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10 Best Halal Dishes in Los Angeles

Los Angeles can, yet again, boast about having the most variety, if not depth, of something. Home to the most diverse Muslim population in the United States, Los Angeles County is full of halal restaurants. Halal means permitted or lawful according to Sharia (Islamic) laws. In the realm of dining ou ... More >>

Mistress Cyan, the Most Respected Dominatrix in Los Angeles

This piece is part of our series on the L.A. dominatrix industry. See also: *How a Dominatrix Does Her Taxes *Inside the L.A. Dominatrix Industry *The Perils of Dating a Dominatrix Mistress Cyan first encountered BDSM at a party in the early '80s, following months of correspondence with the hostes ... More >>

Ethan Lipton Got Fired From His Publishing Job. His Solution? Old-Timey Jazz Songs

A job means different things to different people. To the employed, it is what we must do in order to pay for what we want to do. To the employer, it is too often something that can almost always be done more cheaply and lucratively by almost anybody else, usually someplace else. At least such was ... More >>

Jon Taffer's Bar Rescue Returns to L.A.

See also: Q & A with Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer: "Everything is to Make Money." If you've recently found yourself in a local bar thinking, "Wow, this place really sucks," one of two things needs to happen: 1. You must accept that you're getting older, and move onto a more age-appropriate location or 2 ... More >>

Shorty Rossi: The Pit Man

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Luigi Francis Rossi -- better known as Shorty, titular star of the Animal Planet "docudrama" Pit Boss -- was not, as some have said, "made for television." His recently release ... More >>

10 Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurants in L.A.: Happy Earth Day

Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22, and regardless of where you stand on the dietary spectrum, consider curbing your carbon footprint with a meal free of animal by-products. Non-profit organization Environmental Working Group found that eating one less burger per week for a year equates to reducing ... More >>

LAPD Catches Child-Services Employee Trolling for Whores in County Car

Updated below: The department says staffers like Moton are issued vans "to transport children." We recently learned what L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services employees aren't doing on the job -- namely, protecting kids from harm -- and now we might have a better idea of what they' ... More >>

PBS FOOD: PBS Launches Food Website

PBSJulia Child and Jacques Pépin​Another day, another food website. This latest site, however, was not launched by a grandmother who likes to bake chocolate croissants in her Reseda kitchen, a university food policy center or even a vegan start-up, but PBS. Who, of course, had us at Jacques P ... More >>

Tater Tots Food Fight: Fab Hot Dogs vs. Dog Haus

T. NguyenTater tots at Fab Hot Dogs​ The tater tot means an an awful lot of things to many people. Advocates for change in public school lunch programs, for example, tout the tot as a symbol for all that is wrong with cafeteria food ("We don't serve Tater Tots," a Central Valley school distri ... More >>

Beyond the Battered & the Raw: Cooked Seafood Dishes for the Summer

D. GonzalezDive into the deep: Cioppino at Colori Kitchen​ If there's such a thing as a seasonal protein, during summer, seafood is it. After all, it's during summer that we are most aware that we live in a coastal region. Hand in hand with that urge to play along the shore, comes that desi ... More >>

4th of July DUI Checkpoints Waiting For You in L.A., But You Can Avoid All That And Get a Free 'Tipsy Tow'

TMZDon't be a Lohan.​Yes, there will be fireworks going off in your head this holiday weekend. We know our LA Weekly readers. But don't be a Lohan and stumble or, worse, get your ass busted for DUI. And, frankly, as you celebrate our quasi-independence from Mexico (joking), there's no excuse ... More >>

Charlie Beck, L.A. Police Chief, Required to Cut $40 Million to Balance Budget, But Given No Guidance

Kyle T. Websteroops ​Today L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will receive amendments made by the City Council to his 2011-12 proposed City budget. The big issue is more than $40 million that Villaraigosa had wanted to borrow on commercial paper. That debt plan has now been trashed, and the bur ... More >>

Top 10 Totally Awesome Artists Inspired by the Valley, plus She Wants Revenge's Valleyheart

​ She Wants Revenge releases Valleyheart today, the band's third full length release, which sees them submerging themselves in blissful nostalgia. Not for dark '80s sounds as they are unremittingly accused of (though, yes there is still some of that), but for the breeding grounds that made the ... More >>

EXCLUSIVE Interview: Why Anthrax's Scott Ian Hates Coachella and Loves the Big 4

Steve ApplefordAnthrax guitarist Scott Ian​ Guitarist Scott Ian has been metal's No. 1 fan ever since his first whiff of Kiss back in the '70s. He's also been the one constant in every lineup of Anthrax, now one of the "Big 4" originators of thrash-metal set to land on the site of Coachella i ... More >>

Q & A With Ricky Piña of Ricky's Fish Tacos, Part 2: Fish Tacos For Angelenos Baja Night 2.0

T. NguyenRicky Piña ​In the first part of our interview with Ricky Piña, the guy behind Ricky's Fish Tacos told us about growing up in Ensenada, learning how to cook from his mother and grandmother, and going back and forth between Los Angeles and Baja before finally settling in Los Angeles ... More >>

