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Los Angeles Sugar Daddies Spend $5,448 A Month On Their Ladies?

The economy is dire. People are selling their used underwear on Craigslist. You've downgraded from DirecTV to YouTube. You buy your fresh produce from a freeway offramp! And yet Los Angeles sugar daddies are spending $5,448 a month on their chickadees? Yep. So says the latest annual sugar daddy rep ... More >>

Umami Burger Gets $20 Million Investment, Plans World Domination

Nation's Restaurant News is reporting that Umami Burger has received a $20 million investment from New York-based Fortress Investment Group. The investment is being characterized as a "direct loan." The article goes on to say:

For Professional Cowboys Like Dugan Kelly, It All Comes Down to 10 Days in Las Vegas

A black Stetson pulled down low over his forehead, Dugan Kelly walks with a cowboy swagger as he leads his horses to their trailer. As the animals rest under the bright lights of Las Vegas, nothing about Kelly's demeanor suggests that tonight's competition — the first night of the National Fin ... More >>

Ka Pasasouk, Suspect In Northridge Quadruple Murder, Charged In Capital Case

The man cops say gunned down four people in a shocking quadruple murder in Northridge last month was formally charged in connection with the crime today. The L.A. County District Attorney's office announced that Ka Pasasouk was hit with capital murder after the LAPD said he shot Teofilo Navales, Ro ... More >>

Food Gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show: Vibrating Forks Smarter-Than-You Refrigerators

The Annual Consumer Electronics Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and as usual there's a lot of buzz around the size-du-jour of the screen-type-device we'll all be utterly dependent upon soon (apparently 2013 will be the year of the phablet. No, really). But there's also some fun food ne ... More >>

A November Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closings

In opening news, Pizza Rev (fast-casual "craft your own" pizza concept) is coming to Woodland Hills on December 5. And, as if we need more butter and sugar to stuff ourselves with this holiday season, Georgetown Cupcakes opened in Beverly Hills and Sprinkles at The Grove, channeling Willy Wonka with ... More >>

Porn's Asa Akira Invites Presidential Loser To Co-Host AVN Awards In Vegas

Whomever loses the presidential election tomorrow has an additional indignity to look forward to: He's been officially invited to co-host the porn industry's annual awards ceremony in Las Vegas. Way to bounce back like Charlie Sheen after losing a job at CBS. Yeah, adult superstar Asa Akira extend ... More >>

EDC 2013 Dates Announced

The L.A. promoters behind the massive Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas announced its 2013 dates today: June 21, 22 and 23. See also: *Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs *World's Douchiest DJs: The Top Five *EDC 2012: The Underground Has Left The Building A "very" limited numb ... More >>

Akingide Cole: $1.6 Million Venetian Casino Theft Suspect Found At ... Mama's House!?

The guy who allegedly took $1.6 million in chips from the Venetian Hotel's casino did so without using a gun, beating anybody up or even, apparently, having to deal with any employees face-to-face. No he slipped into a "closed area" of the casino and slipped out like a Bond villain, authorities sai ... More >>

The Night After Cancellation, EDC Closes Fest With Massive Turnout

See also: EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds Organizers of the second annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas declared that the three-day party was a success despite high-winds that cut its marquee night short on Saturday. Promoters say a whopping 115,000 people were in attendance ... More >>

Food News Roundup: New Farm Food Bill, Gluten-Free Restaurants Dario Cecchini at Valentino

The Associated Press via the Washington Post: A new farm and food bill is in the works, but it faces an uphill battle. Gilt Taste: More chefs learn to cook without gluten. Daily Dish: A recap of Dario Cecchini's visit to Valentino last night. Loud and meaty.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Goes Indie Rock on Everyone's Asses

​See also: *Nick Waterhouse: The Young Man Who Makes Old R&B *Top 10 Los Angeles Albums of 2011 The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue came out this week, and for some reason it went all indie on everybody's asses. A-Trak, the world's most hipster DJ, graces the pages, and the models' videos a ... More >>

