San Bernardino

Sunny Weekend Gives Way To Winter Storm, Snow For L.A. Area

Update: The National Weather Service has upgraded this to a "winter storm warning." First posted at 9:03 a.m. We hope you enjoyed that almost summer-like weekend. Early spring!, you exclaimed. Punxsutawney Phil is right, you yelled with joy. Not so fast. Winter is returning to Los Angeles with ... More >>

Dorner Burned Alive?

Updated at the bottom with a response to the allegations from San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner John McMahon. First posted at 1:39 p.m. Not long after a cabin where Christopher Dorner was believed to be holed up was reduced to ashes did the twittersphere erupt with a incendiary conspiracy theor ... More >>

Dunkin' Donuts Moves Into Southern California

Watch out, Intelligentsia and The Donut Man. Dunkin' Donuts is coming to Los Angeles. The Massachussetts-based company, which was founded in 1950 in Quincy, Mass., announced plans to expand to Southern California this morning. They're recruiting now for franchises in L.A., Riverside, San Diego, San ... More >>

Doomsday Cabaret

The Family That Scrapes Together . . .

Boy Fight Video Goes Viral as San Bernardino Cops Detain Man Who Allegedly Egged it On

A man was being questioned by police today after a video (see it on the next page) of two young boys engaged in a brutal fight in San Bernardino County went viral. The man, who was not identified, was detained this afternoon at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department's Adelanto station, spo ... More >>

Rock the Bells 2012 Lineup Announced

See also: Our review of Rock the Bells 2011 Last night Guerilla Union announced this year's Rock the Bells 2012 dates, headliners and lineup. Beginning in 2010, the hip-hop festival's headliners -- famous acts whose first few albums often outshine their later work -- have performed their classic ... More >>

Omegle Website Used by Men, Including SoCal Teacher, to Troll For Teens, Prosecutors Say

What if we told you there was a website where you could chat about sex with random teenagers? You'd answer that you're totally creep'd out. Then you'd take a shower hoping to soap off any residual sleaze. Correct answer. Unfortunately, one website has turned up in two sex crime cases involving chi ... More >>

Herb Ritts

Fashawn Wanted to Be Pastor, But His Destiny Was Rapping

In Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, a young shepherd, Santiago, attends seminary but longs to travel. He embarks on a quest to find a hidden treasure and ends up meeting an alchemist, who teaches him that the treasure really is the journey itself. Fashawn once lived in a trailer behind a church and w ... More >>

Marijuana Supporters, Cypress Hill, Tommy Chong to Hit Downtown Streets for 'SmokeOut' Protest Today

Downtown L.A. will be smelling quite skunky this afternoon. That's because the "Smokeout For Safe Access Rally" featuring Cypress Hill, Tommy Chong, Kottonmouth Kings and more is set to hit the area (and we do mean "hit") starting at 4 p.m. The event aims to protest both a proposed L.A. city ban o ... More >>

Music Picks: Los Lobos, Lord Huron, Calculator, Exmortus

Also, Yes, Styx, the Naked and Famous and others

The USDA's New Food Desert Locator: Map Your Bad Food Day

Screenshot of Food Desert Locator map of area food deserts, in pink​ If you live in Los Angeles, you may sometimes feel like you're in a food desert. It is often maddeningly hot. You may find yourself bereft of food trucks, or good ones at any rate. You may be reading this right now from the o ... More >>

Music Picks: Coachella, Girls in Trouble, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Paul Simon

Also, Mary Anne Hobbs, Yoni Wolf, Emmylou Harris and others

'Beyond Wonderland' Rave in SoCal Hosts Politicians, Paris Hilton, Alleged Drug Offenders, and Maybe Even a Good Vibe

Drew Ressler / Rukes.comBeyond Wonderland was not beyond comprehension for Fiona Ma.​Updated after the jump with 13 people taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. With a storm approaching and an army of cops and DEA agents, one woman named Paris Hilton, and even a few politicians in the h ... More >>

Death, Money and Megaraves

Why Los Angeles politicians embrace a growing Ecstasy phenom that kills

SoCal Snowboarder Crashes, Dies At Mountain High Resort

Mountain HighAnother boarder gets out of the trees​Updated after jump: Coroner confirms that boarder was not wearing a helmet, and more details, including the exact slope where he died. Originally posted Dec. 28 at 12:20 p.m. Yesterday evening at 6 p.m., just after the sun went down at the M ... More >>

Is Wearing A Helmet While Snowboarding Worth Looking Like A Total Nerd?

