A local nightclub performer suffered a critical head injury early Monday morning after he confronted vandals meddling with his vehicle. The incident occurred outside a club in the Jefferson Park area on Adams Boulevard east of La Brea Avenue around 12:30am. more ›

Put on your Ed Hardy gear, shine up your spray tan, stuff your wallet full of bills, and get ready to get douchey: Complex Magazine has named their picks for the "25 Douchiest Bars in L.A." and we're curious to know if you agree with their choices. more ›

Hey, if you're asked to leave a club you might understandably be upset. What not to do, though, is to come back shooting your handgun at the crowd outside, like one man did early this morning at a Hollywood club. The man was ejected from La Vida just after 1 a.m. Friday. more ›

Police today said they aren't going to arrest the rapper Game for an alleged assault at a Hollywood club early on Tuesday morning. The rapper showed up at Hollywood Police Station today to tell police that he didn't throw any punches in Tuesday night's scuffle. After interviewing witnesses and taking a look at the shaky partial footage of the incident, the police told TMZ that they bought Game's story. more ›

Rapper Game may have shedded the "the" from his moniker, but he can't seem to shed local law enforcement from his business. The native Angeleno, nee Jayceon Terrell Taylor, but also known as Charles Louboutin, was caught on tape in a fight at the Colony nightclub in Hollywood. more ›

Two men were shot by a ski-masked gunman early Saturday morning "as they stood in front of The Vault XXI, a boutique lounge club in Little Tokyo," according to a LAPD news release. more ›

Film aficionados will soon have a new place to hang their porkpie hats with the opening of a screening theater in Studio City, reports North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch. The theater will be a place for film events and series, according to Ray Franco, architect for the project, and will open at 12215 Ventura Blvd. where Aura nightclub used to be. more ›

DJ, jewelry auctioneer, amateur psychologist and Lakers forward Ron Artest stepped in front of a TMZ camera over the weekend to break up a fight between a man and a woman on Hollywood Blvd. more ›

A shooting outside the Little Temple nightclub in East Hollywood early this morning has left one man dead and another wounded. The incident began with a verbal dispute, according to L.A. Now. The victim, who is thought to be between 20 and 35 years old, was shot multiple times, and pronounced dead at the scene. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department are investigating an altercation that led to a stabbing with an ice pick that took place Sunday night in Hollywood, according to ABC7. One person was injured in the fight, which happened outside Joseph's Cafe, the three-decades old Greek-Mediterranean restaurant and nightclub on Ivar at Yucca. That victim is in stable condition. Two men were detained. No other information about the incident has been made available. more ›

As Glendale readies a plan for an expanded downtown arts and entertainment district, the city's Mann Theatres at the Glendale Exchange could be reborn, rebranded and renewed as nightclubs, reports the Glendale News-Press. more ›

A valet died when shots rang outside a nightclub on Beverly Boulevard in West Hollywood early this morning. L.A. County Sheriff's detectives believe an argument began between patrons of Guys and Dolls when a black male suspect produced a handgun and shot a gun at least seven times around 2:10 a.m., according to Commander James Lopez. more ›

It's not just the guy who dropped the big bucks in February at an after-hours gathering of the Republican party's Young Eagles at West Hollywood's bondage-themed nightclub Voyeur who is paying for the controversial non-sanctioned outing. Now the Republican National Committee has given the boot to two high-level officials involved in the group's finances, according to LA Now. more ›

Naturally, it takes an Oregonian to set the record straight in the media about what really goes on at West Hollywood's Voyeur club, the spot where the RNC's Young Eagles after-hours hang-time netted the GOP a whole mess of scandal this week. more ›

Someone has to take the ultimate dive for the RNC signing the check to reimburse the $2k spent one night last month at WeHo's racy and exclusive Voyeur nightclub. That person is Allison Meyers*. more ›

