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Upskirt Perv Victimized More Than 100 Women in Antelope Valley, Cops Say

It's upskirt season is Southern California. The sun comes out, and so do the pervs. Our latest suspect is Mylyn Corniche Johnson (yes, he shares his middle name with a Rolls- Royce model), a 29-year-old whom cops say was taking upskirt cellphone video at a Lancaster Target over the weekend. He was ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, April 5 Vum, Esben and the Witch THE BOOTLEG There's plenty of the spirit of New York synth-punk pioneers Suicide in minimal L.A. synth-wave trio Vum on their new single "I Will Return" -- and is that song title a promise or a threat? This is menacing stuff, built on bare-bones electronic b ... More >>

10 Awesome L.A. Trucks That Sell Things Besides Food

See also: *10 Best Vintage and Second-Hand Boutiques in L.A. *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying *Top 10 Weirdest Stores in L.A. First the food truck revolution brought us restaurants on wheels, mixing up your own neighborhood's restaurant offerings. Now, the next wave is shopping on wheels. ... More >>

Where to Donate to Help Victims of Sandy

Feeling guilty about waking up to another glorious California day while your East Coast friends deal with wind, waves, downed power lines and flooded subways? Beating yourself up because you've got a day of fun planned -- complete with sunshine, the Internet, and dry streets instead of waterways? D ... More >>

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble: Eight Brothers and Their Dad

From the Dorseys to the Davies', brother acts translates well to the stage, but few have a bond like the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The nine-piece, Chicago-based band boasts eight horn-playing sons of jazzman Kelan Phil Cohran. They, along with their father, will perform at the Exchange tomorrow, Febr ... More >>

Rock 'n' Roll Tailor Glen Palmer On The Time Gregg Allman Passed Out In His Store

Jennie Warren​By Justin Bolois See also: Glen Palmer Makes Clothes for Rock Gods: Living on Tom Petty's Malibu Estate, He's Tailored Duds for Everyone From Bob Dylan to Fleetwood Mac In this week's music feature, we profile rock n' roll tailor Glen Palmer and his helter-skelter journey desig ... More >>

LinA In LA Party Picks: Have Yourself a Swingin' Triple-Xmas

Timothy Norris​A drink- and dance-filled little Christmas is assured with these pre- and post-holiday happenings! Even if you don't get what you want under the tree this year, these parties will bring you cheer ... and beer and beats. Seasons groovings to all, and to all, some good nights. Fr ... More >>

Mobile Grocer: Fresh Moves Market Is On The Nonprofit Move In Chicago - How About L.A.?

In L.A., we may be able to boast that we have the most -- and arguably the best -- fresh produce and food trucks in the country. But we all know that heirloom tomato and chef-blessed taco access is hardly equal. Those "produce deserts" (low-income neighborhoods that are awash in fast food burgers ... More >>

U.S. Veterans Affairs Sued for Leasing Giant Parcel in West L.A. to Enterprise Rent-a-Car, UCLA Baseball Team -- Not Homeless Vets

veteranstoday.com"Locked Out of West LA VA"​You can often hear West L.A. residents, and those on the nearby Santa Monica border, whining about the rampant homeless-veteran population in their area (which is trying desperately to gentrify -- to polish itself into the next Brentwood or Beverly H ... More >>

Found Footage Festival: Back to the Future

One man's trash is another's beloved time capsule

Connecting Field to Field: Food and Farming Veteran Career Fair

​Veterans returning home face many problems of transition, and in this economy, just finding a job can be one of them. According to PR Newswire, currently more than 250,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are unemployed, and the rate of unemployment for veterans ages 18 to 24 ... More >>

Nightranger: Once Bitten, Twice Buy

For Chow Hounds Seeking Flea Market Finds

Flickr/ricardodiaz11The Dosa Indian food truck will be at the new L.A. Flea Market next month. ​ Next month, some of L.A.'s finest gourmet food trucks will offer their mobile meals at a venue normally associated with the Dodger Dog. The L.A. Flea Market, celebrating its grand opening at Dodger ... More >>

