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Did Electric Daisy Carnival's Move to Vegas Cost L.A. Millions?

See also: *NFL Failures, EDM Greed and Massive Corruption: The Inside Story of the L.A. Coliseum Scandal. The L.A. organizers of the annual Electric Daisy Carnival this week said the economic impact of their last event on the Las Vegas area was worth $207 million. Why are they telling us this? Wel ... More >>

MTA Officials Encourage Fans To Take Expo Line To USC Trojans Game; Then Get Stuck On Expo Line

MTA officials held a press event this morning at USC to encourage Trojan fans to take the new Expo light-rail line to Saturday's home opener at the L.A. Coliseum.The event went off without a hitch, until the MTA folks tried to use the Expo Line to get back to their offices downtown.That's when the t ... More >>

July Fourth Fireworks at the Coliseum.

10 Raver Deaths in 5 Years: Ecstasy Often Blamed

A Canadian doctor who wants to legalize ecstasy says the drug is safe and that it's only the adulterated version of MDMA you find on the street that can kill you. But doctors at Los Angeles emergency rooms have told us that pure ecstasy can kill, including causing vital oxygen deprivation to organs ... More >>

Sasha Rodriguez, Late Teen Whose Family Sued Rave, Sneaked Into Electric Daisy Carnival

Updated at the bottom with county leader Mark Ridley-Thomas saying the settlement between Rodriguez's family and the Coliseum should seal the deal for the end of raves at the venue. First posted at 1:05 p.m. Thursday. The 15-year-old girl whose family sued and settled with the L.A. Coliseum and the ... More >>

'The GangBang Girl #32,' Football Porn, Reportedly Shot at L.A. Coliseum

The L.A. Coliseum scandal was already hot, in the embezzlement/bribery sense. But thanks to a 2002 porn called "The GangBang Girl #32," reportedly shot under the lights of the taxpayer-owned USC stadium, it's now got a half-naked cheerleader as covergirl: According to a Los Angeles Times expose thi ... More >>

Sasha Rodriguez's Post-EDC Rave Death: Parents Settle With Promoter, L.A. Coliseum

Rewritten throughout to reflect confirmation from the family's attorney. The parents of Sasha Rodriguez, a 15-year-old girl who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending 2010's Electric Daisy Carnival rave at the L.A. Coliseum, have come to a settlement with the venue and the promoter after they ... More >>

Rave Promoters See Parts of L.A. Coliseum Lawsuit Dismissed

Are the cases against rave promoters caught up in the L.A. Coliseum corruption scandal starting to unravel? Last week we reported than an email described by the prosecution as a "smoking gun" had a questionable time stamp and arguably raised other issues with the criminal case against Insomniac Eve ... More >>

Rave Scandal at Coliseum Sees Former Manager Pat Lynch Get Off Easy Today

More details added to the bottom. When you first heard about the indictments against a pair of rave promoters and some of the L.A. Coliseum's top managers, you probably thought, Woh, this is serious. After all, words like conspiracy, embezzlement and bribery are heavy, not to mention the fact that ... More >>

Rave Promoters' Alleged Under-the-Table Cash Payments to Union Hands at L.A. Coliseum Probed by FBI -- Source

Kevin TodoraRaver boys.​The FBI is looking into allegations that millions of dollars in under-the-table cash payments were made by rave promoters and other exhibitors to union hands working events at the troubled L.A. Coliseum and its sister venue, the Sports Arena. FBI agents in recent weeks ... More >>

Raves Might be Reined in Under Fiona Ma's Bill, Which Just Passed The California Legislature

Fiona.​The same day that the family of a teenager who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending an L.A. rave filed suit against public officials, San Francisco state assemblywoman Fiona Ma saw her raves-safety bill pass the legislature. It just needs Gov. Jerry Brown's signature to go into l ... More >>

Hard Summer Festival Near Downtown Sees 31 Medical Emergencies, 10 Arrests

Gary RichardsHard Summer, like it says.​Updated at the bottom with the arrest number revised upward. See our Hard Summer slideshow here. First posted at 8:03 a.m. on Monday. The Hard Summer Music Festival on Saturday saw sixteen hospitalizations and 31 medical emergencies, according to a stat ... More >>

Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello Dishes On LA Rising, Politics and Rage's 20th Anniversary

20 years in and still raging​For first time in 11 years, Rage Against The Machine will be playing a hometown gig tomorrow, but this isn't just any run-of-the-mill show. The band will be making their return to Los Angeles in style with an all-day extravaganza featuring themselves, Muse, Lauryn ... More >>

Five Reasons L.A. Rising is the Perfect Festival for Los Angeles

That's the spirit​You're dripping sweat, searching for shade, drinking just one more and praying you don't end up in the hospital for dehydration. Ahhh, summer festivals. The L.A. area's not lacking in the kind of fun you can only have when a massive crowd is unleashed into a contained-yet-o ... More >>

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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 >>

'420 Festival' Rave in Southern California Called Out by Narconon For its Drug Undertones

420 Festival happens Saturday.​Ah, 420, the stoner's holiday, especially here in Southern California. Time to roll one, kick back, and blow doughnuts. It also brings us the annual 420 Festival, a rave that this weekend finds its home near Irvine Lake in Orange County. Fair enough, except t ... More >>

