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September 14, 2011
[Updated] Cars, Pedestrians Crossing Mexico-U.S. Border Stuck in Tijuana After Scaffolding Collapse
ReutersThe hellish line to San Ysidro just got worse.Update: The wait time at the Otay crossing into the U.S. is over two hours, both in car and on foot. The southbound lanes into Tijuana have been re-opened, but border officials Tweet that they will not be "processing pedestrians or vehicles ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
California Environmental Protection Could be Watered Down Under Sneaky Law Awaiting Jerry Brown's Signature, Activists Say
Chris McCorkleDensity in downtown L.A.Critics of over-development in L.A. are up in arms about a California law, which just needs the governor's signature to be finalized, that they argue would weaken the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and allow cities to use years- and decades-o ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
'Hands Off Proposition 13,' Two-Thirds of California Voters Tell Gov. Jerry Brown and Respected Field Poll
Green: Who backed Proposition 13 in 1978. Red: People who watched a ball game instead. Wow, this is pretty definitive: With all kinds of California newspapers bashing Proposition 13 (often inaccurately claiming that it has starved the state budget -- which has skyrocketed since 1978 even as c ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
Will Stop SB 48 Get Anti-Gay History Initiative on 2012 Ballot?
"Stop SB 48," the group that wants to repeal a state law that allows California students to learn about important people in history who were gay, claimed in an email to supporters yesterday afternoon that its petition drive for a ballot measure will be successful. "The signed petitions are ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
Californians Like to Shoot People: State Tops Nation in Gun Murders
hi-fictionWhen we think "gun crime" we think Deep South and toothless, pickup-truck driving yokels who'll shoot you for even looking at their property. Stereotype. We're wrong, because California, the self-obsessed, yoga-centric, surf-'em-if-you-got-'em state is also the capital of shoot-' ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
More Trouble With Cantaloupe: Death, Recalls Listeria
clayirving A Colorado produce company issued a voluntary cantaloupe recall after a 13th death was linked to the melons tainted by bacteria. Some cases of Listeriosis illnesses have been reported in California, but no deaths. Older adults, pregnant women, newborn children and adults with wea ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Latinos Accounted For Most of America's White Population Growth in The Last Decade (Huh?)
revenanteSo sorry.The good news, my white people, is that you're still growing and own a large part of this great nation's demographics. There are 223.6 million of you in America, according to a just-released parsing of U.S. Census data, and you still make up about 72 percent of the landscape ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Legal Marijuana Users in California Can't Buy Guns, Federal Gov Says
Buffalo PDIf you legally use medical marijuana in California the federal government has just revoked your constitutional right to bear arms. In other words, if you use weed, forget about buying a gun. Well, enforcement is another matter (more on that below). You see, the U.S. Bureau of Alco ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Let's Get Retarded: Anti-Vaccine Group Claims Federal Law Trumps California's New Rule That Allows Girls to Get HPV-Prevention Drug
Bachmann vs. HPV.The organization that injected the specter of retardation-via-vaccine is at it again, this time criticizing California's new law allowing 12-year-old girls to avoid cancer by getting HPV-prevention shots without their parents' consent. Now, we're not sure if the National Vac ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
City Council Unanimously Passes Occupy L.A. Resolution -- Protesters Struggle to Distance Themselves From Democrats, Unions
Los Angeles TimesCity Council President Eric Garcetti shows his support.Just now, the L.A. City Council unanimously approved a joint resolution to officially "support" the Occupy L.A. demonstration and "demand accountability and results from the banks we invest taxpayer dollars in." (Full tex ... More >>
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October 12, 2011
'Stop SB 48' Fails to Gather Enough Signatures for Repeal of California Gay History Law
Gore Vidal"Stop SB 48," the group that sought to repeal a state law that allows California students to learn about important people in history who were gay, has officially announced that it has not gathered enough signatures from registered voters to place an initiative on the 2012 ballot. ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Margarita Cabrera at Walter Maciel Gallery: Trying to Bridge the U.S.-Mexican Border
Courtesy of Walter Maciel GalleryCabrera's butterflies are each stamped with an impression of the U.S. pennyFarm implements and tools made of clay and decorated with ceramic birds, flowers and butterflies greet viewers entering the Walter Maciel Gallery, works from the Arbol de la Vida (Tree ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Marijuana Growers Find a Home on California Farmland?
