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Holiday DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet: Massive Drunk Driving Crackdown Starts Friday

'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:

The 13 Best Things to Do For Halloween in L.A.

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Our Calendar Section, Listing More Great Things to Do in L.A. *10 Oddball L.A. Museums Worth Seeing By Tanja M. Laden One of the best things about living in Southern California is the idea that Halloween is a month-long celebration that a ... More >>

Top 6 Tacos in the San Fernando Valley

Following up on our list of the 10 Best Tacos in Los Angeles, we decided to look onwards and upwards, towards the San Fernando Valley in search of even more great tacos. And find them we did, especially in Sylmar and Reseda. While you're never too far from a taco truck or taqueria on any given jaun ... More >>

The Pub at Golden Road Brewery: Liquid Gold

When the Union Pacific blows past the Pub at Golden Road Brewing, screaming its horn and rattling the building, the new customers look up, startled, midsip: Maybe Megatron has assembled himself out of all the propane and machinery in the neighboring industrial yards. The regulars, meanwhile, simply ... More >>

5 Revelations About L.A. Music History at the Grammy Museum's Show 'Trouble In Paradise'

Becky Sapp​ For some, Los Angeles' musical history fits nicely into categories; there was bouncing beach pop, Laurel Canyon folk, West Coast rap and Sunset Strip rock. But behind this shroud of notable names and iconic acts, there is a richer, more diverse portrait of music in Los Angeles. Th ... More >>

Top 5 Steely Dan Songs About L.A.

See also: Steely Dan Fans Are Assholes I've long considered Steely Dan the ultimate Los Angeles band. Proof? They're not actually from here, like almost half the city. Like the best Angelenos, they have a healthy hatred for the entertainment industry. And, like all transplants, their memories of th ... More >>

Devin 'Thor' Dickey, Young Valley Tagger, Arrested by Burbank Police for Vandalism -- 'Just the Start' of Crackdown on Graffiti Crew

pixiecanfly via Tumblr​Burbank police announce today that two young taggers they arrested on November 3 -- Devin Dickey, 20, and an unnamed 16-year-old girl -- are possibly facing felony charges after they allegedly vandalized multiple pieces of property across the San Fernando Valley. Invest ... More >>

Jackie Lacey Moves Up In The D.A.'s Office -- Still No Word From Steve Cooley On Retirement

Jackie Lacey​D.A. Steve Cooley announced today that he is promoting Jackie Lacey to be his second-in-command.The promotion to chief deputy helps Lacey in at least two ways as she mounts a campaign for district attorney in 2012. First, it gives her greater management responsibility and more experie ... More >>

The Worst Legislator in California

San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes takes Sacramento bill-peddling to a new low

Autolux: A Lot of Hours of Insanity and Escape

Destination Coachella

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

Drowning, Not Eating

L.A. is awash in tortas ahogadas

Unregulated Medical Marijuana: Could Pot-Brownie Bake Sales Help?

Update: Naser 'Jimmy' Nasralla Finds A Lawyer

Naser Nasralla, the homeless man known as "Jimmy" who lives in a tent near a stretch of railroad tracks in Northridge, woke up this Monday after only a few hours sleep. As usual, he fed the stray, abandoned cats in his neighborhood until the early morning. But now Jimmy needed to take care of himsel ... More >>

Wrinkles in Runkle Canyon

50 Years After a Santa Susana Nuclear Accident Holds Up Land Development

Something Wicked: Author Richard Lange Is Done With Rejection

The writer has a well-regarded short-story collection under his belt, and now a novel, This Wicked World, is about to break

Replacing Wendy Greuel in the Valley

A juicy $2.5 million City Council seat opens in anti-Villaraigosa territory

Election '08: The Pros and Cons of California's Ballot Measures

By Daniel Heimpel, Max Taves and Jill Stewart Statewide Measures Proposition 1A $10 billion bond. High Speed Passenger Train Bond Act. Total price tag with interest: About $19 million. Proposition 1 would give the state the right to sell $10 billion in bonds to build an 800-mile high-speed tr ... More >>

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Forget those poky little golf cars — the battery-powered muscle car is just around the corner

Antonio's New Democracy

He'll settle for power to hire the superintendent — not appoint school board

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Hardcore provocateur Eugene Robinson searches for the almost-perfect punch

Revising Los Angeles’ DNA

The perfect apartment balcony beats any ranch tract house

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Rough Justice

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Giving Up the Ranch

Newhall gets its way with county supervisors

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Turbulent times in local Zacatecan clubs

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The Weekly’s recommendations in the March primary

A Scary Abundance of Water

Growing up with the San Fernando Valley

No Room at the Ranch

Ahmanson won’t have truly affordable units

The Part-Time Machine

Sometimes it’s enough to save full-time jobs

Heartaches by the Numbers

Living Next to a War Factory

Neighbors of closed Aerojet plant worry about their health and water

And Stay Out

Jonathan Club turns away Santa Monica officials

Living Hell

Santa Monica’s powerful business community is trying to beat workers on fair-wage issue

L.A. Times Who Knew? Department

DOG GONE IT ALL

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Cancer rates elevated among space-lab workers

Out and No Wonder

Why aren’t city managers held to a higher standard?

Sweetheart Deal?

Meltdown Money

Total Recall

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