The property at 1743 N. Cahuenga Boulevard [map], on a strip of street in Hollywood we often call the Cahuenga Corridor of late, is boarded up these days and undergoing yet another transformation. Over the past decade it's been the site of numerous trendy Hollywood hot spots, where paparazzi gather to ambush stars and heiresses with their flashes and coaxing into the wee hours. Paint it one color, call it White Lotus, give it a go as Ritual, renovate it and call it Halo. However, undergoing yet another makeover, the property has finally brought in the wrecking ball to take down some of the building's original structure, bringing to an end a piece of local history. more ›

Although the Hollywood & Highland area lost the Knitting Factory, it will soon gain a new club, of sorts. Rolling Stone Magazine this summer will open a two-tiered nightclub and restaurant. It won't be a music venue, however, as it will be more DJ-based (though they say live events will happen time to time). How will the 10,000 square-foot space work? The top floor, which will open up into the Hollywood & Highland outdoor mall will be a bar and restaurant, meant for tourists and locals a like. On the street level, the vibe gets more exclusive and will include heftier prices and the like. more ›

Stephanie Pratt can add one more dubious claim to fame to her resume after an early Sunday morning arrest that took place outside a Hollywood nightclub, according to On The Red Carpet. Pratt, 23, the blonde fashion-student and sibling of the notoriously unlikeable Spencer Pratt (one half of the "Speidi" duo comprised of him and his starlet wife Heidi; LAist Interview) was "booked at the Van Nuys jail" and "released a few hours later after posting $5,000 bail." more ›

Some residents of West Hollywood and neighboring Beverly Hills are in an uproar about the British-import members-only club Soho, which is poised to open up on the penthouse level of the Luckman Plaza on the Sunset Strip. Those opposing the club fear that it will lead to excessive noise, crowds, and traffic in the area, not to mention increased paparazzi presence aiming to snap a goldmine shot of one of the club's exclusive members. more ›

If you love the nightlife, you may love what's known as the Cahuenga Corridor. The space that was once White Lotus, then Ritual, has re-emerged as Halo, the latest endeavor by Chris Breed (of Green Door, Pig 'N Whistle and Cabana Club), who told the LA Times last week that Halo is "an old-school club." He's referencing the space's black and white decor, the different elevations, the multiple bars (three) and the patio. more ›

Top techno night Compression features a double-bill of headliners this Friday at King King in Hollywood. DJing alongside New York’s Francois K will be Los Angeles legend John Tejada. They're two DJ/producers who have walked very different paths to global dance music stardom. more ›

A man was shot and wounded last night after 2:00 a.m. behind the popular Ritual nightclub on Cahuenga just north of Hollywood Boulevard. more ›

After all was said and done, yesterday morning's fire in Hollywood severely damaged Basque nightclub and the Blood Shot tattoo parlor. Two other adjacent occupancies of the building sustained moderate damage -- Sandee's shoe repair and the San Miguel Spa and Salon. Of the 180 firefighters who reported to the 5:31 a.m. fire, there were no injuries. more ›

After just under two and one half hours, the fire at Basque nightclub was knocked down by the Los Angeles Fire Department, save for one flare up on a rooftop hotspot fifteen minutes later. At 5:31 a.m. this morning, a 9-1-1 phone call alerted officials to a fire at the building located on the northwest corner of Hollywood and Vine, which has housed many tenants in the past including a radio station, restaurants, Deep and now Basque. The opening scene of Ocean's Eleven was filmed here. more ›

Update: The fire has been knocked down. Read the update here.

You know you want to...so you may as well do it. Star Trek: The Tour has docked on the Queen Mary. Beam yourself up and get yourself to Long Beach to see exhibits from all five TV shows and each of the 10 movies, including Captain Kirk's chair. Bring your Vulcun ears and your Klingon-English dictionary and get into whatever character, or warp speed, you want. more ›

Joseph Cosina was shot in the heart after bar-close early Friday morning at Crash Mansion nightclub on Grand Ave. (it was an 18-and-over event). The 19-year-old Downey High School graduate was pronounced dead at the hospital and two others were wounded. The gunman remains at large.

About closing time, a fight broke out inside the club, police said. Cosina and his friends had no connection to the fight, said his father, Hector. more ›