How Six L.A. Businesses Got Their Weird Names
Every city has at least a handful of strangely named businesses -- it's an inevitable expression of local quirkiness pretty much wherever you go. There are different categories of weird, thou...
View ArticleMickey Kantor Looking To Kick-Start Conversation on L.A.'s $242 Million...
We haven't heard much lately from the L.A. 2020 Commission, the blue-ribbon panel assembled last spring to take a long look at the city's troubled finances. The group, led by former Commerce Se...
View ArticleWhy the Dodgers Should Pass on a Hanley Ramirez Contract Extension
Say what you will about Frank McCourt -- and this is the L.A. Weekly, so expletives are acceptable -- the Dodgers' former owner did right by Los Angeles with the signing of Matt Kemp to an eig...
View ArticleStolen Jewelry Could Lead Cops to Silver Lake Killer
Detectives believe that whoever participated in the shocking Silver Lake murder of Joseph Gatto last month might have tried to pawn some of the custom jewelry Gatto crafted. See also: Assemblym...
View ArticleMarijuana Man-Boob Connection Causes Firestorm
You couldn't imagine worst news for male stoners than a doctor's contention this week that weed might actually cause some tokers to grow "man boobs." Perhaps only a connection between vaginal g...
View ArticlePaul Walker Porsche Theft Suspect Posted Pic of Part on Instagram?!
It would appear that the teenager cops say nabbed a piece of the Paul Walker Porsche -- as it was being hauled away from the site of Saturday's deadly crash -- posted a photo of just such a part...
View ArticleKobe Bryant Returns to The Court Sunday
Kobe Bryant, the centerpiece of the Lakers, announced that he'll return to the court Sunday for the team's home game at Staples Center against Toronto. See also: Kobe Bryant's Return: A Reality...
View ArticlePorn Industry to Shut Down After Star Turns up HIV+
A performer has tested positive for HIV and the porn industry's L.A.-based trade group is calling for an immediate production shutdown as a result. See also: Porn Defends the Money Shot. The F...
View ArticleBarry Minkow Scam Leads to $1 Billion Settlement
Remember Barry Minkow, the Southern Californian who became a symbol of 1980s financial fraud with his $100 million ZZZZ Best carpet cleaning scam? See also: Barry Minkow Fraud: How He Duped the...
View ArticleKevin Bollaert Charged in SoCal Sextortion, Revenge Porn Case
A Southern California man was behind bars today after being accused of extorting women whose nude and compromising photos were posted to his so-called revenge porn site, known as U Got Posted. ...
View ArticleThe 20 Worst People of 2013
Featuring threesome seekers, cokehead judges, hockey dads from hell and, quite naturally, Wells Fargo. ...
View Article8 Ways It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas in L.A.
You know how every single action movie from the '80s that takes place in Los Angeles begins with wide shots of sunny, palm tree-laden streets and ironic Christmas music? Well, Christmas in L.A. ...
View ArticleSheriff's Asshole Culture Revealed In Jail Indictments
Evelin Fischer, an Austrian consul, went to the Men's Central Jail on June 6, 2011, to pay a visit to an Austrian citizen who had been arrested. It was a routine diplomatic errand, and she broug...
View ArticleMS Gang Federally Busted on its Core L.A. Turf
More than a year after the federal government declared that the L.A.-born Mara Salvatrucha gang is a "transnational criminal organization" with ties from Canada to South America, Virginia to Spa...
View ArticleUruguay Becomes the 1st Nation to Fully Legalize Marijuana
For the pro-marijuana camp, this is like winning the World Series, getting a Nobel Prize, or learning you just hit the jackpot in Powerball. See also: Marijuana Legalization Gets Second Try in ...
View ArticleYou Will Pay $5.9 Mil For LAPD's Bogus Traffic Tickets
The L.A. City Council this week decided to give 11 current and former LAPD officers $5.9 million after they alleged they were ordered to write a certain amount of traffic tickets. The cops were ...
View ArticleAsiana Pilot Accidentally Turned Off Cruise Control (NEW VIDEO)
New video (on the next page) of the Asiana flight 214 crash at San Francisco International Airport last summer shows the wreck pretty much in its entirety, albeit in fuzzy quality and from a dis...
View ArticleDreaded Red-Light Camera Tickets Are Legit, California High Court Rules
Updated at the bottom with a new court challenge brewing. First posted at 12:44 p.m. A man's challenge to the legality of California's red-light cameras was rejected by the California Supreme C...
View ArticleSriracha Hot Sauce Supply Halted
Updated at the bottom with the state's explanation. The factory that makes the original Sriracha hot sauce says it's pausing all shipments for more than a month as a result of state regulations...
View ArticleArtist Mear One Tells the Story Behind His Anti-GMO Mural in Culver City
The Wood Café in Culver City makes a great organic burger, but the restaurant's biggest draw might be the graffiti in the parking lot. If you've stopped at the corner of Inglewood and Washingto...
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