The DMV's Investigation Division, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office and the LAPD have arrested three men accused of fraudulent driver's license and identification card production. Peter Scott Singer, 26, of Monrovia, Todd Terrazas, 24, of West Hollywood and Lawrence Benjamin Goldstein, 22, of Los Angeles each face multiple felony counts of forging government identity documents and falsification of state seals. more ›

- The founder of Reason magazine wrote a column in today's LA Times entitled "Let them have their pot" about the feds cockblocking weed from sick people - LAT - The cost of getting a California medical marijuana ID card is going up almost 1,000% because not enough people are getting California medical marijuana ID cards. Which is interesting because we thought that marijuana dispensaries in LA were booming. So wtf? - Bay Area... more ›

To most people, the thought of a drug dealer invokes an image of a shady character standing on a street corner in a bad part of town. Obviously not all drug pushers fit this meme, as is evidenced by the club going, PDA wielding black tar peddler. The black tar we are referring to is not heroin, but the cilia coating carcinogen contained in tobacco. In a city that forbids smoking indoors in public areas it makes sense that unwacky tobacky conglomerates would focus some of their marketing energy and technology on tracking their club going addicts. more ›