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Obama Traffic, LA Pride Edition

Updated with info from LAPD at 4:30pm. Originally published at 12pm. Just in time for L.A. Pride 2012, President Obama will be in town capitalizing on his new cachet with the gays at two fundraisers--the $1,250 per person LGBT Leadership Council gala at the Beverly Wilshire, followed by a $25,000......
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GOOD Magazine Lays Off (Almost) Entire Editorial Staff

News broke today that (almost) the entire editorial staff of Los Angeles-based GOOD Magazine has been fired. Just last night was the launch party for the magazine's latest issue featuring, somewhat ominously, articles on the theme "Migration." Among those laid off were executive editor Ann Friedman, senior editor Cord Jefferson,......
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RaveAid Will Cure Your Ecstasy Hangover

Update: Following publication of this story, Roy Krebs asked us to include a statement from him, which is at the bottom of the post. The campground at Coachella is the place for a lot of things: body painting, boxed-wine keg stands, even dunkaroos -- submerging one's head in a cooler......
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Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger: The Wunderkinds

Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. The first time Isaac Aptaker and his partner, Elizabeth Berger, were on a professional soundstage together, everyone kept trying to take their clothes off. "Hair and makeup kept coming up......