The Bronx

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Top 10 Unmissable Bands Inexplicably Hidden on the Coachella 2011 Poster

Top 10 Unmissable "Small Type" Acts of Coachella 2011

Dear Jenny McCarthy: Autism Study Linking Disorder To Vaccination Was 'Elaborate Fraud'

​Sorry Jenny McCarthy. First the split with Jim Carrey. Now this. Turns out the whole basis for your vaccination-causes-autism side career is fraudulent (as many had suspected). It was all made up. Here in the celebrity-as-health-expert/conspiracy-theorist capital of the world, this has to be ... More >>

Pete Rock, Legendary Hip-Hop DJ and Producer, to Perform at Boombox's Anniversary

​Everybody loves to reminisce about the golden era of hip hop, those glory days of DJ Kool Herc MacGyvering power lines for his two-turntables-and-a-microphone and spinning breakbeats for all the b-boys and b-girls. Except, as then, hip hop's held in the fierce grip of the young, most of wh ... More >>

M Cafe de Chaya Closes in Culver City: Expansion Plans to Come?

M Cafe​ M Cafe de Chaya officially closed yesterday, October 21st, after three years of serving macrobiotic eats and brown-rice sushi to a hip downtown Culver City crowd. Native Foods, another vegan-friendly spot, is said to be replacing the restaurant. The closure was due to "a financial deci ... More >>

Snakes On The Loose Terrifying New York City Residents

The Daily NewsYep, that's the actual snake. ​Our inaugural week of detailing all the ways New York City is a horrible place has focused on pests, first with news that bedbugs had shut down a Niketown store in Manhattan. We followed up with a report on the city's ingenious plan to harvest opossums ... More >>

Nightlife: The Dandy Warhols Get Acoustic for Fashion's Night Out at Fred Segal/Ron Herman

Lina Lecaro Slow rolling Dandy's ​ Fashion's Night Out, the self-proclaimed "splurge-inspiring event" that took over major citties all around the world, including LA for the first time this past Friday, presented some notable music and performance elements that went beyond the expected laptop ... More >>

The Next Mozza: Nancy Silverton Gives Squid Ink Preview of New To-Go Restaurant and Pizza School

New Mozza's eastern storefront in prep mode on Melrose.Most feverishly anticipated restaurants get one big shot at an opening splash. It's the rare case where a food business can get two chances to make a major impression, let alone three. Mozza, however, is an exception. First, salivating palates ... More >>

LA People 2009: Viral Style — Miguel De La Barracuda

The Moment You've All Been Waiting For: We're Coming Out!!!

Erin BroadleyEvacuation ChairBetween 7-9 p.m. is a crazy time at SXSWi Austin; everyone is drinking at the free happy hours trying to chat, tweet, and ping in order to find the night's parties, hookups, and alternate sleep opportunities. Two that are on our radar right now are the Techset party at ... More >>

Queer Town: The Life and Spirit of Genevieve Florence Range

On Monday morning, a day after her oldest daughter celebrated her seventieth birthday, Genevieve Florence Range passed away at the age of 95 in New Jersey. She was my grandmother, friend, and one of the major influences in my life. Grandma, as her eight grandkids called her, was everything you want ... More >>

Post-Mod shoe designer Fluevog gives LA the boot

Thursday night Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog was in town to host a celebration for the 5 year anniversary of his Los Angeles store. The occasion was marked by a complete re-modeling of the Melrose avenue location, and the unveiling of a limited-edition "Melrose" boot. The affable Fluevog wi ... More >>

Grim Times and Crimes in Famed Melrose District

The below press release sheds light on what some have begun to call an overwrought hyper-focus on gangs by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief William Bratton. As the Weekly has reported, Villaraigosa and Bratton in 2007 hyped a fake "gang crisis". It was bunk—as experts predicted, it was a ... More >>

Vintage, American Style

Remember when shopping at Goodwill and Salvation Army was something to be ashamed of? If you’re over 30, ya probably do. Somewhere around the mid-‘80’s or so, second hand sneak became vintage chic, and one of the stores responsible was the Melrose Avenue emporium known as Aardvarks. The new ... More >>

Melrose Misplaced

Once the epicenter of all that was hip and cutting edge in fashion, Melrose -at least the part between La Brea and Fairfax- is now just a mish-mash of kinda-sorta trendy threads and Downtown LA fashion alley type shops. The punks are gone. The boho types are all on the Eastside. The rich bitches a ... More >>

Bike Chicks on Melrose

Just half a block away from the oil hyenas on Melrose is Bicycle Kitchen. Across from that gathering place for cyclists is this mural: We think the artists' names are Cache and Makatron, but if we're wrong, I'm sure you will let us know. More after the jump.

Melrose Tour

Want to get a guided tour of these Melrose back alleys by the excellent graffiti author Steve Grody? The Alleys of Melrose Join Steve Grody, photographer and author of Graffiti LA: Street Styles and Art, for a walking tour that explores the array of graffiti art found in the back ways and alleys ... More >>

Best Garden Anti-Gnomes

Best Shop to Get Bratty In

Outisde Looking In

Tunnel Vision

The battle over the Belmont graffiti walls

Any Lengths

A Tale of Two Belmonts

The school that is safe and deadly at the same time

The Belmont Curse

Arbitrator gives cash to contractors, black hat to L.A. Unified

What Belmont Foes are Saying: Part 3

A Tragic Comedy of Errors

But Belmont can still be salvaged

Belmont: Who's Who

A photo gallery

The Experts

Belmont opponents have relied on the science of these two men

What Belmont Foes are Saying

And why they're wrong

What Belmont Foes are Saying: Part 2

The Belmont Site Cannot Be Made Safe

It is both unique and uniquely dangerous

Abandon Belmont

L.A. Unified can’t be trusted to handle this risk

Fresh Produce and Streets of Fire

Making sense of the methane explosion in Fairfax

Frequently Asked Questions About Belmont

. . . and the answers

Is This Any Place for a School?

Yes. It's time to finish the Belmont Learning Complex

Then and Now

The Science of Making Belmont Safe

Guest Commentaries: Index

Common Sense Has Been Shoved Aside

The idea that Belmont’s "unsafe at any price" is a hoax

Welcome to the Nuttwerx

Around the bend and back again with Fishbone

Tempting Belmont

School board can hardly refuse money for safety study of L.A.’s most troubled campus

Dirty Politics

Are Cesar Portillo’s anti-Jackie Goldberg mailings fair?

Rough Justice

L.A.'s school bureaucrats belong on the Belmont site

Belmont Bungling

Auditor links bad decisions that brought us Oil Field High to string of conflicts of interest

The Belmont Blacklist

Law firm sued for its handling of troubled school project is looking all over town for more culprits

The Belmont Decision

School board should wait for more studies before ruling on bungled project

Acting Out

Like it or not, the school board seems, well, almost decisive these days.

Stop Time

School board suspends most work at Belmont, halts all comments

The Full (Bel)Monty

A new push to bare all at scandal-plagued school project

Parade's End

The new charter is too big to stop