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Kate Anderson vs. Steve Zimmer LAUSD Board Race: Mother of Twins, Lawyer and Activist Goes After Anti-Charter Zimmer

The heat is on. Kate Anderson, an activist mom and successful attorney with political chops -- she worked for Congress members Henry Waxman and Jane Harman -- will try to oust Steve Zimmer, the Westside's man on Los Angeles Unified School Board, in March 2013. Zimmer has emerged as a fierce oppone ... More >>

The Original Original Gangsta

Ice-T talks about his star-studded directorial debut, his famous affiliates and his life with Coco in New York

CicLAvia Rules! How Bicyclists Made L.A. a Better Place

10 Lessons We Learned From The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season Two

Via bravotv.com​It's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion time! Those delicious three weeks in which Andy Cohen forces the ladies to relive every tension-filled moment from the past 18 episodes they've supposedly "grown from" or "moved past." (But inevitably just end up fighting about all ... More >>

Nick Waterhouse: The Young Man Who Makes Old R&B

The Ettes, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Benefit for Nick Curran

Also, Kendrick Lamar, the Punk Rock BBQ, Katy B and others

Legendary Ghostwriter D.O.C. Is Back, But Can He Save Detox?

Music to Pick Up/Download

What's Method Man's Cheap Wine of Choice? Why Did Tom Waits Want to Hang Out with Kool Keith? Which Rapper Moonlights As Lingerie Designer?: N.A.S.A.'s DJ Squeak E. Clean Tells It All

N.A.S.A. reloaded: Squeak E. Clean (front) and collaborator DJ Zegon ​On this week's print edition of the LA Weekly, Drew Tewksbury interviews DJ Squeak E. Clean, aka Sam Spiegel, aka Spike Jonze's brother, aka the man behind the star-studded N.A.S.A. project. Spiegel's N.A.S.A. concept album ... More >>

Manic at the Polysexual Disco

Music geeks and local promoters have created a gay-straight dance alliance

Identity Crisis at The Habit Burger Grill

Ben CalderwoodBecoming intimate with the #1 Charburger meal​ Discussions about The Habit Burger Grill, the West Coast fast-patty chain spun out of a single Santa Barbara lunch shack in 1969, inevitably revolve around comparisons to other burger joints. The Habit is like In-N-Out. The Habit is ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/17-5/21

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Put it in your boat noodle Rolodex alongside Sapp, Noodle Thai Town and Pa-Ord."

The Thai Hamburger: From Jazz's Lunchbox To Jitlada's Off-menu

MyLastBiteJitlada's Thai hamburger​ For months, rumors have been rocketing around Tweetertown about the phenomenon referred to obliquely as a "Thai hamburger,'' a gooey, off-menu marvel available only to certain Jitlada cognoscenti. Personally, I've never found it necessary to stray from the ... More >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

Lamest April Fools' Day Prank Ever: Funny or Die's Fake Teen Pop Star

Funny or Die is often more die than funny (for starters, every single video runs about a 45 seconds too long). There are exceptions: that thing with Will Ferrell and the baby landlord everyone likes, their republishing of Human Giant clips (including the funniest thing we've seen all year), etc. Bu ... More >>

Why Do Mexicans Drive Uninsured Cars

Festivals Then and Now: Lou Adler and Nic Adler Talk Monterey Pop and the Sunset Strip

The Adler posse knows a thing or two about the concert business. Lou Adler, the patriarch, is responsible for some of the great American cultural touchstones of the past 40 years, and a few of these moments are showcased on the wall of his home office in Malibu. There's the movie poster for The ... More >>

Wife-Beating and Ethnic Slurs: A Deeper Look

N.A.S.A.'s DJ Squeak E. Clean: Ready for Liftoff

Teams with Tom Waits, David Byrne, MIA, Santogold, Spank Rock, RZA, Ghostface Killah, Kanye West and others to create The Spirit of Apollo

Ask a Mexican: Breaking the Crypto-Mexican Code

Movie Reviews: Twilight, Dostana, Eden

Also, The Dukes, Toots, I Can't Think Straight and more

Best Cupcakes: Oinkster

L.A. Times Layoffs and Stupid Sam Zell

What person would choose to lay off the excellent Jesus Sanchez, one of the most rational, intelligent newspapermen in Los Angeles, when making the big, ugly cuts of up to 150 writers, editors, photographers and others that began today at the Los Angeles Times? Jesus is not just a multi-talented ... More >>

The Kidz In the Hall Demonstrate the Power of A Good Rolodex

When ex-Just Blaze proteges, Kidz in the Hall released their debut album, School Was My Hustle on the newly revived Rawkus Records, I didn't listen to it for a variety of reasons. Chief among them was the "Ivy League Rap" label critics ascribed to the duo of Nawledge and Double-O. Still scarred f ... More >>

Q&A With The Realist's Paul Krassner at Chicago 10 Screening

"Communicate without compromise," says the man who coined "yippie"

Jean Nouvel Unveils Century City Condo Plan

If you lived there, you'd be home by then

The Lies and Follies of Laura Albert, a.k.a. JT LeRoy

No exit plan

Latino Leaders' Clinton and Obama Endorsements: California's Wannabe Kingmakers

Deciphering the payback, ambition and backbiting behind it all

Aaron Cohen: Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar.

The Imus Factor

Girls Gone Weird

The Takeover King

Is Mayor V betraying his old-time union allies? Or rescuing L.A.’s troubled public school system? Whatever the answer, he faces the biggest risks of his political career.

Weekend Warriors

Fear and loathing set in among Republican foot soldiers

Stuck in a Winter Wonderland Traffic Jam

Graydon Carter's Hollywood Ending

Vanity Fair editor reportedly calling friends scumbags on eve of Oscars

Möbius Trip

Rodney Graham comes round again. And again. And again

Lonely Pioneers

Bush gives the boot to two of his richest pals in Texas

Pale Fire

The quiet determination of Sofia Coppola

Black on the Block

Can Degnan have its world stage and Wal-Mart, too?

Pelosi’s Problems

The San Francisco Democrat carries baggage of money and special interests

Games People Play: Thy Neighbors Script

Stage Rage

When losing it isn’t in the script

Jock Rockin’

Welcome to Macho House

MOVIN' ON UP

How Lee Baca bought a $750,000 house with no money down

Behind the Screen at the Museum

LACMA film programmer Ian Birnie

Inger Lorre, Patron Saint of Fucked-over Musicians

Dope Dealer to the Stars

Pierre hung with the rockers, even if just to juice them