FlynetIf Pam Anderson doesn't have to wear one, why should we?​The San Bernardino coroner announced last night that the Fullerton snowboarder who died at Mountain High resort on Monday was not wearing a helmet. A Weekly reader called Mt High Local commented on the original Weekly report, sayi ... More >>

Danuta W. Tuszynska, Attorney Who Filed Suit Over Allegations That Rialto Cops Got More Than Lapdances From Local Strip Club Workers, Is Targeted In Burglary

A suit alleges police in Rialto did more than protect and serve.​Boy, things are getting dirty in the Inland Empire. And we're not just talking about the action around the stripper pole at the Rialto Spearmint Rhino, where, it's alleged, on-duty cops picked up employees and took them to their ... More >>

California Restaurant Association Backs Food Safety Law

Flickr/LWY​ The California Restaurant Association is giving two freshly scrubbed thumbs up to the enactment of SB 602, landmark food safety legislation written by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The new law requires that all employees who handle food in ... More >>

Allegra Michelle Fromby, Middle School Teacher And Los Angeles Pot-Shop Owner, To Stand Trial In Felony Drug, Child Welfare Case

​This one had us at "middle school vice principal who reportedly operated a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles." But there's more. Allegra Michelle Fromby is accused of possession of marijuana for sale, child endangerment and "transporting marijuana in connection with the Dec. 18, 2 ... More >>

Pasquale Rotella, Promoter Of Controversial 'EDC' Rave, Claims Success In San Bernardino With 'Nocturnal'

Curious Josh​Updated with photos from Curious Josh. First posted at 9:08 a.m. The promoter of summer's controversial Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles says that despite the fear of ecstasy-crazed kids overrunning such public venues, his other parties have gone off without a hitch. His la ... More >>

Safe Food-Handling Bill Is Sent to Governor

Flickr/stevendepolo​ A bill that requires that restaurant workers be trained and certified in proper food handling was approved by the California state Senate on August 27th. The legislation, which seeks to reduce the incidence of food-borne illnesses in the state, has already been approved ... More >>

Exclusive Video: Urban Nomad at Rock the Bells, Nu Skool Edition featuring MURS and Lauryn Hill

Urban Nomad, the gregarious Jeremiah Alexis, will be shooting exclusive video for LA Weekly. His first assignment: the legend-studded Rock the Bells hip-hop festival this past weekend. Make sure you check out the previous installment, Urban Nomad at Rock the Bells, Ol Skool Edition featuring Perform ... More >>

Exclusive Video: Urban Nomad at Rock the Bells, Ol Skool Edition featuring Performances and Interviews with Rakim, Supernatural, KRS-One's BDP and the Freestyle King

Urban Nomad, the gregarious Jeremiah Alexis, will be shooting exclusive video for LA Weekly. His first assignment: the legend-studded Rock the Bells hip-hop festival this past weekend. The URBAN NOMAD @ Rock the Bells 2010, San Bernardino, CA Ol' Skool Edition Follow The URBAN NOMAD backstage @ ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Rock the Bells Hip-Hop Festival, featuring Snoop, Wu-Tang, Lauryn Hill

Kasey StokesMethod Man of Wu-Tang Clan​As it turns out, you should not fuck tha police. Our Rock the Bells road trip began promisingly: left for San Bernardino early, avoided traffic. We'd maintained a cool objectivity all week, but now were free to exclaim over the lineup, a mix of ones-to- ... More >>

Cal Poly Pomona Moves To Cut Fine Arts Program

​Cal Poly Pomona this week moved to eliminate the fine arts program from its College of Environmental Design. Provost Marten denBoer has recommended the move, but decision's not yet final, according to the San Bernardino Sun. Although the school is under pressure from state budget cuts, campu ... More >>

