The LAPD is hosting a forum tonight for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, along with several other police officials and LGBTQ community and business leaders will be in attendance, giving the public the opportunity to engage in dialogue about the LGBTQ community within the City of Los Angeles. more ›

After making the small clubs of Los Angeles their personal playground to trumpet and hype the release of their newest studio (garage, rather, as it was recorded in Dave Grohl's Encino garage) release, Wasting Light, the Foo Fighters recently made their arena return to the Forum for their first full blown show in over three years. more ›

Happy Birthday, Prince! His purple majesty is celebrating the big 5-3 today, so gather your plums, beets, cabbages, grapes, eggplant and taro and get funky with this with a video lunch tribute. more ›

Prince is now at roughly the halfway mark of his planned “21 Nights” stint, with eleven shows at the Forum and two sets at the Troubadour under his belt. We thought we’d check in on That Skinny MF With The High Voice once again and see how his extended LA residency is progressing. more ›

In the coming weeks, the city that bleeds purple and gold will find itself less interested in gold, and extra rich in purple. Following the success of winter residencies, the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince is bringing his Welcome 2 America Live tour to Los Angeles with a '21 Nite Stand' of performances beginning this week. more ›

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called "April." Electric guitars, April. It means 21 days and that's a mighty long time. But I'm here to tell you.. there's something else. May. A world of never ending Purpledom, you can always see the tush, day or night. So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills... more ›

If you're on the way to the Forum, a funny thing is happening there -- American Idol tryouts. Registration wraps up at 8AM and wristbanded hopefuls will start auditioning later today. But who's going to judge their outpouring of tired anthems, screeching bird calls, limp falsettos and heinous pitch problems? Simon and Kara are out, and speculation points to Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler as possible AI X contenders. Ryan Seacreast will be making the official announcement. more ›

Hard Summer was supposed to go all night at the Forum in Inglewood last night, and the sold out event had the venue packed (it seats 18,000). But for some reason, before things could even get too intense, the event was shut down by authorities. LA Times' music blog Pop & Hiss explains:

Saturday's all-night electronic event Hard Summer at the Forum was shut down by midnight. The event was declared a "hazard" by the Los Angeles County Fire Department, according to an Inglewood police representative. Based on the county department's recommendation, Hard Summer was called off. [...] more ›

With just over a week to go before the City of Los Angeles takes to the polls to elect--or re-elect--a Mayor, candidates for the job have been participating in public forums to get their platforms and pot-shots out. Yesterday, five of the nine candidates gathered in Tujunga at an event moderated by the Daily News' Ron Kaye; one of those five was decidedly not incumbent Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. more ›

As the March 3rd municipal election approaches, expect to see more debates between candidates fighting for the more heated seats such as City Controller and Attorney. On February 12, the regional Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils is hosting a candidates forum. Everyone vying for a school board, controller or attorney seat is attending except one person. You probably would have guessed it without the headline or photo, it's 5th District Councilmember Jack Weiss, who is well-known for being the most absent and unreachable politician in the city and was subject of a failed citizen's recall attempt. more ›

Story by Sheri Zampelli | Photos by Michael Zampelli more ›