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Exchange LA Club Downtown Files For Bankruptcy Protection

A club that has been an anchor for downtown Los Angeles' nightlife revival has filed for bankruptcy protection. The corporation behind Exchange LA, a dance venue located in the Pacific Stock Exchange building on Spring Street, blamed legal disputes with its landlord for the Chapter 11 filing this w ... More >>

West Hollywood's Ridiculous Fur Ban Met With Lawsuit

Only days after the city of West Hollywood enacted one of the nation's first bans on fur clothing, a local boutique called Mayfair House has filed suit in U.S. District Court. See also: West Hollywood Fur Ban Hits on Last Day of Summer. The store essentially claims that the town has no right to ba ... More >>

Riff Raff and Kapparot Chickens: Readers Respond

Daily Marijuana Use Is Perfectly Healthy, Study Suggests

Lord knows we have our share of daily pot smokers in L.A., the medical marijuana capital of America. But do they flood the emergency rooms and doctors' offices with requests for health care as a result of their cannabis habit. Nope. Not, at least, if you think a new study applies to all weed tokers ... More >>

Five Things EDM Can Learn from Burning Man

EDM festivals continue to expand, with more weekends, bigger acts, and huge crowds. But are they getting better? Ticket prices are more expensive, sound quality isn't always great, and there are way too many bros. Though Burning Man is expanding itself and certainly not immune to these hazards, the ... More >>

"We're So in Love and Getting Married": Overheard at Burning Man

Burning Man -- it's the best! It almost killed us! But one thing's for certain; a week spent on the playa provides with an amazing cast of character provides endless quotables. Here are the best and funniest things we heard come out of folks' mouths.

Porn's HIV-Driven Shut-Down Didn't Apply to Underground Production?

The porn industry's so-called "moratorium" on production is over after nearly a week (Aug. 21-27), but it seems that not everyone honored the shut-down, a fact that has been observed on some adult-biz blogs. See also: Porn Production OK'd After HIV Scare, But Some Performers Are Wary. In fact, the ... More >>

Courtney Love Speaks On...Everything You Want to Know About Her

Long before Courtney Love was a household name, a famous rocker, actress, drug addict, widow of an icon, estranged mother or social media rabble-rouser, she was Courtney Michelle Harrison, girl from Northern California obsessed with music and consumed by dreams of Hollywood stardom. When she moved t ... More >>

Teen Burglary Suspect Gets Stuck in North Hills Chimney

A teenager who might have been trying to burglarize a North Hills home got stuck in its chimney and had to scream for help, police said. It happened about 10:05 a.m. today, LAPD Sgt. Evy Arocho told the Weekly. The juvenile had to be rescued by the L.A. Fire Department, she said:

Drug Busts and Pimps: Readers React

"Asian Girlz" Band Tries to Move On With New Video. Good Luck With That.

See also: Offensive "Asian Girlz" Video Sparks Talk of Protest. The band that set off a firestorm with a racist song about "Asian Girlz" removed that video from YouTube at midnight and is trying to point viewers to its latest work, "American Dream." Initial prophecy about the new track indicates t ... More >>

5 Hottest Real Estate Neighborhoods in L.A.

Real estate has been on fire in Los Angeles. "Economic recovery" doesn't begin to explain the ridic levels of interest in home-buying, from bidding wars to all-cash offers. It's a jungle out there. But you'd be surprised to learn that some of the areas with the highest price increases don't have a ... More >>

Asiana Teen's Body Found in Fire Truck Tracks

See also: Chinese Girls Killed in SFO Crash Were Best Friends and Top of Class. Ye Meng Yuan, one of three teenagers headed for summer camp in L.A. before their untimely demise in the July 6 Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport, was found after the accident in tire tracks le ... More >>

3rd Girl Dead in Asiana SFO Crash

A third victim has died of her injuries as a result of Saturday's Asiana jetliner crash at San Francisco International Airport. San Francisco General Hospital says in a statement sent to the Weekly and other outlets that the victim was a "girl" who "had been in critical condition." The hospital wil ... More >>

