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Silver Lake Millennials War With Boomers in America's "Most Livable" Community

Los Angeles' Douchiest Neighborhoods

You're a douche. You drive a leased German car you can't afford, because it's certainly not a Volkswagen. You're hair has more product than Costco. You constantly post about your models-and-bottles nightclub exploits on Facebook. There are a lot of you in L.A. And here's where you live:

Venus and Serena Documentary Delves Into the Lives of the Compton-Bred Tennis Stars

Why Los Angeles Is NOT Turning Into Mexico

Los Angeles is turning into Mexico! It's a racist old joke told by the likes of Adam Carolla and Jay Leno, to name a few. The problem is, it's just not true. Sure, one out of every two of us in the county is Latino, but that's a far cry from a town turning into Mexico. Here's why:

Hit-and-Run $10,000 Reward Turns Sour

Marvin Rinnig gets stiffed after catching man who left Ben Zelman for dead

Why Is There So Much Indie Rock on Television? Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas Explains

It's hard not to notice: Indie bands seemingly soundtrack just about every sitcom, film and television commercial today. But why? Influential music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas swears it's not just about cheap labor. "It's far more of a creative decision than a monetary one," she says. "We're pick ... More >>

Hoarder Allegedly Shoots Long Beach Inspector, Stands Off With SWAT (PHOTOS)

Update at the bottom: It's over. First posted at 12:37 p.m. You know you're a prolific hoarder when you get a visit from code enforcement officers. Cops and reports indicate this particular Long Beach hoarder (photos on the next page) fought back this morning when city inspectors came to his home ... More >>

Alan Quigg On How Reddit Forced CHP Take Note of the I-5 Road Rage Video

Jerry Patterson says three men in a Volkswagon Jetta tailed him for two miles after he accidentally cut them off on the I-5. When both cars were stopped in traffic, things turned violent. The two-on-one brawl left Patterson limp, lying on the side of the freeway as his assailants sped away. Foota ... More >>

New Project Hopes to Turn Building Façades Into Virtual Murals You Can See on Your iPhone

Los Angeles isn't known as a city with great public spaces. It's a city that traditionally has been beholden to private interests, back-room development deals and, of course, the car. Not coincidentally, it's also a city that has been hostile to street art, until it recently began conflating murals ... More >>

Ball-Nogues, the Red-Hot L.A. Architecture Firm, Creates an Avant-Garde Tanning Booth

To construct the mock-up of a tanning booth, Ball-Nogues used a 1973 Volkswagen and a 1970s speedboat as molds. Liquid paper pulp were poured on each. Once dried, shapes were cut from the material, then attached to each other to create the shape of the booth. It's Friday, May 28 at 5 p.m. Many in ... More >>

Guy Fieri Gets His Stolen Lamborghini Back What You Can Fit Inside a Storage Container

The Associated Press reports that celebrity chef Guy Fieri can finally start driving his stolen $200,000 bumblebee yellow 2008 Gallardo Spyder convertible to all those diners and dives again. 17-year-old Max Michael Wade, from San Rafael, California, was charged yesterday with an assortment of crime ... More >>

'Bark Side' Super Bowl Ad, With Star Wars' Imperial March Sung by Dogs: Director Keith Schofield Explains How He Did It

Have you seen that video of the dogs barking the Darth Vader song? Chances are, if you have a pulse and an Internet connection, you have. The viral video is a teaser for a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial, so yes, that makes it a commercial for a commercial. It's bold new territory for advertising ... More >>

Rick Ross and Busta Rhymes - Nokia Theatre - 1/13/12

Rick Ross feat. Busta Rhymes 1-13-12 Nokia Theatre See also: Fictional Cutting-Room Floor Outtakes From Rick Ross' Amazing GQ Profile Better than: Actually being Big Meech. Or Larry Hoover. At least in 2012. "Schindler and I are like peas in a pod! We're both factory owners, we both made shells f ... More >>

Hot Wheels Convention: $125,000 Volkswagen Beach Bomb and Other Awesome Collectables

The 25th Annual Hot Wheels Collectors Convention, held last weekend at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott, was a convention like no other we have attended. There were a few of the typical activities-- autograph signings, a custom car contest, games for the kids-- but the real action took place off the ... More >>

