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  • New Parking RatesTimes Stir Drama in NoHo Arts District

    A New Pay & Park Station The LA Department of Transportation refused to sign an agreement to communicate with neighborhood councils, aka the stakeholders, a few years ago. Now you end up with situations like this in the NoHo Arts District with its 30 ...

  • Tonight In Rock: Robert Francis, Rocco Deluca, Olin & the Moon, Kenan Bell

    Olin & the Moon will be playing tonight at the Silver Lake Lounge | Photo by Whitney Patterson via Olin & the Moon's Myspace Our Pick: Olin and the Moon, Marvelous Toy, Next of Kin, Gypsy River Haunts @ Silver Lake Lounge (Free!) Tonight is the first ...

  • Pencil This In: Midnight Cowboy and Comedy

    Midnight Cowboy screens in Seal Beach tonight. / Photo by Kevin Dooley via flickr. SNEAK PREVIEW* There's a sneak preview tonight of the film Blessed is the Match at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills at 7:30 pm. The screening will be followed by ...

  • What to Expect from Waxman

    Tomorrow, Los Angeles's own Rep. Henry Waxman will begin his reign as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee when Congress inaugurates its 111th session. Waxman, who bested Detroit Rep. John Dingell in a congressional death match for chair ...

  • LA Clichéd: If You're a Hollywood Type, You Can't Write

    This one has been making its rounds among the blogs. New York Times book reviewer Charles McGrath had this to say while talking about actor Carrie Fisher's new memoir: "What her Hollywood upbringing doesn't account for is Ms. Fisher's manifest intelligence ...

  • UC Schools Could Shut out Locals in Favor of Out-of-State Bucks

    With the California state budget in peril, our university systems are struggling, which is why the University of California system is entertaining the idea of increasing how many out-of-state students they accept and decreasing how many in-state students, ...

  • ScientIST Resolution: Eating Healthy A to Z

    Photo by Foodwoolf via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr The holidays are over, the merriment has ceased, and that means that reality now rears its ugly head. It's time to make resolutions to be better this year than we were last year, or any ...

  • Obama Picks Former California Rep to Head CIA

    President-Elect Barack Obama has reportedly chosen Leon Panetta, President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff and a former California Congressman from Central California, to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. "Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, ...

  • Box Office Review: America Still Loves Marley!

    Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Christmas darling Marley & Me had a second strong week as it easily won the box-office race again ($24M/$106.5M). Bedtime Stories surged ($20.3M/$85.3M) ahead of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ($18.4M/$79M) ...

  • The SH Magazine issue you weren't supposed to see

    SH's tombstone Late last year we documented SH magazine's trials and tribulations. The English-language weekly stopped publishing in December, but it continues to be a source of drama in 2009. A final "funeral issue" - death themed from front to back ...

  • Today's Links: Guangzhou girl found dead in fridge, Google and Baidu deemed 'vulgar' and thrifty youngsters

    Photo by fateless_gypsy. A four year old girl in Guangzhou has been found dead in a refrigerator belonging to a migrant worker who is thought to be mentally ill and who once told neighbours that human flesh was "delicious". [BBC] In the latest internet ...

  • Monday PM Linkage

    [image courtesy flickr photog HellaRugged] · Bogota-inspired Sunday Streets campaign honored with a Streetsie award. [Streetsblog] · RIP full Asian Week boxes on street corners. [SF Citizen] · Shocker: the city doesn't have the resources ...

  • Protest Watch: Free Palestine Edition

    [image courtesy flickr photog shanan] Hundreds of pro-Palestinean protesters came out in full force this week for five rallies in seven days, showing their support for embattled Arabs amidst Israeli attacks, and also urging the U.S. to stop financial ...

  • PriceSpotter: Pac Heights Corner Condo

    Click the image above to view the full photogallery. A little over 100 years young, this condo at 2001 Sacramento Street (note: not a TIC) has the usual perks and privileges, plus the crown molding. · 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,912 square feet · ...

  • Wall Street Ripple: Transbay Evolving Ever So Slowly

    If there's anyone in denial over the impact of the current credit crunch and fiscal crisis on office space and new building (or lack thereof), it appears to be the hundreds of planners and designers involved in developing the Transbay Terminal and its ...

  • Rent Check: Little Yellow Bernal Farmhouse

    The market being what it is, we think it's wise to diversify. So for those interested in a more transient way of life (and for those with such shitty credit they can't snag a mortgage), we introduce Rent Check, wherein we peruse the Craigslistings for ...

  • Mr. Burris Goes to Washington

    Roland Burris heads off to Capital Hill today and the fireworks have already begun. The secretary of the senate, Nancy Erickson, today rejected Burris's appointment certification because it didn't include Secretary of State Jesse White's signature as ...

  • American Rail Skitches Amtrak to the Inaugural

    Got your Inaugural Road Trip plans finalized yet? While some of us are preparing to pile into the ol' Honda, hauling ass down to DC, and crashing on a park bench somewhere, a much more old-world trek in the lap of luxury could be yours for the low, low ...

  • Blagojevich Indictment Deadline Extended

    U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon after U.S. Chief District Court Judge James Holderman granted Fitzy's request to extend the deadline for indicting Gov. Rod Blagojevich until April 7. The original deadline ...

  • Charges Coming In 2006 Metra Cop Killing

    Two years after the murder of Metra police officer Thomas Cook, authorities are finally ready to file charges against a suspect. The unnamed suspect was to make his first court appearance this morning at the Markham courthouse where he was expected to ...

  • Pair Charged With Hate Crime

    Two men were charged with a hate crime after they beat a black man with a garbage cans outside a Joliet gas station on Saturday night. Lucas M. Bailey and Jerry Bryant, both white, "are charged with aggravated battery, mob action, committing a hate crime ...

  • Soup Kitchen Wednesdays At Hideout This Winter

    Starting this Wednesday and running through April Fool's Day, Hideout will be transformed into a soup line with a weekly dinner featuring three soups fashioned by Hideout staff, regulars, local chefs and maybe even a food writer/blogger or three. The ...

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