Last night, former Mayor Richard Riordan told the L.A. Weekly that he was about submit papers to start gathering signatures for a charter amendment that would compl
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For the in-depth story about the Beverly Hills murder, read the L.A. Weekly story “Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend From Pr
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The top-two primary system has brought us a slew of intraparty races this fall, which can make it difficult to tell the difference between the two candidates. Berman
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We call him the Teflon Sheriff because, despite more than a decade's worth of serious problems inside the L.A. jail system, woes that include gang-like cliques o
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When you consider the scoundrels the FBI chases down every year — terrorists and serial killers and badass drug kingpins — David Rigmaiden has to be one of the d
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Around the corner from the Beverly Hills Courthouse, next to a row of cypress trees, European tourists stand waiting to board a double-decker bus. Many hope to see a
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More stories from our 2012 Fashion Issue on dressing ethically: *West Hollywood's New Fur Ban *Does L.A. Still Have Sweatshops? *Yael Aflalo's Reformation Ma
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For five sunny days in May, in a blue garage 10 houses down from a popular preschool on Pico Rivera's clean, middle-class Clarinda Avenue, police say, unspeakabl
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One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here.
When he was named dean of religious li
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Maybe Sarah Tressler was listening when we told her to come back to L.A. — a stripping journalist would fit right in at the alt-lifestyle rag called LA Weekly.
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And then there was agony.
Jimmy Luong, a 30-year-old from Monterey Park, was somewhat of an Ecstasy kingpin in these parts, responsible for the distribution of at le
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The 84th Academy Awards, set for February, has had a dark cloud hanging over it, and the weather doesn't seem to be clearing. After Brett Ratner pulled out of hi
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