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10 Best Breakfasts in the West San Fernando Valley: Neighborhood Grub Crawl

The phrase "breakfast in the west San Fernando Valley" may not have quite the same ring to it as, say, "springtime in Paris." But if you're bleary-eyed, hung-over or just plain hungry, the suburbs can provide some great meals to start your day. Whether it's a classic dish like eggs and hash browns, ... More >>

Dawes Is a Modern Band, Up to a Point

"We're still a small band," Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith insists. "We've still got a long way to go before we are, like, 'This is a secure position for us.' " He's sitting outside the tiny Sqirl cafe on the seedy border between Silver Lake and East Hollywood, hunched over a wooden box that dou ... More >>

Why Be a Playwright in L.A.? 5 Writers Share their Reasons

The pay stinks. Hollywood is more glamorous (and pays more). And Broadway is 3,000 miles away. So why be a playwright in L.A.? That's the question posed by our theater issue this year, which comes out just in time for our theater awards on Monday. Check out Steven Leigh Morris' main story in the i ... More >>

10 Best Halal Dishes in Los Angeles

Los Angeles can, yet again, boast about having the most variety, if not depth, of something. Home to the most diverse Muslim population in the United States, Los Angeles County is full of halal restaurants. Halal means permitted or lawful according to Sharia (Islamic) laws. In the realm of dining ou ... More >>

Taylor Boudreaux of Napa Valley Grille: On His Table Yours for dineLA 2013

"The smoother the skin, the juicer the pulp, especially with limes and lemons," says Taylor Boudreaux, the chef at Westwood's Napa Valley Grille. Boudreaux is walking around the Original Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, picking up produce. It's not his usual shopping spot, but Boudreaux is a bus ... More >>

Measure MM and Measure HH: Absentee Ballots and Early Returns Show Voters Strongly Supporting Parcel Tax Initiatives

Update: At 12:32 a.m., Measure HH is looking strong with support from 71 percent of voters. Measure MM, however, is not as solid with 65 percent. The initiatives need at least 66.67 percent to win. In early returns and absentee balloting, Measure MM and Measure HH have strong approval from voters. ... More >>

Measure MM and Measure HH Election Results: Tax Initiatives for Upkeep of Santa Monica Mountains Approved by Voters

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure MM and Measure HH have received strong approval from voters. 68 percent of voters supported Measure MM and 76 percent backed Measure HH, according to the Los Angels County Registrar-Recorder web site. Since the measures received over two-thirds suppor ... More >>

Measures MM and HH Campaign: Doug McIntyre Lone Voice in Opposition to More Taxes?

Whenever the prospect of more taxes appears in Los Angeles, usually some kind of organized group loudly rises to oppose it. So it seems awfully strange that only L.A. Daily News columnist Doug McIntyre, as far as we can see, is sounding the alarm about two parcel tax initiatives that some L.A. voter ... More >>

L.A. Violates Your Due-Process Rights

How residents unearthed 200,000 words of phony findings City Hall used to illegally approve a skyscraper at Hollywood and Gower

Brody Stevens and Garfunkel & Oates on Their New Series for HBO Go

See also: *Brody Stevens Speaks Out About his Infamous Twitter Meltdown For three LA comedians looking to expanding their reach, HBO GO is offering a platform through its new batch of original programs, designated HBO Digitals. Available only to HBO subscribers, HBO GO launched early last year and ... More >>

Sara O'Donnell and the Making of "Average Betty"

"You don't take perfectly awesome Oreo cookies, scrape out the cream filling and refill them with toothpaste," pontificates a well-lit Sara O'Donnell. She's looking into the camera, warning against the stupidity of food-related April Fools' pranks. "Here's a better idea -- why not refill them with c ... More >>

Stop-Sign Cameras Ticket 70,000 in Los Angeles Parks

Albert Abrams, City Hall's Ex-Neighborhood Councils Chief, Indicted, Arrested For Child Porn

Albert Abrams, the former chief of the L.A. Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, was arrested this morning by federal agents after he was indicted yesterday as part of a child-porn case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The former president of the City of Los Angeles' Board of Neighborho ... More >>

Albert Abrams, Mayor Villaraigosa's Neighborhood Councils Honcho, Blames 'Split Personality,' Pain, For Child Porn Problems

