MacArthur Park

Levitt Pavilions: Summer Lineups Announced

The Levitt Pavilions have announced their schedules, so you know what that means: It's summer! In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles in MacArthur Park and Levitt Pavilion Pasadena in Memorial Park have released their full lineups, with shows held throughout June, July ... More >>

CicLAvia Shuts Down The Heart of Wilshire Blvd. June 23

CicLAvia, that closed-streets bike ride, has quickly evolved from a virtual neighborhood block party to a cultural tour de force in its short history. The last one, April 21, was so successful that the people complained of actual bicycle traffic jams. Only in L.A. The next one, June 23, continues t ... More >>

MacArthur Park Lake: Body Pulled From Water After Man Seen Swimming

A man apparently walked into the lake at MacArthur Park and drowned this morning, authorities said. His body was pulled from the water by L.A. Fire Department divers, LAFD spokesman Shawn Lenske reported at 11:11 a.m. The man ...

Where to Buy Marijuana in Los Angeles After Dispensary Ban Takes Effect

Now that the L.A. City Council has decided that all medical marijuana dispensaries must shut down by Sept. 6, where will you get your medicine? The slacker down the street? No, he was put out of business by the dispensaries. MacArthur Park? Cleaned up years ago. Tijuana? You want to end up in Mexic ... More >>

Marijuana Dispensary Ban Passed by L.A. Committee: Only One Vote Left Before Pot Shops Wiped Out

You've heard it before: The L.A. City Council is trying to ban all marijuana dispensaries from the streets of Los Angeles. But things just got real. Councilman Jose Huizar's proposal was solidified into an ordinance today -- meaning only one single meeting on July 22 stands between our current pot- ... More >>

Exclusive: Levitt Pavilions Announce Summer Line-ups

In an exclusive to West Coast Sound, the Levitt Pavilions in Pasadena and MacArthur Park have revealed the lineups to their massive, free summer concert series -- almost 100 shows between the two venues. This year features everything from Latin alternative to folk, indie and world music. Highlights ... More >>

7 Things to Do Under $7 in L.A. This Week

Bibliophiles, engine-loathing cyclists and fans of absurd but beautiful Technicolor art can probably leave their wallets at home this week, at least if they're looking for something fun to do.

MacArthur Park Hotel Murder on Christmas: Woman Beaten to Death in Suspect's Room

Maids at the Olympic Hotel near MacArthur Park stumbled across a gruesome scene as the clock struck midnight, bringing Christmas to a close. A woman in her 40s whose name has not yet been released lay dead in a vacated room, LAPD homicide detectives tell City News Service. And the man who had rente ... More >>

Food Vendor Crackdown in MacArthur Park Area Just in Time For Tamale Season: Immigrants' Rights Activists to Stage Protest

Ryan Myers​It's tamale season in L.A. And if you haven't put your holiday order in to your friendly, neighborhood, cart-pushing vendor yet, you better get moving. Except if you live in the MacArthur Park / Westlake district near downtown, where immigrants' rights activists say cops have been ... More >>

Best Free Ride

Ana Tijoux and Zuzuka Poderosa - Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park - 8/11/11

Giovanni SolisAna Tijoux​WHO: Ana Tijoux with Zuzuka Poderosa WHERE: Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park WHEN: 8/11/11 Better than ...the ol' boys club The lady rappers who owned MacArthur Park's outdoor stage last night popped thick, multilingual rhymes at the mic -- all the while, we must po ... More >>

Learn How to be a Drug Dealer Via Facebook's 'Weeds Social Club' Game

​So you want to be a weed dealer? You could try to open a shop in L.A. (good luck, following the city's crackdown). And there's always the sidewalk on Alvarado Street in MacArthur Park (if you don't get shot by rivals first). But maybe the most trouble-free way to become a homegrown slanger o ... More >>

Manuel Jamines: MacArthur Park-Area Protest Fizzles Out After LAPD Officer Exonerated; Another Protest at D.A.'s Office Today

Dennis RomeroA sign for the LAPD.​That protest that cops braced for near MacArthur Park? Turns out to have been a big dud. Not that we blame the LAPD for preparing. After all, the target of demonstrators' ire was the department itself. And the last time the topic came up -- the September sho ... More >>

Manuel Jamines: Protest Near MacArthur Park Tonight After L.A. Police Commission, D.A. Say Cop Was Right to Shoot Immigrant

Ted SoquiPolice last summer in Westlake.​Update: The mayor's statement, after the jump. Following conclusions today that last summer's shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer in the Westlake district was within policy and not a crime, immigrants rights activists planned a 5 p.m. protest near Mac ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Where To Eat & Live In L.A. If You Don't Have A Car

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: What's the best neighborhood in L.A. to live in if you don't have a car? Purely within the gastronomical interest, of course. --Sophia Lee, via Facebook Dear Ms. Lee: Although my first impulse was to nominate San Gabriel or Monterey Park ... More >>

RALLY TIME!

Is Notorious MacArthur Park The Right Place For Jon Stewart's 'Rally To Restore Sanity?'