realcaliforniamilk.comWhat are those cows munching on?Since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, growers of pot have, well, grown wise, evolving from a campaign that emphasized the cancer-afflicted grandma growing pot on her windowsill (way to legalize it) to the reality of large-s ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Medical Marijuana Crackdown in California by Feds Blasted by Golden State Lawmakers Leno, Ammiano
Tiffany RoseFeds want to tear up this prescription.A pair of California lawmakers is pushing back against a federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries in the Golden State. Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano today lashed out against the pronouncement by Depa ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Michael Jackson Memorabilia Owned by African Royal Teodorin Obiang of Malibu Sought by U.S. Government
MJ's glove.The U.S. government really wants this guy's Michael Jackson memorabilia. We told you earlier this month how the feds had filed a civil suit seeking the Malibu-based property of African royal Teodorin Obiang -- including the MJ stuff (such as an infamously bejeweled glove), his Gul ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
Marijuana Dispensaries Could See Tighter Restrictions, Licensing Under Calif. Ballot Initiative Proposed by Pot Advocates
The California initiative process is your bud.If you look at the marijuana dispensaries around L.A., you might conclude that the pot-shop game is a far cry from the laws voters approved in order to allow the "seriously ill" to share homegrown, nonprofit weed. It has become, even by some of m ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Hermosa Beach Cigarette Nazis Ban Smoking Pretty Much Everywhere in South Bay Town
Ian BroylesHermosa Beach: Woo! Wait, not woo.Ah, the South Bay. Home of the Beach Boys, the laid-back, California lifestyle and, of course, white people partying. And now it's also where you'll find ... cigarette Nazis! That's right, the salt-air breezes don't seem to dissipate the anti-s ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Gay History Bill: Why Is the Los Angeles Times Spreading Sex-Ed Lies Birthed by 'Stop SB 48'?
Hide your little boys and girls... 'cause California's scheming, sexed-up politicians are about to sneak gay porn all up in their kindergarten classrooms! Heh. That's the gist of the "Stop SB 48" campaign, which seeks to repeal a new California law requiring the contributions of LGBT-identif ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Occupy Walmart: Non-Unionized Employees Protest Health-Care Cuts Outside Paramount Superstore
Shiny happy Walmart in Paramount.Public-employee unions -- and, of course, the Sacramento politicians they paid for -- are ripping into California Governor Jerry Brown today for his (really quite reasonable) proposal to trim down state pension plans and save around $900 million. So if we may ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Top Chef: Texas -- Top 10 Insights from Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi on a Conference Call
Via NBCUniversalTop Chef: Texas judges Gail Simmons, Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio.We've heard everything's bigger in Texas. That's a stereotype, and boy do those tend to piss off people. People like certain Dallas-based reporters who were on the Top Chef: Texas conference call with judges ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Medical Marijuana's Increased Availability Does Not Entice Teens to Toke up, Study Finds
StrainBrainValedictorian.There's been a lot of fear about the wide availability of medical marijuana in California serving as an enticement to teenagers to toke up. One shop on the edge of Culver City was even closed down, and its owner was sentenced to a year behind bars, after authorities ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
UCLA Students to Occupy Banks in Los Angeles' Financial District Downtown Today
Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Cut: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Campanile: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
Nanette GonzalezOccupy denim shorts.Updated at the bottom: Arrests in Westwood and now the occupation of a Bank of America downtown. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Following Bank Transfer Day, a movement that started here in L.A., local college students will march on banks today to protest high ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Henry Rollins: The Column! How Music Has Enacted Social Change: A Primer
[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I spoke recently at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. I was mercifully brief ... More >>
