John Travolta is surely busting a move today after police announced that two men have been busted for heisting the star's vintage Mercedes-Benz last fall. On September 18, Travolta's 1970 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL was stolen after he parked it on a residential street in Santa Monica and visited a nearby Jaguar dealership for a duration of about ten minutes. more ›

A suspected car thief led police on an early morning pursuit today from Del Rey to Pacific Palisades. While the chase lasted for 45 minutes, the heisted vehicle was not one of exceptional speed. It was a Toyota Prius. more ›

The video game Grand Theft Auto has already spent some time in the Southland with "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," but the latest edition of the video game takes place in Los Santos, a dead ringer for the City of Angels. The City of Saints is full of smoggy sunsets, slanted palm tree shadows and lots references to the dark underbelly of the California dream. more ›

As the economy tanked in 2009, so did car thefts, which saw a 15.4% decline in areas patrolled by the California Highway Patrol, the agency announced today. Police credit the drop from nearly 200,000 cars in 2008 to 169,000 in 2009 to enforcement, education and technology. more ›

A family of four were irate and shaken last night after one of them had his car stolen after being shot at a Washington Mutual bank branch, on the corner of Sherman Way and Vassar Avenue in Canoga Park. Kami, a resident of the area, said he was approached at the bank's street-front ATM by a man holding a gun demanding money. When Kami explained that he was only checking his account to confirm that he was out of money, the man shot twice, and ran to Kami's car. The thief then broke the window and drove off. Kami was not injured. more ›

Back in April we did a short preview of the latest installment of Midnight Club, one of the most popular arcade style racing games on the shelves. Like we said before, Midnight Club is published by the same guys that give us Grand Theft Auto, Bully, and Manhunt, so we're pretty sure that entertainment won't be an issue. As you can see in the trailer, the star of the game is Audi's latest super car the R8, and although we may live in the land of ostentatious autos its still tough to find one of these bad boys on the streets these days. more ›

"It is imperative to know that when purchasing items on-line, if the price seems too good to be true, then it probably is too good and is possibly a stolen item," said an e-mail sent out this weekend by the LAPD announcing a press conference regarding hundreds of stolen tires and rims from newer model Mercedes Benz and BMWs. more ›

It's 5:00 p.m. in Santa Monica and the boys at the online video startup Bush League TV, who launch next week, are live online video-feeding one man's attempt to break the Guinness World Record for longest consecutive video game play. He'll be going for a minimum of 25 hours. more ›

Update: tonight's screening at the Arclight is a special presentation with a Q&A with the director Seth Gordon afterwards. The film will then show tomorrow at the Nuart thru the 23rd. more ›

Suburbia: 140-mile commute to LA and back, life in subsidized housing in Antelope Valley is of a different brand. more ›

Grand Theft Auto, Doom, and Counterstrike are the reasons why young people kill, homicide "expert" Jack Thompson continues to preach. Crying when he recalls the prayer that he claims to say whenever he drops his teenage son off at school. Forgetting, somehow, that the first recorded murder ever was between two brothers. A murder that any so-called expert, and anyone who regularly prays, should know about: Cain murdering Abel. The first two kids ever... more ›

I am in shock. Despite a ton of promotion, great reviews and legions of Quentin Tarantino fans, Grindhouse opened in only fourth place. That would be $3.4 million behind the "former ghetto rapper heads to the burbs" comedy Are We Done Yet? and only $1.5 million ahead of the "I'm Hilary Swank, and I've won two Oscars, so I can star in whatever piece of poorly conceived commercial dreck I want to" horror film... more ›

10. Coke - Grand Theft Auto Parody Major companies paid $2.6 million per each 30-second spot during yesterday's Super Bowl. Overall, we'd have to say that the commercials were pretty damn good. Because the Coke ad above ran for a minute, it means that that thing up there is a $5 million commercial. Meanwhile, we kept noting that we didn't remember seeing a Pepsi commercial. But then halftime came and we saw that Prince's... more ›

Marshall Astor loves San Pedro something fierce. He is a working artist who not only manages programs at Angels Gate Cultural Center but also operates the Walled City art gallery in his spare time. He's organized a group show at the Brewery Project called "Contemplating Apocalypse" that will debut on September 9, 2006 with a reception starting at 7 PM. Custom brewed malt liquor will be on hand and patrons will be encouraged to consume copious amounts so that they can truly understand the project. Marshall also contributes to "Life on the Edge," a blog about San Pedro. more ›

So you've got your car alarm, Lo Jack and The Club to perhaps avoid your car becoming a statistic at the next neighborhood watch meeting. What's next? Your window is next. more ›

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to make a decision that could affect the video game industry in a major way. Sometime in the next few days, Schwarzenegger may either sign or veto a bill prohibiting the sale of violent games to minors. The bill would prohibit the sale of “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” games to people under the age of 18. The possible penalty for breaching this law would be a fine of $1,000. If he does not veto the bill by Saturday night, it would become law next year. more ›

The controversy surrounding the so-called "Hot Coffee" mod that allows you to see sexy material in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has come to a boiling point. In an unprecedented decision, the Entertainment Software Rating Board Wednesday changed Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ rating from M for "Mature" to AO for "Adults Only" and advised retailers like Wal-Mart and GameStop to stop selling the game. more ›

According to showbiz trade paper, Daily Variety, the Screen Actors Guild is currently in the final stage of negotiations with major videogame companies to form a new contract which covers compensation and other benefits for that talent and replaces the one set to expire this Friday. The current contract has been extended twice before but will not be extended a third time. If negotiations break down or a new agreement is not reached, it could lead to a strike against videogame companies by SAG and its sister union, AFTRA. more ›

[Be sure to check out the coverage of San Fierro over at SFist!] more ›

While the results of the presidential election may not be known just yet (despite what Fox News is reporting), two local measures have been decided by LA voters. more ›

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