Pets

Anna Greer and Tina Stormberg: Owners of L.A.'s Oddest Bikini Shop

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. Best friends since preschool, Anna Dewey Greer and Christine (Tina) Stormberg moved from Omaha to Los Angeles to open a bikini shop that was also a life/art project and also a g ... More >>

"Good Job Bub": Lil Bub and Friendz Turns the Internet Cat Video Into an Adorable Documentary

'No Kill' Goal Elusive For L.A., But Fewer Pets Put To Death in 2013

Los Angeles isn't a so-called "no kill" city when it comes to unwanted pets that end up in public shelters. But it's getting closer, says the group Best Friends Animal Society. The organization boasted this week that far fewer public shelter animals were killed in January compared to one year ago:

"Shelter Me" Director Steven Latham Talks About Saving Cats and Dogs

In the new documentary Shelter Me, director Steven Latham shines a light on the issue of shelter animals, who are too often put to sleep because no one adopts them. The issue has long been a concern of animal rights activists across the United States. The film is airing on PBS stations, and there w ... More >>

What To Do If Your Dog Gets High

Okay: You've never cupped your hands over your dog's snout and blown smoke into his nose. Ever? Well stop it. A Human Society expert says getting your dog high is not cool and, worse, could be dangerous. Dogs, in fact, can't really even get "high" as we know it:

Jason Wilmert Arrested for Allegedly Skinning, Grilling and Eating Stray Cats

Updated at the bottom with some gory details. First posted at 5:01 p.m. Wednesday. In today's edition of WTF, we bring you one Jason Wilmert. Authorities allege the 35-year-old was nourishing himself with dead stray cats. Not only that, but reports indicate he might have even killed and skinned th ... More >>

Hey, Neighbor!

Pawty

Gary Michelson, L.A.'s Richest Animal Lover, Offers $25 Million to Whoever Invents Non-Surgical Spaying Method

dogslifemagazine.comGary Michelson loves dogs. A lot.​Calling all out-of-work animal researchers (or, perhaps, monkey-testing UCLA scientists, looking for redemption): L.A. billionaire Gary Michelsen is dangling $44 million in grants -- and a $25 final prize -- to those who accept his challen ... More >>

Dog Slashed to Death, Fires Started by Stanton Suspect Jaime Arturo Garcia, Who Faces Allegations in Court Today

File photo of a dachshund.​Update: Dude pleaded not guilty today. First posted at 12:04 p.m. A 30-year-old from the Orange County armpit of Stanton faces an animal cruelty charge today after authorities said he slit the throat of his 7-year-old dachshund, Dexter, which succumbed to its injuri ... More >>

Marijuana Could be Used to Treat Cocaine Addiction, According to Federal Research

A joint will fix you right up.​Are you one of those partiers who gets caught in this cycle: You're a little plastered, so you reach for the nearest line of cocaine. Then you're a little too up, so you reach for the nearest joint. And so on. (Coughs -- Lindsay Lohan. Joking). Maybe you're onto ... More >>

Hush Puppy Food Fight: Penguin Fish & Chips vs. Charlie's Fish & Chips

Hush puppies aren't the reason you bought the fried fish platter, but they're maybe what you enjoy most. Once you irrigate your breaded whiting pieces with liberal splashes of hot sauce and tuck them between a few porous slices of tartar-laden bread, these humble balls of fryer-blasted cornmeal dou ... More >>

German Shepherd, 14-Months Old, Shot, Beaten by Suspect ID'd as Young Song, Authorities Allege

YouTubeA German shepherd puppy.​Updated after the jump: The suspect worked on some big movie titles for DreamWorks. He pleaded not guilty today. This will go down as a dark spot even in the annals of cruel and unusual behavior. Authorities allege that a Pasadena man sneaked into his neighbor' ... More >>

PENALTY FOR SAYING "UNNECESSARY RUFF-NESS"

Mark Mundell: Lawsuit Claims Simi Valley K-9 Cop Let Dog Savage Him and Showed Photos of it to Taunt Him

​Mark Mundell was sitting in his pickup truck outside of the Best Buy store in Porter Ranch when he heard a policeman shouting his name, demanding that he put his hands in the air. As he did, the Simi Valley Police Department K-9 officer, Richard Wiggington, who apparently has a history of not co ... More >>

Not Hot: L.A. Continuing To Ship Unwanted Chihuahuas Out-Of-State

​Dear fellow Southern Californians: Sometimes we can be real idiots. Maybe we can be forgiven for going through that Hummer phase, where every neighbor's SUV had to be bigger than the next. Or for buying that 4,000-square-foot house we couldn't afford and abandoning ship when those "balloon p ... More >>

Criswell predicts: "The Homosexual Capital will be Des Moines, Iowa, and the Bisexual Capital will be Pasadena"

​ Like an apolitical Andrew Breitbart, the Amazing Criswell used to live in L.A. and make things up. Over at this week's Studies in Crap on our Style Council blog, you can relish the most baffling of Criswell's predictions for the 1970s, selected from his book Criswell Predicts Your Next Ten ... More >>

West Hollywood Twentysomething Dead After Hit-And-Run On Sunset Boulevard

ZuneSphereLast night's hit-and-run victim was crossing the street near the Roxy Theatre​Updated after the jump: The victim -- and the probable hit-and-run vehicle -- have been identified. Originally posted at 9:13 a.m. The leading young lady at the head of a pack of about 30 partygoers was fa ... More >>

Twilight Hot Dogs: Vampire Dachshunds? Made of Clay? Huh?

