West Hollywood

Big Billboards Equal Big Issue for West Hollywood Elections: Watch Out For Measure A

BanBillboardBlight.orgMeasure A: the Trojan Horse of tall wall billboards for WeHo​Originally posted 3/2/11: See update at the end of the post: Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Congressman Henry Waxman both oppose Measure A. Measure A is expected to bring several hundred new voters out to the p ... More >>

Mark Gonzaga, West Hollywood Candidate: Renters' Rights Advocate Seeks to Pull Off Major Upset Victory

WeHo City Council candidate Mark Gonzaga​Read the latest L.A. Weekly news story about WeHo's hotly contested City Council race: "West Hollywood Incumbents Dig In." As an apartment renter in West Hollywood, City Council candidate Mark Gonzaga knows what it's like to deal with difficult landlo ... More >>

Scott Schmidt, West Hollywood Candidate: Gay Republican Tried to Stop Prop. 8, Now Aims to Unseat Incumbent John Heilman

WeHo City Council candidate Scott Schmidt​In West Hollywood, City Council candidate Scott Schmidt is apparently getting the reputation as the guy who worked harder to try to defeat Proposition 8 than incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath -- combined. Schmidt sent out a camp ... More >>

Lucas John, West Hollywood City Council Candidate: Meth Addiction More Pressing Issue Than Banning Fur

Jennie WarrenWeHo candidate Lucas John, with his pet poodle ​Forget all that talk on the campaign trail about a "fur free" West Hollywood... City Council candidate Lucas John wants to ban the sale of crystal meth pipes. If elected, the 28-year-old challenger tells L.A. Weekly, "I'm going to ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Debate Again, Challengers Seek to Unseat Longtime Incumbents

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood candidate John D'Amico​West Hollywood candidates meet up for another debate tonight at the West Hollywood Park Auditorium, where hard-charging challengers seek to unseat longtime incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. Heilman and Land have served a c ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Candidates Square Off in First Debate, Challengers Say Time for Change

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood Mayor John Heilman​A long-anticipated debate will take place in West Hollywood tonight between all of the candidates running for City Council, including several hard-charging challengers and incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath. The challengers will ... More >>

West Hollywood City Council Tries to Ban Public Restaurant Smoking Once and for All

Life MagazineWeHo starlets with cigarettes: a fading grace​Updated after the jump: The outdoor smoking ban passed last night, even after some awesome characters in bondage and mohawks (apparently not too convincing) showed up for public comment. Oh, West Hollywood. That fabulous little town o ... More >>

Would Proposed West Hollywood Fur Ban Survive a Court Challenge?

SoniaT 360This fur is faux.​In ultra-liberal West Hollywood, which already operates as a "Cruelty Free Zone for Animals," one City Council candidate is going for left-wing gold with a proposal to ban fur at retailers. As the Weekly's Patrick Range McDonald reports, John D'Amico wants the West ... More >>

Will West Hollywood Become 'Fur Free' Capital of the United States?

Ted SoquiWest Hollywood City Council candidate John D'Amico​It was probably only a matter of time that the "fur free" movement would come to West Hollywood, and now it's officially here, with West Hollywood City Council candidate John D'Amico making it an issue on the campaign trail. "West H ... More >>

Quick Bite: Sai Krok Isaan (Sour Sausage) at Night Market

Guzzle & NoshSai Krok Isaan sausage at Night Market in West Hollywood.​A splash of hot sauce. A sprinkling of crushed peanuts. A prisoner stabbing his cellmate to death. Which of these doesn't go well with pad thai? Opened in early December, Night Market is the more "adventurous," more st ... More >>

West Hollywood Sees 20 Robberies In 30 Days: Three Possibly Connected Heists Reported Over The Weekend

LAPDThis suspect robbed a place in downtown L.A., not Weho. We just liked the photo.​Ah, West Hollywood: Swimming pools, movie stars, and lots of robberies. In fact, with 20 take downs in 30 days, it just might be the robbery capital of Southern California. Weho Daily reports the robbery surg ... More >>

Wanna Be a West Hollywood City Council Member? Get 20 or 30 Signatures and You Can Sling Mud All Day on Campaign Trail

West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath​West Hollywood's campaign season officially begins today, with a nomination period for City Council candidates that lasts through December 10. Apparently, you don't need millions of dollars to get your name on the ballot. According to official ... More >>

