The first rule of holes is: stop digging. Today, James Rainey, the egg still fresh on his face, is digging furiously, with a column titled Guerrilla stings of ACORN don’t meet standards of journalism. Where to start? How about with the part Rainey apparently made up: So what sort of creature does this make O’Keefe? [...]
At a time of year when people begin bearing attitudes of gratitude, the auto industry is soon to celebrate its survival at the first of the big seasonal shows. In Los Angeles, General Motors returns as a slimmed-down Motown machine sans Saturn, Saab and Pontiac but electrified by Volt. | read more
New home for FabricationsWLKM RadioThe relocation reflects a growing enterprise that began five years ago as a home-based business that moved first to the LA's Coffee Café building on West …
SilverlakeThanksgiving 2008. Photo by sesshin via LAist Featured Photo pool on Flickr It's that wonderful time of the year again. Door-busters, pant-busters, wallet-busters. We've included some ideas for some Thanksgiving volunteer opportunities. You know, so you feel less guilty after eating 14 pounds of stuffing or to prevent you from drinking all day and making things awkward at dinner. Or perhaps...
Walking through the DWP Holiday Light Festival last year (Photo by RuggyBearLA via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) In its 14th year, the LA DWP's annual Holiday Light Festival will take place inside Griffith Park from December 3-30th. The event is starting later this year, however, so that "you can linger over your Thanksgiving turkey," the DWP explains in a press release. No matter...
Loyal wife Victoria Beckham helped husband David get over his agonizing MLS Cup final defeat as they went to an post-game party. The golden couple held hands and Becks put his arm protectively around Posh during their night out at the LA Galaxy's official private party in Seattle. Becks looked smart in a club blazer as he checked out of the team's hotel after returning from the match and moved to...
-- Financial trouble: LACMA loses 23% of its investments in the last fiscal year. One victim is Jeff Koons' dangling train project, which was scheduled to arrive at LACMA in 2011-12, and is now delayed for three more years. (Los...
The BECKHAM household is turning into a zoo - because proud parents DAVID and VICTORIA reward their hard-working sons with pets when they get good grades.Soccer ace...
Steve Lillywhite is the man responsible for producing the debut albums by U2 and Dave Matthews Band as well as many of their subsequent million-selling releases. While Bono and Dave have both consistently trusted Steve to fit their visions between the speakers, so have artists as diverse as The Rolling Stones, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Thunders, Ultravox, Guster, She & Him, XTC , Jason Mraz, The Pogues,...
North Hollywood, CA-based progressive Latin music label Nacional is offering a sensational free label sampler. The free download compilation is available for one month via Amazon and you can grab it here . Nacional's artistic vision is broad and replete with stylistic variety -- their electronic, rock, Cumbia, reggae -- y mas -- music is killer. They have by far one of the most complete rosters anywhere....
The great 20th century conductor Bruno Walter claimed he wasn’t ready to conduct Mozart until he was 50. This refined, unfussy musician believed the heaven-sent symphonies of a young composer who died at 35 were wasted on the young, with...
This is the first edition of Dining On A Dime a new bi-weekly feature in which Lizbeth Scordo surveys LA's cheap eats restaurants—often obscure, ethnic, unsung spots—proving that dining on a dime is alive, well, and quite tasty in this...
Los Angeles: AMPAS funds will help new filmmakers -- The foundation arm of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has awarded the Los Angeles Film Festival a $30,000 grant to help make the fest more accessible and give greater access to emerging filmmakers.
Did you know working oil rigs dot our city? If you never noticed them, you’re not alone. The machinery’s disguised as flowery sculptures and plain office buildings — but the rigs really are everywhere, reveals a 10-minute video called Oil of L.A. Watch the video above to see the markings of the oil industry right next [...]