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U.S. Presidential Inauguration

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    January 20, 2012

    Etta James Dead at 73 in Riverside

    At 73 years old, R&B legend Etta James has finally lost a drawn-out battle with leukemia. The Los Angeles native and longtime resident passed away at Riverside Community Hospital, a medical center near her most recent residence in Riverside, where she had been receiving 24/7 in-home care. She was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Pot Shop Owner Sentenced To Six Years Behind Bars

    ​A man who ran six medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for selling the drug. Virgil Edward Grant III, 42, was nabbed on federal charges of conspiring to possess and distribute marijuana. He pleaded guilty last June and was a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    And You Can Take That to the Burbank

    ​A man who ran six medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for selling the drug. Virgil Edward Grant III, 42, was nabbed on federal charges of conspiring to possess and distribute marijuana. He pleaded guilty last June and was a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009

    Best War Painter

    ​A man who ran six medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for selling the drug. Virgil Edward Grant III, 42, was nabbed on federal charges of conspiring to possess and distribute marijuana. He pleaded guilty last June and was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Feds Bust Venice, MDR Pot Pharms

    The Drug Enforcement Agency raided two Venice medical marijuana dispensaries today, and a third dispensary in Marina Del Rey. Local DEA spokeswoman Special Agent Sarah Pullen declined to give specifics about the raids or information about possible arrests, citing the agency's ongoing investigation i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    Over the Weekend: Department of Eagles Live, Dr. Susan Block's Orgy for Obama, Peter Bogdanovich at New Beverly

    This weekend was our first with new president Barack Obama and Los Angeles celebrated the only way it knew how with sold out rock concerts, orgies, jam-packed art openings, film screenings and more. Sunday morning I awoke to find my apartment floor scattered with an array of party favors like Obama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Know This, America: Watching Obama With a Plate of Grits

    The L.A. County Federation of Labor, to which I belong as a union delegate, threw an Inauguration Day viewing breakfast this morning. Like the Fed's annual Labor Day breakfast and other early morning rallies, this one showed some health-consciousness in the chicken sausage cakes and turkey bacon off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Queer Town: Gay Bishop's Inauguration Prayer Not Televised

    In the big scheme of things, there are more important things on the gay rights plate than who's saying prayers in Washington, D.C. during Inauguration Week. But since we've been following the Rick Warren/Barack Obama controversy, and since these seemingly small things are often red flags for bigger ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Oh! Ba! Ma! Inaugural Parties With Bul!m!atron, Franki Chan, Frankie Bones, Classixx, Crystal Method, Twisted Individual

    LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Sarah Palin Mannequin Ebay Auction: Inauguration Shenanigans Begin Early

    The Obama Inauguration Day shenanigans are beginning early with Mito Aviles and ChadMichael Morrisette's Ebay auction of their infamous Sarah Palin mannequin. They strung her up last Halloween, much to the dismay/delight of their West Hollywood neighborhood. (For the backstory, go here.) The auctio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Queer Town: Obama Picks Gene Robinson to Deliver Prayer

    In what may be an olive-branch move towards the gay community, President-elect Barack Obama has chosen New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson to deliver a prayer at the opening event of inauguration week, which starts this Sunday in Washington, D.C. Obama's decision may be some kind of counter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Manifest Hope Art Contest - Winner's Art Goes To DC on Inauguration Weekend

    Even if you didn't get a ticket to the Obama Inauguration, your art can sill attend. But only IF it wins the Manifest Hope:DC Gallery art contest. You can submit work in any medium--watercolor; magic marker; spray paint; ceramic sculpture; blood, sweat and tears. The themes are: 1. Health Care Refo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Queer Town: The Holiday Education of My Dad

    I flew back to New Jersey yesterday and on the drive home from Newark International Airport, my Dad and I talked about the Rick Warren controversy and Prop. 8. My Dad is a political guy, but he still didn't know everything about why people are so upset about the Prop. 8 loss and Obama's choice of Ri ... More >>

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Bye Bye, Bonzo

    Reagan was double-dealing long before Iran-contra

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Fear and Furs

    The pomp and protests of W.’s stolen inauguration

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