​I don't understand these "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" dachshund hot dogs. Why hot dogs? Why Twilight? Why vampire teams written in ketchup and mustard? Why does Jacob get mustard and Edward get ketchup?

Watch: OK Go's New Video Goes to the Dogs

OK Go's Tim Nordwind takes a canine pal for a spin on the set of "White Knuckles."​When last we heard from OK Go, things weren't looking so hot. As the result of a bad bet officiated by Zach Galifianakis (never a good sign), drummer Dan Konopka had become property of a Muppet. Thankfully, it ... More >>

WHICH ONE'S OATES

Veterinary Worker Charged For Allegedly Starving German Shepherd

German Shepherd Rescue of Orange CountyCourage.​A veterinary worker was charged Tuesday with cruelty to an animal after authorities found a nearly starved German shepherd in her home last month. The Los Angeles District Attorney's office filed a criminal complaint containing one count of cruel ... More >>

Hungry Sea Lion Pups Coming Ashore In Southern California

​The organization Marine Animal Rescue reports that " ... the rescues of sea lion pups in very fragile physical conditions are continuing to increase" on the shores of L.A. area beaches this month. KCAL9/CBS2 reported Friday that some of the rescues have happened on Dockweiler State Beach near ... More >>

CNN Launching Food Blog: Eatocracy Coming Soon

what your new site will look like, more or less​ We have CNN to thank for so much. The invention of Permanent Television, Jane Fonda in a Braves cap, the number of times we get to say "Wolf Blitzer" every day in casual conversation. And now, in addition to giving us Anderson Cooper hour after ... More >>

Cute Boys With Cats: The Blog For Guys Who Love Pussy

All photos courtesy of CuteBoysWithCats​All you men who love pussy: be ashamed no longer. There is a blog for you. It is called Cute Boys With Cats. Laura Shull, the girl who created the blog, is a 23-year old art student living in Marietta Georgia. By day she is a quiet, nerdy secretary at ... More >>

Camp Apocalypse

War, waste, wit and Woodstock: Cinefamily celebrates cheeky visions of end-times

Housekeeper Suspected In Brazen Home Invasion In Laurel Canyon

​The Los Angeles District Attorney's office says that brazen home-invasion in Laurel Canyon this week in which a resident and his dog were shot was carried out in part by a 24-year-old who had been a housekeeper at the home. The suspect, Elizabeth Hernandez, was officially fingered in the cap ... More >>

A HOWLIN' GOOD TIME

Backyard Unemployment Report: Cattle Herding Canines Face Job Cuts, Winery Dog Sector Holds Strong

It's been a rough year for cattle herding dogs.

Wine Gal Explains Wine Things: How to Order Affordable Wine at an Expensive Restaurant -- And Why Some Wines Are Like Little Kittens

Anne FishbeinLooking for her kittens: Wine gal Dana Farner of CutWine Guy Lou Amdur returns next week. This week, we turn to CUT's beverage director and sommelier Dana Farner who, according to Jonathan Gold's cover story last year on L.A. wine culture, "looks like an indie-rock goddess and insinuate ... More >>

Track of the Cat: Echo Park Bob Sightings

Residents who live on the outskirts of Elysian Park know that their hill slopes and back yards have recently become outdoor kennels for roaming coyotes. Until the rains came, the feral canines could be spotted lolling on their backs in gardens or chewing up drip lines in search of water. The hearts ... More >>

Everything Bad Starts in Culver City. Everything.

Mumb-ai Chihuahua

Bollywood and Disney make uneasy bedfellows in animated Romeo

Sarah Palin: Secessionist Regrets?

Also, animal torture and the Weekly's moral compass

The Breast of Times

LAFF 2008: Not the Dakota Fanning Rape Movie

Silver Lake's Nasty Land Feud

Ten years ago, City Hall created a dog park turned fecal pile. Now, nearby, city fathers want a "meadow"

Shop Till Everybody Drops

What the well-equipped survivalist will be wearing

Best Cat's Cradle

Lucy at Skylight Books

Lily Allen Supports Homeless Doggies

I am still waiting on confirmation that the dark haired muffin with pin-up girl bangs in a demure dress was Lily Allen. I swung by Ashley Paige's shop on Sunday to check out the pooches she has up for adoption, and swear I it was non other than the brit reggae songstress chatting up the dude from Ea ... More >>

Best Cute Meet for Frenchies

Best Place to Die on a Very Short Hike

Dog Day Afternoon

Finger-Pickin' Good

Man's Best Friend

Nintendogs puts existentialism in the palm of your hand

9 Lives and Counting

When does an animal rescuer need to be saved?

Cruel Priorities

DHS's right paw doesn't know what its left is doing

When in Rome . . .

Letters

Dog Fight

Fur flies over kill rate at LA animal shelters