Vegas Bomb Plot: Zachary Jackson and Fellow Simi Valley Teen Threaten to Blow Up Strip

High five!​Updated after the jump: Ventura County officials say the 16-year-old has not yet been arrested, and Vegas cops call the Strip "a very important part" of Nevada. Aw. Originally posted at 12:30 p.m. SoCal's bad little suburban boys (and girls) just keep getting craftier. Most recent ... More >>

Parents Warned Not to Let Teens Go to Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas

Caesar SebastianRavers.​Boy, they're coming out of the woodworks to warn teenagers about this weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Las Vegas. The Visions adolescent treatment centers in the L.A. area released a statement this week alleging that the party "has become notorious for teen dr ... More >>

Rave Called 420 Festival in Orange County Sees Gatecrashing But Only One Arrest [Video]

YouTubeGatecrashers at the 420 Festival.​Gatecrashers attacked the latest mega-rave in Southern California, last weekend's 420 Festival in Orange County's Santiago Canyon, recalling images of last summer's embattled Electric Daisy Carnival at the L.A. Coliseum. But the one-day event was other ... More >>

Nicki Minaj Wins an Award for Twirling Her Bubblegum

​OhmiGAH Barbs! Nicki Minaj just won! The Pink Barbie brought home an early award from the MTV O Music Awards. The inaugural awards, the remainder of which will be handed out in Las Vegas Thursday night, are billed as "online, open, ongoing." Categories include Fan Army FTW, Favorite F**k Ye ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Expands to Three Days Under Las Vegas Sun in June

Caesar SebastianEDC ravers.​We told you back in February that it looked like the controversial, two-day Electric Daisy Carnival rave might be expanding to three days in L.A. Well, after moving to Las Vegas for its annual June party, EDC is indeed expanding to three days, organizers announced ... More >>

Raves: Love Festival Planned For Las Vegas in May; L.A. Event Up in the Air

Caesar SebastianRavers at Love Festival in L.A.​Added: Commenters are telling us that this event is planned in addition to the party in L.A., and has happened in past years in Vegas. So calling this a "move" would not be accurate. However, if the event in August is canceled, it might be. We ch ... More >>

High-Speed Train to Vegas From Victorville

Just one hitch: You have to drive to Victorville

[Updated] Go Burger and Spiked Milkshakes Hit Hollywood

A. Scattergoodinside Go Burger​ Update: When we said Go Burger was "slated to open in the next two weeks," we actually meant this morning, because that's when the burger joint makes its debut in Hollywood. The doors will swing open at 11 a.m., so you can start your Tuesday with a burger stuffe ... More >>

The Road To Singapore: Silverton, Batali and Bastianach Open Mozzas in Southeast Asia Pictures!

Far, far away in an island country known as Singapore, on the second floor of the 800,000 sq. ft. luxury mall known as Marina Bay Sands (a new Southeast Asian offshoot of the Rat Pack's old hangout of choice, The Las Vegas Sands), sits Osteria Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza. To the naked eye they are so e ... More >>

"They Are the Dogs of War!"

Californians Spending Their Welfare $$$ In Vegas Is Great Tea Party Fodder. But It's Less Than 1 Percent Of Total.

​A lead story in today's L.A. Times reports that Californians on welfare spent more than $69 million out-of-state in recent years. Get ready John and Ken and all you other shock jock talkers: Included in the spending were "millions in Las Vegas, hundreds of thousands in Hawaii and thousands ... More >>

Music Picks: Plastic Ono Band, Ooh La LA Fest, Belle & Sebastian

Also, Marianne Dissard, Bad Company, Matador 21 and others

Tonight: Pavement, Sonic Youth, Spoon, John Cale, Jamie Lidell, Rob Zombie, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Sebastien Tellier

Marcus RothPavement, 1999​Pavement's year-long victory lap has been exhilarating for the band and fans alike -- we know people who haven't stopped grinning since Coachella. But the faithful who have it in the back of their heads that the pride of Stockton might keep the wheels turning and mak ... More >>

