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L.A. Weekly Fashion Issue 2012: Dressing Ethically

We all talk, these days, about eating ethically -- how to fill our bellies without wasting carbon miles, poisoning the Earth or torturing animals. Restaurants boast about their organic ingredients; the best ones will even tell you where the pig you're eating came from. All good. But we rarely talk ... More >>

WeHo News Editor Ryan Gierach Talks About Struggles and Return to West Hollywood

For years, WeHo News, a spunky online community newspaper, has been a must read for anyone interested in all things West Hollywood, with major news outlets often picking up its breaking stories. Recently, the operation shut down for several weeks, but started up again on Monday. Readers have wonde ... More >>

Beverly Hills City Council To Hire Lawyer To Possibly Challenge Westside Subway Route

Beverly Hills City Council members have taken the first step to possibly challenge the controversial and proposed Westside subway route that would run underneath the Beverly Hills High School campus. Beverly Hills Courier reported last night that the City Council voted to hire "a lawyer in prepara ... More >>

Mission Nearly Accomplished for California's Gay Rights Movement?

Once full marriage equality is wrapped up in California, there's not much left for the gay rights movement to do in one of the most tolerant states in the nation, right? Wrong. "We're in a period of a different kind of activism," says Courage Campaign founder Rick Jacobs. "Things have advanced ... More >>

Tribute: So Long Sunset 5, We Will Miss You

​Last week, sadly, the Laemmle Sunset 5 closed its doors for good. Another movie theater chain will move into the space at 8000 Sunset Boulevard, but it still feels like the end of an era. For nearly twenty years, the Sunset 5 showcased independent films that transformed the lives of the peo ... More >>

Bruce Bellas' 'Bruce of Los Angeles: Beefcakes and Boundaries': Famed Erotic Photographer Rocks Pop tART Gallery in Koreatown

Patrick Range McDonaldPop tART Gallery Owner Phyllis Navidad​Legendary photographer Bruce Bellas, better known as Bruce of Los Angeles, has been honored with a new, highly-anticipated show at Pop tART Gallery in Koreatown. In conjunction with Pacific Standard Time, "Bruce of Los Angeles: Beefc ... More >>

Occupy L.A. versus Zuma Dogg: OG City Activist Tries to Out-Shout Occupiers

ladailyblog.blogspot.comBattle L.A.: Who can free-speech louder?​Leave it to Zuma Dogg, perpetual public commenter at every single L.A. City Council meeting ever (rivaled only in civic involvement by John Walsh of the insane neckties and Einstein hair), to add even more confusion to the Occupy ... More >>

Director John Waters Talks Amanda Knox, Striped Socks, and Underpants Bomber

Patrick Range McDonaldJohn Waters, left, and James Egan​Last Friday night, legendary film director John Waters sat down with L.A. Weekly for a friendly, often times hilarious, chat, promoting a new book that features his media interviews over the past 46 years: John Waters: Interviews. Univer ... More >>

Some 'Occupy L.A.' Campers Say They've Officially Changed Their Address to City Hall (200 North Spring Street)

Courtesy of Patrick Range McDonaldYou can't foreclose a tent!​L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti might have spoken a little soon when he told hundreds of Occupy L.A. protesters last week to "stay as long as you need." What Garcetti perhaps didn't realize is that Occupy L.A. doesn't wan ... More >>

MOCA's Jeffrey Deitch Talks 'Art in the Streets,' Widely-Acclaimed Exhibit Closes in a Week

Patrick Range McDonaldLee Quinones: "Debbie Harry" (1981)​With the Art in the Streets exhibit closing on August 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch talks with L.A. Weekly about the impact of the widely-acclaimed show on the public and in the art world ... More >>

Census Data: Lesbians More Likely to Live in Norcal, Gay Men in SoCal

Patrick Range McDonaldDo WeHo gays scare the lesbians away?​Last week, NYC beat California to marriage equality. (Well, unless you count our fleeting sliver of justice in 2008.) So, for one honorary week, we'll refrain from calling it New York Shitty. Though that won't stop the Onion from pick ... More >>

The Mayor's Budget

'Art in the Streets' Extras: Aaron Rose Interview

Patrick Range McDonald​ In the coming days, LA Weekly will post extended interviews from its cover story on the MOCA show "Art in the Streets" that ran last week. Aaron Rose, an "Art In the Streets" co-curator, has a long history with the street art movement and was integral player in the di ... More >>

Will Equality California Push For Pro-Gay Marriage Ballot Measure in 2012?

