Plastic Surgeons: Fake Boobs Make a Good Mother's Day Gift
Instead of a lush bouquet of flowers, coupons to mow the lawn, or yet another greeting card, why not get your mother what she really wants for Mother's Day? What is it? A tummy tuck and fake tits,...
View ArticleMichael Toplin, L.A. County Inmate, Re-Arrested for Riding Little Girl's...
If anyone has video of 31-year-old parolee Michael Toplin riding down Central Avenue on a pink bicycle fit for a 10-year-old last Wednesday night -- still outfitted in his grisly black prison jumpsuit...
View ArticleCalifornia Census Data: Are Baby Boomers Screwed?
As the vast number of Baby Boomers continue to retire and get older, who's going to be there to drive them to dinner at 4:30 in the afternoon?Who's going to teach them how to program their DVR? The...
View ArticleSean Bean, 'Lord of the Rings' Star, Stabbed With Shard of Glass in Totally...
We're about to OD on stupid celebrity news today, but this one's too amazing to pass up -- a perfect "Game of Thrones" stabbing, involving one of Hollywood's biggest badasses, come true at some...
View ArticleMeet John Levin -- the Glendale Man Who Killed His Wife and Microwaved His...
They don't come much freakier than 46-year-old John Levin. In September 1999, Levin was accused of fatally stabbing his wife, Michelle, in their West Fairview Avenue condo. Her body was found three...
View Article'Chair Jesus' Owner Puts Used Rocking Chair on eBay for $25,000
Like the rest of Jesus' children, we were pretty mystified last winter when his likeness showed up in the buttspace of an old rocking chair in Costa Mesa, etched from chipping paint. Orange County...
View ArticleSergio Osuna -- Drunk, Half-Nude Intruder -- Sneaks Into Signal Hill Home,...
Nude intruders are weird. Drunk nude intruders are weirder. But drunk, (half) nude intruders who crawl into bed with 10-year-old girls and sort of just lay there, all silent and creepy, are the stuff...
View ArticleSkateboarder Plows Into 83-Year-Old Woman, Killing Her
A teen skateboarder who allegedly raced through a California stop sign broadsided an old lady in a crosswalk, leading to her death, authorities say. The 17-year-old from nearby Santa Cruz, who was not...
View ArticleSan Onofre Nudists Hop Fence to Sunbathe on 'Camp Pendleton' Military Base,...
The nudity laws in California, and on California beaches in particular, exist in a perpetual gray area -- a total headache for those who wish to live their lives outside the shackles of the status quo...
View Article[VIDEO] LAPD Save Man From Suicide Jump by Handcuffing Him to Downtown...
This post has been edited at the request of the suicidal man's friends, who believed its insensitivity "further endangered" him. A 30-something man tried to commit suicide off a downtown L.A. apartment...
View ArticleGary Michelson, L.A.'s Richest Animal Lover, Offers $25 Million to Whoever...
Calling all out-of-work animal researchers (or, perhaps, monkey-testing UCLA scientists, looking for redemption): L.A. billionaire Gary Michelsen is dangling $44 million in grants -- and a $25 final...
View Article[VIDEO] Goats Devour Downtown L.A.
One of the best things about living in Los Angeles, as opposed to that other black hole of concrete and emissions: Goats. If you don't know what we're talking about, you chose the wrong neighbors. But...
View ArticlePoo No More: LA Weekly Interviews William Schindler, Silver Lake Retiree...
William Schindler, a retired schoolteacher who walks his little terrier mix down Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake every morning, says he recently started to become "disturbed, seeing all the...
View ArticleCharles Douglas Arrested for Feeding Pigeons Outside His Burbank Business,...
Pigeon feeders are generally classified in the public consciousness alongside crazy cat ladies: Kinda freaky, yes, and not so pleasant to have as neighbors, but harmless overall -- a colorful community...
View ArticleLancaster Mayor Rex Parris Claims New Age Bird Noise Cuts Crime Rate
When he's not cracking down on Section 8 residents, it seems Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris is busy looking for other innovative ways to better his community.For instance: birdsong. For the last 10 months,...
View ArticleDeer Shot by LAPD After It Was Hit, Wounded by Car: Cops Had to Put It Out of...
Los Angeles police have a lot of animals to contend with on the mean streets of the second largest city in America. And sometimes cops have no choice but to shoot. Officials say that was the case over...
View ArticleDon't Call the City When You See a Street Couch
Street couches are a complex part of Los Angeles' urban tapestry. A discarded sofa tells stories, and you don't need a degree in archaeology to read them. Are there still cushions? It hasn't been...
View ArticleThe Week's Top News, From Superhero Battles to Revenge Porn Bust
There's always something happening in L.A. and there's no exception to that statement this week. We investigated the ouster of Fire Marshal Vidovich. A suspect in the Kid Cali murder was arrested. A...
View Article6 Things That Have Invaded Los Angeles
These out-of-towners range from the violent to the adorable to the bespoke — and they've all sunk their claws into L.A.
View ArticleSlush: News, Culture and Trending Topics in L.A.
Goodbye to the Airliner nightclub, Jumbo's Clown Room's day shifts, Amoeba (not yet, but soon), the Viper Room (maybe) and the painted lady butterfly. Hello to the Formosa, new places to see the...
View Article