Five Ways Organizers Can Make Coachella A Better Experience

Dennis Romero​Following reports of three-hour waits to get in, a bizarre appearance by Sly Stone and a dirt-lot parking situation that had festival-goers walking for up to an hour in desert dust to get to their cars, the Los Angeles Times declared the 11th annual Coachella festival a rousing s ... More >>

Video Feast: New Clips from Foreign Born, Nite Jewel Dam-Funk, We Are The World, and Edward Sharpe

In honor of, err, it being Thursday, West Coast Sound has rounded up a spate of newly released videos from around the L.A. underground -- and the Ugandan one as well, as the first clip illustrates. Need a feel-good moment? Look no further than this video, which shows the Gulu Widows Group of Ugand ... More >>

After a Fashion

Lily Burk Death: Paperwork Snafu, or Steve Cooley Screwup?

Critics say the D.A.'s approach to the third strike makes him less vigilant

710 Freeway Tunnel Vision

Curbed L.A. reported on Tuesday's unanimous Assembly committee vote to recommend that the 710 Freeway be extended underground -- instead of cutting 6.2 miles on the surface through neighborhoods in El Sereno and South Pasadena, along the freeway's course to link the San Bernardino and Foothill freew ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Little Tujunga Fire Quelled A 130-acre blaze in a canyon of the Angeles National Forest has been almost completely contained, with no loss of life or structures. L.A. Daily NewsViolence Ends Amber Alert A man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend, then shot a woman while carjacking her vehicle -- an ... More >>

Swine Flu Scorecard: 99 Confirmed State Cases

The state's Department of Public Health says there are 99 confirmed cases of swine flu in Nuke PillsCalifornia, with 119 "probable" cases being tested. One such probable victim is a Fairfax High School student -- the first such case recorded in the L.A. Unified School District. School superintendent ... More >>

Sticker Shock Treatment: Fake Governor to Pay Real Sales Tax

At the stroke of midnight Angelenos will get hit by a double dose of sales-tax increases that will bring our county's up to 9.75 percent -- tying us with Alameda County for having the state's highest countywide tax. (Some individual cities, such as Pico Rivera and South Gate, will be even higher -- ... More >>

Our N-Word Mountains

Today's L.A. Times reports that "authorities" have decided to rebrand Malibu's Negrohead Mountain with a more palatable designation. (No, not African American Dome.) The idea is to rename the 2,000-plus-foot peak for the name of its original inspiration, John Ballard. Ballard was a former slave who ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Slumdance Film Festival It was all Slumdog, all the time at the 81st Academy Awards, or so it seemed. DHD, VarietyNo L.A. Rustbelt Yet Manufacturing is still the king of L.A. County's economy -- even if people see less of it around -- according to an ombudsman from the L.A. Economic Development Corp ... More >>

The Korean Taco Justice League: Kogi Rolls Into L.A.

From Rosemead side streets to Venice dive bars, hungry Angelenos have a new way to roll

Mayhem at Abbot Kinney Festival

At 9:20 p.m., almost three hours after Abbot Kinney Festival closed, a shooting occurred on Abbot Kinney and San Juan, killing one man and hospitalizing a woman. As of late Sunday night, no further information was available. Organizers for the Abbot Kinney Festival make the claim that nearly 150,0 ... More >>

Metrolink Tries to Censor Bloggers

A paranoid transit agency spends public money threatening critical Web sites

Coachella by the Numbers

Digging deep into the Valley

America's Next American Gladiators

Rome, by way of Venice (Gold's Gym)

L.A. Gangs: Nine Miles and Spreading

More codeless, arbitrary and brutal than ever... and coming to a neighborhood near you

Festivus Maximus

Do you enjoy crowds, music and exhaustion?

Final Destination

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

The Gods of Small Things

The Center for Biological Diversity cares as much about the unarmored threespine stickleback as it does a cathedral forest of trees, which is why it is reinventing the environmental movement and could be saving Southern California in the process.

A Brush With Life

Higher Calling

Women’s-health advocates challenge the rise of Catholic hospitals