WEST HOLLYWOOD AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE

L.A. Advertisers And Anti-Billboard Activists Pissed Over City Council's Bright Idea To Slap Billboards With A 12 Percent Tax

PHOTO BY TED SOQUI​The Weekly has long had an eye on sketchy billboard deals throughout Los Angeles. In 2008, we reported that 4,000 of the city's 11,000 billboards were illegal, built without permits or earthquake regulations. Then came the Westside "Mad Men," fat-cat entrepreneurs who were ... More >>

Fat Salaries Of West Hollywood City Council, Manager And Employees: Now Available For Your Viewing Pleasure

City of West HollywoodWeHo City Manager Paul Arevalo made $309,186 in 2009​The state Controller's new salary-tracking website is already coming in handy. Drooling for some more Bell scandals, we stumbled upon the public-official salary listings for West Hollywood -- a relatively small L.A.-ar ... More >>

GENTLEMEN, START YOUR LADY SCHICKS!

Deputy Shoots At Innocent West Hollywood Liquor Store Clerk Lincoln Amara Following Robbery

CBS2​A West Hollywood liquor store clerk was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday only be shot at by at least one responding sheriff's deputy. Bad day, yes, but the uninjured man told TV news reporters he was not mad at the law officers and was actually glad to see them -- even with guns blazing. ... More >>

AOL Patch Plagiarizes Content From L.A. Blogger Alissa Walker, No Apology

​Corrected, with note after the jump. This was bound to happen: AOL Patch, the series of hyper-local news sites in Los Angeles and across the land, has been caught ripping off content. If that's not bad enough, the regional editor didn't apologize to the pilfered author directly, instead asking f ... More >>

'West Hollywood Cowboy' Don Leach, Wanted In Canada For Alleged Manslaughter, Nabbed From Barstool (For 'Public Intoxication')

Beverly Press / WeHo NewsWest Hollywood Cowboy Don Leach.​A man known as the "West Hollywood Cowboy" was arrested last week after Canadian officials said he was wanted for alleged manslaughter there. The man told sheriff's deputies who came to retrieve him from his favorite stool at the Gold C ... More >>


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2011 Political Candidates Already Battling in West Hollywood

E. DunnA cartoon on the web site of political canddiate Mito Aviles​ The municipal election doesn't arrive in West Hollywood until March, 2011, but candidates looking to defeat City Council incumbents John Heilman, Abbe Land, and Lindsey Horvath are already gearing up for a major battle. Form ... More >>

Harold Yong Park Arrested In Connection With West Hollywood Triple Homicide: Medical Marijuana Might Have Been Motive

​A man who was allegedly in possession of pounds of marijuana possibly taken in a shocking triple homicide in West Hollywood Thursday night was arrested in connection with murder-robbery case, sheriff's officials announced Monday night. Sheriff's authorities said thirty-one-year-old Harold Yo ... More >>

Same-Sex Marriages To Resume In California Next Week: Federal Judge Lifts Stay On Decision Overturning Prop. 8

Via TwitpicCelebration earlier this month at San Francisco City Hall.​ By Dennis Romero and Patrick Range McDonald, with reporting by Steve La from Norwalk Updated with reporting from the county clerk's office. First posted at 12:40 p.m. U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker on Thursday mo ... More >>

Prop. 8 Stay Messes With Big Wedding Day in West Hollywood

Patrick Range McDonaldWest Hollywood officials celebrate gay weddings in June, 2008.​Unlike the summer of 2008, the city of West Hollywood doesn't plan to hold a major ceremony if U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker lifts his stay on the Proposition 8 ruling, which would allow gay and les ... More >>

CNN To Televise West Hollywood Rally for Prop. 8 Ruling

WeHo NewsThe Abbey in West Hollywood​As expected, national and local news outlets are setting up in West Hollywood, ready to televise reactions to today's ruling for the Proposition 8 federal trial. The ruling will be handed down sometime between 1 and 3 p.m. this afternoon. A CNN truck as w ... More >>

Will More West Hollywood News Outlets Mean Increased Scrutiny for Local Politicians?

