A grand jury report released today (.pdf) said that Orange County patrons of food institutions are hardly notified of the conditions inside the restaurant. Unlike Los Angeles County where A-B-C grades are posted in the front window, Orange County restaurants only have to display placards saying they are either "in substantial compliance" with food-safety standards, or awaiting a re-inspection, according to the OC Register. The report says that the public is "almost universally unaware" of......

The law has always struggled to keep up with the fast-paced, ever-changing world of the internet. A federal investigation of fraud involving MySpace could set important legal precedents. The case brings up issues of first ammendment rights versus prosecution of harassment and other cybercrimes, as well as the question of jurisdiction in cyberspace. According to the Los Angeles Times, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles has issued subpoenas to MySpace and related parties in......

The Dodgers just finished a three-game series in San Francisco against their upstate rivals. There was a sense of expectation over the whole thing, as Barry Bonds is at 751 career home runs, only four away from tying Hank Aaron's all-time record (755) and the boys in Blue managed to stop him from adding to that total over the weekend -- Bonds was 0-11 against LA. But I'm personally hoping Bonds, who is in......

Last night I attended a screening of the 2006 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winning documentary God Grew Tired of Us, directed by Christopher Quinn. Fine, maybe I went because Brad Pitt was listed as one of the producers and I thought he and Angie might show, which they didn’t, but it was still worth the trafficky drive up the 405 freeway to where the screening and a panel discussion were scheduled......

Not a TOTAL lie, as Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Jr. actually was found not guilty of one of the 5 charges leveled against him. FoxNews.com has regressed from the "fair and balanced" schtick to an even more ridiculous "We report. You Decide." Now that's pretty commanding when spoken by apes. Anyway, for those of you keeping score at home, the Libby trial has gone the Martha Stewart route, as in, he lost, although he......

going up: gas prices. Start counting your mpgs. heeeeeeeere's Antonio! Mayor Villaraigosa delivers his first state of the union state city speech tonight at 5:30pm. It'll be webcast live, and broadcast live on that bigger glowing box on ABC-7 and Channel 35. bummer for Mahoney: The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the LA Archdiosese, which was trying to keep the personnel papers of two priests secret. The priests have been......

At the Hammer Museum show up at 7:00 PM to see In the Realms of the Unreal, filmmaker Jessica Yu's 2004 documentary on outsider artists Henry Darger. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and Ms Yu will be on hand after the film for a Q&A session. Meanwhile, The Fold at King King plays host to Tsar, Darker My Love and Thieves Like Us for......