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Extra, Extra
Getty Museum at Sunset | Photo by Scani-Salina Canizales via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Who didn't see this coming? Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from the late singer's estate. Septic tanks are now banned in parts of Malibu... but the debate between residents, surfers and environmentalists is sure to continue. Pay attention... The IRS might actually owe YOU money! Thousands of refunds are yet to be claimed because the...
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Big Expansion Plans for L.A. Live Submitted to City
When the two hotels and Ritz Carlton residences open at L.A. Live next year, that's not the end for development at the mega sports and entertainment complex in downtown. The Downtown News finds that AEG has submitted some big plans. It includes "332,618 square feet of office space and a 269,182-square-foot broadcasting studio that could accommodate a nationwide cable television network, a 275-room hotel and a 25-story residential building with 65 units adjacent to...
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On Sesame Street's 40th Birthday Oscar the Grouch Talks About L.A.
Oscar the Grouch and Zoe from Sesame Street came to Los Angeles to tell everyone that Sesame Street is turning the big 4-0. This week the most famous street in the world is celebrating its birthday with a new DVD collection, commemorative book and an appearance by Michelle Obama on the anniversary episode. We also interviewed Elmo and Abby Cadabby back in 2008....
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Good Luck Bar to Celebrate its 15th Birthday
Sean MacPherson, the man behind some of L.A.'s most popular bars, announced today that his Hollywood-Los Feliz-Silver Lake neighborhood hang, the Good Luck Bar, will celebrate its 15th birthday later this month. On Thursday, November 19, DJ Travis Keller and Chinese burlesque dancers will entertain patrons as they guzzle down $5.00 Stolichnaya, Sailor Jerry, Cazadores, or Jack Daniel's cocktails and selected beers for $2.00 beers (plus: Kogi BBQ will be outside). In 1994, MacPherson...
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TV Junkie: Interview with Kristin Bauer aka Pam from 'True Blood'
Kristin Bauer plays Pam, one of our favorite vampires from HBO's "True Blood" Tomorrow at LUSH Cosmetics in Santa Monica, Kristin Bauer, aka Pam from "True Blood" will be signing autographs and taking pics between 1 and 3pm with fans who simply show up to support the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Tails for Whales photo campaign. We had a chance to talk to the "True Blood" star about her support for this...
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on LAist. Virgin America, with its new non-stop route from LAX and SFO to Ft. Lauderdale starting 11/18. Pirate Radio,the new comedy starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, from the creator of Love Actually. In theatres 11/13. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, presenting Beethoven's Fifth Symphony tomorrow night. The Men Who Stare at Goats, the new movie starring George Clooney in theaters today. American Apparel, with...
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16 Questions With Sin Fang Bous
Despite the fact that their economy was pulverized to bits last year, from a musical standpoint Iceland is coming out on top. In the originality category they're especially strong. It doesn't matter whether you're into Sigur Rós, Múm or Björk you have to admit, they sound like nothing else. Now you can add another name to that list. Sin Fang Bous the new solo project of Sindri Mar Sigfusson, who took some time off from his band Seabear, to write a gorgeous experimental pop album Clangour. Never heard of him? Fair enough, his first show in LA is tonight at the El Rey Theatre, but if you like Animal Collective and Panda Bear, you might want to take a listen. We caught up with Sindri before his show and asked him a few questions.
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DUI Checkpoints This Weekend in Downtown and South L.A.
The holiday season always means more and more DUI checkpoints. With thousands of hit-and-runs and drinking-related crashes so far this year, the LAPD has two Sobriety & Drivers License Checkpoints set up for the weekend. The first is tonight 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. at West Florence Avenue and South Main Street in South L.A. Then tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m., a checkpoint will be set up on Figueroa between 7th and...
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TV Junkie: 'Bored to Death' & 'Mad Men' Season Finales Sunday
The "Bored to Death" season finale is Sunday at 9:30pm on HBO Weekend Edition HBO is booking a series involving the gender transition of a female to a male. Yes, a 1/2-hour drama focused on transexuality is being developed but no casting or production schedule has been mentioned. --- The Cartoon Network is going to have...a couple live-action series. "Tower Prep" and "Unnatural History" will begin their 13-episode runs in January, 2010. --- There's...
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Fake Police Officer Robs at least 4 People on the Streets
Photo by CarbonNYC via Flickr The LAPD is on the lookout for a man who impersonates a police officer and robs them. He's struck at least four times--twice in the Rampart area and once in Olympic and Pacific--over the last couple of months in various neighborhoods around the city. Usually operating in the late morning or early afternoon, he approaches victims dressed as a plain clothes police officer, complete with badge and gun. He'll...