The Sunset Strip in West Hollywood​LAist noted the other day that West Hollywood now has three "media outlets" training their eyes exclusively on the small, 1.9-square-mile city. It's the kind of thing that makes one wonder if West Hollywood politicians will now come under more scrutiny? At ... More >>

Sunset Boulevard In West Hollywood To Shut Down Today For Hotel Workers' Demonstration

​As if traffic is not bad enough: Unionized hotel workers planned to block a stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood Thursday in protest of job cuts and elimination of health care benefits at Hyatt Hotels, which has a property at the targeted location. In reaction, authorities granted th ... More >>

Valet Killed: West Hollywood Club Shooting Caught On Video

​A valet at a West Hollywood nightclub was fatally shot early Monday after two groups of party-goers got into a fracas. The man was apparently not the target of the gunman. KNX 1070 Newsradio reports that two other people were wounded in the attack. The shooting outside Guys & Dolls in the 87 ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/10-5/14

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The bar side of the brasserie has superb cocktails; the crowd oozes and expands and breaks off into little budlets like the amoebas in documentaries you may remember from fifth-grade science class, and the cheese list, ... More >>

Suspect Arrested for West Hollywood Target Stabbings

When you think of a violent rampage happening inside one of those big box stores, you don't necessarily think of that kind of thing happening in West Hollywood.  But that's exactly what happened a few hours ago.Target Store in West Hollywood​The details are still sketchy, but according to Cit ... More >>

The Original West Hollywood Pinkberry Closes After 5 Years

Flickr/wEnDaLiciousKiwi and Captain Crunch topped Frozen Yogurt at Pinkberry​In a symbolic close, the original West Hollywood Pinkberry store that kicked off the national froyo craze -- and came to be affectionately known as "Crackberry" -- stopped swirling last week. The location will be tran ... More >>

Say It Ain't So, WeHo!

West Hollywood Councilman Gets Behind Full Legalization Of Pot

West Hollywood city Councilman John Duran.​A West Hollywood city councilman says he's the first politician in Southern California to support a statewide initiative that would legalize marijuana for recreational use. The ballot measure, which appears to have enough signatures but which has not ... More >>

West Hollywood Ponders Ban On Outdoor Smoking At Clubs, Restaurants

Abbe Land.​We told you about a movement in Santa Monica to ban smoking at apartment and condo complexes. Now the city of West Hollywood is looking at a proposal to prohibit lighting up in outdoor areas of clubs and restaurants. The idea comes courtesy of Mayor Abbe Land and Mayor Pro Tem John ... More >>

West Hollywood's Pot Ordinance Could Be A Smoke Screen

The Los Angeles City Council this week is looking at West Hollywood's regulation of medical marijuana dispensaries as a model for its own long-awaited ordinance, which will target the 800 or so pot shops registered in the city.​ On Monday two council committees directed city staff members to ... More >>

Waiting for a Decision: Will State Court Overturn Prop 8?

California's State Supreme Court begins hearing arguments for and against overturning Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November. The state's high court will issue its decision within 90 days. The San Francisco proceedings, based on three separate cases challenging the ... More >>

Stylist Makeover For Employees at LA's Latest Fashion Hotel

The old Hyatt West Hollywood (unofficially known as "the riot house") on the Sunset Strip is re-opening this January 8 as the Andaz West Hollywood. It's employees won't be wearing just any old thing, however. WWD reports that management brought in a stylist to school employees on fashion. Instead of ... More >>

A Changing of the Guard at the Westwood March

Fore more photos, view Ted Soqui's Westwood protest slideshow. Related Posts: Patrick Range McDonald's "The Last, Passionate Rant of a Long Night in West Hollywood" Patrick Range McDonald's "The Long March to the Mormon Temple" Joe Donnelly's "Election 08: What Happens To A Dream Deferred? Prop ... More >>

Queer Town: The Personal Choices of Proposition 8

Election Day comes tomorrow, and I'm sitting on the couch in my West Hollywood apartment on an early Monday morning with Antony & the Johnsons playing on the stereo. The volume is not too loud, Antony sings in a quivering voice about dreams coming true, and, after covering Proposition 8 for the past ... More >>

How Do They Walk in Those Heels?

Who's Your Organ?

The Activist Candidates

WeHo’s legacy is at stake in this Assembly race

A Toke for the High Court

Stress for the medical-weed movement

Letters

Queerville, USA

The free-wheeling colony makes it to 20

Gay Camelot

The 20-year brief, shining moment

Minister of Marijuana

Scott Imler’s war with Ashcroft over the cannabis center

Model City

West Hollywood and the growing pains of rent control

No Wedding Bells in WeHo

West Hollywood struggles to keep up with San Francisco