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  • Eat+Drink

    May 10, 2012

    The Original Food Trucks

    Loncheras are riding the food truck tidal wave

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    America's Next Top Waitress: 2013 Hooters Calendar Girls

    The search for America's next top bikini-clad waitress is on. The Hooters bus has hit the road to search for its 2013 calendar girls. Its mission: "To provide our customers with something beautiful to look at every single day of the year! We provide over 200 girls in each of our calendars." Over the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Twitter Parties Are The Rage With Teens, LAPD Chief Beck Warns

    Concerned, apparently, by last weekend's Project X-style house party in Holmby Hills, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck expressed concern about teenage "Twitter parties." That's right, in the gang capital of the nation, where serial killing is sport, the big crime problem is teens' raging in unoccupied homes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    Project X-Style Party in Holmby Hills Swarmed by 500 Teens, Busted by Riot Cops

    A massive, Project X-style teen party in Holmby Hills was busted by police over the weekend. The Twitter account LAScanner reported that as many as 500 people gathered at a home in the 1300 block of Holmby Avenue Saturday night, drawing officers from across the LAPD's western divisions. Arriving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Shaima Alawadi, SoCal Iraqi Muslim, Dies After Possible Hate-Crime Beating

    The death of a Southern California woman from Iraq over the weekend set off a national furor, mostly via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old Muslim woman, was beaten in her El Cajon home east of San Diego last week and died in a hospital Saturday, according t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Happy (Belated) Birthday, Twitter: 10 of Our Favorite Food-Related Tweets

    Twitter turned six years old this past Wednesday, which means six years of communicating via intermittent bursts of 140-character sound bytes and six years of convincing ourselves that even the most mundane of thoughts are worthy of a megaphone. According to the official Twitter blog, there are now ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    A Facebook Divided: 1 Out of 5 Americans Unfriend Over Politics

    A new survey says nearly 1 out of 5 of you have "blocked, unfriended, or hidden" a social networking pal because you found their politically oriented posts offensive, arguable or disagreeable. In other words, many Facebook users are thin-skinned. According to a just-released Pew Internet & Americ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Facebook Emotions Are Contagious, and You Just Might Be Bringing Your Friends Down

    You know that Debbie Downer friend on Facebook who posts each day about being unable to sleep well, stand the pain or, worse, find true love? Oy vey. Turns out she's bringing everybody down with her. New research presented in Southern California recently concludes that "emotional contagion" can go ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    Feminism via Twitter

    You know that Debbie Downer friend on Facebook who posts each day about being unable to sleep well, stand the pain or, worse, find true love? Oy vey. Turns out she's bringing everybody down with her. New research presented in Southern California recently concludes that "emotional contagion" can go ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    October 20, 2011

    An Xiao, Man Bartlett and Petra Cortright Make Avatars the New Self-Portraits

    You know that Debbie Downer friend on Facebook who posts each day about being unable to sleep well, stand the pain or, worse, find true love? Oy vey. Turns out she's bringing everybody down with her. New research presented in Southern California recently concludes that "emotional contagion" can go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Tetris World Championship's Henk Rogers Answers the Question: Can Tetris Survive in a 3-D/Smartphone/Social Media World?

    Ivan FernandezHenk Rogers of the Tetris Company​ "I have a feeling that colorblind people are going to have a tougher time playing Tetris," said Henk Rogers, managing director of the Tetris Company, in an interview, in the midst of explaining how colors play an important role in the game. Ro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    Where to Catch a Social Media Disease

    Ivan FernandezHenk Rogers of the Tetris Company​ "I have a feeling that colorblind people are going to have a tougher time playing Tetris," said Henk Rogers, managing director of the Tetris Company, in an interview, in the midst of explaining how colors play an important role in the game. Ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Facebook for Prisoners? California Officials Crack Down After Inmates Use Social Networking For Crime

    CDCRHello, friend.​California is cracking down on prisoners who use Facebook from behind bars, especially if they turn to social networking to threaten people or to run criminal enterprises. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced the effort this week, stating that it "has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Ejen Chuang Brings Cosplay in America to Anime Expo

