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Nevada

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    What Land Art Would You Create If Money Were No Object? Three Artists' Proposals

    In 1966, Robert Smithson, famous for piling up mud and black basalt in Utah's Great Salt Lake and sculpting it into a 1,500-foot coil called Spiral Jetty, went rock hunting with sculptor Donald Judd. They went in New Jersey, where Smithson was from, and spent an hour chopping away at a lump of lava ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Outernational - The Echo - 5/1/12

    Outernational The Echo 5/1/12 Better than ... Eddy Grant. If you thought all screaming, sweaty, hip-swiveling rock and roll frontmen were motivated purely by narcissism, Outernational's Miles Solay might make you think again. Solay and his NYC-based Spanglish rockers played a super high-energy s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Alfonso Ribeiro's 'Carlton Dance' Flash Mob Attempts Record (For Dorkiest Moves): VIDEO

    Updated at the bottom with crowd estimates. First posted at 5:30 a.m. Alfonso Ribeiro of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air might do the nerdiest, preppiest dance of all time. But that didn't stop hundreds if not thousands of followers from joining him yesterday at Universal CityWalk and other locales in ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 12, 2012

    What's a DUID (Driving While High) in California?

    Weed lawyers Allison Margolin and Daniel Perlman explain the rules for drivers

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    The Glitch Mob Inspires a Man's Rehabilitation

    [Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] Two years ago, Grant Korgan woke up in an intensive care unit in the Sierra Nevada with a broken back and no feeling below his stomach. A snowmobile jump ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The Barista Who Compared a Coffee to Her Ex-Boyfriends Other Winners at the South West Regional Barista Competition

    While some of us were reaching for copious amounts of coffee yesterday to cope with the loss of the hour, the city of Santa Cruz had its fill of caffeine. Over the weekend, more than 40 baristas from California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado converged onto the beachside tow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2012

    Elephant's Foot, Sea Turtle Boots, Leopard Pelt Found For Sale Online: Feds Make Busts

    This is news that will surely send PETA members into kiniptions that will require the aid of first responders. The U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. today announced they've filed charges against a dozen people for selling endangered animals and related clothing, including boots made out of sea turtle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    Panda Express Founders Open Dry Cleaning Chain: Order Your Food Get It Off Your Shirt

    If you have issues with your Kung Pao chicken ending up on your shirt as often as it does in your stomach -- eating while driving being as problematic as texting while driving -- then this news should make you pretty happy. The folks who brought you Panda Express, the Rosemead-based Chinese fast foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Ready Pac Recalls Bagged Romaine Salads

    FDAToss your salad.​ Irwindale-based Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling 5,379 cases of bagged salad products containing romaine lettuce because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, Reuters reports. The voluntary recall includes a dozen different salad products including Caesar salad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Listeria Hysteria: Romaine Lettuce Recalled Over Contamination Fears

    Flickr/MuffetCalifornia's True Leaf farms has recalled their romaine​ Stop! Put down that salad fork! No, not because you're using the wrong fork. California's True Leaf farms is recalling 2,498 cartons of chopped romaine lettuce because it may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, although ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2011

    Porn Defends the Money Shot

    Critics gain ground, demanding condom use to control AIDS

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Raving For The Rich: Burning Man Can be Done in Relative Comfort if You're Elon Musk

    avramcYou can almost smell this photo.​We've never been tempted to feel the burn, frankly, because Burning Man is such a hippy affair, what with the pungent, sobriety challenged people and unpaved conditions. Not our idea of fun. However, it turns out that the annual Black Rock psychedelic sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Allergies Increase in California, Possibly Thanks to Global Warming

    George Hamilton, like allergens, thrives in warm weather.​Allergies especially bad this spring? (Us too). Along with rising oceans, hotter-than-normal temps, and Al Gore's ego, you might be able to blame this boon to the makers of Kleenex on global warming. New research suggests that allergen ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 31, 2011

