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#LAWebAwards: The 2013 Winners List

The Internet just won't stand still. A few years ago it was all about Facebook and Twitter. Then Pinterest, then GIFs. Now we're all taking a crash course in something called Vine. Oh, and did you hear MySpace is back — and Yahoo is beating Google? But as online life continues to evolve, the ... More >>

Metta World Peace Misses His Favorite Burger

Lakers enforcer Metta World Peace has characteristically turned to social media to make sense of his imploding team's plans to jettison his $14.8 million contract. He's also chosen to wrap his commentary in food metaphors. First, there was this post, which led many Twitter followers to suspect t ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Beyoncé STAPLES CENTER Like her fellow Texan Erykah Badu, Houston-raised Beyoncé is part of the opening-night festivities at the BET Experience. But Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter's worldview is markedly different from Bad ... More >>

Music Picks: Beyoncé, Snoop Dogg and Crazy Squeeze

10 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles for Outdoor Dining

Summer living -- and eating -- in Los Angeles is sweet. From sweeping seaside and rooftop views to Spanish-style patios and glamorous Hollywood hangs, Los Angeles offers an amazing selection of restaurants where you can take in the sights on your plate and the natural ones around you at the same tim ... More >>

Our Diary of the Getty's L.A. Architecture Project: SCI-Arc's Gala and a Concert at Jackie Treehorn's House

This is the second installment of our Pacific Standard Time Presents diary, covering the Modern architecture extravaganza that's blanketing the city. Go here for the first installment: *The Getty's Big, New Exploration of L.A. Architecture. Who would have guessed that with just the right amount of ... More >>

KDAY Is Closing? A Eulogy to the Best Station in L.A.

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," normally appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] "Remember KDAY?" Tupac asked that question on "To Live & Die in LA," but the answer was obvious. Makaveli never even lived in Southern Califor ... More >>

Dodgers, NFL Talk Football At Chavez Ravine

Despite big plans and grid-iron dreams in downtown Los Angeles, the NFL has held talks with the new owners of Dodger Stadium about hosting football there in the future. That according to SportsBusiness Daily, which says that, after no teams expressed interest in moving to the nation's second-larges ... More >>

Jimmy Buss Says "Screw You" to Phil Jackson -- and "Screw You" to Lakers Nation

It was the biggest "Screw You" in hoops history. Phil Jackson is not coaching the Lakers today because Jimmy Buss and Jackson do not like each other and never have. It's that simple and that complex.

Phil Jackson is Back at Lakers, 95 Percent Certainty, after Firing of Mike Brown: He'll Convince Kobe to Let Nash Have the Ball

By Paul Teetor Phil Jackson is back - unofficially, but with 95 percent certainty, pending a signed deal, etc. etc. This changes everything for the Lakers. How can simply replacing Coach Mike Brown with the Lord of the Rings make such a huge difference? Suddenly an LA Lakers vs. Miami Heat Final ... More >>

20: Lamb Dip at Philippe the Original

Celebrating this year's Best of L.A. issue -- now out in print and online -- we're counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 21: Lamb Dip at Philippe the Original. There are preferences in Los Angeles that speak volumes about a person: Dodgers or Angels? Lakers or Clippers ... More >>

Five Reasons The Clippers Will Shock The World This Season

There's a future NBA champion being built piece-by-piece at the Staples Center this year. It has a point guard destined for the Hall of Fame, a dominant power forward, a young, outrageously athletic 7-foot center and a shooting guard with no fear, no conscience and no hesitation. I'm talking, of co ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/2 - 7/6

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If you still look confused, you may be offered a free sample." 10 Best Tamales in Los Angeles. "But, as one might predict, the law barely lasted one full business day before a lawsuit was filed against it." Lawsuit Claims ... More >>

LAPD Bracing for L.A. Kings Riot at Staples Center Tonight

If the L.A. Kings win Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals this evening, it will be the first Los Angeles championship won at Staples Center since the NBA finals in summer 2010. And we all know what happened after that series. Lakers fans went absolutely nuts outside Staples -- throwing bottles at poli ... More >>

L.A. Galaxy Has David Beckham. Chivas USA Has Rabid Fans. Who Will Win the Battle of L.A.?

See also: Don't Call Them Hooligans: Meet Ultras, L.A.'s Major League Soccer Superfans Ten minutes into the second half at Home Depot Center on this Saturday night, the P.A. booms "¡Arriba las Chivas!" so loud the ushers flinch. The grito over the loudspeakers whips up the sold-out house of 18,800 ... More >>

Edward Sharpe and 
the Magnetic Zeros Return With New Music and a Show 
at The Greek

For the past five years, Los Angeles indie-rock heroes Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have spread their catchy indie folk to the masses, even landing their single "Home" in an NFL commercial. Having toured extensively in support of their 2009 breakthrough debut, Up From Below, the Zeros are ... More >>

Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles: Top 10

10 Best Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles

Does Los Angeles boast the best sushi in the entire country? If even Ferran Adriá is on our side, we can probably feel confident it's true. The factors that allow our city to be blessed with such a ridiculous bounty are fairly apparent: proximity to superior fish markets, a healthy roster of mast ... More >>