Does Jon Stewart know what he's getting into with MacArthur Park?​We like Jon Stewart, and he can bring levity and clarity to almost any headline. But we have to wonder if the notorious MacArthur Park is the best place for his Oct. 30 election season "Rally To Restore Sanity." After all, in 2 ... More >>

L.A.'s best pick-up spots, as chosen by 1974's biggest doofs

​ This week, your Weekly's all about the best L.A. has to offer, then and now. In that spirit, your Crap Archivist is proud to present America's Best Pick Up Spots, a gem of horny misogyny guaranteed not to get you laid in this or any other decade! Click on over to Studies in Crap on our S ... More >>

CicLAvia Los Angeles Is A Facebook Environmental Bicycling Dessert-Chomping Mashup, So Just Go

Doesn't have to be a bike​At first Ciclavia looked like a lame "million trees" idea from Antonio Villaraigosa, but the bicycling community breathed big-time life into it. The city is closing 7.5 miles of Los Angeles streets, Sunday 10-3, for bicycling and walking. Get off your butts and go! Here ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Jazzapino Sounds

L.A. Vendy Awards This Saturday

Vendy AwardsVendys come to L.A. this Saturday​ For the past five years in New York City, The Vendy Awards have celebrated the best street food that city has to offer. This Saturday, for the first time, they're coming to Los Angeles. This year's proceedings will take place at MacArthur Park, w ... More >>

The Vendy Awards Come To L.A., Honoring Top Street Food

Ladies and gentlemen, start your food trucks. Most Angelenos haven't heard of them, but The Vendy Awards are something of a big deal in New York, awarding the city's top street food vendors. This year, for the first time, they're coming to Los Angeles. The fundraiser/cook-off will take place Saturd ... More >>

Mayor V. Gets Clue, Stays Home During Crisis

​Maybe the mayor has been reading all our bitching and moaning about how he's been completely offline and unplugged when it comes to the city's needs lately. We were flabbergasted when he told the Los Angeles Times over the weekend that ""I'm at a great place ..." as a result of a diet, exerci ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

May Day Cops Dodge Bullet No LAPD officers involved in the 2007 May Day melee in MacArthur Park will be fired, although Chief Bill Bratton had called for four terminations. L.A. TimesCut the Comedy Birmingham High School administrators will be disciplined for allowing Sacha Baron Cohen to use the sc ... More >>

New MacArthur Park Blog Debuts

The new MacArthur Park Media blog is the creation of Westlake neighborhood resident Devin Anna Bosch/Ruido PhotoBrowne, a young journalist whose reporting you may have heard on KPCC and Marketplace, or read in the L.A. Weekly. The site's mission is straightforward enough -- to "tell stories set in a ... More >>

May Day: An L.A. Overview

Image: Labor ArtsToday's half dozen or so May Day marches will begin kicking off in a few hours. Here's a rough schedule, provided by the L.A. Daily News.Full Rights for Immigrant Workers  When: 1 p.m. Where: Olympic Boulevard &  Broadway. Route: North on Broadway to Temple Street & ... More >>

Today in Photographs: March 30, 1934

Photo taken from a Goodyear blimp reveals proposed extension of Wilshire Boulevard through Westlake Park, later renamed MacArthur Park. Asbury Apartments and Elks Club building are shown in lower left-hand corner.Photo: LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL CollectionClick image to enlarge

Vendor Beware: Street Peddlers Are Vulnerable to Crime, But One Robber Gets Hard Time

There are no hard figures on whether crime against the county's uncountable street vendors has gone up during the recession, but occasionally there are glimmers of the tough life they endure. Many in places like L.A.'s MacArthur Park neighborhood are forced to pay protection money to gangs and some ... More >>

May Day Melee Tab: $12.85 Million

The L.A. City Council today settled with lawyers representing demonstrators assaulted by police officersof the LAPD's Metro Division during a 2007 immigration-rights rally in MacArthur Park. The council unanimously voted to approve a $12.85 payout to clear the books of nine separate lawsuits involvi ... More >>

Today in Photographs: January 11, 1947

Members of the American Veterans Committee camp out in MacArthur Park to protest housing shortage for World War II vets in Los Angeles.Photo: L.A. Times/UCLA Digital Collection

Best Views

L.A. from the top and bottom

StoryCorps' Oral Historians

Lift Every Voice

9 L.A. Flashpoints

Paddleboat Economics

City Hall doles out riches, but stiffs the families who won back MacArthur Park

A Classic Diversion

Chief Cayler Carter is publicly sacrificed, but the screwups on May 1 began with Bratton

May Day Do-Over

“Curiously, none of the angry protesters that I saw appeared to be actual immigrants.”

Bratton's Mea Culpa Tour

“You’ve obviously not been watching your own news channel,” Bratton said acidly to the KTTV reporter. “I’ve already apologized. I don’t feel the need to answer your specific question, or apologize to you.”

''Just Be Butt Naked. With Glitter.''

Before the Music Dies screened at Circus Theatricals, November 16

Running on Empty

Immigration Rites

Requiem for a movement. The real aliens are in Congress

Welcome to Gentrification City

Teardowns. Evictions. Investment. Rebirth. And the significance of that new gelato stand. The perils and pleasures of gentrification

A Day of Power

Can Congress pick up the vibe of the movement?

In MacArthur Park

Fighting High Rents

In L.A.? Good Luck.

Love, From Los Angeles

Ask Mr. Gold

Melting in the Rain

Urban Oases

Finding Relief from the City’s Sweltering Heat

Amen

The World Festival of Sacred Music

Vicissitudes of the Victor

Honor, history at stake as Filipino veterans press for recognition