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Henry Rollins: George Bush's War Is Still With Us

[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.] See also: The Steubenville Rape Case Is a Failure The ten year anniversary of the invasion and ... More >>

Salt Linked to 2.3 Million Deaths Annually

It's the ultimate salt vs. sugar smackdown! On Monday we reported that sugary drinks have been linked to 180,000 deaths worldwide annually. Now a new report presented at a conference yesterday says that eating too much salt kills 2.3 million people every year, CBS News reports. Researchers looked ... More >>

Teflon Sheriff Lee Baca Leaves America at Peak of Jails Turmoil

How big are Teflon Sheriff Lee Baca's balls, you ask? Well, as he's been turned and grilled like a 10-piece special at Pollo Loco over his non-leadership when it comes to a decade's worth of inmate beatings at the hands of deputies inside the county jail system, Baca decided to, in the absolute hea ... More >>

L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca Spent Over One Month Outside L.A. Amid Horrific 2012 Jail Scandal

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa isn't the only local politician leaving his municipal duties in the dust, these days, in pursuit of a higher political calling. A records request run by diligent county-watcher Eric Preven earlier this summer shows that L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca -- who we l ... More >>

Hit Boy: Whatever Kanye Wants ...

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "Ni**as in Paris," last year's most popular song, exploded in roughly the same amount of time that its producer spent creating it. "It took me probably 15 minutes to make tha ... More >>

Osama Bin Laden's Death Could Inspire New Terrorism in America, Says Author Chris Hedges in L.A.

FBIWill Obama's demise lead to more terrorism on U.S. soil?​While most Americans today are walking on cloud 9, a Pulitzer Prize-winning, ex- New York Times reporter who has covered the Middle East for seven years says we should be afraid. Very afraid. Chris Hedges told a group gathered in L.A ... More >>

World Cup Soccer Skips L.A. Again: Do You Care?

FIFAViva Qatar.​Who gives a flying f--- about World Cup? Well, you do, obviously. L.A. lost out on the possibility of hosting the 2022 big dance of soccer when it was announced this week that the small Middle Eastern country of Qatar will get to host this futbol fest. It's kind of a big deal ... More >>

L.A. Loses 2022 World Cup Host Bid To Qatar

Back on the plane, girls​You can uncross your fingers, Los Angeles -- the most adored sporting event in the universe is officially not going down in the City of Angels in 2022, taking its promises of worldwide honor, limelight and way more terrible traffic than usual right along with it. The ... More >>

Al Jazeera To Be Broadcast In Los Angeles?

​On the eve of Sept. 11, the date that helped put Arabic news network Al Jazeera on the global map, it looks like the controversial broadcaster could be coming to Southern California airwaves, albeit radio ones. The Washington Post reported this week that liberal Berkeley-based Pacifica Radio ... More >>

Henry Rollins

Patriot act

Conspiracy Theories

What a Fool Believes

Bush’s Purgatorio

The list of grievances against our president

Meeting Al-Jazeera

The new documentary Control Room shows the way Arabs and Americans look at the same events and see two entirely different things

American Idol

Hordes of Babylon

Soldiers of Fortune 500

The Ultimate Reality Show

Scenes from the first days of war coverage

Boycott the Oscars

Give peace — and a bad show — a pass

Watching Big Brother

Volunteers monitor round two of Ashcroft’s “special registration” program

No Threat

A former weapons inspector rejects Bush's evidence

Why Johannesburg Matters

Two emerging world governing systems -- one corporate, one basically democratic -- fight for control of your world

Davos, American Style

The state of global protest

Desert Foxes

Al-Jazeera All the Time

Notes From the Front

The Wall defines two Americas in Quebec