    Shannon CottrellEjen Chuang at the book release party for Cosplay in America, May, 2010​Check out Ejen Chuang's photography in "Cosplay in America: Ejen Chuang's Portraits from Anime and Comic Book Conventions." In 2010, Ejen Chuang self-published Cosplay in America, a photography book filled ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Gwyneth Paltrow Invades Twitter and Facebook

    Gwyneth Paltrow , thinking of a master plan​The pieces of Gwyneth Paltrow's plan for world domination continue to snap into place: She announced this morning, via a self-made video, that she has joined Twitter and Facebook. "Hi," she says in the video, her only Tweet and FB post so far, "I'm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    [UPDATED, Again]: Pink Taco's Pink Donkey Angers Animal Rights Activists

    [Update (May 11th, 1:30 p.m.): Through May 15th, the Pink Taco in Century City will be featuring a special margarita, the "PETA-rita," with 100% of the proceeds from going to PETA. And Friday, May 13th is "bring your pet to the patio day" from 3 to 7 p.m.] [Update (May 5th, 1 p.m.): Our sister bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Singer and Punk Pioneer Poly Styrene Dies

    Early this morning, NME confirmed that Poly Styrene, also known as Marian Joan Elliott-Said, has died. Shortly thereafter, the following message was sent via the singer's Twitter. ​Poly Styrene, whose work with X-Ray Spex made her a punk rock legend, was 53 years old. She had been battling c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Time's 140 Best Twitter Feeds: Marion Nestle, Michael Pollan, Harry Reid Lord Voldemort

    If you only have 140 characters, they should be worth reading, no? Depends on whose Twitter feed you read. Time Magazine has just published a list (of course they did) of the top 140 Twitter feeds around the country. No, sorry, neither Charlie Sheen nor Kim Kardashian made it -- Neil Gaiman is #1, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Alice Waters Joins Twitter: The Food World's Charlie Sheen Moment

    Happy Follow Friday. And guess who's just opened a Twitter account, in time for thousands of food-minded Twitter people to follow her? Alice Waters (@AliceWaters). As of this morning, she has not tweeted anything yet and is only following two people (predictably, @edibleschoolyrd and @chezpanisse). ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    [Updated] Jamie Oliver Launches L.A. Food Revolution Truck

    jamieoliver.comJamie Oliver's Food Revolution truck​ Update: Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Truck (@FoodRevTruck), which debuted yesterday at the TED conference in Long Beach, is not your average food truck. It looks a bit more like an 18-wheeler crossed with a Che Guevara T-shirt shop. The bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    UCLA Researchers Surprised to Learn That Homeless Kids Use Online Social Networking to Find Sex

    ​How do homeless kids find someone to have sex with? According to researchers at the UCLA AIDS Institute, they do it the same way as kids with homes: on the web. That's right, they use computers, which access the web, which get them on social networking sites. And if this strikes you as a touc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    L.A. Facebook Lawsuit Pits Moms Against Zuckerberg: Quit Making Cash off Our Kids

    Chill, Ma!​It was bad enough when the mothers and fathers of the world all started joining Facebook -- posting family portraits, friending our crushes and spelling out statuses in correct caps 'n' grammars like the Tweetarded calligraphers they'll forever be. But a lawsuit? Come on, Mom. Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Ravers Take To Facebook To Protest Proposed Law That Would Ban Raves On Public Land In California

    Ravers at Electric Daisy Carnival, held at the publicly owned Coliseum.​Updated after the jump with responses from the lawmaker herself. First posted at 8:38 a.m. Ravers got on their feet this week to "protect your right to dance" after a state lawmaker proposed a ban on raves at public venue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    LAPD Union Warns Cops That Bad Guys Watch What They Post On Facebook