Patrick Range McDonaldGay marriage supporters in West Hollywood in October, 2008.​Equality California, the major gay rights organization, is looking into whether or not it will push for a pro-gay marriage ballot measure sometime very soon, probably 2012. "Legal experts advise that the case m ... More >>

Founding Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors Says Goodbye With 'One Last Email'

Patrick Range McDonaldOutgoing EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors​Founding Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors says goodbye with one of his trademark emails, which includes a pitch for a contribution. We wouldn't expect him to go out any other way. Kors, who's leaving EQCA, was ... More >>

West Hollywood 2011 City Council Election: Street Artist Plasters Warhol-inspired 'Vote Mito' Stickers on Santa Monica Boulevard

Unknown artist"Vote Mito" sticker in WeHo, photos by Patrick Range McDonald​In 2008, there was the iconic Obama "Hope" poster by L.A. street artist Shepard Fairey. Three years later, there's the "Vote Mito" stickers (as translated into English) by an unknown, apparently Russian-speaking arti ... More >>

Would Proposed West Hollywood Fur Ban Survive a Court Challenge?

SoniaT 360This fur is faux.​In ultra-liberal West Hollywood, which already operates as a "Cruelty Free Zone for Animals," one City Council candidate is going for left-wing gold with a proposal to ban fur at retailers. As the Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald reports, John D'Amico wants the West ... More >>

Mongols vs. Hells Angels

Proposition 8: Federal Appeals Court Drops Imperial County Officials From Gay Marriage Lawsuit

Patrick Range McDonaldLos Angeles Mormon Temple in Westwood in 2008.​The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to allow Imperial County officials to defend Proposition 8 in court. Imperial County Board of Supervisors and a deputy clerk sought to overturn an August ruling by U.S. D ... More >>

Proposition 23: Green Money Pounds Big Oil Money In Blue California

By Hillel Aron Patrick Range McDonaldFuture green baron protests Prop. 23​Is the green energy lobby California's up-and-coming special interest group? Proposition 23 would kill Assembly Bill 32, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate-change bill that set strict standards for greenhouse gas ... More >>

Should Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Get All Up In The Los Angeles Fire Department's Day-To-Day Business?

LAFD​Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants 51 assistants of Los Angeles fire commanders to get on the front lines and fight fires as a result of the city's tight budget situation. After LA Weekly's own Patrick Range McDonald suggested that the mayor should maybe offer 51 of his own 200-plus staffe ... More >>

Only Boneheads Oppose the Subway to the Sea

Proposition 8 Demonstration Planned for West Hollywood

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protesters in Westwood in November, 2008.​Angered by the fact that the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay to proponents of Proposition 8, gay rights activists are now planning a demonstration on Thursday night in West Hollywood. "There's a ... More >>

Ninth Circuit Says No Gay Marriages On Wednesday

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protesters in West Hollywood in October, 2008.​In a very brief order this afternoon, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has put a hold on gay marriages until at least December. U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker's decision, as a result, will not go ... More >>

UPDATE: Day of Decision Details for Prop. 8 Ruling and West Hollywood Rally

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protesters in West Hollywood in October, 2008.​The Day of Decision has finally arrived for anxious court watchers of the Proposition 8 federal trial, with U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker delivering his ruling this afternoon. Walker will decide whet ... More >>

Prop. 8 Overturned: Major Victory For Gay Marriage Advocates

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protesters in West Hollywood in October, 2008.​Updated throughout. Originally posted at 1:48 p.m. U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has overturned Proposition 8 in San Francisco today, handing gay rights advocates a major victory in the continuing bat ... More >>

Proposition 8 Overturned in Major Victory for Gay Marriage Advocates

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protesters in West Hollywood in October, 2008.​U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker has overturned Proposition 8 in San Francisco today, handing gay rights advocates a major victory in the continuing battle over same-sex marriage. In November, 2008, Ca ... More >>

Proposition 8 Rally Probably Slated for West Hollywood

Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protester in Westwood in November, 2008.​A rally in response to the upcoming decision of the Proposition 8 federal trial will probably take place in West Hollywood, reports Frontiers News Editor Karen Ocamb. "The city has a special stake in the outcome," w ... More >>

Cooley-O

From Obama to Gay Inc., 'Get Equal' Shakes Up Status Quo

Get Equal, the feisty, newly established gay rights group, has been shaking things up and making headlines for the past several weeks now, and a new feature story in The Advocate is one more example.Patrick Range McDonaldGet Equal co-founder Robin McGehee at a Fresno rally in 2009.​Titled "The Ris ... More >>