Car Fueled By Coffee Sets Speed Record It's National Coffee Day

Today is National Coffee Day -- let's say it all together now, Everyday is National Coffee Day -- and to celebrate, we bring you a slightly different take on our beloved pick-me-up: the Coffee Car. The car, which is powered by used coffee grinds, just set the Guinness World Record for the fastest v ... More >>

Stevie Wonder, Rickey Minor & Friends at Hollywood Bowl, 7/24/11

Jeff Cowan​Stevie Wonder, Sharon Jones, Janelle Monae, Charles Bradley, et al. The Hollywood Bowl Sunday, July 24, 2011 Better than: Episode 2 of "Breaking Bad." Celebrating the 40-year anniversary of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," Global Soul Night at the Hollywood Bowl wrangled Stevie W ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV: The V Best Least Annoying Food Commercials

Guzzle & NoshSuper Bowl XLV as seen on television.​ Whether it was the angry Ewoks of middle earth sharing a Coke with a fire-breathing dragon or Adrien Brody crooning to bar full of weepy women (nice to see him finally bouncing back from that Oscar win), this year's bunch of Super Bowl spots ... More >>

Freebirds Expands To USC: 7-Pound Burritos For All

Foodforfel via FlickrFreebirds nachos​Freebirds, known for its bulging burritos (the Super Monster weighs in at 7 pounds), nachos, and salads -- all custom made from a row of over 40 ingredients -- is expanding to USC, and 16 locations throughout California. A staple for UC Santa Barbara stude ... More >>

In Honor of the Walkman: Ten Must-Have Cassette Classics, From 'Da Da Da' to Deathrock to 'Do Me!'

Turns out the Walkman isn't dead yet, but let's face it (those of us who weren't surprised to find that the outmoded portable was still being manufactured): The writing's on the wall. As a sort of premature eulogy for the player, West Coast Sound revisits some of the Walkman's finer moments through ... More >>

Ecstatic Truth

The films of Kevin Jerome Everson, at Filmforum and REDCAT

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/17-5/21

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Put it in your boat noodle Rolodex alongside Sapp, Noodle Thai Town and Pa-Ord."

1974 Called: It Wants Its Magic Bus Back

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that they just recovered a Volkswagen van that had been reported stolen in 1974. The 1965 Bus was found in at the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports, in a shipping container bound for the Netherlands, Customs authorities said. They ran the van's vehi ... More >>

Coffin Joe: Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind

Cinefamily takes you inside the strange world of Brazil's José Mojica Marins

Bryan Rabin

When heavy hitters want to tap into L.A.'s vast and idiosyncratic cultural reservoir, here's the man they call

Space Race Two: SoCal Loses Fight for Private Space Terminal to New Mexico

State turns instead to manufacturing ships, suits, even diapers

Pauley Perrette

Fab in the lab

Game Over

Quakes, asteroids, mass extinction — when the end comes, will it come from below, above or within?

Nick Drake: Family Ties

New anthology exposes Drake's roots

Chest of Lies

Identity theft, self-promotion and the search for laminates at Sundance

The 'Stache

From Teddy to Magnum — facial hair makes a comeback

The Best of the Rest of the Fest

Our critics’ picks from the final weekend of AFI Fest 2005

Dear Colleen

Letters from a sucker new in Hollywood, 1974–1976

Man-Machines of Loving Grace

Kraftwerk return!

The Joy of Eating Dust

Step Into Liquid’s Dana Brown surfs the dunes

Ad Libs

The virulent strain of commercials infecting the Web

Mex 2 the Max

Yogis for Kerry

Greasel, not Diesel

Or what to do with all that old French-fry oil . . .

The Capital of Car Design

L.A. is, once again, where the action is

Get Real Juiced

How your electric car can power your life

The Alficionado

A man and his (other) car

About Brent

Pushing paper at The Office, a new British comedy

Too Green for a Golden Opportunity

America's third party still mired in the margins

The Curse of the Cat Person

Guerrilla Public Service: The Man Who Would Be Caltrans

Mexican Hot Wax

Y Tu Mamá También is — and is not — another teen movie

LACMA Soup

Condensed cream of “Made in California,” part two

Imperfect Recall

I’m okay, the problem is my cheap car

Life Force

Gerald Locklin on poetry, children and immortality

Moving Violations

Art cars don't kill people. They just annoy them.