The Ultimate Comfort Food: Manti, or Turkish Dumplings

D. GonzalezSini manti at Best of Mediterranean​ We know about momos, Nepalese dumplings. On occasion we have even mentioned mandoo, Korean dumplings. Throughout the world there are many forms of dumplings, which is not surprising as they are a superior comfort food. Warm, savory, carby and ... More >>

LAPD Brings You The Gift Of 10 -- Count 'Em, 10 -- DUI Checkpoints This Weekend

daytondui.comCheck yourself before LAPD wrecks yourself.​Updated after the jump with new location. First posted at 12:05 p.m. Thursday. This weekend the LAPD is going to be on you like orange on Snooki. Seriously. And the DUI is a gift that keeps on giving -- fines, attorney's fees, communit ... More >>

Sherman Oaks-Based Porn Industry Health Clinic Shut Down By State And L.A. County Officials

The porn industry's main health clinic was shut down Thursday.​Updated after the jump with information about another porn industry STD testing operation. First posted at 11:51 a.m. The porn industry's health-care clinic was shut down Thursday morning by state and county officials, a spokesman ... More >>

Los Angeles Politicians Who Never Use Buses Wipe Out Eight Metro Bus Lines: "On Backs Of Poor" Say Furious Riders

By Leilani Albano Bus Riders UnionHigh-paid politicians didn't hear them​Just when Los Angeles bus riders thought Metro couldn't be any worse, the MTA board -- politicians who've been outed for rarely taking a bus -- declared they'll wipe out five Rapid bus lines, three local lines and slash ... More >>

Rep. Brad Sherman Unwittingly Gets Fox News Gum In His Hair Over Black Panther Case

Rep. Brad Sherman​ Rep. Brad Sherman, a Democrat who represents the Valley, has become a Fox News star because he doesn't watch enough Fox News or read right wing blogs that have gone absolutely blotto about a 2008 voter intimidation case involving the New Black Panther Party. The awesome sp ... More >>

The Eagle's New Perch: Fab Hot Dogs Goes Bigger

D. GonzalezFab Hot Dogs' Bald Eagle ripper​ Earlier this year, we were driving in Reseda and spied saw a rather large crowd hanging out on a sidewalk. It seemed like a jovial group, relaxed, talking amongst themselves. The first thing that came to mind was, "Are they opening art galleries on ... More >>

Pamela Des Barres: She Had Your Fun

Market Report: New Market at Barnsdall Park

There's a new market to add to the already long list of Los Angeles farmers markets. In the heart of East Hollywood, the Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC) Farmers Market at Barnsdall Park offers food lovers yet another opportunity to shop for local, California produce. For those of of you stuck on ... More >>

Theater Reviews: How Katrina Plays, Mom’s the Word, Elections and Erections, To Kill a Mockingbird

Also, Secrets of a Soccer Mom, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Illusion, and more

Stage Raw: Pieter-Dirk Uys and Charlize Theron at UCLA

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Annette Bening in Medea at UCLAINTERVIEW with Medea's director, Lenka Udovicki, and UCLA's David SeftonPIETER-DIRK UYS AND CHARLIZE THERON AT UCLA​One of Uys' belles, giving a "blow job" to the ashes of her late Nazi husband. Photo b ... More >>

Slashing L.A. City Council Pay to $90K

Can pissed-off Angelenos cut the nation's richest city council salaries by half?

Why Was Jewish Radical Earl Krugel Slain in Prison?

Judge Stephen Wilson Keeps Alleged Murder by the Aryan Brotherhood Under Wraps

Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest Again & The Debut of the Chew View Cam

America the Beautiful. Home of hot dogs, competitive eating and as of last weekend, the "chew view" camera.

Fab the Ripper: Every Hot Dog Has Its Day

Danger dogs, Chicago dogs, Oki dogs . . . but oh, that Jersey dog

Regional HQ for Spicy BBQ

Nam prik oom, the bountiful mantra of northern-Thai cuisine

San Fernando Valley Bloodbath

Mass Murder in Winnetka takes life of popular SWAT officer, a former Villaraigosa bodyguard An LAPD SWAT officer was shot to death and another was wounded last night in a horrific 11-hour standoff gone bad involving a 20-year-old unemployed furniture mover with a history of mental issues and suspec ... More >>

Tom Petty's Los Angeles

A Scary Home Companion

What to do in Los Angeles this week

The World According to Björk, Aoki, Tweedy and a Gaggle of Teenage Guitar Girls

Ask Mr. Gold: Cracklin’

Free James Frey!

In defense of the post-truth memoir

Dig That Reseda Hairline

Adler’s Appetite at Paladino’s, January 13

Cash in Your Chips

The Best Hoopla Ever!

Featuring Lancelot Link, the Archies, Zack de la Rocha and Pamela Des Barres!

Driving in Utopia

Cleaning the air means solving every urban ill at once

Mods & Rockers, Goatherds and a Sober George Carlin

Frankophilia

Just Another Day in the Valley

Where ordinary homes are put to extraordinary use

The Thin White Line

Letters

Letters

Letters

From Spaetzle to Saimintosoda

The world on a string

Judicial Litmus

Valley Split

Old-School Campaign Hands Alacaron a Razor-thin Victory