Pau Gasol So Happy He Wasn't Traded Today He Made a YouTube Video

Pau Gasol was loathing the idea of being traded away by the Lakers. Kobe Bryant even came to his defense when rumors were swirling that the lanky Spaniard would be shipped off as part of a multi-way deal. Today the Lakers made the deal -- with longtime player Derek Fisher going to Houston and Luke ... More >>

Jerry West Doesn't Regret Baring His Soul in Biography West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life

Reading West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life is like overhearing a celebrity patient talking to his therapist: It's unsettling and uncomfortable -- yet you can't stop listening.Jerry West was a college All-American at West Virginia and an instant All-Star after he joined the L.A. Lakers in 1 ... More >>

Clipper Darrell, Biggest Clippers Fan Ever, Told by Team Not to Use its Name

The Clippers, of course, comprise the Rodney Dangerfield of basketball. No respect. Even with Chris Paul and Blake Griffin reviving the team, putting up Ws and attracting new audiences, the squad will always be plan B in Lakerstown USA. What we're trying to say is, the Clippers could use all the fa ... More >>

Marriage Across Racial, Ethnic Lines Way High: Asians Do It the Most

David Blumenkrantz​No big surprise for the people of Los Angeles or Kobe Bryant. The Pew Research Center this week confirmed what we Angelenos know and live: Marriages between folks of different racial and ethnic groups have more than doubled in the last 30 years in America. Yes we've been ... More >>

Iranian-Americans in L.A. Protest China's Support of Iran, Erect Huge Mural Outside Chinese Consulate

It's a strange week for Chinese-U.S. relations. We're welcoming Vice President Xi Jinping to Los Angeles day after tomorrow for a full city tour (including yacht ride and Lakers game) to strengthen L.A.'s business ties to the rich communist country. Similarly, on a national scale, President Obama i ... More >>

Xi Jinping Does L.A.: China's Vice President Hopes for Lakers Game, Ride on City Yacht

ReutersXi knows how to party.​China and Los Angeles are BFFing out of control right now. After L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took a $30,000-a-day tour of Beijing, Chongqing and Shanghai in December, one of China's top officials is returning the favor: Vice President Xi Jinping, fully expec ... More >>

LeBron James' $3,000 Cake Left Uneaten and Unpaid For

Only the best for the King. So went the line of thinking when a $3,000 birthday cake was deemed unworthy of Miami Heat basketball player LeBron James and promptly discarded. And now no one's left to pick up the tab. The Miami Herald reports that Boca Raton baker Alethea Hickman had received a frant ... More >>

Clippers Cupcakes: Everybody Gets to Eat Cake in This Town, Even Chris Paul (Especially Chris Paul)

The NBA began its abbreviated season with more of a whimper than a bang, at least if you're a Lakers fan. (Note to David Stern: Maybe vetoing trades is a bad idea.) To console the hometown crowd -- who says sorrows cannot be managed by buttercream frosting -- Magnolia Bakery began fashioning Lakers ... More >>

When it Comes to Pro Sports Championships, L.A. is Not #WINNING

We're beginning to think L.A. is the Rodney Dangerfield of cities -- you know, no respect. Despite our celebrity, natural beauty, and second-only-to-New York size, we suck in so many ways. Our traffic is the worst. Our roads are almost the worst. Our do-nothing City Council gets paid more than any o ... More >>

Lakers Gingerbread Cookies: What To Eat On Game Day

Guzzle & NoshLakers gingerbread cookies.​Maybe nothing would have dried the tears of Lakers fans after that 88-87 opening day loss to the Bulls, but least these gingerbread men would have soothed their bellies -- while putting some cash in the coffers of a worthwhile charity. The gingerbread c ... More >>

Top 5 Douches of 2011, L.A.-Style: Kobe Bryant Breaks The Color Barrier

rorjnd.com​This is Los Angeles, douche capital of the world. When you talk douche here, you have a lot to talk about. So it wasn't easy chosing our Top 5 douches of the year. L.A. can go douche-for-douche with just about any global metropolis -- even New Jersey. Perhaps the only place on ear ... More >>

Lakers Cupcakes: What to Eat on Game Day (Unless You're Reading This in Dallas)

Magnolia BakeryLakers cupcakes​Lakers fans have had a tough time of it lately, between losing Lamar Odom to the Mavericks and Chris Paul to the Clippers and Kobe Bryant to the divorce court. About the only people who've been enjoying this are the folks at TMZ, who at least get to take the Khlo ... More >>

Hooters Says It's Hurting From NBA Lockout

southla.wordpress.comThe good old days.​Kobe and the gang aren't the only ones out of work amid this ridiculous NBA lockout. The longer they continue to turn up their noses at NBA officials' proposed season contract -- admittedly a pretty lousy deal -- the longer those beleaguered Hooters wait ... More >>

El Parian: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/10-10/14

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Want to make a grown woman blush? Suggest that the reason she wants to go to Gjelina, the serene patio restaurant on Abbot Kinney, is because she wants to gaze deeply into a scruffy waiter's eyes." ... More >>

Porn Defends the Money Shot

Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?

