A Chick-fil-A cashier in Orange County has joined the ranks of comediennes such as former UCLA student Alexandra Wallace and Rosie O'Donnell who find the words "ching" and "chong" to be a catchall for referring to anything and everything Asian. more ›

A college Republican group at UC Berkeley is following in the footsteps of other campuses, including UC Irvine, and hosting a "Diversity Bake Sale." Sounds lovely, doesn't it? Except that the sale will feature goods sold at different prices depending on the consumer's race, ethnicity and gender. White men will be charged $2, Asian men $1.50, Latino men $1, Black men $0.75, and Native Americans $0.25. Women will get $0.25 off any purchase. more ›

Would you think anything of an animal shelter banner depicting children playing with pit bulls? What about African-American and Latino children playing with said canines? Phyllis Daugherty of the Animal Issues Movement does. The banners in question are those at the South Los Angeles Animal Shelter. more ›

Sadly, the terms "LAPD" and "corrupt" have been considered synonymous for decades. However, the department has apparently made an admirable transformation over the years, "offering itself up — in a way that not so many years ago would have been unthinkable — as a model police agency for the United States," according to the NY Times. more ›

After anti-gay and racist graffiti was found on walls throughout Pasadena, officials are on the hunt for suspects, reports CBS News. The imagery included swastikas and racial slurs, and was found on office buildings, residences and city-owned buildings along Washington Boulevard between Lincoln Avenue and El Molino Avenue. more ›

Two suspects were arrested on suspicion of criminal threats and committing hate crimes after the parents of two Latino teenagers called authorities followin an incident allegedly involving skinheads "taunting and threatening" their kids in Ojai on June 30, according to LA Now. more ›

Former Angels Radio pregame show host David Smith filed a lawsuit this week alleging the team fired him in 2009 for racist reasons. more ›

A member of the Santa Monica High School wrestling team said he was chained to a locker and taunted by fellow teammates with a brown dummy wearing a noose. The incident, which allegedly occurred on May 4, was reported to police last week by the boy and his mother. more ›

Musicians including Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, and Herbie Hancock have signed a petition in protest of the recent Grammy category cuts, arguing that ethnic music will be unfairly and adversely affected. more ›

Three male students were cited for felony vandalism and suspended from school after admitting their involvement in creating racist graffiti that was spotted last weekend on the grounds of Calabasas High School. While the trio of all 11th graders could face criminal charges, they will not face hate-crime charges related to the incident, according to officials who say the teenagers did not target a specific group. more ›

Orange County GOP leader Marilyn Davenport has made a more official and contrite apology for being the mastermind behind the "joke" e-mail she sent out containing a doctored family portrait of chimpanzees with President Obama as the baby. Though Davenport initially balked at criticism of her attempt at political humor, she told the OC Weekly yesterday that she needed to say sorry "with different words." more ›

Orange County GOP official Marilyn Davenport is refusing to step down from her elected post today after she was outed as the sender of an email of a digitally-altered "family portrait" of President Obama as a baby chimp according to Top of the Ticket. Davenport said she thought the photo was "amusing," and definitely not racist. more ›

Skinhead David Lynch was found shot to death in his Sacramento home yesterday, according to KTLA. Police are looking for the killer, who also shot a woman in the leg before leaving the scene. The motive for the murder is unknown, although KTLA reports that there have been internal conflicts in the white supremacist world as of late. more ›

Santa Clarita Councilman Bob Kellar was the focal point of attendees and demonstrators at last night's City Hall meeting, after the local leader referred to himself as a "proud racist" at a public event two weeks ago, reports the Daily News (see the video below). more ›

Remember this above Obama buck from last week? The one that Chaffey Community Republican Women Federated of San Bernardino County used in a newsletter and with some members claiming that everyone eats those foods depicted, therefore, it is not racist. more ›

First, we have the Sacramento County Republican Party, who recently had to remove certain images from their site, like the one at left, because they were all offensive and stuff. more ›

The Advocate, a pro-life student-run UCLA magazine, released it's quarterly issue (.pdf) this week with an investigative report on sketchy fundraising practices at Planned Parenthood. Their lede reads: more ›

Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers (and their subsequent acquittal) sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992, was shot late last night, according to San Bernardino police. King was shot in the face and arm with a pellet gun (LA Times) or perhaps a shotgun (KNX, USA Today) while riding his bike home to Rialto. King, the 42-year-old man who gained national fame when his 1991 beating by Los Angeles police was caught... more ›

Science and art rarely mix. And yet, despite the near polar opposite natures of these two fields, there's something that makes a collaboration between science and art undeniably captivating. Perhaps it's because behind the often sterile and calculated shell of the world of science, there lies the same human stories we find in every other area of life. And while we regularly see tales of greed, corruption, triumph, racism, fame, and passion acted out in the political arena, or on the athletic field, or in the celebrity sphere, the scientific world has just as storied a past, rife with conflict, competition and courage. more ›

Listen to the interview here: Bobby Slayton is an icon, he's been doing stand-up for 30 years, everyone in the industry knows him, and generations of us have grown up on his comedy. At his live show the crowd gets warmed up with a video of practically every single well-known American comic, from Don Rickles to Robin Williams, giving props to Bobby. I've been listening and seeing Bobby Slayton perform for 25 years, listening to... more ›

Bunch of savages in the OC more ›

He seems so nice on tee vee, but in real life Dog The Bounty Hunter is more like Dog The Hate Mongrel. The National Enquirer has just released audio of the A&E star explaining that he wants his son to break up with his "nigger" girlfriend. TMZ reports that Rev. Al Sharpton has already been notified and has begun polishing his black ass for the upcoming press summit and standard butt-smooching slash apology slash... more ›

Gearing up for another War on Christmas, combative conservative columnist David Horowitz and the College Republicans are calling out to their hate squad and killing Halloween (not to mention a week of breast cancer awareness month) with what they've dubbed "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week." Ann Coulter, recently listed as charging a $25,000 speaker fee by the Premiere Speakers Bureau (and now "call for fee") will speak in the name of Islamo-Fascism Awareness tomorrow night at USC.... more ›

Yesterday our friends at Curbed LA told everyone that the Fox Hills Mall was going to be renovated all Westfield-like, and because they rule, they had lots of nice pictures after the jump. more ›

The cultural diversity that exist in just about every nook and cranny of this country sometimes blinds people of the ignorant, immature, and, in some cases, overtly racist actions of our more idiotic counterparts. We, Americans, like to think that we’ve come a long way since the 1960s and that the battles to destroy prejudice is somewhat obsolete, but every so often high profile cases, like that of the Jena 6, comes along and kicks us in the ass reminding us that we still have a long way to go. more ›

Yesterday, September 20th, was the day that Mychal Bell was to be sentenced after being found guilty as an adult on the charge of aggravated battery. Prosecutors were asking for a sentence of 22 years at one point, then reduced it to 15 years. Last Friday the appeals court overturned his conviction. The court determined that Bell, who was 16 at the time, should not have have been tried as an adult. In spite... more ›

The only one of the accused 6 to not post bail, Mychal Bell, is expected to receive his sentencing today in Jena, Louisiana. Local officials tried to impede the traveling march from entering the small town of Jena (population: 2,971) by limiting 5 buses to enter the city limits per 12 minutes. Most locals have fled the city, businesses have closed down. While the arrest stems from the fact that 6 black teens beat a... more ›

Today's LA City Beat's LA Sniper column focuses aim on 30th District Congressman Henry Waxman who led the banning of subway construction under Wilshire Blvd. in the mid 1980s. Could you imagine what LA would be like today? A Los Angeles with a subway down the god friggin' most congested city street in America? Instead we have the one of the nation's busiest rapid bus lines, the 720, which the Sniper suggest should be... more ›

Last year I was lucky enough to land the fine job of being editor of LAist, the city I love. So naturally three months after covering LA I had the brilliant idea of taking a road trip around the country, thus covering anything except LA. Everything was just a little whimsy roadtrip discovering parts of the US that I hadn't imagined, until in New York people demanded that I go to New Orleans and... more ›

Jameka vs Evil Dick this week on Big Brother (part two and part three after the jump) 8:00pm On the Lot FOX - Final three filmmakers struggle on 8:30pm Bad Day at Black Rock TCM - Frickin' great movie about a stranger bringing a medal to a fallen Japanese-American war hero's family and the racism he experiences. 1955 film starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Ann Francis, Lee Marvin, etc. 9:00pm Big Brother 8 CBS... more ›