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Lightning in a Bottle 2013 Lineup Announced

The lineup for Lightning in a Bottle 2013 is out! This year's electronic-heavy festival will feature headliners Nicholas Jaar, Rusko, Tycho, Emancipator, Griz and Paper Diamond. Ten GIFs of Ultra Ravers Shaking Their Shit As exclusively reported by West Coast Sound in January, the fest is going ... More >>

Tickets on Sale for Outstanding in the Field's 2013 Tour!

Tickets are on sale for Outstanding in the Field's 2013 Tour. As is usually the case, the dates include a preponderance of stops at West Coast farms. In case you don't know much about this travelin' pop-up party, let us illuminate the vibe. A 60-year-old bus zips around to farms all over the coun ... More >>

Worst Idea Ever: Travel Dating Site Calls Coachella a Great First Date

Ladies travel site Misstravel.com recently named named Coachella the number one music festival at which to go on a first date. For so many reasons, this is a terrible idea. Issue number one is that unless you have some day pass scenario worked out, a first date at Coachella means that you're autom ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Brunch Class, Bar Crawl, Coffee Talk Wine Tour

Brunch Cooking Class Learn to cook a Mexican-inspired brunch from Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. The chefs will demonstrate how to make Border Bloody Maria; guava empanada; heirloom bean and bacon tostada; Peruvian shrimp and grits; and La Bomba rice pudding. WHAT: Brunch Cooking Class WHEN: ... More >>

Lightning in a Bottle 2013: New Location, New Dates Announced

Annual music and arts festival Lightning in a Bottle is relocating to Riverside County this summer, West Coast Sound can exclusively report. In a vote yesterday, the Riverside County board of supervisors approved the application to hold Lightning in a Bottle 2013 at Lake Skinner County Park. The fou ... More >>

Michael Wieczorek Stole Christmas Cards, Presents, Mail In South Bay -- Cops

Sheriff's officials say Michael Wieczorek is a Grinch who stole Christmas. Literally. After busting him Wednesday for allegedly swiping a delivered package from the porch of a home on Redondela Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes, cops say they found more pilfered holiday goods in his possession, includin ... More >>

Q & A With Haven Brewing's Dave Larsen: L.A. Beer Week, New Zealand Hops Stone's First Local Collaboration

The fourth annual Los Angeles Beer Week might have officially ended with Sunday's festival at Union Station, but there's still one more special LABW brew that has yet to be released. Too bad it's not even ready to drink yet. That's because early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 20 -- while many e ... More >>

Hollywood Fringe Festival Can Has LOLPERA

It's a warm Saturday afternoon a month before the start of the Hollywood Fringe Festival and LOLPERA is in its first day of rehearsal. Cast members have just finished a run-through of the work's dramatic opening number in the living room of Director Angela Lopez's Long Beach apartment. The word "mas ... More >>

Bicycle Theft Ring Targeted High-End Bikes on Craigslist, Used Facebook For Personal Info

As evil as cops paint these guys to be, you gotta admit, they were scary sophisticated in their use of Craigslist, Facebook and social manipulation -- if the story's true. Here's the deal, according an announcement by L.A. County Sheriff's officials this week: A crew of bike thieves targeted victi ... More >>

Skateboarder Wields Ax on SoCal Freeway, Leads CHP on High-Speed Chase

A sick new move that has rocked the skateboarding world in a way not seen since Tony Hawk's historic "900" was completed near The Birdman's hometown of San Diego this week. That's right, authorities allege that 24-year-old Thomas Robert Landry of San Diego executed the "5150" flawlessly, starting w ... More >>

Outstanding in the Field 2012: Tickets on Sale Soon

Outstanding in the Field is the Rolling Thunder Revue of underground suppers. Those who like table-to-farm eating as much as the farm-to-table sort will be stoked to learn that the organization has revealed its 2012 calendar and will begin selling tickets on Tuesday, March 20th. Beginning May 12 a ... More >>

4 Double Black IPAs That Debuted in 2011: Or, Crossing Over to the (Very) Dark Side

In the last twelve months, the craft beer world has welcomed new flavors from a slew of emerging styles including the rye saison (Avery's Eighteen), the wheat IPA (El Segundo Brewing's Picket Fence) and the seasonal imperial pumpkin ale (Flying Dog's The Fear). But no new style was more exciting for ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Temecula Wine Harvest, Vegan Cupcake Contest, LA Loves Alex's Lemonade, Creative Seeds, Marc Vetri Dinner

