Week of April 5, 2009

Familiar Problems Haunt Galaxy

Get Out: LA Art Weekend, Thai Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival

Was Obama's L.A. Town Hall Loaded With Dem Insiders?

This Week's Most Popular

Tonight In Rock: Puscifer, Deftones, Asher Roth, Cut Chemist

LA's 'Best New Chefs' are a Couple of Animals

Classical Pick of the Week: Going Green

Week In Rock: Leonard Cohen, The Bird and the Bee, Monotonix, Mirah

Did Somebody say 'Pillow Fight'?!?!?!

Week Around the Ists

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Meet LA Tech Photographer, William Marc Salsberry

Pregnant Woman Run Over Following Dispute, Baby Killed

Box Office Review: Record-breaker!

Four Murders in Three Days in Long Beach

Chris Brown Due in Court Today for Arraignment

Metro's Gold Line Plans to Head Further Eastward to More Cities

Why Joshua Trees May Disappear from Their Own National Park

Zach Randolph Jailed on DUI Charges

Furloughs Are Better Than Pink Slips Say Some LAUSD Teachers

37 Mile Trans-Catalina Trail Opens to Public

Signs of Progress at New Burger Joint in Studio City

Exploring the Garden of the Gods in Chatsworth

Two Great Cheap Eats in Monterey Park

Tonight In Rock: The Bird and the Bee, The Henry Clay People, Fool's Gold, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band

Meet Dr. Natalie Petouhoff, Customer Service & Social Media Consultant

Pencil This In: Women Soldiers and Duck Soup

Tom Morello at Grammy Museum 3/31

Harris and Lillingston Goals Keep Chivas USA Perfect

Government Now Investigating Ticketmaster

STYLEist: When Shopping for Clothes, You Wear...

TV Junkie: NCAA; WHDH/Leno Redux

ESPN's Studios Go Live at LA Live Today with 'SportsCenter'

LAst Laugh: This Week in Comedy

Meet Asya Shein of Fusicology

Dodgers Season Preview

Kidrockers w/ Le Switch & Radars Bros. @ The Echo, 3/29/09

Seven Questions with Alfonso Ribeiro

The Economy Catches Up: Las Vegas Going Somewhat Bust

It All Comes Down to This

Extra, Extra

LAst Night's Action: Dodgers Defeat Peavy

Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage

Baby Monkeys Born at Santa Ana Zoo

Dead Body Found at 3rd & Hill in Downtown

LA Stimulus Money Will be the Most Transparent in the Nation, Says Garcetti

Memorial Service for USC Hit & Run Victim to be Held Tonight

Poppy Reserve Blooms a Dud This Year

Mayor to Employees: Let's Work Together or have 2,800 Layoffs

Interview: Michael Stern of Roadfood

Rain Predicted for Tonight & Friday

Hangover Cure: Rush Street's Red Eye Brunch

Speed Limits to Increase While Pedestrian Deaths Pile Up

Tonight In Rock: Hatebreed, Clem Snide, Electrocute, Deep Sea Diver

Downtown: Silver Lake's Malo Expanding, 2nd Skyscraper Proposed

CD Review: Neil Young - Fork In The Road

2009 in Radio: 2 Stations go Spanish, 1 goes Top 40--What Next?

Pencil This In: Month of Photography LA, Mamma Mia!

Win a Silver Level Membership for Tix to Greek & Gibson Ampitheatres

DVD Tuesday: Don't doubt Doubt

Wait, there's a New Trader Joe's in West Hollywood?

TV Junkie: Anticipation of Thursday's 'Parks and Recreation'

Meet Kenn Jankowski: Lead Singer of the Republic Tigers Talks About His Latest Album, Vampires, and Chuck

Even College Newspapers are Struggling

Congratulations to LAist Reader Brian Flanagan

STYLEist: How do You like Your Patches?

From Hollywood to the White House, Actor Becomes Public Liason

Los Angeles Rates 14 on 'Best Walking Cities' List

Extra, Extra: Butt Out, LA

Microquakes Roll Through Echo Park, Silver Lake

Midnight Movie: Raquel Allegra Uses Reclaimed T-shirts from the LA County Jail to Create Inspired Fashion

LAst Night's Action: Lakers Awaken and Beat Kings

Public’s Help Needed in Finding Sexual Assault Suspect

Microquake Epicenters were under LAMILL & LAUSD School

New NFL Stadium Takes Another Step Towards Reality

City Council May Approve Higher Water Rates Today

Morning After Report: 90210 Episode 18 'Off the Rails'

Blessing the Sun on La Brea Avenue

3rd Suspect Arrested in 'Upscale Burbank Neighborhood' Murder

Bamboozle Left 2009 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

LAist Interview: Joe Glaser, Co-Founder of Moontoast

Tonight In Rock: Raewkwon, Local Natives, Ras G, Jason Simon (of Dead Meadow)

Interview: Lucian Tarnowski on Geting a Job Through Social Media

Pencil This In: A Night of Theatre or Some Standup?

