One of the most often-repeated facts about the Simi Valley jury that let four police officers off the hook in the Rodney King beating was that not a single member of the panel was black. Twenty years later one of the jurors explains why that's just not true. more ›

Twenty years ago the city erupted into riots after four police officers were found not guilty in the beating of Rodney King. By fall networks had worked to incorporate the riots into the plots of their television shows—even their fall premieres. more ›

Every year on her birthday, Jessica Evers and her mother, Elvira, mark a memorable milestone: Surviving the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. But Jessica has a unique tale of survival: Her mother, seven-and-a-half months pregnant on April 30, 1992, was shot on the street during the riots. more ›

Where were you 20 years ago this week? For those of us who were in Los Angeles, we might remember tense times as the jury began deliberations in the controversial Rodney King beating trial. On April 29, 1992, shortly after the verdict was read, the city erupted in riots bred from anger and frustration. more ›

Rodney King has decided to take time off from his busy DUI schedule to promote his new book and address the Trayvon Martin case in the days leading up to the 20th anniversary of the L.A. riots. The 47-year-old beating victim co-penned a memoir, "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption," which he discussed this past weekend at the LA Times Festival of Books. more ›

Rodney King’s near-death plunge to infamy began with a twelve-pack of malt liquor. King’s intoxicated, high-speed driving on March 3, 1991 united him a group of Los Angeles Police Department officers. Their boots, billy clubs, and Taser, would beat the 25 year-old King into the history books. more ›

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Love it or hate it, tonight's New Year's Eve. And while half of the city has vacated for NYE's in Vegas, there's plenty to do right here in LA to welcome '08. more ›

2006 Performance of Unsilent Night in SF more ›

It's a rockin' Friday night in LA with Stevie, Van Halen, RZA, and R. Kelly in town, a XMAS Sweater Party at Crash Mansion featuring local indie up'n comers, and cow punk comes alive at Safari Sam's, with X side project (since 1982) The Knitters. more ›

Jimmy Buffett @ Irvine Meadows more ›

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! more ›

Today marks the fifteen year anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Los Angeles history: the 1992 LA Riots. On April 29, 1992, four police officers charged in the controversial 1991 beating of motorist Rodney King were acquitted, sending shockwaves through a community already in unrest. Anger had been rising over perceived racism by LAPD, poor economic conditions, and friction between minority groups in South Central. Nevertheless, no one could have anticipated the... more ›

- Bono checked out two burlesque sets at Ivan Kane's Royal Jelly this week - Net Music Countdown - Jason Schmidt to the Dodgers, best signing all winter? - Fox Sports - How to turn forgotten election signs into anti-government freeway signs - Freeway Blogger - LA Councilman stands on the corner of Venice & Lincoln to shout out traffic cures - Daily Breeze - Spike Lee to direct film about the '92 LA... more ›

Snoop Dogg's latest apparently opens next Friday, 8/11, at Laemmle Sunset 5. Is it wrong to admit that it looks hilarious?... more ›

There is a great wikipedia about Johnnie Cochran, Jr. that reminds us that he was a true Los Angeles Icon. He attended UCLA and LMU (where he got his law degree), was a criminal prosecutor twice in his career (for a total of 7 years), and made his name initially by effectively pursuing justice in police brutality cases. The nineties found him in the middle of just about every major Los Angeles trial. He represented Reginald Denny (who was beaten during the LA Riots); in his crowning achievement, he got Geronimo Pratt freed from prison after 27 years; he represented Michael Jackson in the first child molestation case; and, of course, his work in the OJ Simpson trial. His only son is a California Highway Patrol officer. He died of an inoperable brain tumor in his home in Los Feliz, yesterday. more ›