Guzzle & NoshTemecula wine country.​Temecula Wine Harvest Celebration Visit more than 30 Temecula Valley wineries (yes, some of them make very good wine: Hart, Doffo and Renzoni, to name a few) during this two-day annual harvest celebration and barrel tasting. WHERE: Temecula Valley WHEN: Nov ... More >>

Couple Rescued From Corn Maze

Guzzle & NoshA much simpler corn maze in Temecula, Calif.​Either the corn mazes in Massachusetts are a lot more complicated or the residents are a lot less smart. A couple had to call 911 for a rescue after getting lost in the Connors Farm corn maze. "We thought this would be fun. Instead, it' ... More >>

Top 5 Food Events This Weekend: TOTNLA, Ramen, Wine, Hot Dogs & Roasted Meats

Ramen Bull Kicking off its Popchef series, Breadbar's consulting Chef Noriyuki Sugie debuts Ramen Bull, a menu of five beef-centric ramen dishes: short rib ramen ($11); oxtail ramen ($15), beef tongue ramen ($12); spicy ramen ($14); and corn beef ramen ($13). Available Monday through Saturday, 5 t ... More >>

Andy Dick Arrested. Guess Where.

Andy Dick's most recent mugshot.​Andy Dick's been arrested, again. Not at some Hollywood hot spot thick with desperation and aspiring starlets. At Marie Callender's. In Temecula. Riverside County Sheriff's deputies were called to the Marie Callender's restaurant on Rancho California Road, r ... More >>

Andy Dick Is (Allegedly) a Drunk A-Hole

Riverside County Sheriff's DepartmentNot exactly a look of regret​Our worst fears, confirmed again: Impossibly irritating "comedian" Andy Dick is also a drunk A-hole! Dick was arrested by Temecula police at a Marie Calender's restaurant in Riverside County last night, where officials say he w ... More >>

Outstanding in the Field Announces Its 2011 Touring Schedule

Outstanding in the Field​ Outstanding in the Field, that Magical Mystery Tour of underground suppers, has announced its 2011 schedule. As usual, the dates are heavy on visits to West Coast farms. In case you don't know much about this roving feast, allow us: a merry band of activists, artist ... More >>

[Updated] The Pursuit of Hoppiness: Pliny the Younger (IPA Beer) Day is Here

koadmunkee​Update: We told you you'd have to keep monitoring the tap list yourselves, but we caved and decided to give you a hand. Here's the list of confirmed Pliny the Younger appearances as it stands right now: Verdugo Bar, Wednesday, February 16 at 6 p.m.; Hops and Barley (in Temecula), S ... More >>

Top 10 Places to Celebrate National Pie Day

Guzzle & NoshA few ways to celebrate National Pie Day.​You don't have to be Adam Carolla to prefer pie to cake. (He tells a story about loving pie so much, that he once entered a pie-eating contest at North Hollywood High and, with his hands behind his back, nibbled and licked at the side of t ... More >>

French Bulldog Thief Strikes Again, Running Off With $3,000 Orange County Purebred

Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentDuarte resident Darryl Cole stole one French bulldog too many​Updated after the jump with the dog thief's "obsessive compulsive" history. Originally posted at 12:53 p.m. French bulldogs are super cute, we'll admit. Especially in holiday sweaters. But 20-year- ... More >>

Top 10 U.S. Customs Seizures Of 2010, Including $9 Million Train-Load Of Pot In California

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionDamn leafhopping aliens resorted to pineapple transit in August​Jumping at another chance to flex some red-white-and-blue muscle this New Year -- and surely aware of the Internet's obsession with Top 10 lists -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials rel ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Quince

Felicia FriesemaQuince picked at Alex's Red Barn Winery in Temecula.​ Here in L.A., the dark red squares of dulce de membrillo (Mexican quince candy) are pretty commonplace, their intensely sweet and floral fragrance adding a seasonal exclamation point to autumn festivities and apple pies. Bu ... More >>

Renzoni: Best Jarred Tomato Sauce Ever?