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November 15, 2011
Los Angeles Has America's Top 3 'Congested Corridors,' Including 110 Freeway: We Waste a Lot of Gas, Too
NoiseCollusionToldya we're good at stuff in L.A. Like putting Asian meat in tacos, producing porn and creating traffic nightmares like nobody's business. Yeah baby. L.A.'s number one once again when it comes to the nation's top "congestion leaders," e.g. f----- up freeways. In fact we grabbe ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Occupy Affiliated ReFund California to March on Cal State Trustees, Wells Fargo in Long Beach Today
ReFund CaliforniaUpdated at the bottom with blood, pepper spray and a clash between protesters and police. First posted at 7 a.m. The Occupy-affiliated protesters who scared the UC Board of Regents into cancelling their big meeting this week will be at the Cal State Board of Trustees meeting ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Marijuana Users Really Are Smart People, According to Study
These guys have a combined IQ of 420.Los Angeles must be the smartest place in the country. Because we're certainly its medical marijuana dispensary capital. And a new study out of the U.K. indicates that people who start out life with high IQs tend to end up experimenting with drugs, mariju ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Billionaires Endorse Initiative to Raise California Taxes For Schools, Universities
The Occupy movement and ReFund California have been making a lot of noise about getting billionaires and big banks to pay a greater share of California's tax and education bill so students don't have to continue facing huge tuition hikes. It looks like at least some of California's billionai ... More >>
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November 29, 2011
Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances: Who, Exactly, Is Allowed To Crip Walk?
[Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city.] Crip Walk "I'm C-Walkin' on the mutherfuckin' concrete," raps Ice Cube on "Go To Church." Other Crip Walk ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Marijuana-Using Drivers Are Better Drivers, Research Suggests: Anti-Drug Activists Harsh That Mellow With Retort
Seeing as L.A. is the marijuana dispensary capital of the world, it also must be the stoned-driving (DWS) epicenter of America as well. Right? Well, it's that kind of thinking that got a widely publicized paper on smoking weed and getting behind the wheel in trouble. The research sort of sug ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Sexual Revolution is Back: Americans Found to be Practicing 'Riskiest Sexual Behavior' on Earth
DurexYes, an anal gel that could prevent HIV is being developed. Yes, it's hard to get HIV if you're a heterosexual who doesn't inject drugs. But that doesn't mean the 1970s are back, people. A recent survey by the maker of Durex condoms found that "U.S. men and women are practicing the risk ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
SnoBar: Boozy Popsicles = Cocktail of the Future?
SnoBar's Cosmopolitan and Margarita popsicles.Is the cocktail of the 21st Century destined to be frozen? SnoBar (and every sorority ever and possibly Grant Achatz) hope so. The company (no relation to the SnoBar froyo shop in West Hollywood) rolls out its line of boozy, cocktail-themed popsic ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
L.A. Weekly's Top 10 Films of 2011
From Margaret to Moneyball
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December 27, 2011
The Year in Food Recalls
A. ScattergoodIt was a bad year for orange fruit (papayas, cantaloupes) and leafy greens (especially romaine). Ground turkey took a big hit (36 million pounds recalled), and raw milk products were pulled from shelves. Here's a look back at 2011 in food recalls, a year of E. coli conundrums, L ... More >>
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December 27, 2011
Shark Fin Smuggler Caught at Border
No more shark fin soup in California.Now that the sale of shark fins for commercial purposes is illegal under both state and federal law, we'll likely see more incidents like this: A Mexican woman was stopped at the border in San Ysidro, California allegedly trying to smuggle shark fins into ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Food News Roundup: Recalled Cheese, Sushi Robots 2011's Most Obnoxious Chefs
Flickr/techneCheese from Sardinia, not MichiganSan Francisco Chronicle: Hyper-local markets provide a big economic boost. CHOW: The Most Obnoxious Chefs of 2011. Sorry, Ludo. At least you're in good company. Eater LA: Beverly Hills. Sushi. Robots. (More fun in the new world.) The New York ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
New California Law Bans Minors From Buying Cough Syrup (Happy New Year!)