The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs

'Hey @NBCLA I Think Your News Van is on Fire!'

Andrew Veis via Twitter​Bummer when you work in the news business and you become a headline. But such was the case for NBC Los Angeles today when one its "news vans" caught on fire at the side of the 405 in the Sepulveda Pass, prompting, you guessed it, the rest of the journalistic twitterver ... More >>

NYC Thinks L.A. Wants to Be 'Manhattanized'

NYC wannabe?​Well! This is insulting. And so very in line with New York media's ridiculous attempts to pin down Los Angeles after spending one night in a downtown hotel with a notepad and a smog mask. TIME Magazine runs a big out-of-touch feature today on the alleged "Manhattanization" of dow ... More >>

Kids Don't Need Sports or Energy Drinks: OMG, You Can Actually Drink Water

Flickr/96dpia glass of water​ If you've ever spent much time at a kids' soccer game -- much less a middle school basketball jam session at Staples Center sponsored by Gatorade -- you'd think that kids required sports drinks as much as adults training for triathalons or the NBA finals (go Mavs! ... More >>

LA Weekly's 'Best of L.A. People' Issue in Your Face, Online, Right Now

Pilar Alessandra.​Who are the best people in L.A? We are, of course. (We kid). But seriously, it's that time of year for LA Weekly's "Best of L.A. People" issue and if you're not a people person, it's not for you. While in years past you might have had to wait for the print edition on Thursd ... More >>

VIDEO: Andrew Bynum Strips on Court After Making Most Flagrant, 'Embarrassing' Foul in Lakers History

Kansas City StarReally man?​We didn't think being an L.A. Lakers fan could get any more embarrassing than that moment last month in which Kobe Bryant threw his sweatrag on the floor and called the ref a "fucking faggot." Nowhere to go but up, right? Wrong. In the most miserable Lakers game t ... More >>

Derrick Caracter, L.A. Lakers Rookie, Arrested For Pushing IHOP Cashier, Drunken Behavior, During Playoff Road Trip

New Orleans policeDerrick Caracter.​Lakers teammates are forgiven for a little pushing and shoving on-court. The game gets physical sometimes. But police in New Orleans, where the Lakers played the Hornets and are tied 2-2 in a Western Conference playoff series, say rookie reserve forward Dar ... More >>

The 42 Most Powerful People in Los Angeles*, According to the Downtown News

AEG CEO Tim Leiweke: He's got downtown Los Angeles in his hands​*Well, technically just in downtown Los Angeles, but that's where all the big players make all their big decisions anyway, right? Just ask a pissed-off Daily News outsider in the Valley. Jon Regardie at the LA Downtown News knows ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Urges You to Become a Terrorism Snitch at Staples Center: Profile Away

Front row, next to Jack Nicholson.​Ah, the terror-snitch ho-down has begun at Staples Center downtown, where U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday announced that the "If You See Something, Say Something" tip-off program has expanded there. Any particular th ... More >>

Page Two: Passion of the Live

Q & A With Rodelio Aglibot: In-N-Out R & D, Filipino Food No Kobe Beef Burger in Kobe Bryant Land

A. Scattergoodchef Rodelio Aglibot at GO Burger​ As this town's burger addicts are well-aware, GO Burger recently opened in Hollywood, dangerously near The Hungry Cat and the home of the Pug Burger. The man flipping burgers (actually sometimes, conceptually a lot more often) at GO Burger is n ... More >>

Kobe Bryant, Drop This Turkish Airlines Deal Already

Kobe.​Not since a guy named Joseph Coors opposed Chicano studies classes at the University of Colorado, thus denying Coors beer a very thirsty Latino market for decades, has someone shot himself in the foot in such a d'oh way. Yeah, we're talking about you Kobe. We forgave you for that, er, s ... More >>

The L.A. Lakers Have A Date With Obama Tonight (What Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Wouldn't Give...)

Associated PressDoesn't Biden get a No. 2? Racism, we tell ya​Barack Obama and the lagging Los Angeles Lakers meet again, for their annual shoot-the-shit play date! A presidential elbow-rub is apparently one of the perks of winning NBA titles -- and both parties are milking this photo op for ... More >>

(Video) Who Trashed The Idea Of A Downtown Los Angeles NFL Stadium On YouTube?

Sometimes we love L.A. a little too much.​Set to Randy Newman's "I Love L.A.," a video depicts downtown sports fans as criminal hooligans and seems to place Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in the back pocket of Staples Center boss Tim Leiweke. It's a rant against Leiweke's suggestion that the comp ... More >>

Time Capsule: The Yard

Au courant, and we're not talking French

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/7-9/10

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Did we agree to stop calling them gastropubs? Very well, they're no longer gastropubs." First Bite: Half a Dozen of Each, or Mix & Match at The Six. "Some people think that food started when goat cheese was introduced on ... More >>