Coachella Festival Sees Only 49 Arrests, 48 Medical Transports Over Three Days

Wendy GilmartinNo emergencies here.​Updated after the jump with the promoter's official crowd estimate. See the rest of our Coachella coverage, including eye-opening photos, here. Supporters of ecstasy-fueled mega-raves at publicly owned venues in L.A. have used comparisons to other mainstrea ... More >>

Raves: Parties, Sporting Events Will Need Special Vote to Happen at L.A. Coliseum, Sports Arena: Venues Get New Temporary Chief, Too

Kids at the coliseum.​Each and every rave -- if there are any more -- will have to be approved by the Coliseum Commission before they can take place at the L.A. Coliseum or Sports Arena. That was the decision of the commission this week as it continued to deal with the fallout from last summe ... More >>

Raves: Controversial Electric Daisy Carnival to be Held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway?

Caesar SebastianThe scene at EDC.​Unconfirmed reports have L.A.'s controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave happening at the Los Vegas Motor Speedway the weekend of June 24. The rave discussion board Plurlife is buzzing with the news, and the Los Angeles Examiner website says it's true but o ... More >>

Was Coliseum Manager Todd DeStefano Also Responsible for Making Sure IDs Were Checked at Electric Daisy Carnival, Other Raves?

Ravers at the L.A. Coliseum.​One of the bigger issues with raves at the publicly owned L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena has been underage party-goers. Even some of the most ardent rave proponents admit that having 15-year-olds overdose on ecstasy, as was the case for Sasha Rodriguez at the Colis ... More >>

L.A. District Attorney Probing Public Employee Todd DeStefano, Coliseum Manager Who Also Was Paid by Rave Promoter on the Side

Caesar SebastianElectric Daisy Carnival.​The Los Angeles District Attorney's office is looking into possible wrongdoing in the relationship between a public official who helps oversee the L.A. Coliseum and a rave promotion company that puts on events at the venue. "Our Public Integrity Divisi ... More >>

Raves: Forescee Hogan-Rowles, Challenger to Bernard Parks' South L.A. Seat, Says He Should Block Upcoming Electric Daisy Carnival Rave

Councilman Bernard Parks says yes to raves (but he doesn't call them that).​No other politician in town has spoken up for raves like city Councilman Bernard Parks has. In his role as a member of the Coliseum Commission, which runs the publicly owned L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena, he has been ... More >>

Raves: Electric Daisy Carnival Promoter Bans LED Lights at Upcoming L.A. Area Parties

raveprints.comA raver enjoys a light show at 2007's Electric Daisy Carnival.​L.A.'s embattled mega-rave promoter Insomniac Events has banned bright LED lights from its parties, stating that they present a negative image of the events when "groups of music fans are sitting or lying on the floor ... More >>

How to Take Ecstasy: L.A. County Health Officials Teach You How

Raver down at Electric Daisy Carnival in 2008.​One of the more bizarre aspects of officials sanctioning raves at the publicly owned L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena is that Los Angeles County health authorities have actually embarked on a campaign to teach young people how to take ecstasy safely ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Cut To 75,000 Ravers

EDC ravers.​By Dennis RomeroThe officials who control the publicly owned Los Angeles Coliseum on Wednesday gave the green light to a controversial annual rave, Electric Daisy Carnival, with the caveat that only 75,000 ravers are allowed per day.That's down from the 100,000 who crammed into the Col ... More >>

Raves: Controversial 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Planned for June to Get a Look-See by L.A. Coliseum Officials

The crowd at 'EDC.'​Los Angeles Coliseum officials will take a look at plans for June's Electric Daisy Carnival rave next week. The Coliseum Commission will likely give the plans a thumbs up or down. The two-day party, which drew about 160,000 people to the publicly owned venue last year, dre ... More >>

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Raving Without Ecstasy: Is It Even Possible?

Caesar SebastianRavers at Together As One.​Following our weekend report about the 62 medical emergencies and 25 arrests at the annual "Together As One" New Year's Eve rave, several commenters weighed in to accuse us of being biased. After all, these megaraves are just good clean fun for the w ... More >>

Ravers Take To Facebook To Protest Proposed Law That Would Ban Raves On Public Land In California

Ravers at Electric Daisy Carnival, held at the publicly owned Coliseum.​Updated after the jump with responses from the lawmaker herself. First posted at 8:38 a.m. Ravers got on their feet this week to "protect your right to dance" after a state lawmaker proposed a ban on raves at public venue ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Promoter Suing City

Electric Daisy Carnival at the L.A. Coliseum​The organizer of the giant Electric Daisy Carnival rave at the L.A. Coliseum, where this year a 15-year old girl died of a suspected drug overdose, is suing L.A. for not allowing his company, Insomniac Inc., to host a Tiesto show at the L.A. Convent ... More >>

Rave Shooting: 26-Year-Old Clara Chun Dies At South El Monte Party

​A 26-year-old woman was killed and three men were wounded, one critically, at a rave in South El Monte early Saturday, according to authorities and the Pasadena Star-News. According to the Star-News the dead woman was identified as Clara Myung Hee Chun, 26, of San Gabriel. Sheriff's official ... More >>