Once Bitten, Twice Buy: The Cobrasnake's Cobrashop Opens at Hollywood & Highland

Girls with homeless-hag hair and pricey designer bags, boys in fugly (desperate for irony) t-shirts, and cartoon characterish cliques grooving geekily (yet self-consciously) to tunes spun by Shepard Fairey (M.I.A., The Go-Gos and The Beastie Boys). Last Tuesday night's grand opening of The Cobrashop ... More >>

Tiny Tim Returns

Salvation Army Turns Off Harbor Light on Skid Row

​ "This is a heck of a time to be closing down a drug rehab center, " said the interviewee who requested anonymity.The center in question is the Salvation Army's Harbor Light residential facility on 809 E. Fifth Street, which has served homeless men on Skid Row battling alcoholism and drug addict ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Shopping

Hollywood's Labor Pains or, Why the Numbers Still Matter

​Although the official start of Fall is still a couple of weeks away, Hollywood's Autumnal Equinox is already upon us, as the books are closed on the 2009 summer movie season and the curtain goes up on the Toronto International Film Festival, the still-humid summer air starting to hum with the fir ... More >>

Boo-Yaa Tribe Friday: A Shout-Out to So-Cal's Greatest Samoan-American Rappers

Here's one truth for a Friday: There is too little Boo-Yaa Tribe in this world. In an effort to remedy this absence, to bring recognition to Southern California's best-ever five-brother Samoan-American rap act, West Coast Sound offers you a little earworm for the weekend.

Doh! National Doughnut Day With Grace: "We can offer the fanciest doughnuts... but we're still all Homer Simpson"

Shannon CottrellWhen most of us think of doughnut shops, we picture dinky dives, places where men all over America stop off on their way to work for the breakfast their wives won't let them eat and a Styrofoam cup of crappy coffee. Doughnut shops are landmarks for truck drivers, and travelers, and p ... More >>

It's National Doughnut Day, Do Your Part! Where to Get Fried Freebies, Gourmet Glazes and More

Shannon CottrellLA-based band The Keyishe are down with doughnuts.Although National Doughnut Day officially began in 1938 as a means for The Salvation Army to raise money for those struggling during the depression, the organization's connection to the fried confection began on the French battlefield ... More >>

WHAT WOULD JESUS SPIN?

Pin-Up Girls

Best Costco of Thrift Stores: Lincoln Heights St. Vincent de Paul

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 >>

One Stop Style: Lemon Frog Shop and Seraph Cosmetics

Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Mirage

The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.

Lost in Tijuana

A mother’s search for a son, born in East L.A. but deported by County Sheriffs

To The Max

My '70's fetish is probably most evident by the Technicolor collection of maxi frocks in my closet. I've been amassing these vibrant columns for years ( my pals call them my Sonny and Cher dresses) and wearing them out to clubs has always been a blissfully comfy alternative to the tight mini's or j ... More >>

I Found Salvation in Maui

No, I'm not talking about the surfing, though I did take a lesson with "surf teacher to the stars," Tide Rivers, whose dad founded the Maui film festival...and I got up on the first try! Nor am I talking about communing with the gods at Haleakala, aka House of the Sun, the summit of this volcanic is ... More >>

Best Place to Find Batty Knickers

The City I Found

Best remnants of hardboiled L.A.

Songs Sad and Seasonal

Fashion Conscience

Sweet Charity — where giving looks as good as it feels

The Circle Game

’70s girls inspired by Joni get their day in the sun via a new compilation

What You Can Do

Max to the Max

Rockie Horoscope

The Boldface Life

Covering the clubs

Putting on Your Party Best

Killer of Sheep: The Best Film about Los Angeles

May be the least-seen great film ever made in this country

Makeover 2

Photos by Larry Hirshowitz

The Making of a Designer

Monah Li on creation, transformation,faith — and garmentos

Giving: The Hollywood Way

The Day the Sky Fell

This time, it was impersonal

The DeWayne Project

The best of Sitegeist

Mood Indigo

The LAPD’s big test

The Bear That Plays Like a Man

Resurfacing

How to avoid looking like yourself

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