to eat that are better tasting and simpler than an oyster. Complete with its own sauce, seasoning and serving dish, an oyster on the half shell is a nature-ready bite of food; any dash of lemon, mignonette or other sauce is arguably unnecessary. Once plentiful and cheap, oysters ... More >>

Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?

Four on the floor

At Nigerian Eatery Saaris, America Is Turning to Fufu!

Dunkin' dough

Prayers, Doughnuts and Booze in the Drive-Thru Lane

Dashboard confidential

Peter Woods

Collective reasoning

This Is Iran, Too

Best Whimsical Public Aerospace Art

Everybody Do the Pigeon!

Underground L.A. rapper Pigeon John can’t help it — he’s weird

Happy Trails

Saddling up in the big town

Friday Night at the Races

I’m Black and Paranoid

An L.A. native’s view of Crash

Tribal Warfare

It’s Indian vs. Indian with Arnold in the middle, as the fight over the flood of money from reservation casinos heats up

Mr. Mayor, Pay Up

L.A. Sentinel Beats Inglewood’s Dorn

Letters

Monster Burrito

Unaborted

Love and crap from the Sex Pistols

The Word in Inglewood

Out at the Tracks

Horsing around in Southern California

Tioga, We've Got a Problem

Imported Texas barbecue in Inglewood

Crash and Burn

Tobacconists report rise in heists to match price hikes

Whip It

Malign Neglect

A Weekly Roundtable discussion on black L.A.