    How Wall Street Kicks L.A. Pets Out of Their Homes

    George Hamilton, like allergens, thrives in warm weather.​Allergies especially bad this spring? (Us too). Along with rising oceans, hotter-than-normal temps, and Al Gore's ego, you might be able to blame this boon to the makers of Kleenex on global warming. New research suggests that allergen ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    March 3, 2011

    Rango

    George Hamilton, like allergens, thrives in warm weather.​Allergies especially bad this spring? (Us too). Along with rising oceans, hotter-than-normal temps, and Al Gore's ego, you might be able to blame this boon to the makers of Kleenex on global warming. New research suggests that allergen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    In Shadow Of Obama Directive To Stand Down On Pot Shops, Feds Don't Publicize Medical Marijuana Raids Like They Used To

    President Obama just said no to federal pot-shop raids, but they still happen, somewhat silently.​Federal raids of medical marijuana dispensaries in Southern California, Nevada and elsewhere haven't ceased just because the administration of President Obama ordered federal authorities to stand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Here Comes Another Taco Truck: Free Tacos That Taste of Tequila A Recipe

    ​Ho hum, another taco truck is rolling out. But wait until you hear what this one has to offer -- free tacos and taco fillings that are laced with tequila. The truck will travel all over Los Angeles and environs, starting with a launch in Glendale today, June 1st. During the next two months it ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2009

    IS THIS A BINGO THAT I SEE BEFORE ME?

    ​Ho hum, another taco truck is rolling out. But wait until you hear what this one has to offer -- free tacos and taco fillings that are laced with tequila. The truck will travel all over Los Angeles and environs, starting with a launch in Glendale today, June 1st. During the next two months it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    California Nurses' Strike Threat: Is It Really About Swine Flu?

    California nurses have threatened a major walk-out on Oct. 30. Judging by the headlines in the press -- "Nurses Plan Strike Over Swine Flu Conditions at Hospitals," says the L.A. Times -- you'd almost believe that 16,000 nurses' biggest concern is that they might be infected with H1N1.Score one for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Details Emerge On Obama's Pot Stance

    Just as a crackdown on the city's medical marijuana dispensaries is being set in motion, the Obama administration is calling off the federal fight against sellers and buyers who abide by laws in California and 13 other states that allow the distribution of doctor-approved pot, the Associated Press i ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    Jerkin’ on the Crest of a Wave

    Just as a crackdown on the city's medical marijuana dispensaries is being set in motion, the Obama administration is calling off the federal fight against sellers and buyers who abide by laws in California and 13 other states that allow the distribution of doctor-approved pot, the Associated Press i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Sticker Shock Treatment: Fake Governor to Pay Real Sales Tax

    At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Tonight: Plushies and Furries Screens for "Fetish Film Night" at American Cinematheque

    By Paul Gaita Editor's note: View photos of the Plushies and Furries art display at the Egyptian in the NSFW slideshow. Sexual subcultures just ain't the hot button topic they used to be. Once strictly relegated to the musty back rooms of adults-only establishments or RE/Search publications, in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Election '08: Blogging Live in Las Vegas at John McCain's Last-Gasp Rally

    BY MARC COOPER Yo via Blackberry! I'm at McCain rally right now Monday nite in Henderson, Nevada on outskirts of Las Vegas. A poor turnout my friends. I got here 3 hrs ago to beat the crowds. But my daughter just arrived as program is beginning and she got in. This venue holds about 5k and is n ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 9, 2008

    Going Door-to-Door for Obama in North Vegas

    The silver-lining state

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    Ninth Circuit Court Retreats to Idaho

    Legal insiders point everywhere but at themselves during a sun-filled non-examination

