Montebello

'Family Guy' Ring in L.A. Area Smuggled Cocaine To Italy, Feds Say

If you thought the Southern California economy was still wobbly following the Great Recession, rejoice. People are actually exporting goods from L.A. to the rest of the world, including Europe. The U.S. Attorney's Office today announced that nine enterprising suspects, including a pair of brothers ... More >>

Now Open: Milk Jar Cookies in Mid-Wilshire

In spite of, or perhaps because of, all the cupcakes and whoopie pies, Courtney Cowan and her husband Adam Tiller opened Milk Jar Cookies this past Tuesday. Their Mid-Wilshire cookie shop offers up to 14 flavors -- all Cowan's recipes -- at a time, such as cinnamon sugar and white chocolate raspberr ... More >>

Nosaj Thing Is Back

But the producer and Low End Theory stalwart is not in the mood to party

Top 5 Chicken Wings in Los Angeles

Chicken wings -- whether fried or drenched in sauces savory, sweet, goopy, or blue-cheesy -- are always a crowd favorite. An almost perfect finger food, with bones you can creatively dispose of. (Even vegans love their gluten-free soy-based mini-drumsticks.) If you're a fan of the hugely popular L. ... More >>

Holiday DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet: Massive Drunk Driving Crackdown Starts Friday

'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:

Ka Pasasouk, Suspect In Northridge Murders, Lucked Out Of Prison Time, Had Psych Eval

Ka Pasasouk, the man police allege pulled the trigger in last weekend's horrific Northridge quadruple homicide, was released from prison and placed into the hands of local probation officials even though state corrections authorities were concerned enough about his behavior behind bars to subject hi ... More >>

Assembly District 49 Election Results: Chau Defeats Lin

Democratic Attorney and Montebello school board member Ed Chau was able to stave of an upset by Republican Dr. Matthew Lin last night. Chau beat his opponent in the race to represent voters of newly-drawn Assembly District 49 by a healthy margin.

San Fernando: America's Sexiest, Most Scandal-Ridden City Government

Dr. Matthew Lin to Sacramento, Stat?

GOP surgeon may beat Dems for first time since '70s in San Gabriel Valley

Assessor Scandal: D.A. Opens Inquiry Into Montebello Councilman Jack Hadjinian

The L.A. County D.A.'s Office has opened an inquiry into Montebello Councilman Jack Hadjinian, who accepted a $5,000 contribution from tax agent Ramin Salari last year, while serving on the county's Assessment Appeals Board.The D.A.'s Office has been looking into an alleged pay-to-play scandal at th ... More >>

Tom Leykis, One of Radio's Top Talkers, Is Off the Airwaves -- and Online

"There were a lot of greedy home flippers!" radio talk-show host Tom Leykis exclaims into the microphone. "Everyone who got evicted got exactly what they deserved. They didn't evict enough people."Leykis is blasting what he considers the avaricious, irresponsible impulses of those participating in t ... More >>

Meet David R. Chan: The Man Who Has Eaten At Over 6,000 Chinese Restaurants

David R. Chan can't use chopsticks. "I can't hold them properly," Chan said. "It hasn't really been a problem though. Chinese restaurants usually have forks available." 6,090 Chinese restaurants to be exact -- a number that just keeps on growing. An accountant and attorney by trade, Chan has been ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Ban in L.A.? City Officials Botched Regulation, Now Want Prohibition

Medical weed ban heads to City Council

John & Ken Broadcast Cellphone Number of L.A. Immigrants Rights Director, Invite Onslaught of Racist Voicemails

Did John & Ken take the skewerfest too far this time?​KFI radio personalities John & Ken, who spoon-feed SoCal's uber-conservatives (and, unfortunately, 1 million more Americans) exactly what they want to hear for a living, are usually pretty harmless. Perpetuating a culture of hate and fear f ... More >>

LA's Top 10 Ice Cream & Gelato Spots

Guzzle & Nosh​[Catch up on the full 30 Scoops in 30 Days trek in our sweet, creamy archive.] Americans remember President Ronald Reagan as any number of things: The Great Communicator, a proponent of trickle-down economics, a hack former actor with a penchant for chimpanzees. Few, however, kn ... More >>

Zooey Deschanel Says She's No Westsider: Where is L.A.'s Westside, And How Come So Many People Get it Wrong?

