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Mom at Justin Bieber Concert: Heart-Shaped Gondola Destroyed My Hearing

OMG, it's Biebs and his heart-shaped gondola! Can Justin Bieber's music actually destroy your hearing? A Portland, Oregon, mom claims that it's done just that -- filing a lawsuit yesterday alleging that she suffered "hearing loss, severe tinnitus and hyperacusis" in both ears after enduring a July 2010 performance by......
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Luis J. Rodriguez: Coming Clean

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. In 1993, Luis J. Rodriguez published a book about fighting his way through the mean streets of East L.A. He wrote about friends he'd lost to gang warfare, drugs he'd......
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Allison Anders: The Edge of Altadena

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. You could forgive Allison Anders' neighbors on her tree-lined street in Altadena for thinking she is just like them. Her house is pleasantly messy; her garden, a work in progress......
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L.A. Weekly People 2012: The Covers

The L.A. Weekly's People issue is our most eagerly anticipated of the year -- and, as much as it kills the wordsmiths around here, much of the anticipation is about the cover. Who's been chosen? And just how fabulous do they look? This year, we've got five covers, all shot......
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L.A. Weekly's People 2012 Issue

Check out our People 2012 issue here. Every city has its interesting people: the artists, the inventors, the dreamers, the visionaries. You can find actresses in Omaha and activists in Albuquerque. But only in L.A. can you find Shorty Rossi. I found myself thinking about Rossi as we put the......
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Darts Update: Dino M. Zaffina Back on the Attack

There are two things that any first-year law student could tell you are essential for courtroom success: don't make stuff up, and don't insult the judge. Perhaps Dino M. Zaffina didn't get the memo. As the Weekly's Chris Vogel first reported in February, Zaffina had become angry that the Southern......
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Arizona Nutjob Sheriff Joe Arpaio Bringing His Drivel to Beverly Hills

There goes the neighborhood. Self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff" and aging crackpot Joe Arpaio will be bringing his special brand of media whoring from Phoenix, Arizona, to Beverly Hills on Friday. Arpaio's endorsing Phil Liberatore, a mustachioed conservative facing off in the Republican congressional primary next month. Liberatore is running in......
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Federal Judge Slaps Back Dino M. Zaffina in Darts Trademark Battle

Remember Dino M. Zaffina? The studio sound man was a new(ish) member of the Southern California Darts Association in 2010 when he became angry that his middle initial was not included when players' scores were listed on the association's web site. As L.A. Weekly Staff Writer Chris Vogel detailed in......