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A Celebration of Boston, in Santa Monica

When I was 16 years old, about a week or two after the planes crashed into the twin towers in 2001, I went to a Red Sox game with my father and my little brother. My father refused to give the tickets away, even though the Sox weren't playing well and fear was high. On Yawkey Way, the famous street ... More >>

Brandon Woodard Murder Was Possible Retribution For Bad Cocaine Deal, Report Says

The brazen murder of Angeleno Brandon Woodard in Manhattan earlier this month might have been payback for a major drug-deal gone sideways, the website DNAinfo.com is reporting. Citing law enforcement sources, the news organization's Murray Weiss reports that Woodard might have been a mid-level cour ... More >>

Brandon Woodard Murder: Getaway Car Found In Queens, New York

See also: *Brandon Woodard, Would-Be Rapper from L.A., Murdered in Daylight 'Hit' in NYC. The getaway car believed to have been used in the "hit"-style murder of Angeleno Brandon Woodard in the middle of Manhattan has been found in Queens, New York, a New York police official confirmed to the Weekl ... More >>

Occupy Used a 'People's Microphone' to Spread Info Through a Crowd. Now There's a People's Mic Choir

The Occupy Movement's one-year anniversary is today. This means, nation-wide, morning headlines say things like "Why Occupy Fizzed," "Occupy in Disarray but Spirit Lives On" or "Can Occupy Come up with a Second Act?" Yesterday, a few hundred protesters who returned to Zucotti Park, where the Occup ... More >>

Lois Ann Goodman, U.S. Open Tennis Ref, Murdered Husband With Coffee Cup -- Cops

A 70-year-old woman was arrested in New York today after she was charged with beating her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee cup in Woodland Hills. The suspect, Lois Ann Goodman, is a tennis referee who had gone to the Big Apple to work at the U.S. Open, according to the LAPD and the L.A. C ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

Quiara Alegria Hudes wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Good People at the Geffen, and More New Reviews...

David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-nominated play about class rifts in America, Good People, now playing at the Geffen, is this week's Pick of the Week, by Neal Weaver. Paul Birchall was also taken with Doug Knott's autobiographical solo show at the Asylum Lab Theatre, Last of the Knotts Find all the lates ... More >>

Man on a Ledge Review

Wrong-man thriller goes thud

Occupy L.A. and the Art World

A wave of art projects go hand in hand with the protest

The Zen of LAPD Chief Charlie Beck

Police top gun ignores pot smoking, finds his inner haiku at Occupy L.A.

Occupy L.A. Clashes With LAPD at Midnight OWS March: Are We Next in Line for Eviction?

ABC7LAPD officers face off with protesters.​Updated at the bottom: LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is negotiating with protesters, hoping Occupy L.A. will voluntarily dismantle "without confrontation." Last night was a long one for uprooted protesters at Zuccotti Park in New York: Hundreds of cops re ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Occupy America

​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] My editor contacted me the other day and asked if I had an opinion on the Occupy protes ... More >>

Occupy San Diego: Man Reportedly Dead After Falling From Civic Center Garage

​[Update: Police say the man, who jumped off the eighth story of the parking structure, does not appear to have ties to the Occupy San Diego protest. The San Diego Union-Tribune says his political fliers read, "Important Message to Intelligent Earthlings From Your Creator." The OSD protesters held ... More >>

Occupy L.A. Arrests: Police Detain 10 Protesters in Bank of America Lobby

See also: "Faces of Occupy L.A: The Student, the Actor, the Addict, the Vet." Update: The protesters were reportedly trying to cash a jumbo check for $673 billion, made out to the "People of California." Photo at bottom of post. According to a Twitter account representing multiple L.A. workers uni ... More >>

Occupy L.A.: City Council Resolution Supports Anti-Wall Street Protesters, Lets Them Keep Sleeping on Front Lawn

Council District 11 via TwitterCouncilman Bill Rosendahl bonds with the many characters of Occupy L.A.​L.A. City Councilmembers Richard Alarcon and Bill Rosendahl introduced a resolution to support the Occupy L.A. movement today -- a gesture that would essentially attach the City of Los Angele ... More >>

9/11's 10-Year Anniversary Prompts LAPD to be at 'Full Strength,' Chief Beck Says

​Updated at the bottom with news of a "credible" terrorist threat for the East Coast. First posed at 7 a.m. Though we know that two of the 9/11 attackers spent time in Los Angeles before the events that changed the course of contemporary American history, our city is often though of as a low- ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Convention Favorite Nathan Fillion Talks Castle

Dianne GarciaNathan Fillion​ See more photos in "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Preview Night," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day One," "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Two,""San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Three" and "San Diego Comic-Con 2011 Day Four." Nathan Fillion is no stranger to comic book convention ... More >>

We Met Outside The Mummy Ride: The Best Of Halloween Weekend's 'Missed Connections'

PHOTO BY NICHOLE O'CONNORDon't be fooled -- he's as lonely as Mark Zuckerberg​The only thing harder than making a lasting connection in L.A. is making a lasting connection when you can't recognize the person the next day. In the tradition of our sister news blog at the Village Voice, we've be ... More >>

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News Hounds

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Letters

Rebel, Rebel, Your Face Is a Mess

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Lighten Up, Bloomberg

The demonstrators yelled a lot, so what?

World vs. GOP

War for truth marches on in the streets of New York

Letters

Marking the Chief

William Bratton’s report card shows talent and huge challenges

The Ticking Stopwatch

LAPD's new terrorism czar ponders al Qaeda

No Movie for Rafael Perez

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FX detective Vic Mackey, a complex cop for a complex city

A Wintry Discontent

New York's global warning

2001 In Review

Fuel Crisis

Three new low-octane, star-driven vehicles

Mending Fences

Two L.A. garment-district workers settle over back wages

Mood Indigo

The LAPD’s big test

From Their Vaults to Your Desktop

Finding documents “The Man” wants to hide

Babes in Armor

Tia, Cleo and Bruce

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