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Los Angeles Is A Sad Place For Singles

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the nation and the biggest in California, by far. It's arguably the entertainment capital of the world. We have swimming pools. We have movie stars. Not to mention beaches and pretty people. But, according to housing information firm Movoto Real Estate, the ... More >>

15 Marijuana Grow Houses From L.A. To I.E. Busted In Federal Raid; 10 Arrested

Ten people were arrested yesterday and 8,000 plants were seized in a hydroponic marijuana-grow ring that spanned Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. That's a lot of weed. Authorities say one of the ringleaders, a 39-year-old "top lieutenant" fr ... More >>

'Chris Dorner's Last Stand' Video Game, With Voice Of Charlie Sheen, Touted Online

If you're still grieving and reeling over the tragic murder spree attributed to Christopher Dorner -- and there's no reason why you shouldn't be -- it might be a good idea to move on to a different story. Because this is about a shockingly insensitive video game attributed to an online community no ... More >>

Marijuana Cannabis Cup Moves To San Bernardino After 'Opposition' In L.A., Glendale

See also: Los Angeles Medical Cannabis Cup 2012. This joint has been passed around more times than a blunt backstage with Snoop Dogg. High Times magazine has announced a last-minute move for its now-annual L.A. area Cannabis Cup weed competition and convention: It's headed to San Bernardino after ... More >>

Pyrotechnic Tear Gas: LAPD Did NOT Use It On Dorner, But Department Does Have It

Conspiracy theorists have come out of the woodwork to argue that police in a firefight near Big Bear yesterday purposefully introduced incendiary tear gas into a cabin to burn suspect Christopher Dorner alive. Many blame the LAPD for the apparent demise of the ex-cop in an Angelus Oaks cabin, but t ... More >>

California Tax for Mentally Ill Is Going Toward Massage Chairs, Zumba Classes in SoCal

California Governor Jerry Brown is asking for another tax hike this November: He hopes the dead-broke people of this dead-broke state will have the heart to toss a few coins at our crumbling education system. But how do we know our money won't end up paying for some bedazzled charter-school megagym ... More >>

Ice Cube - KDAY Krush Groove - April 28, 2012

Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Mystikal and others KDAY Krush Groove Gibson Amphitheater April 28, 2012 An invitation to Ice Cube's gangsta nation is tough to decline, even for those on the right side of the law. Which is why at one point during the Krush Groove hip-hop concert on Saturday a yellow-shirte ... More >>

Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Tracie McMillan, Margarita Dinner, Burrito Babes, Food Swap, Wine Tasting Food Truck Fest

Tracie McMillan at Zócalo Public Square "Is eating well just for the rich?" Journalist Tracie McMillan, author of The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table, will tackle the topic in a conversation with Evan Kleiman of KCRW's Good Food at Zócalo ... More >>

Odd Future, Dipset, Ab-Soul - Paid Dues 2012 - 4/7/2012

Paid Dues 2012 NOS Events Center, San Bernardino 4/7/2012 Posted by the Paid Dues media check-in, the announcement, "ATTENTION: Photo Pit Closed for Odd Future Performance," seemed an ominous sign. Though it likely was just to ward off further lawsuits, it felt a little pretentious -- and Murs' ind ... More >>

Our Tacos, Ourselves: How Southern California Reinvented the Taco

How Southern California discovered, gave birth to, reinvented and loved the taco for more than a century

Lyralisa Stevens, Transgender Inmate Serving Time For SoCal Murder, Has no Right to Taxpayer-Funded Sex Change, Court Rules

Lyralisa Stevens.​A transgender inmate behind bars for a Southern California murder doesn't have a right to a state-funded sex-change operation, California's First District Court of Appeal ruled this week. Lyralisa Stevens, serving 50-years to life for killing a roommate in a San Bernardino h ... More >>

Top Ten Metal Bands With Strange Gimmicks

Oderous Urungus of GWAR​See also: Top Five Metal Guest Vocalists That Make You Say "WTF" When it comes to our musical preferences, we pretend that we value artistic integrity, strong musicianship, and meaningful lyrics above all else. But in truth we often fall for a good gimmick. Whether it' ... More >>