Rock Out With Your Doc Out

Has Teen Sasha Rodriguez's Death Following 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Put A Chill On L.A. Raves? One Venue Pulls The Plug

​Operators of a public venue pulled the plug on an Eastside rave this weekend, ostensibly as a result of unruliness at the massive Electric Daisy Carnival event at the Los Angeles Coliseum -- and the subsequent death of a 15-year-old girl who had attended the party. The Whittier Daily News re ... More >>

Los Angeles County Creates Rave Task Force

​The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to create a task force that will look into health and safety issues at raves hosted at public venues in the region. The move comes in response to the death of a 15-year-old girl who had attended the Electric Daisy Carnival rave at ... More >>

Benefit Set For Funeral Of 15-Year-Old Who Died After Attending 'EDC' Rave

EDC​Friends of the 15-year-old girl who died after attending a rave in Exposition Park last weekend planned two bake sales, including one Friday, to help pay for her funeral, a family fried told the Weekly. Sasha Rodriquez died on Tuesday after she attended the two-day Electric Daisy Carnival ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival 2010: Six Ways the Dance Music Massive Can Clean Up its Act

Electric Daisy 2010 (Tim Norris)​Our friends at URB brought you the indispensable guide to the Electric Daisy Carnival last week, so it's only fitting that the L.A.-based electronic music magazine pens a recap of the event that includes a little loving criticism. At this point, the festival's ... More >>

Los Angeles County Calls For Moratorium On Raves At The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

View photos from the mega-rave in the "Electric Daisy Carnival: 60 Most Memorable Moments" slideshow and "Electric Daisy Carnival: The greatest show on earth?" slideshow. Twitpic​Following the death of a 15-year old girl at a weekend rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Cou ... More >>

Should A Los Angeles Public Venue Be Used For Raves? Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Says Maybe Not

Timothy NorrisElectric Daisy Citizens.​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week questioned whether a public venue should continue to be used for a massive rave that claims to have drawn 185,000 people to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over the weekend.

Fifteen-Year-Old Girl Dies After Attending Electric Daisy Carnival Rave; Drug Overdose Suspected

​A 15-year-old girl who attended an Exposition Park mega-rave died of a suspected drug overdose Tuesday, on a day when headlines were dedicated to mayoral and police concerns about the more than 200 medical emergencies and reported 65 arrests related to two-day event at the Los Angeles Memoria ... More >>

More Than 200 Medical Emergencies At Mega-Rave

Via Twitpic​The Los Angeles Fire Department reported over the weekend that it responded to 226 medical emergencies at the annual Electric Daisy Carnival mega-rave in Exposition Park, with 114 people being taken from the event to hospitals. CBS2 reported that many of those requiring emergency ... More >>

Fans Crash Mega-Rave In Exposition Park

Via Twitpic​Dozens if not hundreds of people crashed the gates at a massive rave in Exposition Park Saturday, according to Fox 11 News. The annual, two-day Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum drew an estimated 140,000 people, according to the station. Although fans wer ... More >>

10 Electric Daisy DJs You Can't Afford to Miss

Deadmau5​Our good friends at URB magazine have put together a pretty comprehensive package on the best of the Electric Daisy Carnival, which kicks off today at Exposition Park and the L.A. Coliseum. L.A. Weekly contributor and URB editor Joshua Glazer has rounded up 10 performers that are not ... More >>

Today in Photographs: August 25, 1963

e​Evangelist Billy Graham preaches one Sunday to more than 40,000 worshipers at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.LA Times/UCLA

Electric Daisy Carnival Announces Official Attendance of 135,000: Welcome Home, Ravers!

Timothy Norris As Josh Glazer at Urb so acutely pointed out, with the overwhelming success of last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum & Exposition Park, it can accurately be reported that the annual LA party has joined the ranks of America's biggest music festiva ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Air Sex Championships, Electric Daisy Carnival, Graffiti Muralists Celebrated at Crewest Gallery

Saturday and Sunday provided a much needed break from our laptops and TV screens after the media frenzy over the death's of pop culture icons Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, plus the loss of Seeds frontman Sky Sunlight Saxon, all in one day on June 25. For those who opted not to participate in a ... More >>

This Weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival: An Interview with Promoter Pasquale Rotella

By Dennis Romero For the 13th year Los Angeles promoter Pasquale Rotella and his company Insomniac are putting on one of the nation's largest dance music festivals, Electric Daisy Carnival. We say festival because rave just doesn't do it justice, even though he started off in the glowstick undergro ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Landmark Realty The Los Angeles Coliseum! San Quentin Prison! Orange County Fairgrounds! These and other hot properties must liquidate and are priced to move! See Governor Schwarzenegger for details. L.A. TimesA Sequel You Can Believe In Obama for President campaigners are morphing their 2008 moveme ... More >>

You Could Even Say It Glowed: The Electric Daisy Festival

The green-lit masses at the L.A. Coliseum, the pulsing beats of Paul Van Dyk, Moby and Benny Benassi

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