    Don't be an online cowboy: Think before you post.​We know you think of cops as robots behind mirrored aviators but if you've ever read Joseph Wambaugh you know they're real people with all the needs, emotions and, yes, urges the rest of us have. (Although LAPD Chief Charlie Beck really is a ro ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 23, 2010

    3D IS GOOD

    Don't be an online cowboy: Think before you post.​We know you think of cops as robots behind mirrored aviators but if you've ever read Joseph Wambaugh you know they're real people with all the needs, emotions and, yes, urges the rest of us have. (Although LAPD Chief Charlie Beck really is a ro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    DealPop Offers Savings on Restaurants, Bars

    Flickr/clevercupcakesDealPop is offering some sweet deals. ​ A new website, DealPop Los Angeles, will feature daily deals offering savings of up to 70 percent off at restaurants, bars and other businesses in the L.A. area. The site kicks off September 8 with deals from Seventeenth Street Café ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Delta Lets Passengers Book Their Flight On Facebook

    ​You can now book your flights on Facebook. Delta Air Lines announced on Thursday that it was launching a new feature on Facebook that would allow passengers to book fights from LAX and other airports directly via the social media website. The "Delta Ticket Window" can be accessed on the comp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    LAPD Ramps Up Use Of Social Media To Catch Suspects; Man Wanted In Lakers Unrest Spotted In Online Photo

    ​It used to be the criminals had to keep a lid on what they boasted. Now they have to watch what they posted. The Los Angeles Police Department is ramping up its use of social media in efforts to fight crime, reports USC's Neon Tommy this week. The latest caper involves a suspect wanted in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Take Me to Your Online Marketing Leader: BlueGlass' Tony Adam Talks L.A.'s New "It" Tech Conference for Entrepreneurs

    Tony Adam​The other day while eavesdropping at brunch I overheard a man insist to his companion, "The Internet is the future." Seriously. In 2010. Well, sorry to ruin the anticipation dude, but forget the future, the Internet is now. And contrary to what our favorite purple-clad know-it-all, P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    50 Cent Loses 50 Pounds

    50 Cent's Facebook page (via Billboard)​ Billboard reports that 50 Cent will be playing "a football player who is diagnosed with cancer in his upcoming movie, Things Fall Apart. To make the film more realistic, the once buff and brawny 50 (aka Curtis Jackson) lost more than 50 pounds to play t ... More >>

  • LA Life

    May 20, 2010

    Adam Cooper: The Mayor's Twitterer

    50 Cent's Facebook page (via Billboard)​ Billboard reports that 50 Cent will be playing "a football player who is diagnosed with cancer in his upcoming movie, Things Fall Apart. To make the film more realistic, the once buff and brawny 50 (aka Curtis Jackson) lost more than 50 pounds to play t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Kutmah's Immigration Woes Lead to #FREEKOOTZ Twitter Campaign

    The #FREEKOOTZ hashtag began on Twitter Friday, when fans and friends of Justin McNulty, better known by his DJ name Kutmah, was taken into custody by immigration authorities. Details on the situation are vague, but sources told L.A. Weekly that McNulty, who was born in the U.K. and moved to Los An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Your Next Facebook Friend Could Be An Undercover Agent

    ​The Electronic Frontier Foundation revealed this week that the FBI and other federal agencies work undercover on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites to shadow suspects and gather evidence in crime investigations. According to the Associated Press, Freedom of Information Act r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    7 Questions with @ScrewYouSXSW

    ​There's a new tweeter in town and she's mad as hell. In the last week, @ScrewYouSXSW, the self-proclaimed pissed off wife of a SXSW attendee, has been tweeting about happenings she's been learning about from her husband via text. A number of people at SXSW think this enigmatic person is of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Is Google Buzz Worth All the Buzz, or is it Shallow Wave?

