Laguna Beach

Downtown's Arts District Is One of L.A.'s Hottest Neighborhoods. Thank (or Blame) Tyler Stonebreaker

Music Picks: The Weeknd, That '70s Soul, Power of the Riff

Odd Future and Streetwear Employees Resent Fairfax Avenue Tourist Influx

Jensen Gray Killed in Santa Monica Party Stabbing

Updated at the bottom with the victim's ID and evidence he was friends with the suspect. The headline has changed to reflect new info. First posted at 12:24 p.m. Wednesday. A rare murder in Santa Monica was reported early this morning near the Third Street Promenade, police told the Weekly. Cops w ... More >>

Savages Review

Oliver Stone's drug-trade drama Savages settles for sensation

Mikal Cronin: Ty Segall's Homie on the Bay Area Scene, No Doubt, and Making Music His Mom Likes

Mikal Cronin's self-titled debut arrived last year as part of a successful trio of thrashy rock releases from the Bay Area, which also included Thee Oh Sees' Carrion Crawler/The Dream and Ty Segall's Goodbye Bread. Maintaining a stark level of intimacy, Cronin's album is the most wholesome and engag ... More >>

Goldenvoice: The Hazy Punk Rock Early Days

Founder Gary Tovar recalls the unlikely beginnings of the influential concert production company

Music Picks: Fucked Up, Dolly Parton, Ty Segal, Fitz & the Tantrums,

Also, Soundgarden, Iceage, Earth, Wu Lyf and others

Bas Jan Ader, Zoe Crosher, and the Art of Disappearing People

Over The Weekend: Best Coast, Cops and the Cheesecake Factory at Make Music Pasadena

Sam BlochBest Coast, Assembled Multitudes​ STORY BY SAM BLOCH At the dawn of the Napster age, sociologist Tia DeMora wrote eloquently of the relationship between commerce and pop music. "Consumption behavior can be understood as a kind of dance," she wrote. And in a retail environment, it's ... More >>

Jonas Bevacqua's Autopsy Inconclusive; LRG Co-Founder's Death Will Be Determined by Toxicology Test

Jonas Bevacqua founded the multimillion-dollar company LRG, outfitter to both skater punks and hip-hop royalty​The sudden death of well-loved LRG clothing co-founder Jonas Bevacqua at his Laguna Beach home yesterday has left many friends and fans wondering how a lively 33-year-old could be her ... More >>

L.A. Road Closures, Wednesday Edition: Where Not To Drive

PHOTO BY TED SOQUI​I punish thee with hella traffic​Updated after the jump: The beginning of the end FLASH FOOD warnings until 6 p.m. (this includes downtown L.A.). Constantly updated with traffic conditions, evacuations and the best in emergency rescues. Originally posted at 8:30 a.m. ... More >>

California Says You Should Be Able To Go To The Beach At 3 A.M., Despite L.A.'s Curfew

Mike Baird via FlickrCalifornia says you should be able to frolic at all hours.​Updated after the jump with quotes from Coastal Commission honcho Peter Douglas. First posted at 3:45. You know what kids go to the beach at night to do? Bad things. Trust us, we've been there. With that in mind ... More >>

Music Picks: Amanda Jo Williams, Usher, Masaki Batoh, Procol Harum

Also, Dustin Wong, Greg Dulli, Ghostface Killah

ACLU Drops Suit Against Santa Monica Over Its Treatment Of Homeless

​The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced this week it was dropping its lawsuit against the city of Santa Monica over its treatment of homeless residents. An ACLU statement indicates Santa Monica officials have agreed that " ... merely sleeping and homeless status sh ... More >>

Brooklyn Boys Food Truck Brings Deli Fare to O.C.

Brooklyn BoysThe Brooklyn Boys food truck​Orange County isn't known for its abundance of New York and Jewish-style delis, but the Brooklyn Boys food truck, launched on Feb. 1, hopes to change that. Roaming from Fullerton and Placentia on the northern tip to Santa Ana and Irvine and all the w ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Jennifer's Body, Love Happens

Also, Crude, You the Living and more

Craig Strong's New Beachfront Kitchen, Wherein the Chef Demonstrates How to Stuff a Squid A Recipe

Chef Craig Strong left the kitchen of Pasadena's The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa at the end of May--after eight years and one Michelin star--and decamped for Laguna Beach, where he became executive chef of Studio at Montage in June. (Studio's previous chef, James Boyce, left for Alabama; Strong ... More >>

Stage Raw: The Seafarer

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS  NEW REVIEW: THE SEAFARER at the Geffen PlayhouseJohn Mahoney and Andrew Connolly in The Seafarer Photo by Michael LamontNEW REVIEW GO THE SEAFARER If you're seeking innovation in the theater, look elsewhere. Conor McPherson's I ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Stick Fly, Voice Lessons, Lydia

Also, Our Mother's Brief Affair, >3 and more

Stage Raw: Stick Fly

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: THE WEEKEND'S NEW THEATER REVIEWS EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS COMING WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSand this week's THEATER FEATURE: an Off-Broadway roundupReviewed this week: the world premiere of Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair at South Coast Rep; the west coast ... More >>

They Say the Lights Are Bright Off Broadway

Hop, Skipping and Jumping around Gotham

Brooks Melchior

Play-by-playboy

A. Quincy Jones: High and Low

Modernist architect sought luxury on a budget

Putter Smith

Jazz wolverine

Murder On the Last Turn

Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

Born in '45

Timothy Liar

A biography

The Secret Lives of Boys

Inside the old spirits, indie fucks, gay best friends and outlaws

Kitty Litter

Giant Drag is the real poop

In Occupied Territory

Exile in Godville

Profile of a postmodern heretic

California Dreamin’ Gone Seriously Sour

Kem Nunn on environmental apocalypse, surfing subcultures and his new novel, Tijuana Straits

Scream IV

Arnold and the tax hike to come

Last Stand at San Onofre

Visit one of Southern California’s wildest and most famous surf spots — before it gets bulldozed for a toll road

Letters

Your Friends and Neighbors for Peace

A weekend's march through time

Letters

Crack Cop

FBI memos released to the Weekly show ties of convicted dealer to former CIA official

Standing on the Corner

Day laborers get organized