Click thumbs to ENLARGE Extraordinary cars litter the streets of Los Angeles. Exotic Lamborghinis, cherried-out kustom rods, lowrider wet-dreams. But very, very few L.A. cars spring full-blown from the foreheads of artists - like (continue reading)

Hey friends! So I have to get this shit off my chest... It's the story of a nerd and his dream, and how the state of California threatened said dream... But it's pretty much about Steve and his Volkswagen Beetle, and the personalized license (continue reading)

UPDATE (6/15/08): Lami Powlesland was found safe Sunday morning. Photos of Lami Powlesland from her MySpace page. Los Angeles Police searched Runyon Canyon park in Hollywood Saturday night for Lami Nicole Powlesland, 24, of Nashville, TN, (continue reading)

Quick update: Lami Powlesland was found safe earlier today, KCAL9 reported this evening. Her family was attending church services in Los Angeles with friend Pauley Perrette, star of NCIS, when they received the news. According to Entertainment (continue reading)

As gas prices leave the "um, really?" territory and speed into the "are you fucking serious?" range, a whole lot of Angelenos are finally considering using our fair city's subway commuter rail system.* That's awesome. Getting cars off the road is (continue reading)

At the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show held in the Convention Center late last year, pretty young spokesmodels in long dresses stood on revolving platforms and recited scripted accolades about the cars next to them. But the models weren't really (continue reading)

Los Angeles, I've come up with a plan that will solve three of our biggest problems. Are you tired of traffic, pollution and the high price of gas? Get ready, I'm going to solve them all with one brilliant idea. Before I get into the details of (continue reading)

We all know that the price of gasoline in the Los Angeles area is approaching the price of blood and Cristal champagne. Is the price of gas finally having an effect on our traffic? Possibly. On May 12, back when the price of gasoline was only (continue reading)

Today, thanks to my friend shdowchsr, Caryn and I got to see the world premier of The Incredible Hulk (short review: It rocked, really, seriously, so much better than I expected. Way to go Marvel and Universal! longer review here.) and we had to (continue reading)

Updated: Yep, it was the money. See below. What the ...? If you're an L.A. media geek, this might come as something of a shock: Apparently USC has decided to shut down the generally excellent Online Journalism Review indefinitely after 10 (continue reading)

Just wanted to remind you that today is the last day of LA Pride weekend in West Hollywood.  Last night featured Joss Stone on the main stage and tonight brings us Olivia Newton-John.  LA Frontrunners held their 27th annual Pride Run this morning (continue reading)

My 11 year old spotted this yesterday and exclaimed "That could be a new Dr Seuss book-Socs in Crocs".  I had to laugh.  "Fox in Socks" was one of his favorite stories when he was a little guy.  We would read it together and see how fast we (continue reading)

Sean O’ Neal of the outstanding Onion AV Club posted a loving obituary to the King Kong section of the the Universal Studios theme park tour here in Los Angeles. As you’ve heard, the Kong from the back lot ride was severely damaged in last (continue reading)

One of my favorite spots happens to be in my backyard, and that's no accident.  It's the main channel leading in and out of the Marina del Rey boat harbor, or what we call The Channel.  If you cannot easily get to The Channel on foot or by (continue reading)

It's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend.  How about you? Here are a few items I came across today which caught my eye: Mediabistro clues us in to the L.A. Times Business Section's new-ish Tech Blog .  Ooh.  The business of (continue reading)