Vicks are (not) for kids.It'll be a sobering 2012 for the sizzerp-sipping teens of California. As of January 1, state minors can add cough syrup -- alongside porn and cigarettes -- to the list of novelties to buy from the drugstore on their 18th birthday. And they've got Sen. Joe Simitian (D ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
California's $100B Bullet Train 'Not Feasible' at This Time, Says Peer Review Group for the High-Speed Rail (Surprise, Surprise)
The Bullet Train: Even more expensive a pipe dream than the L.A. mayor's "Subway to the Sea."How many more warnings will it take for starry-eyed California politicians to realize the voter-approved $100 billion Bullet Train is a budget disaster waiting to implode? On top of skepticism from t ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Los Angeles Has Highest Gas Prices in America Right Now
Ouch.What a fine way to kick off 2012: with some apocalyptic gas prices to sucker-punch an already battered economy. Over the last three weeks, California company Lundberg Survey Inc. finds that gas prices have risen just over 12 cents across the nation. And Lundberg's president tells Bloomb ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Animé Los Angeles 2012: The Changing Face of the Anime Convention Community
Shannon CottrellSee more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "Anime Los Angeles 2012." I've been to Animé Los Angeles five times now. For my first three years, I visited ALA as a regular attendee (unlike many other conventions, they don't offer press passes). But, for the past two years ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Binge Drinkers Hit The Bar Once a Week, Get Wasted: U.S. Health Officials Concerned
America, we've got a problem. The first step is admitting it: More than 38 million of us binge drink about four times a month (only?), having as many as 8 drinks in a sitting (lightweights). In some nations across the Atlantic -- Germany, England, the Netherlands -- this is called being a ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
FDA May Ban Orange Juice Imports From Brazil
Flickr/manwithfaceAmericans love their orange juice.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking into banning all orange juice imports from Brazil after an illegal fungicide was found in a sample, Reuters reports. Brazil is the world's top grower of oranges for juice, accounting for more ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Bushmeat Smuggled Into U.S. Poses Virus Threat
Flickr/freedom-studiosLeave the wildlife eating to the wildlife.Eating monkey meat is a really bad idea -- that's the bottom line. According to BBC News, scientists have documented potentially dangerous viruses entering the U.S. through illegally imported "bushmeat" (African wild animal meat) ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Moguai: Deadmau5's Associate Leads A Big Beat Comeback
Veteran DJ Moguai was born Andre Tegeler; he's been playing parties and putting out music since the mid-'90s. Jams like "U Know Why" (2002) picked up on the Big Beat sound popularized by artists like Fatboy Slim, while 2007's "Freaks" is a guitar-inflected electro track. He's even got his own ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Top Ten Best Live Music Venues in L.A.: #10 - #6
Timothy NorrisCalifornia knows how to party. -"California Love" It's the unofficial state motto. But not only do we know how, we know where. Los Angeles is home to a wide spectrum of live music venues, from the teeniest Echo Park hole-in-the-wall only you and five friends know, to grand ol' ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Bison Grass-Flavored Vodka: The John Deere Cocktail Fun The Illegal (Pot) Side Effects
flickr user rickoA Vodka Martini On GrassAh, the fun things you spot in the liquor aisle on otherwise rather dry (martini) weekly grocery store runs. Spirits like Żubrówka (pronounced zhu-BROOF-ka), a Polish addition to the U.S. market that Remy Cointreau now imports. According to the label ... More >>
News
February 2, 2012
The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax
Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend
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February 8, 2012
Where to Find Breakfast Tacos in L.A.?
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant criticDear Mr. Gold: As a former resident of South Texas, I often miss the unique Texas-style breakfast tacos so ubiquitous there. (I like mine with machacado.) I'm sure you know that these are not the same as breakfast burritos, and are defined well in ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Marijuana Sold For Profit at California Dispensaries? Guy Who Wrote The Law on This, John Vasconcellos, Says it's Legit
Troy HoldenOne of the rallying cries of those opposed to the proliferation of pot shops in places like Los Angeles is that medical marijuana was never meant to be for-profit in the state of California. Yet, in L.A., the weed game has clearly become about money and entrepreneurship, so much s ... More >>
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