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4th Annual L.A. Vegan Beer and Food Fest Celebrates Animal-Free Food and Drink

Meat and cheese-lovers were out of luck on the Sunset Strip this Saturday, as 40 animal-free breweries and 30 vegan food vendors took over an empty lot for the 4th annual L.A. Vegan Beer and Food Festival -- an event that is quickly proving itself to be one of the city's biggest and best for craft b ... More >>

David Sabastian: A Rapper and Fashionista on the Verge

"Not to be vague, but I think everybody of this generation has Anti in them," emerging rapper David Sabastian argues, sweat trickling down his face. It's hot out here. Twenty minutes earlier, he was spray-painting an empty swimming pool, dressed in a black, mostly leather outfit and matching ski mas ... More >>

Philippe the Original: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Feast of San Gennaro, Chinese Moon Festival, L.A. Loves Alex's Lemonade, Beer Float Showdown L.A Beer Week Festival

Italian Feast of San Gennaro Jimmy Kimmel and pal Adam Carolla kick off this three-day feast of Italian cuisine and culture on Thursday night (Prima Notte) with all-day festivities through Sunday. Expect lots of sausage, lasagna and cannoli. WHAT: Italian Feast of San Gennaro WHEN: Thursday-Sunday, ... More >>

L.A. Beer Week Event Picks: Ballast Point, Bacon and Beer, Beer Floats 'Beer University'

In the last four days, LA Beer Week has brought a Stone Brewing takeover to Old Town Pasadena, run brewery tours to every corner of the county and treated drinkers at beer bars citywide to rare selections from Dogfish Head, Kern River and Russian River breweries. But now that we've survived opening ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: DineLA Restaurant Week, East L.A. Meets Napa, L.A. Street Food Fest Live & Dine L.A.

DineLA Restaurant Week Many of the city's top restaurants will be offering special prix-fixe menus for lunch and dinner during DineLA restaurant, an event which allows diners to sample new eateries at a reduced price. Check out discoverlosangeles.com for a complete list of participants. WHAT: DineLA ... More >>

Who Put Random Pianos All Over L.A.?

On a sunny but breezy Saturday, 10-year-old Diego Grijalva of Gabriella Charter School in Echo Park found himself at 5900 Wilshire Boulevard, seated at a piano designed by local artist Evan Skrederstu. Diego, who has played on his school's piano, was intrigued by the street piano and playing a simpl ... More >>

Far Bar in Little Tokyo: 2011 Most Improved Craft Beer Bar in L.A.

Far Bar Little TokyoSample glasses of craft beer​In a sign of the craft beer times, Far Bar opened in 2006 as a cocktail bar. Over the ensuing five years, it has morphed into a beer and cocktails bar and, in 2011, thanks to the commitment of co-owners Don Tahara and Mike Gin along with manage ... More >>

Civil Rights Groups Indict Metro for Discriminatory Practices

thestrategycenter.orgMaybe metro just wants poor people to walk more and stay healthy...​Only 10 percent of Los Angeles County Metro's ridership is white, according to a report authored by L.A. civil rights, labor, environmental, and public health organizations. To complete the very simple ari ... More >>

LA Beer Week 2011: Opening Night Kicks Off at Naja's

We love the fact that LA Beer Week is actually two weeks. From the kick off party at Naja's Place on tonight, October 10, through the closing beer festival at Union Station on Sunday October 23, this is an L.A. beer lover's dream month. Each and every day, multiple bars will be hosting "Event Nigh ... More >>

Sirah: Your New Favorite Female Rapper Indie Pop Princess

​A couple of years ago, Sirah, a young, white, female California rapper, was on the rise. She was in talks with major labels. She was about to release an album. She stitched together her outfits with two-dollar thrift store finds and no Fendi. Sound familiar? But unlike Kreayshawn, the white ... More >>

ICE Raids L.A. Home for Drugs; Finding None, Agents Allegedly Beat Up Bonilla Family, Try to Deport Them

CHIRLAMrs. Bonilla says she can no longer sleep at night.​Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are sudden, devastating -- yet over in a flash, and difficult to trace. A Twitter scare last month set Union Station a-scatter at the mere suggestion that feds were checking IDs. Still, i ... More >>

Now Open: Chimney Brick Toast Coffee House

T. NguyenA Chimney puff and macchiato​ The stretch of Main Street between Union Station and the UPS facility where you go to pick up packages after Brown Shorts thrice refuses to leave your package at the door while you're at work is pretty much unremarkable save for LAX-C (a by-the-bulk Asian ... More >>