U.S. Open Cup Quickly Closes for Galaxy

Report from the Joshua Tree Congressional Field Hearing: National Parks are the 'Canary in the Coal Mine' for Climate Change

Thai New Year's Tastes and Sights Reason to Celebrate

Man Seriously Injures 6-Year-Old in Hit & Run

TV Junkie: Harold & Kumar Go To The White House (wait, just Kumar)

LA Marathon Suffering with New Date, Council Motion Seeks to Bring Back Sunday Option

Water Conservation Rate Hike Voted Down by Council

Lucy Schwartz, Annie Bethancourt, Tristan Prettyman & Jesca Hoop @ Hotel Cafe, 4/1/09

Your Weekly LAist Film Calendar

Secretary Gates' Budget Proposal Could Leave 5,000 Locals Without Jobs

Extra, Extra

LAst Night's Action: It's Blake Being Blake

Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart Dies in Orange County Accident

City Hall Spends $1 Million on Calligraphy Services

LA Times Places Large Ad on Front Page

Mother of USC Victim Now Focusing on Improving Intersection

Signs of Downtown Boom's End

LAPD Looking for Help in Abduction of Boy from Westside

That Salton Sea Earthquake Swarm is Not Over

Tonight's A's-Angels Game Postponed

Recession Obsession: Guatemalan Fast Food

Suspect's Name Released in Crash that Killed Angel Pitcher Nick Adenhart

Tonight In Rock: Mirah, Dengue Fever, Spindrift, Brother Reade

Design a T-Shirt, Get $2500: An Interview with Jeffrey Kalmikoff of Threadless

Speed Limit Increases Likely to Spread from Valley to Rest of City

Pencil This In: Projector Night and Downtown's Artwalk

Obama Improving Technology to Efficiently Serve Veterans

Nintendo DSi Launch Event, Universal City, 4/4/09

New Visitor Center Opens at Channel Islands National Park on Scorpion Ranch

TV Junkie: A Date With Don Draper; TNT to Twitter NBA; Pre-Summer ABC Blow-Out

STYLEist: Two People Who Caught Our Eye

Let's Not Lose Another Bookstore. Can Equator Books in Venice Be Saved?

2,600 Without Power in Sherman Oaks

Review: Who Does She Think She Is?

Where to get Your Super Trendy Drinks These Days

Meet Clara Shih, Author of 'The Facebook Era'

Extra, Extra: Paved Paradise & Found a Cache of Fossils

LAist Night's Action: A Difficult Day

Two Car Chases End in the OC, One Fatally with a Child in the Backseat

LAUSD Superintendent Marks 100 Days in Office

Top California Tax Evaders List Include Burt Reynolds and Sinbad

Interview: Monocle Founder Tyler Brûlé Enjoys LA Money. The City? Not So Much.

Activists to 'Freeze' At Hollywood + Highland Saturday, Silently Speaking Out Against Human Trafficking

'Safe Streets Bill' Would Help Reduce Speed Limits

Around Town: Photos by LAist Readers

Tonight In Rock: Leonard Cohen, Travis, Jon Brion, Monotonix

Weekend Weather Report: Maybe Some Rain, 60's to Low 70's

Meet Chris Tolles: With 50,000 News Feeds, He Made Topix.com

Pencil This In: Dead Authors and Cirque du So Lame

Will Los Angeles Get Behind Livable Street Model Published in GOOD?

Faux Front Page 'News Story' Ad in LA Times Causes 'Uproar'

Contest Winner: Counting Crows, Gipsy Kings, Def Leppard

Weekend Movie Guide: Go see Anvil!

Movie Review: Anvil!: The Story Of Anvil

TV Junkie: PaleyFest09; NBC Comedy Showcase; TCM 15th Anniversary

STYLEist: Donated & Layered Fashion

Thanks to This Week's Advertisers

DUI Checkpoint near LA Live & Staples Center Tonight

Found in LA: A Limp Dead Palm Tree

Fundraising Totals for City Attorney & District 5 Election are Close

Street Music from 3rd Street Promenade to All Over the World and for a Good Cause

Extra, Extra

Honda SuperClásico Enters New Phase

Internet Rumor Stoppage: Mrs. Snoop Dogg Isn't Dead

Get Out: Blessing the Animals, Fracas Fest, Skate Shop BBQ

JetBlue CEO and LGB Director Bond Over Burgers, While Long Beach City Gov't Bashes Bloggers

LAistory: Fatty Arbuckle's Plantation Cafe

'Twestival' Recap: Watch As They Drill the First Twestival Well in Ethiopia

Tonight In Rock: Leonard Cohen, Gary Louris, The Happy Hollows, Anglos

Meet James Yuill - Folktronica's Next Great Hope

Leonard Cohen @ the Nokia 04/10/09

So Fat It's Killing Us: Obesity in LA Co. the Elephant in the Room

LAist Interview: Dexter Romweber of the Flat Duo Jets

Vasectomies On the Rise As Bank Accounts Shrink

Will Broad Patronize the Arts at LAUSD? Not Unless They Shape Up!

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The Lamar Odom Scavenger Hunt