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L.A. Police Commission Approves Questionable LAPD Hit-and-Run Report

Despite questionable data, the Los Angeles Police Commission approved a controversial LAPD report about the city's hit-and-run crisis on Tuesday. The study now heads to the L.A. City Council's public safety committee, where Councilman Joe Buscaino will decide if LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is doing ev ... More >>

Jennifer Klausner: The Pedal Pusher

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.The first time Jennifer Klausner spoke up on behalf of bikes was at a Santa Monica City Council meeting in the early '90s. It was also the first time the avid cyclist and star me ... More >>

Bicyclist Sustains Major Injuries In Valley Village Hit-And-Run By Mercedes SUV

See also: Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD. A series of hit-and-run crimes on bicyclists have L.A. bike activists fuming this spring. The community was buzzing about a near-death hit-and-run in Griffith Park last month. Now there's this:

Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD

Doctors try to save bicyclist's remaining leg as legislator calls for crackdown

Jose Gardea Vs. Gil Cedillo in L.A. City Council District 1 Election: Ugly Fight for $178,789 Job

Eastside L.A. voters in the March 5 primary might elect someone outright for City Council District 1 without awaiting the May 21 runoff if either candidate gets 50 percent plus one vote. The spoils? A $178,789 job, a staff of about 20 aides, and eight free cars paid for by L.A. taxpayers. So the Jo ... More >>

Hit-And-Run Artists Will No Longer Get Off After 3 Years Under Proposal By Mike Gatto

See also: *L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic. Perhaps one of the main reasons for L.A.'s crazy hit-and-run epidemic is that if you flee the site of an accident and wait it out for three years, you can't be prosecuted. That's because the statute of limitations would be up on your case. After readi ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Pasadena Greek Fest, L.A. Lobster Fest, Sour Beer Night, Tour De Fat Mumbo Gumbo Fest

54th Annual Pasadena Greek Festival Homemade spanakopita, kababs, gyro and baklava -- and many more Greek favorites, including wine and live music -- will be in plentiful supply at this long-running festival. Proceeds go to the Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Pasadena. WHAT: Pasadena Greek Festiva ... More >>

CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place

Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Cooking Crazy, Street Vendor Fundraiser, Abeja Winery Tasting, Orchestral Maneuvers, Tour de Taste, Hudson House Birthday

Cooking Crazy Learn about Futurism, Surrealism and the development of French and Italian art in the 19th and 20th centuries by touring LACMA's collection, then heading to Surfas to sip wine and prepare a meal inspired by Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Coo ... More >>

L.A. Bike Plan Troubles

Tour De Fat Beer And Cycling Party: Who's Giving Up Their Petroleum Wheels?

Belgium BreweryA Recent Belgium Brewery Anti Petrol Party​Want to pretend that you're living in a quaint beer-friendly college town with less than 150,000 people rather than a sprawling mixology-obsessed metropolis of more than 3.5 million? Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewery (Fat Tire) is ... More >>

Bike Summit: Mayor Villaraigosa Calls For Mandatory Helmets For Cyclists

​ Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a mandatory helmet law for all bicyclists across California at his much-touted "

Bicyclists Clash with LAPD

Bad blood continues despite attempts at detente

Driver Walks From Possible Hit-And-Run Case; Bicyclists Plan Protest Ride

​A Porsche driver who allegedly struck a bicyclist downtown then left the scene only to report the accident later is being allowed to walk as any possible case against her was apparently eschewed by the City Attorney's and District Attorney's offices. The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition ... More >>

Holiday Brew Fest at the Library Alehouse: Lots of Beer A Bicycle Valet

David Lackman​If you require more beer in your life to get you through the questionable days between Christmas and New Years, especially if your team didn't quite wind up in the bowl game you wanted, Santa Monica's Library Alehouse will be having a Holiday Brew Fest on December 29. The alehou ... More >>

Tired of Parking Tickets? Try Being Car-Less for Your Ride in the City

"Los Angeles is where personal freedom is defined by the automobile. A city where store entrances are accessible through parking lots rather than sidewalks," observes artist Diane Meyer in her essay, "Car-less in Los Angeles." The remark found instant resonance with my life in the city. A year and a ... More >>

City to Ban Sidewalk Bicycling?

LAist reports that the L.A. City Council's Transportation Committee is looking at banning cyclists from riding on sidewalks. On the one hand, this is good news for the city's beaten-down pedestrians -- on the other, though, it would force a lot of young and inexperienced cyclists into L.A.'s hellish ... More >>

GO LA, the Leonard Cohen Alternative: Mustache Dodgeball and Ron White on Klonopin

Plus, PaleyFest09 and other events to make you forget you fucked up over Leonard Cohen, April 10-16

PEOPLE — YES, THIS SOUNDS FUN, BUT PLEASE WEAR A HELMET AND BE CAREFUL!

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