I've never been a big fan of jarred tomato sauces. Even my love for The Ramones couldn't compel me to buy this jar of Marky Ramone's Brooklyn's Own Pasta Sauce, which I spotted in a Denver record store. (24, 24 hours to go/I wanna be tomatoed.) However, I'm no fancy-pants purist either. Sometimes ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Ivory Gaya Melon

Felicia Friesema​ The first time Ivory Gaya melons showed up at local markets, it was alongside another semi-new arrival, the Kyoho grape, which by the way comes into season this week. But when asked what the melon was named, the vendor would shrug and say only, "Japanese melon." That offhan ... More >>

Forks Up! Outstanding in the Field Tix Still Available

Outstanding in the Field​ Seats at chef-artist Jim Denevan's wildly popular communal table concept, the idiosyncratic, touring farmer-foodie collaboration known as Outstanding in the Field, have been selling out all over the country months in advance and despite their steep, if cost-appropriat ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Red Ogo Seaweed

Felicia Friesema​ Los Angeles, and pretty much all of California, reaps the benefits that come from proximity to one of the most fertile agricultural regions in the country. The tendency, however, is to think that the agriculture stops where the ocean starts. We're becoming more accustomed ... More >>

Day 2: The Dirty Projecters and Bowling With Angels

Endlessly talented and unaffected by the rubber stamp placed on them by the ILM elite, Dirty Projectors played precocious, innocent and brilliant. Leadman Dave Longstreth wields his guitar upside down and left-handed, a furious Jimi Hendrix play shackled only by boat shoes and effete charm. Plunging ... More >>

Outstanding in the Field: Al Fresco Dinners Showcasing Local Farmers

Outstanding in the Field​ The concept of an Outstanding in the Field dinner is simple: long communal tables, populated with food lovers who are being served a gourmet meal from the source, the ingredients often grown literally steps away. Your dinner is outstanding, and in a literal field, a ... More >>

The Cryovacked Kitchen: Lazy Ox Canteen To Open Next Thursday

Lazy Ox Canteen​Lazy Ox Canteen, the much-anticipated Little Toyko restaurant from Josef Centeno and Michael Cardenas, will open for dinner next Thursday night. It will be a soft opening, with a formal opening party scheduled once things get going, probably the following weekend. Last night ... More >>

Beyond Belief: Atheists and the Burden of Proof

Mother Is Looking For $?: Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested

In the ever expanding times-are-hard news file comes another desperate story: An unemployed mother of five was arrested in San Diego in connection with a series of bank robberies.FBIA woman suspected in a string of robberies is captured on video.​ Roxanne Renee Pennock was arrested after she ... More >>

In Plane Sight: Scenes from the Piper Freeway Landing

​​Nothing like a tailgating motorist to ruin the perfect freeway landing of your private plane. Last Sunday's textbook touchdown of a vintage Piper Comanche two-seater on the 101 Freeway outside Santa Barbara is a good example of why drivers should always allow one plane-length for every 10 mile ... More >>

The Temecula Olive Oil Company: Local Hand-Pressed Extra Virgin Olive Oil

If you need to extend an olive branch to someone, you might as well offer the whole tree, plus a few bottles of olive oil. The place to get them is the Temecula Olive Oil Company in Old Town Temecula. The tasting room and shop sells Mission and Arbequina olive trees large enough to go in the ground ... More >>

Dirty Projectors: Balls Deep in the R&B

A scheduled “interview” with Dave Longstreth turns into a game of text-message cat-and-mouse

Metrolink Tries to Censor Bloggers

A paranoid transit agency spends public money threatening critical Web sites

Airborne With the Flyboys of Los Angeles Helicopters

Blades of glory

Voter Guide: the Pros and Cons of the Initiatives, February 5 Ballot

Making sense of the issues

Tribal Flush: Pechanga People "Disenrolled" en Masse

On the eve of what could be the largest gambling expansion in U.S. history, a tale of power, betrayal and lost Indian heritage

Tribal Purge

State Dems back gambling-rich Indians’ greedy wars of expansion

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An obscure group gets millions to make L.A. work, but “SCAG” is a flop

Hurricane of the Eye

Artist Tim Hawkinson’s maelstrom of twisted fun

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Live in L.A.

Ask Mr. Gold

The 2nd Annual List Issue

The Reunion Sessions

Load Warriors

The A-Team meets Boogie Nights on the Colorado River

Twiddling Turbine

State faces huge energy bill because of San Onofre shutdown