Queer Town: Gavin Newsom Wins Big Gay Endorsement

Equality California, one of the most powerful and politically-connected gay rights groups in the state, has endorsed San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for his run for lieutenant governor, which is no surprise to us. Patrick Range McDonaldS.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom works the crowd at L.A. Gay Pride Parad ... More >>

Queer Town: Closing Arguments Finally Scheduled for Prop. 8 Trial

On Wednesday, in San Francisco, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker finally scheduled closing arguments for the Proposition 8 federal trial, which are tentatively set for June 16.Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protester in Westwood in November, 2008.​Paul Hogarth, who blogged live from Walker's ... More >>

Get Equal Interrupts, Annoys Obama at L.A. Fund Raiser

Five members of Get Equal, a newly-established grassroots gay rights group based in California, interrupted and annoyed President Barack Obama as he spoke at a Democratic fund raiser for Senator Barbara Boxer at the California Science Center in Los Angeles last night.Patrick Range McDonaldGet Equal ... More >>

True Grit

Prop. 8 Trial: Gay Marriage Testimony Ends, Closing Arguments Will Wait

After 12 days of testimony at the high-profile Proposition 8 trial in San Francisco, lawyers for both sides of the gay marriage lawsuit have rested their cases. The last piece of business for the attorneys will be closing arguments, which will be given several weeks from now.Patrick Range McDonaldPr ... More >>

Prop. 8 Trial: Olson and Boies Expected to Rest Gay Marriage Case Today

Proposition 8 plaintiffs' attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies are expected to rest their case today in San Francisco.Patrick Range McDonaldProposition 8 protestor marches in Westwood in November, 2008.​Olson and Boies have spent nearly two weeks trying to persuade U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ... More >>

Prop. 8 Trial: Both Sides of Gay Marriage Lawsuit Endure Rough Day at Court

On the third day of the Proposition 8 federal trial in San Francisco, it was tough going for both sides of the big stakes lawsuit over California's gay marriage ban.For the plaintiffs, who want to overturn Proposition 8, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to indefinitely block a video feed of the tri ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Grimm Fairytale Ball, Hard Haunted Mansion, Halloween in WeHo and More

Halloween in Los Angeles can be overwhelming, so many parties to attend, so many elaborate costumes to catch our eyes. While the costume party madness began for us over a week before the big day, the festivities didn't kick into full gear until Thursday night. Keep reading to find out what we did. ... More >>

Queer Town: Proposition 8 Lawsuit Moves Forward, Motion to Dismiss Denied

In San Francisco this morning, Proposition 8 supporters asked U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to dismiss the federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the successful anti-gay marriage ballot measure that became law after California voters passed it almost a year ago.Patrick Range McDonaldProp. 8 prot ... More >>

"Sunset Junction": One-Sided?

Some [Gay] Marriage Semantics

Queer Town: Prop. 8 Ruling Finally Arrives Next Week

Patrick Range McDonaldProp. 8 protestor at Los Angeles Mormon Temple in November, 2008.Over the past few weeks, a lot of speculation has been floating around the Internet on when the California Supreme Court will rule on Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that took away the right of gay and ... More >>

Queer Town: Theories Abound Over Proposition 8 Ruling

As gay rights activists and anti-gay marriage forces wait for the California Supreme Court to finally rule on Proposition 8, the ballot measure that took away the existing right of gay and lesbian couples to legally marry in California, the Internet has become a place of endless, somewhat humorous s ... More >>

#&*0#&!!! Mad at the City Council

Jerry Brown to Rescue L.A.'s Public Access TV?

As L.A. Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald reported in a cover story two weeks ago, telecom giants, with City Hall's complicity, are working to shut down L.A.'s richly diverse cable-access TV environment by year's end. Today Leslie Dutton's Full Disclosure Web site announces that veteran free speech ad ... More >>

Letters: Old and Not in the Way

The face of post–Prop. 8 gay leadership; and more musings on Gold

Hootenanny '08, Oak Canyon Ranch, Orange County, 7/5/2008

Hootenanny featuring Grant Lee Phillips, Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Royal Crown Revue, Chris Shiflett, James Intveld and Russell Scott and his Red Hots. Also Tiger Army, Mike Ness and Glen Glenn Is there anything more quintessentially SoCal than the 50s love of the pyschobilly scene on a hot ... More >>