Was Nathan Gastineau -- Sheriff's Deputy, Accused Rapist and Sci-Fi Geek -- the Victim of a 'Female Teenage Predator'?

cdfcommand.comSan Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Gastineau in his "Galactica" gear.​The statutory-rape case of former San Bernardino Sheriff's Deputy Nathan Gastineau, 30, is getting wilder by the minute: Though he's been out on bail since April, fighting six felony charges related to alle ... More >>

SoCal Should Secede From NorCal, Says Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone

Jeff Stone hates NorCal. And Los Angeles. ​God, Riverside County is so weird. It's the kind of place where Bachelorette contestants turn up dead in the desert and reclusive old women hoard $2 million moon rocks from the feds. And the kind of place where crazy Republican politicians think they' ... More >>

UPDATE: More Artists Added to Rock the Bells 2011 Lineup

​ Originally published May 24, 2011, 8:18 p.m. New artists were just announced on the Rock the Bells 2011 lineup:

Carmen Montelongo, Grandmother Accused of Carting Body Parts in Trash Can, Allegedly Buried Other Remains in L.A. County

Carmen.​The story of the Inland Empire grandmother allegedly caught wheeling body parts down the street in a trash can the other day only gets stranger. As we told you, the woman was spotted carting the can down the street in Ontario. Neighbors alerted authorities not only because the thing s ... More >>

Sky Angelo Ruddock, 22-Year-Old Pomona Man, Killed When Tour Bus Slams Into Chevy

MySpaceSky Angelo Ruddock, aka "Sykopaff"​A fatal crash on the tail end of rush hour yesterday morning took the life of a young Pomona man riding in the passenger seat of a Chevrolet Celebrity. The L.A. County coroner identified the 22-year-old victim as Sky Angelo Ruddock today. The person w ... More >>

Taco Bell Drive-Thru Robbery Claims Life of Joshua Michael Huizar, 20-Year-Old Southern Californian

Google MapsA young man was killed at this Taco Bell drive-thru.​Updated after the jump: Police say they have their man. There's a fast food killer on the loose in Southern California, and cops say he might have hit eight restaurants and convenience stores in the Inland Empire. The latest cri ... More >>

Master Food Preserver Class: Jarring Return After 10-Year Absence

Flickr/Susy Morris​ Thanks to the efforts of Master Food Preserver Ernest Miller and UC Cooperative Extension Nutrition Family & Consumer Sciences Advisor Brenda Roche, L.A. is finally relaunching its own Master Food Preserver (MFP) program after more than a decade of dormancy. While the USD ... More >>

62 Medical Emergencies, 25 Arrests Related To New Year's Eve Rave '#TAO' At L.A. Sports Arena

christinaaabla'Together As One' goes off at the Sports Arena.​Updated after the jump with a statement from the event's co-promoter. First posted at 2:31 p.m. Saturday. See a video clip about 2010's megarave controversies here. Ecstasy-fueled parties at public venues like the L.A. Sports Arena ... More >>

Cameron Smyth Wins* California State Assembly District 38 In Election 2010, His Triumphant Warcry Shattering The Very Soul Of Opponent Diana Shaw

​We're calling it: Cameron Smith (R) of Santa Clarita is your next representative for California State Assembly District 38. He beat opponent Diana Shaw (D) by a landslide. *OK, so we fibbed in the headline. The final results aren't in and the polls haven't closed. But thanks to sleazy incum ... More >>

Jason Lockhart's Pot Shops Targeted As Part Of Southern California Raids That Involve Meth, Cocaine, Tax Evasion Allegations

themadpothead via FlickrL.A. County Sheriff's deputies raided dispensaries this week.​Pot shops get raided so often in Southern California you'd think medical marijuana was still illegal. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department cast a wide net Wednesday, arresting 11 people and hitting 1 ... More >>

Rave Promoter Trumpets Texas Party Success, Praises The Kind Of 'Cooperation' Not Always Seen In L.A.