Three Victims, Possibly Taggers, Dead After Amtrak Train Hits Them In Commerce

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner.​Updated throughout. Third man confirmed dead. First posted at 11:02 p.m. Monday. Three males were dead after an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train struck them in Commerce Monday night, according to reports. The pair might have been suspected taggers, and the area wher ... More >>

Stream The Entire El Sportivo & The Blooz EP

Stream The Entire El Sportivo & The Blooz Album

$9 Billion 'Subway To The Sea' Gets Final Approval From L.A. Metro Officials -- Now For More Studies

​Who cares if it won't de-congest traffic, as promised by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa back when he needed taxpayer support? The extension of the L.A. Metro Purple Line (why does that sound so gay) another 12 minutes west was approved by the Metro board of directors today. The agency did s ... More >>

Nightranger: Music & Passion Were Always the Fashion

Drink Up: It's L.A. Beer Week

Tony's Darts Away​To many out-of-state beer purists, "L.A. beer culture" may seem like a contradiction in terms, but in a region known internationally for its wine, Southern California has been vying for the reputation as a beer capital too. Billed as "an 11 Day Celebration of Beer Culture in ... More >>

Last Night: Zócalo Union Station Speakeasy Cocktail Party

Jo Stougaard / My Last BiteA bartender pours a cocktail, and a plate of sashimi and beef tendon from Providence at the 2010 Zócalo Speakeasy.​ The cocktails flowed freely at Saturday night's Union Station Speakeasy Cocktail Party. Organized by the Weekly's own Jonathan Gold as a fundraiser f ... More >>

Your Busy Outdoor Food Fundraiser Weekend Agenda: Cube's Rooftop BBQ, Garden School Foundation Savor the Season

Photo: Amy Sheridan​ It's in the hands of the capricious climate gods whether Cube Café and Marketplace's Pork 'n' Beans Rooftop Afternoon BBQ will be a hot-weather cookout or a crisp fall affair. On Saturday, October 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cube Foundation Garden, Cube welcomes featured g ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Recap: Cheese, Crying and Marcus Samuelsson

Bravo TVEpisode 2 of Top Chef Masters​ Episode 2 of Top Chef Masters kicked off last night, and while there were no L.A. chefs represented in this episode, the show does take place in L.A., so we got to enjoy a lot of B-roll shots of Union Station. This week's chefs were Marcus Samuelsson (R ... More >>

First Couple of Public Transportation

Not the Usual Haunts

Dodgers Kill Stadium Shuttle

No one's saying Manny Ramirez's $45 million signing had anything to do with it, but Curbed LA and Streetsblog both ruminate over an L.A. Times report that the Los Angeles Dodgers will not be paying for shuttle buses to take fans from Union Station to  Chavez Ravine this season. (A summer for wh ... More >>

Brewer's Bungled Buyout

Who's More Incompetent, the Ousted Supe or Garcia and LAUSD Board Flunkies?

Philippe the Original Keeps Dipping

One Hundred years of jus

Election '08: Penetrating the Matrix

The Pepsi Center, where much of the Democratic National Convention is going down, is situated in an area of Denver called Lo-Do (lower downtown). It's one of those loft-conversion, yuppie makeovers that Los Angeles is hoping like hell will happen in downtown LA, especially around Staples Center. It ... More >>

Good Times Never Seemed So Good: Snapshots From Coachella

From the express train to the Gobi Tent to the VIP and beyond

L.A. Contemporary Dance Company Goes to the Diavolo

Here there be "Monsters"

Wrinkle-Free Fresh Faces at Fashion Week

Botox - your alternative to sweating

Hark! the Harry Shearer Sings

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Indigenous Indignation

“It must be difficult not knowing, whenever there’s construction in the city, if your great-great-great-great- great-grandfather’s skull is going to end up in the bucket of a backhoe.”

LA Theater 2007: To Play, or Not to Play, That Is the Question

Moments of truth in local theater

Red Any Good Carpets Lately?

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Reclaiming the Air

Ah, the memories of sweet orange blossoms in downtown L.A.

Letters

Barhopping the Red Line

The Lobbyist

Appreciating L.A.’s greatest open spaces

Comedy, Sex and Being Recognized

Monica Palacios and Culture Clash, separated but equal

Mr. Phoenix's Wild Ride

Derailed Dreams

Bus Riders Union is bad for L.A.'s transit future

Waiters

History Delayed

A setback for Villaraigosa’s dream of a united city

Into the Past

A conversation with Jane Greer

Two Trains Running

Riding the rails in Fillmore

Farewell but Not Good Riddance

Civic Center crawls on its belly for the crookedest councilman of the decade

Red Line Blues

Up and down the new Metro Rail stations

Of Lice and Men

Naomi Wallace's play about London's Great Plague

Limited Access

Ramps and attitudes need fixing on L.A. public transit