Kim DavisThe far Westside.​Update: Zooey Deschanel's publicist reached out to us for a correction, insisting that she lives on the "east side." When we said we weren't budging unless we were given a specific neighborhood -- as what's Eastside is so often misunderstood (see below) -- she told u ... More >>

Temple of Scream: Relishing the Horror of a Hollywood Franchise

Sam SlovickAnthony Torres has been collecting memorabilia from Wes Craven's horror series since 1996.​ Deep in the far reaches of Montebello, in a secret temple, a young monk arranges sacred objects on the altar with exacting specificity. Each item is invested with hallowed significance and pl ... More >>

SoCal DMV Gets a Teeny Bit Less Awful With New Self-Serve Kiosks (Video, Locations)

Self-serve bypass, sucka!​If there's a hell on Earth, we're pretty sure it's the California Department of Motor Vehicles. Not only does a simple license/registration errand eat up the better part of an afternoon, but a cacophony of cranky employees and crankier babies makes it the worst aftern ... More >>

Esaan: A New Place to Eat Thai Food Downtown

B. HansenPad Thai salad at Esaan​ If you're standing at the bus stop at 5th and Hope in downtown L.A. and you suddenly get the impression you're in Thailand, not waiting for the 720 to Santa Monica, you're not delusional. Someone has just opened the door to Esaan, a Taste of Thai, allow ... More >>

East Los Angeles Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels

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

Pave to Save Whittier Narrows?

A tense battle over erecting a "hands-on" museum and more parking on a shrinking band of green

Meet Your Food Blogger: Javier Cabral of Teenage Glutster

Javier Cabral turned 21 two weeks ago, which means not only that now he can legally drink alcohol when he eats out with his blogger friends, but that the name of his blog, Teenage Glutster, seems a bit outdated. Some might agree that after a mention from Dana Goodyear in a New Yorker profile of Jona ... More >>

District Attorney Plans Crackdown on Pot Dispensaries

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told a small crowd of print and television reporters on Thursday that he would prosecute medical marijuana dispensaries for over-the-counter sales. "The over-the-counter sales of marijuana for money is illegal," said Cooley who, along with City Atto ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Friends Like These, The Crossing, Peace, Somebody’s Somebody

Also, F*ucking Men, The Kingdom Come, The Golden Gays and more

Stage Raw: Baby It's You

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso, see the current STAGE FEATURE on The Night Is a Child at the Pasadena Playhouse, and Not to Be, at ZJUTHE LATEST NEW REVIEWSBABY IT'S YOUThe jukebox musical that's been playing since the spring at the Coast Playhouse, will be the final entry in the Pasadena P ... More >>

Hundreds Attend Funeral for Slain Sheriff's Deputy

Family and friends along with hundreds of law enforcement officers attended a funeral today at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown L.A. for a sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down outside his home in Cypress Park. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Juan Escalante, 27, was shot to ... More >>

Thousands of Drunks Beat the California DMV

Drinking boaters lost their driver's licenses. But it was the DMV that broke the law.

Joseph Del Real and Benjamin Tovar Martinez

The dragon keepers

Beatle . . . Mania

McCartney plays Amoeba

Mario Beltran's Undertow

Police probe whether the Bell Gardens pol helped a three-time felon win a sensitive towing contract

Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza

Port in a Storm

All Over the Map

From politics to pop culture, a Mexican American Prince Who’s Who

Mexican American Princes: ˇMas Suave!

They’re handsome, charming and so good to their mothers. They’re Mexican American Princes, and they rule Los Angeles

Stench of Politics

Industry money to the “Mod Caucus” fouls the fight for clean air

Rainbow Bright Eyexyk

Taiko en Espańol

Maceo Hernandez, demon drummer of East L.A.

Betty Boop, Bowling for Dollars, Brazilian Pop... and a Duck

March on Melrose

Your Friends and Neighbors for Peace

A weekend's march through time

Tony Plana, Beyond Borders

A Walrus Shrugged

Chilling with AWOL 0ne, The Rapper Laureate of La Habra

A Vision for the City

A Weekly roundtable on the issues, movements and prospects for a progressive Los Angeles

Border Garde

Microtonalist Kraig Grady: Outside and in between

Goodbye, Tomata du Plenty

Sunny Days, Sultry Nights

Highlighting the events of the season

Daily Drips

Or, the power of a few ill-chosen words

Twohey’s

¡Echale Salsita!

Latin music in Los Angeles

Breaking Away

An Eastside youth center escapes Alatorre’s shadow

Our selections in Tuesday's General Election (cont.)