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Zenyatta to Show Up the Boys at Breeders' Cup Classic
The world of horse racing is still a bit sexist. The girls don’t really have a place with the boys, or so they say. Hopefully five-year old Zenyatta will prove them all wrong in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic tomorrow at Santa Anita Park to become the first filly or mare to win the Classic since its inception in 1984.
Winner of the last two Lady’s Secret Stakes and last year’s Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, she has won all 13 races with a total purse of over $2.7 million.
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Military Flight Training Over L.A. this Weekend
If you get the sense a war between L.A. and SF is brewing over the weekend, here what's actually happening: "On November 8 and 9, 2009, military flight training exercises will occur in and around the greater Los Angeles area," the LAPD said a statement today. "The military operation will be routine proficiency flight training exercises. Training sites have been carefully selected so that activities will not interfere with the daily routines of the...
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Weekend Movie Guide: It's All About Precious Goats!
If you like movies filled with whimsical, daffy humor (think Wes or Spike or Charlie) then you will probably dig The Men Who Stare at Goats as much as I did. It concerns our military's experimentation with paranormal phenomena as epitomized by the Jedi Warriors of the First Earth Battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, NC (yep!). Best of all, most of it is true. I like that Bob Zemekis is always pushing the boundaries of...
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Does Traffic Get Worse After the End of Daylight Saving Time?
Photo by JoshMcConnell via Flickr Frustrated with a new (and slower) traffic pattern, one LAist reader earlier this week wrote us an e-mail: "Over the past week I’ve noticed a sharp increase in Eastbound traffic between Bundy and Overland during the morning rush hour, almost doubling the Santa Monica-Century City commute time," he noted. "Any idea as to why this might be? Have they reprogrammed the signals in the area? Perhaps the one at...
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Pencil This In: Foundation Room Wine Tasting, Trunk and Sample Sales
Photo by aharvey2k via LAist's flickr pool. SHOP Two interesting sales going on today: Flutter in Pasadena hosts a Minnie Rose, Christopher Fischer, Eze Sur Mer and Tag Jeans Trunk Show today from 11 am-5 pm. And various showrooms at the California Market Center Downtown are opening their doors to the public today for pre-holiday sample sale shopping. FILM
The Audrey Hepburn retrospective at LACMA continues tonight with a double feature of Charade (7:30...
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KCRW's Masquerade: The Happenings & Bands
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros close out KCRW's Masquerade (see yesterday's coverage) Last Saturday, KCRW presented its First Annual Masquerade: A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party at the Park Plaza Hotel in Downtown LA. With music by DJ Shadow and Sweden's Little Dragon as well as local indie favorites Sea Wolf and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, plus food from Grilled Cheese, Border Grill, Kogi, Coolhaus and Sprinkles, it was an...
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Video: Colbert Report Takes on Former LAPD Chief Bratton
Not the most humorous interview, but Stephen Colbert last night got Bratton to explain his "Broken Windows Theory," which was applied here in L.A., and how he's going to apply it to his new private security gig. In 2007, then-City Councilmember (now City Controller) Wendy Greuel spoke to LAist about the broken windows theory application in Los Angeles. Earlier this week: Colbert Names Schwarzenegger 'Alpha Dog of the Week'...
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Tonight In Rock: Jon Brion, Pixies, Múm, Rupa & The April Fishes
Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview, #2, Review) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet. Legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies are poised to conclude a three-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with Brooklyn-bred TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone, who will be performing material from his solo endeavor Rain Machine of course. And, lastly, San Franciscan genre-defying septet Rupa & the April Fishes will be gracing the Mint. But we strongly suggest heading over to the El Rey Theatre to catch experimental Icelandic collective Múm. LAist favorites, Icelandic indie pop outfit Sin Fang Bous are slated to kick things off.
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The Creepy, Yet Beautiful Street Art of Dan Witz Now in L.A.
For the past two weeks, Brooklyn-based street artist Dan Witz has been in Los Angeles. And although he's put up about 20 pieces throughout Echo Park, Silver Lake, Hollywood and West Hollywood, he's not about to give away their locations. "He's not trying to be seen the way other street artists are," explained Seth Carmichael, co-owner of Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, where Witz' show runs through December 3rd. "For him, it's about not being...
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Two Teens Charged in Murder of Long Beach Honors Student
It's been a week of mourning in Long Beach after the death of 16-year-old Melody Ross between last week's Homecoming football game and dance at Wilson High School. She was an innocent bystander when two alleged 16-year-old gangmembers shot bullets into a crowd meant for two men who were wounded. Those teens were identified today--Tom Love Vinson and Daivion Davis--because they were charged as adults, according to the LA Times....