    ​ Yesterday morning, after slurping up their morning coffee buzz, a number of Gmail users got their Google Buzz on, or they at least took a shot. Google's new social platform, which some say is the search engine giant's solution to Twitter and Facebook, is currently at the fore in tech talk. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    When Ordered, Twitter Monitors Tweet-Bangers For Authorities -- Report

    ​Representatives of Twitter and Facebook said they cooperate with authorities investigating gangs that use the social-networking tools to communicate about crime, according to a report. "Representatives from Twitter and Facebook say they regularly cooperate with police and supply information ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    From Anti-Technology to Twittering Fool: Slash Talks Social Media Pros and Cons

    Erin BroadleySlash accepts his golden floppy for "Best MySpace Music Page"​Partygoers look for several things when deciding whether to attend a Hollywood soiree: convenient parking, networking opportunities, beautiful women, an open bar, and perhaps the most important as of late, does the part ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Grammys' Social Media Rock Star Summit: Music Fans at the Forefront of Digital Culture

    Melissa Jun RowleySocial Media Rock Stars: Digg's Kevin Rose and Mashable's Pete Cashmore​For more than half a century the Grammy Awards have been the pinnacle institution of American music. (But that doesn't mean the tone of the show and the brand itself have to be institutional.) While the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Twitter Could Be Used To Quickly Measure Earthquakes; Other Warnings Possible

    USGS​The U.S. Geological Survey is studying using Twitter to get fast data about the latest earthquakes, the USGS announced this week. In a separate announcement, the Survey said that separate technology could allow for warnings 10 seconds or so ahead of major quakes. First, Twitter: While th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Gang Members Get Booked For Facebooking

    Mario Rocha was identified and convicted as a gang member despite much proof.​It's something we reported on a few years ago: Gang members are using social networking sites to represent their neighborhoods, show pride in their sets and display their muscles, weapons and bravado. Today, authorit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 10, 2009

    TWEET THIS: GET A LIFE, TWITTER USERS!

    Mario Rocha was identified and convicted as a gang member despite much proof.​It's something we reported on a few years ago: Gang members are using social networking sites to represent their neighborhoods, show pride in their sets and display their muscles, weapons and bravado. Today, authorit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    This Site's Dead Anyway: Twitter DDoS Overlooks MySpace, Does an Attack Signal a Site's Relevancy?

    Yesterday, if you were searching for a short-form, self-indulgent way to describe what you had for breakfast, you were shit out of luck. Basically, the Internet's most popular social networking sites broke. Web sites that were down yesterday included: Facebook, Livejournal, YouTube, Google, and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Re-Tweet Legal: New Media Libel and the Law

    Courtney Love and Mark Cuban gave Twitter an unwanted credibility boost last month. The ever problematic stars each found themselves on the wrong end of defamation claims and fines respectively, filed by angry Twitter users who believe they've been unfairly "tweet-ed" by Courtney and Mark.* Twitter ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    LA People 2009: The “Tweethearts” — Laurie and Sean Percival

    Courtney Love and Mark Cuban gave Twitter an unwanted credibility boost last month. The ever problematic stars each found themselves on the wrong end of defamation claims and fines respectively, filed by angry Twitter users who believe they've been unfairly "tweet-ed" by Courtney and Mark.* Twitter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Meme Analysis: THE MOST WTF WEEK IN INTERNET HISTORY

    Is it just us or did someone unleash Pandora's box o' crazy on the interwebs? Between the "Dude Where's My CNN?" run for Twitter Class President (Seriously guys, that "race" thing was like asking "Who is more popular, Coke or Eggs?"), our ex-boyfriend Anonymous finally joining Twitter (after all the ... More >>

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    Thurston and Kim Rather Rip Through MOCA

    Plus, Lovers & Strangers at Hear Gallery, Mustache Mondays at La Cita and Dance at Arena

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Gettin' the MySpace Money: Coolfer Blog Explains the Many Ways That T.I. Is Getting Paid

    Plus, Lovers & Strangers at Hear Gallery, Mustache Mondays at La Cita and Dance at Arena

  • LA Life

    September 27, 2007

    Shoot to Thrill

    The ever-evolving photo booth

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    They Must Be High

    Spacing out with Ben, Chris, Tom and Tom

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    Make New Friends

    ...but beware of Fakesters

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