Timothy NorrisInsomniac's 'EDC.'​Insomniac Events, the Los Angeles rave promoter under that was put under the media spotlight following its controversial Electric Daisy Carnival event at the Coliseum in June, is claiming victory after an electronic dance music concert in Texas apparently went ... More >>

Suit Alleges Rialto Police Officers Had Group Sex With Strippers

​A woman who set off a firestorm by alleging on-duty Rialto police had sex with strippers in a union hall has filed a $500,000 claim against the city that also claims that the cops had group sex with the woman. The details emerged in a report in the San Bernardino Sun Friday. The claimant, Na ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Scorpions (and Cinderella) at Nokia Theatre

Babysitters for miles around were kept busy Saturday night as metal vets Scorpions' farewell tour enticed 7,000 mostly 30- and 40-somethings into downtown's sleek Nokia Theatre. Over a quarter-century since they first ambushed America at San Bernardino's vast US Festival, the Teutonic quintet showed ... More >>

The Continuing Adventures of Squeak E. Clean

The star-studded N.A.S.A. project by L.A.'s best-connected producer gets a remix

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 >>

Promoter Of Controversial 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Rave Implements 18-And-Older Policy

'EDC' ravers.​The promoter behind the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Exposition Park last month has announced all its events will now have an 18-and-older admittance police. The 'EDC' rave, organized by Insomniac Events, attracted as many as 200,000 people and drew national head ... More >>

Tagging Crew Suspected Of Vandalizing Metro Bus After Last Year's Lakers Championship Targeted One Year Later

puregraffiti.com​A tagging crew suspected of vandalizing a Metro bus and Blue Line train following last year's Lakers championship was targeted by authorities in Los Angeles and Riverside counties this week. Thirty-one warrants were served and 15 arrests were made, although sheriff's Lt. Erik ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

E.L.A. Gold Line Fears City and MTA officials worry for the safety of jaywalkers and beat-the-train drivers once the new Gold Line extension's trains begin running through East Los Angeles. L.A. TimesLakers Parade Wednesday morning the championship L.A. Lakers team will parade from Staples Center to ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Gang Ban An L.A. judge has okayed a D.A.-proposed injunction preventing Glendale's Toonerville street gang members from congregating in an area totaling 5.75 square miles. City News ServiceTicketmaster Scalped West Hollywood-based Ticketmaster lost $1.07 billion in its 2008 fourth quarter. The compa ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Slain Pardo Victim Now a Deadbeat Renter Death may take a holiday, but not the landlord, as relatives of Alice Ortiz have discovered, according to an L.A. Daily News story. Ortiz was among nine Covina family members murdered by Bruce Pardo on Christmas Eve and now that the mourning's over, Ortiz's l ... More >>

LAPD Tip Line Busy After News of $500,000 Reward in Grim Sleeper Investigation

The phone lines at 1-877-LAWFULL, a number that rings at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Parker Center, have been hopping since news broke Wednesday that the Los Angeles City Council offered a whopping $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the serial killer du ... More >>

Exhuming Nostradamus: Judas Priest's Lead Singer on UFOs, Concept Albums, Motörhead and Dio

There is only one Metal God, and his name is Rob Halford

The Many Moods of Rock the Bells

Hip-hop's been in a lull. Meet the new torchbearers

It's a Brand-New Year, so Let's Protest the War, and Drink Solar-Powered Beer

What to do in LA this week

The Slow Death of a Chocolate City

Geeks in the 'hood and L.A.'s black exodus

Bullshit! (But Thanks)

KROQ INLAND INVASION with Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach, Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu at Hyundai Pavilion, September 23

Satan Loves You

Cuddly moments in new-millennium metal

Eight Seconds at a Time

Highs and Lows of L.A. Rail

Bugs and Politics

Two culprits for the Southland’s fires

Hot Wheels

Kill 'Em All

Ozzfest: Murder or suicide?

Living Next to a War Factory

Neighbors of closed Aerojet plant worry about their health and water

Snoozin’ on the Frontlines

Anemic Our Times vs. Dean of Cheap is tamer than a marshmallow fight

Behind the Stogies

George Brown, 1920–1999

Fast Track

I got railroaded and now I’m hooked

Malign Neglect

A Weekly Roundtable discussion on black L.A.

Last Rights

Convicted murderer Horace Kelly is scheduled to be put to death in less than two weeks despite a Supreme Court ban on executing the insane. Why? His lawyers failed to file his federal appeal.