  • Stage

    May 15, 2008

    Theater Reviews: Hillary Agonistes, Of Mice and Men, Flora the Red Menace

    Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Piero Golia

    Dreamer, realist

  • News

    February 7, 2008

    Fired Up Over Pelisek; Marking Down Cooper

    Our readers write

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Breaking the Trance

    The unexpected Burning Man soundtrack

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2007

    Burning Man, Day One

    he ring of the bell is the first thing you hear once in range of the Burning Man Festival in bumfuck Nevada. Two of them, the size of logs, hang from poles at the front gate. The cars, RVs, trucks and buses crawl along the highway toward the entrance like ants to a watermelon. As you roll onto the d ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Way to Spy on the Old Neighborhood (As Long as You’ve Got a Wad of Cash)

    he ring of the bell is the first thing you hear once in range of the Burning Man Festival in bumfuck Nevada. Two of them, the size of logs, hang from poles at the front gate. The cars, RVs, trucks and buses crawl along the highway toward the entrance like ants to a watermelon. As you roll onto the d ... More >>

  • Stage

    July 13, 2006

    Diavolo Dance Theater

    he ring of the bell is the first thing you hear once in range of the Burning Man Festival in bumfuck Nevada. Two of them, the size of logs, hang from poles at the front gate. The cars, RVs, trucks and buses crawl along the highway toward the entrance like ants to a watermelon. As you roll onto the d ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 15, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    he ring of the bell is the first thing you hear once in range of the Burning Man Festival in bumfuck Nevada. Two of them, the size of logs, hang from poles at the front gate. The cars, RVs, trucks and buses crawl along the highway toward the entrance like ants to a watermelon. As you roll onto the d ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2006

    Of Rocks, Creeks and Broom-Tailed Horses

    Will California’s own wild mustangs ever return to Coyote Canyon? Should they?

  • Art+Books

    January 19, 2006

    Atomic Billboards

    Will California’s own wild mustangs ever return to Coyote Canyon? Should they?

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Blackjack’s Death Count

    Is the total casino management of MindPlay killing 21?

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2005

    Funeral for a Friend

    How the Arcade Fire died and went to heaven

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    Letters

    How the Arcade Fire died and went to heaven

  • Music

    June 30, 2005

    Live in LA

    How the Arcade Fire died and went to heaven

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Tribal Warfare

    It’s Indian vs. Indian with Arnold in the middle, as the fight over the flood of money from reservation casinos heats up

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    X-Raying Workers’ Comp

    Employers gain, insurers really gain, as for workers...

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Mercy on Death Row

    Employers gain, insurers really gain, as for workers...

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2000

    'N' Is for Nowhere

    A Short Story by Aimee Bender, Wanda Coleman, Janet Fitch, Peter Gadol, Hillary Johnson, Jim Krusoe, Rubén Mendoza, Nicole Panter, John Rechy, Nancy Rommelmann, Greg Sarris, Jerry Stahl, Diana Wagman and Benjamin Weissman

  • Art+Books

    August 24, 2000

    The Lady Is a Tramp

    A Short Story by Aimee Bender, Wanda Coleman, Janet Fitch, Peter Gadol, Hillary Johnson, Jim Krusoe, Rubén Mendoza, Nicole Panter, John Rechy, Nancy Rommelmann, Greg Sarris, Jerry Stahl, Diana Wagman and Benjamin Weissman

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    More Endorsements

    A Short Story by Aimee Bender, Wanda Coleman, Janet Fitch, Peter Gadol, Hillary Johnson, Jim Krusoe, Rubén Mendoza, Nicole Panter, John Rechy, Nancy Rommelmann, Greg Sarris, Jerry Stahl, Diana Wagman and Benjamin Weissman

  • Film+TV

    February 3, 2000

    Dystopia, Datopia

    Southern California on film

  • Stage

    January 6, 2000

    The Good Stuff

    Doug Harvey's Top 10

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Hey, Fatso

    Doug Harvey's Top 10

  • Art+Books

    June 3, 1999

    Art For God's Sake

    The Gospel According to Reverend Ethan Acres

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