Cesar Lopez, a 24-year-old gang member, has been sentenced in Norwalk to 21 years in state prison for his role in the shooting death of a woman who interrupted him when he was spraying graffiti. more ›

Call it a prank, a punking, or just ironic ad space purchasing, but the KPCC billboard that went up recently outside local Pacifica station KPFK's Valley studio raised a few eyebrows. For one KPFK supporter, though, the billboard needed a little re-imagining, considering its placement, and they decided to "occupy" the KPCC slogan and station ID on behalf of KPFK. more ›

Street artist Buff Monster -- whose website tagline is "art of super happy pink" -- recently took over the 6th Street wall of the Standard Downtown, reports the Huffington Post. The mural he painted on the hotel's south side features plenty of his trademark color, as well as creatures that look like desserts wandering about in a desert. more ›

In 2003, the Los Angeles graffiti artist Tony "TEMPT ONE" Quan was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease that paralyzed him and put him out of commission as an artist—until the EyeWriter was invented. The story of how TEMPT ONE was able to create art again using only the movements of his eyes is documented in the film "Getting Up: The TEMPT ONE Story," which recently won an audience award at the Slamdance Festival. more ›

More hate graffiti tainted the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) campus in Valencia over the weekend. When senior Daine Carter entered his campus apartment on Friday night after a Halloween party, he was greeted with red swastikas and demonic imagery on his walls. more ›

Anti-Semitic graffiti "artists", or possibly just one "artist," had quite the busy weekend in Santa Monica. Reports of twelve red swastikas spray-painted at various locations on the north side of the city were received by the Santa Monica Police Department. An investigation was underway on Monday. more ›

At 19 years old, Sand One has put her art up all over the city, from walls in East L.A. to galleries in Hollywood. She's at the forefront of a small but growing group of young female street artists who are breaking down expectations about what has long been seen as a male-dominated field. A self-described "little five-foot girl in heels," Sand is blazing this particular trail with style and humor, in addition to a healthy dose of chutzpah. She chatted with us about her work, her goals and why we shouldn't call what she does graffiti. more ›

The City of L.A.'s restrictions on murals does not sit well with most artists. On Monday graffiti artist SABER challenged the moratorium by sky tagging L.A. And now Shepard Fairey, the infamous street artist, is "voicing" his discontent via sticker bomb. more ›

The underbellies of some Southwest Airlines (SWA) 737 jets have been decorated with bizarre, unauthorized markings. Arabic or Arabic-like symbols, the vandalism has investigators stumped. Unsure of what to dub the images, they are currently being referred to as said vandalism and graffiti. more ›

A 28-year-old man thought to be a member of numerous tagging crews and responsible for thousands of dollars of damage to city and Metro property is wanted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Tomas Benson, who tags under the moniker "RUETS," was not present at his home when deputies served a search warrant there last week, and the authorities are still hoping to speak with him. more ›

It's a bird! (No.) It's a plane! (Well, yes.) It's sky graffiti! (WTF?) California-based graffiti artist SABER sent skywriting planes over Downtown L.A. today to leave his mark, and the mark of other prominent graffiti artists, in the form of sky tagging. more ›

The mural "Oceans at Risk" was painted by street artists Risk and Retna and sponsored by the environmental group Heal the Bay. The group was hoping to leave the four-story mural up until next Saturday's statewide clean-up of California's beaches. But it might not last until the clean-up next Saturday — or if it does, it will be a very, very expensive billboard. Santa Monica City is threatening to levy a $5,000 daily fine on the mural, which took months of painting. The problem is it was never properly permitted. more ›

Aaron Brothers has caved in to pressure from City Hall and canceled its "urban art" events in Los Angeles County. The company was planning on showcasing the work of professional street artists at live events. It was also going to offer free "graffiti starter kits" to attendees (that really just had snazzy-looking markers and paper and no spray paint whatsoever). more ›