Eco-Jihadists Fight for Ballona? Readers Respond

Attention Gay Men: Our Choices Are Killing Us

See also: "Is L.A. Gay Pride an Outdated, Adolescent Mess?" Alan Turing was the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. Harry Hay spearheaded a movement that brought greater acceptance, visibility and equality for millions of queer folks around the world. Simon Nkoli tirelessly foug ... More >>

Occidental College in Crisis? Readers Respond

Fireworks Explosion in Simi Valley Injures 28 (VIDEO)

Twenty-eight people were hurt when a Southern California fireworks display literally went sideways and pyrotechnic devices hit a crowd, causing some if not many to sustain facial injuries, authorities said. It happened shortly after the show began at 9 tonight at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park ... More >>

Villaraigosa Rages After-Hours to Celebrate His Last Days as Mayor

You didn't expect Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to leave office quietly, did you? No, the Charlie Sheen-hugging, TV-news-hottie-dating city leader is going out like a lion, partying it up for 24 hours. All, apparently, the aid of ecstasy:

L.A. Weekly Wins Big at the L.A. Press Club

The L.A. Weekly's Gene Maddaus was named Print Journalist of the Year at last night's L.A. Press Club's banquet, while a half-dozen Weekly staffers took first-place honors in other categories. Of Maddaus' work, the judges wrote, "Maddaus' investigative stories were thorough and interesting. He know ... More >>

Themed Runs, Obstacle Courses Taking Over Jogging Events

Apparently just doing it isn't enough for you people. Nope. Putting on your New Balance shoes and heading for the tape is a bore. And so a revolution is afoot: Themed runs and obstacle-course events are taking over the 5k, 10k, and marathon scenes. You hungover hipsters apparently need the extra st ... More >>

Video Gamers Have Fast Hands, Sharp Eyes, Study Says

As the E3 Expo opened at the Convention Center this week, bringing geeks far and wide to see the latest in video games and gaming hardware, a new study says players have skills other than eating Cheetos and repelling real-life love interests. According to a summary of research from Duke University' ... More >>

Henry Rollins: Why I Write

[Update] How L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Spent His 12-Hour Days in 2012

Updated below with Villaraigosa responding to the Weekly's coverage, saying "I live in a bubble, and I love that bubble." Please see today's L.A. Weekly cover story, "L.A. Mayor With Baggage Seeks Job: Antonio Villaraigosa's quest for Wall Street, Washington and wealth," and check out the mayor's ... More >>

Antonio Villaraigosa's Quest for Wall Street, Washington and Wealth

5 Los Angeles Rental Neighborhoods Under The Radar

With average rent in Venice reaching more than $2,800 according to one report, it's getting hard to find affordable housing in L.A. that hasn't lost its soul. Lucky for us there's nearly 500 square miles of space in the city alone, so there's always an up-and-coming community just around the corner ... More >>

Victoria Justice: The Kids' Choice

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. "I think you go right here," says Victoria Justice, guiding a reporter toward her house in the Encino Hills, overlooking the mountains and just down the street from Martin Lawr ... More >>

5 Hottest Rental Neighborhoods in Los Angeles

Competition for apartments and rental homes in this town is fierce. At least according to the online rental marketplace Lovely, which crunched the numbers for L.A. recently. It found that a mix of upscale and hipster neighborhoods made up Los Angeles' most-competitive areas for people seeking to re ... More >>

Marijuana Shops Would Survive If Poll That Has Measure F Winning Is Accurate. It Isn't.

A poll touted over the weekend shows a measure that would allow most L.A. city marijuana dispensaries to keep operating is winning among voters. One that would shut down most pot shops is losing. Good news, perhaps, for the marijuana nation. The poll, however, has flaws that even backers of the pro ... More >>

5 Ways To Solve L.A. Traffic, Including Immigrant Driver's Ed

See also: Traffic Experts Crap All Over Eric Garcetti's Million-Dollar Gridlock Prize. Once again L.A. is the traffic nightmare capital of America, and much of that can be blamed on our own damn selves. We chose to live in a city with limited public transportation, far-out suburbs and already-stuff ... More >>

Newspaper Delivery Ladies Shot By LAPD In Dorner Manhunt See $4.2 Mil Settlement

So you're driving down the street delivering newspapers and all of a sudden police open fire on you without much if any warning. You're wounded and your delivery truck is finished. What's your damage? You get a new truck, sure. But there's a lot of medical treatment and emotional stress. Here's wha ... More >>

Porn Pulls Out Of L.A.