Albert Abrams.​Updated at the bottom with with reaction from one Neighborhood Council leader. First posted at 11:33 p.m. Wednesday. Albert Abrams, top dog at the L.A. Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, appeared to admit to a local TV news station that he viewed child porn because "it is ... More >>

Party House Crackdown: New L.A. Ordinance Targets Notorious Ragers in the Hills

Lina Lecaro"Kandyland" at the Playboy Mansion​It's no secret: An almost institutionalized circuit of L.A. house parties has long operated in the sprawling estates above Ventura and Hollywood Boulevards. Druggy, boozy, Sheeny "privates" have become integral to city nightlife for a number of re ... More >>

Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles

Get ready for the brawl of cutting Southern California in pieces, on paper

Bassist Mark Tulin, the Missing Link Between Psych Legends the Electric Prunes and the Revamped Smashing Pumpkins, RIP 1948-2011

​We received news from the Smashing Pumpkin's camp that their friend and collaborator, bassist Mark Tulin from 1960s psychedelic garage legends the Electric Prunes, passed away this weekend. Here's a moving tribute by Billy Corgan, courtesy of StudioDog Kerry Brown: A Few Thoughts on the Pa ... More >>

Ten Great New Year's Brunches (for the Hungover and the Smugly Sober)

Cecconi'sCecconi's breakfast pizzette​ If the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year, then the day after New Year's Eve is the biggest hangover day of the year. And hangovers must be fed - and well. But since many restaurants shutter their doors on New Year's Day, and b ... More >>

A Roundup of 2010 Restaurant Openings and Closures

Since our Restaurant Roll Call in January, there have been several food truck launches and restaurant openings. Unfortunately, some eateries didn't make it long past the New Year. As we welcome the newbies, we also bid farewell to those who simply couldn't keep afloat (and in one case was shut down ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court To Take Up Case Of Jailed L.A. Attorney

Full Disclosure NetworkRichard Fine.​The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of imprisoned Tarzana attorney Richard Fine, who contends he has been held in Los Angeles County Jail for more than a year as retaliation for calling for pay cuts for county judges. Fine argues that he's being held ... More >>

Wash Your Hot Dog Down With an Ice Cream Sandwich: Cookie Munch Opens in Tarzana

With childhood dreams of opening her own retro ice cream parlor, Farah Gast is off to a running start with Cookie Munch, a dessert/hot dog shop she opened February 6th in Tarzana. Cookie Munch doles out classic Dreyer's ice cream flavors and various toppings, an array of freshly baked cookies, Hebre ... More >>

Invasion of the Granny Flat

Los Angeles weighs a plan to allow back yard dwellings and car parking on lawns

Why Was Torched Dancer Allowed to Leave Club?

According to strippers and other exotic dancers interviewed by the L.A. Daily News, it was highly irregular for an employee like Roberta Busby to be allowed to slip out of even a "hole in the wall joint" like Babes n' Beer with patrons. Yet this is what happened about 1:30 a.m. last Thursday, when t ... More >>

Timewarp: Where Old Instruments Go to Live Again

Back to the bylophone

Theater Reviews: Closer, Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Also, The Violet Hour, Mr. Marmalade

Paul Thomas Anderson: Blood, Sweat and Tears

There Will be Blood director on making his masterpiece, and how baseball may have saved him

Garbanzos!

Hummus Bar finds beauty in the humble chickpea

Along Came Scary

What to do in Los Angeles this week

The Passion of the Rad

An enigmatic independent auteur may have made the world’s next great midnight movie

Letters

Frankophilia

Not in My Neighborhood Council

What can save L.A.’s broken neighborhood councils?

Gil's Calling. Who?

Singled Out: Everybody has a Mother

Venus de Me

The waxing of male beauty

Los Angeles: June, 2002

A semi-comic fantasy about an aspect of the future that may prove pertinent to L.A.

So Cal-Asian

Reflections at Twilight

L.A. wanders between indifference and redemption

Letters

A Scary Abundance of Water

Part 2

Giving: The Hollywood Way

Letters

Wish Upon a Popstar

Countermythologist

Donald Freed on the greatest stories never told

Auctioneer Hef

Rat Patrol

Frank Discussion

A natural history of the chilidog

Dog Fight

Fur flies over kill rate at LA animal shelters

Grill Crazy

Nature Boy

Adam Werbach’s audacious plan for the Sierra Club