Aaron Brothers' Artrageous campaign is actually sparking some genuine outrage in some corners of city hall. As a part of a back-to-school promotion, the company is showcasing the work of prominent street artists at live events and offering free "graffiti starter kits" to attendees. Those kits are what have really riled up councilman Dennis Zine. Yesterday he introduced a resolution to the city council asking Aaron Brothers to stop the campaign that he says glorifies vandalism — never mind that the so-called "graffiti starter kits" don't even have the right materials to launch would-be Shepard Faireys or Banksys. The kits themselves are little more than cleverly marketed markers and paper. more ›

On the heels of the recent anti-Semitic, homophobic and racist graffiti discovered at the Kings Village complex in Pasadena, additional racist graffiti now targeting Latinos was found in Northwest Pasadena, reports Pasadena Star-News. more ›

After anti-gay and racist graffiti was found on walls throughout Pasadena, officials are on the hunt for suspects, reports CBS News. The imagery included swastikas and racial slurs, and was found on office buildings, residences and city-owned buildings along Washington Boulevard between Lincoln Avenue and El Molino Avenue. more ›

PMCA's "Street Cred" hasn't gotten a lot of attention thanks to that sorta big deal major record-breaking show that just wrapped up at MOCA, but there's still time to check out this very L.A. exhibit. more ›

Hate graffiti and anti-semitic iconography was found painted on sidewalks and walls in Northridge this weekend, according to ABC Local. Authorities believe it was likely done by teenagers affiliated with a white supremacist group, but "it was unknown who sprayed the hate messages," said LAPD. more ›

Authorities in Lancaster are investigating several pieces of graffiti that "advocated the killing of gay people," according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Deputies responded to a call regarding graffiti, which was put up in a business area, on the 44200 block of 10th Street West. The perpetrators are not known, and an investigation is under way. more ›

Waking up to loud noises and looking out your window, it's easy to think you're in L.A. The crowds, the cars, the sun, it's all there. But Cairo isn't Los Angeles. But it could easy be its separated-at-birth twin. When it comes to attitude, culture and living, it's very L.A. Well, L.A. on steroids. more ›

Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich sought an injunction against the tagging crew known as the "Metro Transit Assassins" in 2010, and today his offices have announced that a judge has "has rejected a challenge" to the injunction. more ›

Three male students were cited for felony vandalism and suspended from school after admitting their involvement in creating racist graffiti that was spotted last weekend on the grounds of Calabasas High School. While the trio of all 11th graders could face criminal charges, they will not face hate-crime charges related to the incident, according to officials who say the teenagers did not target a specific group. more ›

A 34-year old "high profile graffiti vandal" was arrested Thursday morning at LAX by sheriff’s deputies as he attempted to board a plane to Ireland. "Suspect Jason Williams, also known as “Revok,” is well known in the graffiti vandalism culture and is a member of the graffiti crew “Mad Society Kings” or MSK," notes a police release. more ›

Two French nationals were detained on Friday on suspicion of vandalism in the vicinity of the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, where a high-profile exhibit on graffiti and street art opened over the weekend. The Los Angeles Police Department believe that one of the suspects detained is the well known street artist "Space Invader," who uses mosaic tiles as his medium, according to LA Now. more ›

An outbreak of tagging done recently at Metro's Little Tokyo Gold Line station appears to be linked to a graffiti exhibit running across the street at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. All of the tags were immediately painted over by Metro employees, according to LA Now. The Los Angeles Police Department say they have also been alerted about dozens of other tags that have shown up in the vicinity. more ›

A special task got underway earlier today in Eagle Rock by an elite crew of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Members of the LAFD Urban Search and Rescue Team have been deployed to help remove the hard-to-reach graffiti left near the top of the neighborhood's iconic rock at the urging of residents, City Council representative Jose Huizar, and the city's Department of Recreation and Parks. more ›

Graffiti artist Cristian Gheorghiu, a.k.a. Smear, has been sentenced to 13 days in jail and 45 days of graffiti removal for violating his probation, reports the LA Times. Gheorghiu was arrested in 2007 for tagging buses, and was recently charged with parole violation after he posted images of illegal graffiti on his website. more ›