L.A. Is Second Most Stressful City In The Country

BLW Photography via Flickr​ Los Angeles just can't get a break. After being ranked one of the wimpiest, polluted and most untrustworthy, we can now add stress to the mix of reasons our city is apparently an unpleasant place to live. Forbes Magazine ranked L.A. as the 2nd most stressful city ... More >>

Crowds Got Way Too Close To Racers In Lucern Valley Off-Road Tragedy

Dave Conklin / Associated Press​Authorities said there were few limits on how close crowds could be as off-road racers zoomed by at Saturday's deadly California 200 race that saw eight spectators perish when a prerunner-type Ford Ranger truck flipped into the audience. " ... There are no deli ... More >>

Q & A With Joël Robuchon: "Los Angeles Is Somewhere That I am Extremely Interested In"

Joël-Robuchon.comJoël Robuchon​If you truly love food, Joël Robuchon is a man who likely needs no introduction. His restaurants span the globe, with locations in Paris, Monaco, Londres, Las Vegas, New York, Tokyo, Nagoya, Hong Kong, Macao and Taipei. In 1989, the prestigious French restaura ... More >>

Northern Comfort: In Winter, Khao Soi Hits the Spot

Ice T Guests in Bizarro Agitprop Funk-Punk Quasi-Rasta Video Thing

So there's a band called The FunkyJahPunkys, first of all. How Bradley Nowell or Nick Hexum missed that one we may never know. Secondly, they're from Las Vegas, a notorious enclave for Stateside Rastafarianism. Thirdly, Ice T -- godfather of gangsta rap and coiner of the term "O.G." -- has contribut ... More >>

BEST YET ANOTHER CRAZED, HIP MOM WHO GOT A BOOK DEAL

Sounds of Asteroth: The Vegas Show That Never Happened

​ For the bulk of this decade, Sounds of Asteroth has been dousing LA clubs with glitter and overtaking sound systems with a glam rock space opera filled with heartache, good times and, occasionally, even murder. Led by singer Martin Von Sexy, the collaborative project is like a Las Vegas show ... More >>

End of the Line for Disney-to-Vegas Maglev Express

Well, it's official: There'll be no 300 mph levitating train connecting Disneyland to Las Vegas. The dream of being able to park outside the Matterhorn and, two hours later, alight at Caesar's Palace, has gripped the imagination of forward-thinking humanity for years. But now its tireless champion, ... More >>

Whatever Happened to Judith Lieber? Crystal Clutches for Cougars

Remember Judith Lieber? Her thousand-dollar Swarovski crystal-encrusted clutch purses were all the rage a decade ago or so. Her aesthetic is still raging hard in Las Vegas, mostly among the cougar set. Pictured here above (before the sales lady at the Bellagio, herself a cougar, politely stopped m ... More >>

Las Vegas Monorail Water

Seen in Vegas, the city where nothing is too strange, too expensive, or too extravagant: Monorail Water. A sweet, crisp, light-bodied water, with notes of carbon monoxide, aluminum shavings, exhaust fume, and pit boss smoke. Pairs well with one-night-stands, financial ruin or unexpected windfall. ... More >>

Yes We Did: What we know and what we don't about our new American era

Our moment of national redemption

Screening of 21

¡Ask a Mexican! Ay, Chihuahuas!

Does a Chihuahua really fit a nation of macho men and feisty women?

Welcome to The Dungeon

Basted days and nights in a 20th-century dormitory basement

The Heidi Chronicles

In which our heroes survive roadside breakdowns, barren deserts, abandoned towns, a brothel war, and an assortment of cowboys, pimps and angry locals on the road to America’s first stud farm

Greed Runs Through It

One man’s journey to the end of the Colorado River

Snakebites

Nightranger

Crashing Comdex

Fuckless in Las Vegas

Cindy the Sex Sheriff

Naked Westside politics gives rise to lap-dance ban

Letters

The Alphabet Killer: What Makes Mike Schaefer Run? And Run?

All You Can’t Eat

Art For God's Sake

The Gospel According to Reverend Ethan Acres