Lakewood

Best L.A. Novel Ever: A Single Man vs. Golden Days, Round 2

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading check out: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups The battle b ... More >>

Donald Vincent: Ice Skating Coach Suspected Of Molestation Worked Throughout SoCal

An ice-skating coach who has worked at rinks in Culver City, Anaheim, Riverside and more, was charged this week with lewd acts on a minor. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department announced that 29-year-old Donald Vincent was jailed in lieu of $1 million bail after a 17-year-old boy came forward and cl ... More >>

Michael Wieczorek Stole Christmas Cards, Presents, Mail In South Bay -- Cops

Sheriff's officials say Michael Wieczorek is a Grinch who stole Christmas. Literally. After busting him Wednesday for allegedly swiping a delivered package from the porch of a home on Redondela Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes, cops say they found more pilfered holiday goods in his possession, includin ... More >>

Jenni Rivera's Passing Mourned By Fans In Lakewood, Lynwood

Fans gathered in Lakewood overnight to mourn the passing of Long Beach native Jenni Rivera, who became a multi-media star based on her Mexican banda music. Her father reportedly confirmed her passing outside the family's Lakewood, home where the Rivera faithful had come with candles and flowers. T ... More >>

Melvin Walker: L.A. Marijuana Dispensary Operator, 11 Others, Arrested By Feds

The federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California continued today as the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the arrests of 12 people associated with a chain of pot shops. John Melvin Walker operated 9 dispensaries in L.A. and Orange counties, feds say, and he topped the l ... More >>

Tony Francis, Unarmed Compton Man, Shot Dead by Sheriff: Family Files Civil-Rights Lawsuit, Alleges 'Coverup'

Friends and family of 22-year-old Compton dad Tony Francis are having a hard time believing the L.A. County Sheriff's account of his death last Friday: Sheriff's Homicide Detective Holly Francisco told reporters that a deputy from the Lakewood station was forced to shoot Francis after the suspect w ... More >>

Domo: From Japanese TV Mascot to International Superstar

One of the most curious icons of the early 21st century is Domo. A large, brown creature with a wide open mouth stuck somewhere between a growl and a guffaw, Domo is the mascot for Japan's public television station, NHK. He came to life in a television spot back in 1998 and, by 2004, had appeared in ... More >>

VIDEO: L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Punches Special-Needs Woman on Bus

NBC LABigshot.​Updated at the bottom: Sheriff's officials try to justify the use of force. The L.A. Sheriff's Department is up to its neck right now in allegations of gang-like behavior and beatings by deputies gone rogue. This cellphone video, shot by Bellflower bus passenger Jermaine Green ... More >>

David Oakleaf: 74-Year-Old Beaten to Death With Bat in Walmart Sporting Goods Department

Walmart​Updated at the bottom with a murder charge being filed against the suspect. The victim and suspect are ID'd. First posted at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. A homeless man allegedly grabbed a bat from a Walmart sporting goods department and beat an elderly man to death in front of horrified shop ... More >>

Did the LA Times Stop Delivering Its Sunday Magazine to Low-Income Neighborhoods?

LA Times MagazineOh, Inglewood -- you wouldn't understand.​If former Los Angeles Times Magazine publisher Steven Gellman's new lawsuit against the paper has even a few teeth, which it certainly seems to, L.A.'s rag of record is so cornered right now. Gellman is calling out the paper's senior ... More >>

Juan P. Garcia-Machado, Illegal Immigrant and SDSU Student, Is Reportedly Employed by State Capitol, Has Advised Politicians

LinkedInJuan P. Garcia Machado​Looks like the California government can now be added to the list of employers who have hired illegal immigrants. The employee's name is Juan P. Garcia-Machado, a San Diego State University student set to graduate in 2012. And from the looks of his NBC LA profil ... More >>

Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles

Get ready for the brawl of cutting Southern California in pieces, on paper

Free Food Today at Cafe Rio in Lakewood

​The newest location of Cafe Rio Mexican Grill, in Lakewood, is giving out free meals all day today, form 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. It's part of a promo to mark the restaurant's opening. There will, however, be a tip jar next to the cash register soliciting donations for The Boys and Girls Club. ( ... More >>

Top 9 Now-Defunct L.A. Fast Food Restaurant Chains The Return of #3

Del Taco Corp.​With the further expansion of Chick-fil-A in Los Angeles, the recent announcement of Papaya King coming to Hollywood and the arrival of Australia's Oporto to the Southland, we at Squid Ink thought it was an opportune time for a trip down memory lane. Here, in no particular orde ... More >>

Four Show Dogs, Including $250,000 Akita, Stolen In Bellflower Before Ultimate Long Beach Competition

fusiondogs.comCheck out the curve on this Akita's tail root​This would have been a killer scene for "Best in Show." Four first-class show dogs -- who had been left in a white Chevy van parked in front of a Motel 6, which doesn't seem very classy to us -- were stolen, van and all, early this m ... More >>

The heel's guide to L.A. tail: 1974's America's Best Pick Up Spots!

​ Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. America's Best Pick Up Spots! Author:Eric Weber & M. Rob Frazier Date: 1974 Publisher: Eric Weber Press, Tenafl ... More >>

Get Out of the Car: Dystopia by the Dashboard Light

Thom Andersen's 34-minute sketch of L.A.

East Los Angeles Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels

A cunning American boy grows up to execute his friends and family

Petros: Stuck in the Middle With You

And I'm wondering what it is we should do

Ask Mr Gold: Stuck in the Middle With You

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I should probably be sent to therapy for attempting this in the first place, but I'm going on a first date with someone from Orange County. Since I pack a passport when I have to go east of the 405, obviously there is no way ... More >>

After Washington Ambush, L.A. Police Union Says Attacks On Cops Are Up

Ted SoquiA vigil for Lily Burk, who was allegedly killed by a parolee.​Crime is down, particularly in Los Angeles, but if you wore a badge, you wouldn't be breathing easy right now. In a strange paradox, attacks on officers are up across the nation. The Los Angeles Police Protective League, th ... More >>

Brainy Tacos

Gray Anatomy Con Queso

Ask Mr. Gold: Gray Anatomy Con Queso

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: I was wondering if you have any recommendations for tacos de sesos in Echo Park or surrounding neighborhoods. It seems brains are more difficult to come by than they were in the past. --Nicole, Echo Park Dear Nicole: Sesos aren't ... More >>

Crushed Longshoreman Identified

Port of LA​The longshoreman crushed to death by an empty shipping trailer at a large Terminal Island container yard has been identified as John Robert Kiser, according to the Daily Breeze. The accident occurred Saturday evening when a tractor was moving the freight trailer at the Evergreen termina ... More >>

Station Fire Update: Killed L.A. firefighter's baby due

The Los Angeles County Fire Department released two sad biographies of the firefighters who were killed when a boiling wall of flames suddenly appeared near a remote road where they were driving. Their vehicle went over the side, plummeting 800 feet down a cliff. Arnie Quinones, horribly, is expecti ... More >>

Last Night: Cal Bowl Abides - Lebowski Fest 2009 Wraps With Bowling in Lakewood

View more photos in the Lebowski Fest '09 slideshow. Timothy NorrisCostume contest winners: [L-R] The Jesus, Maude, Walter and The Dude.It's a balmy Friday and just north of the Long Beach Airport, the Lebowski Fest 2009 crew has landed, ready to launch into the second night of their all-stops The ... More >>

Last Night: Nihilists in Koreatown! Lebowski Fest 2009, Night 1, Hits The Wiltern

View more photos in the Lebowski Fest '09 slideshow. Timothy NorrisA Walter and Jeff Dowd, who character of the Dude was based on, at the Lebowski Fest Day 1The Dude abides. And so does that Dude over there.... and that Dude, with the really natty bathrobe... and that Dude, who looks a lot more D ... More >>

Tasering Kids: Better Than Ritalin?

Today Hawthorne police begin investigating an incident in which an officer Tasered a 12-year-old school boy, according to the L.A. Times. The story, citing descriptions of the boy as violent and autistic, says that the cop was called to Hawthorne Middle School last September to quell the youth, who ... More >>

Bellflower Water Bills Skyrocket

A Los Angeles suburb's water wars make the Kremlin look efficient

Bataan Twirling: Fania and Salsoul Star Returns to L.A.

The "King of Latin Soul" also teaches some mean karate kicks

Letters: Seeking No Shelters

Our readers write back

The Lost Streams of Los Angeles

Uncovering our wet and wild past. Is it safe, or even possible, to let the water flow again?

Y'all Don't Come Back

Country music, aerospace manufacturing and the white working class leave town

If God's Good Word Goes Unspoken

Feeling Sublime, 10 years after

Unlivable Terms

Janice Hahn calls a heated meeting to end the killings in Watts

Narcotraficante

Ask Mr. Gold

Burning Blades

Riding high with the LAPD’s Air Support Division

Ask Mr. Gold

Dopest Throwback Jerseys Spotted

Al Bruno: Poetry on Six Strings

And Merle Haggard’s media war

Signal Hill

New fiction by Alan Rifkin

A Necessary City

Why we shouldn’t break up L.A.

Letters

Alien Nation

A Scary Abundance of Water

Part 2

Take Me to the River

L.A.’s hopes for a new park

Please Don't Like Me

Mike Ness' social contortions

Taste Globally, Picnic Locally

Why Do You Think They Call ’Em Hams?