After you, the L.A. County voter, decided in November to mandate condom use in local porn production, the adult industry has nearly pulled out of town, so to speak. FilmLA, which processes permits for the city and county of Los Angeles, says it has received only two adult film applications this yea ... More >>

Lucky to Be Alive

A couple's devastating encounter with Lee Baca's COPS HIT deputies

Forever 21 Compelled By Federal Judge To Comply with 'Sweatshop' Investigation

Read L.A. Weekly's feature story, "Sweatshops Are Fashion's Dirty Little Secret. But They Don't Exist in L.A. -- Do They?" Forever 21 founders and husband-and-wife team Do Won Chang and Jin Sook can't duck the federal government anymore. On March 7, U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Morrow ordere ... More >>

99 Restaurants and a New L.A. Times Owner: Readers Weigh In

Photos: Here is LA Weekly's #Plate Event Through Instagram

We asked, you photographed. Below is a sampling of our favorite photos from our Plate event last night at the Peterson Automotive Museum. If for some reason you changed your mind and don't want your photo included here, just drop us a line. See Also: - Plate, LA Weekly's Food and Wine Event, 2013: ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Cocktail Competition, USC Fair Food Fest, L.A. Weekly's Plate Lucques Cassoulet Night

Cocktail Competition Who can make the tastiest red-colored cocktail? In a benefit for Go Red for Women, an American Heart Association initiative, bartenders from Marina del Rey restaurants Café del Rey, Hal's Bar and Grill, Chart House, James Beach and Tony P's will compete to create the best vodka ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

10 Best Places in L.A. For a First Date

See also: *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying *10 Oddball L.A. Museums Worth Seeing *10 Places in L.A. to Draw Nude Models Coffee dates are the worn-in blue jeans of the dating world: about as unoriginal as a third date at a sushi bar, but still used as the comfortable, familiar fallback of ch ... More >>

Christopher Dorner: Cops Shoot Newspaper Delivery Ladies In Similar Truck

Cops looking for disgraced LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner fired on two women who were in a pickup similar to the one the suspect was believed to be driving. It happened in Torrance early this morning, police told the Weekly. The pair were delivering newspapers. But throwing stuff out the window a ... More >>

Class Warfare: Metro Rides and Homelessness Have Readers Talking

L.A.'s Hit-And-Run Epidemic Inspires New Focus At City Hall

Following LA Weekly's eye-opening report on the city's hit-and-run epidemic, one L.A. city Councilman wants something done. Joe Buscaino is asking the LAPD to report to the council's Public Safety Committee "about what efforts are being undertaken by the Department to curtail hit-and-run incidents ... More >>

Army Corps' Eco-Disaster in Valley

Army Corps homophobia may have prompted destruction of 40 acres of habitat

L.A. Hit-and-Run Crisis Uncovered by L.A. Weekly Prompts Official Demand for Answers from Charlie Beck and LAPD

Please read L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic and Victim Finds Hit-and-Run Driver Citing an L.A. Weekly probe that unveiled a hit-and-run crisis in Los Angeles, with drivers fleeing 48 percent of all crashes, Councilman Joe Buscaino asked the L.A. City Council to require LAPD to explain how it plan ... More >>

Random Notebook Dump: The Year In Metal 2012

A lot of monumental things in metal this year. Some of them involved actual music. Many did not. In honor of the year's end, we gave our notebook a good shaking to help us remember the most important stuff. Top 20 L.A. Metal Albums of All Time -Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe was jailed for a mo ... More >>

9 Silicon Beach Office Buildings and What They Say About Their Companies

See also: *More tech stories from L.A. Weekly *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. Since the arrival of Google in Venice last year, westside beach communities like Santa Monica, Playa Vista and others have seen an influx of tech companies, startups, investors and soft ... More >>

L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic

The city ignores a crisis of car-as-weapon crime in the streets