Life doesn't stop in LA because it's raining. / Photo by kristi.nicole via LAist's flickr pool FILM The American Cinematheque’s Outfest Wednesdays continue at the Egyptian. On the big screen tonight is With You! -- director Yaniv Dabach’s documentary on the formation of New York City’s first gay rugby club, the Gotham Knights. A discussion with Dabach follows the screening – plus there’s a reception hosted by Absolut. 7:30 pm // American Cinematheque at......

Why aren't you ice skating this weekend? All right, fine, so it's close to 60 degrees fahrenheit out today, but it's crisp and sunny, and it's the holidays. Why not grab a friend, your family, or a special someone and try some footwork on ice? There are a couple of popular outdoor rinks to check out, including Downtown on Ice--Outdoor Skating at Pershing Square (schedule) which is $6 per session plus skate rental, and......

We leaf through various calendars so you don't have to. HOLIDAY FUN: The folks at the Troubadour Theater Company who brought us It's a Stevie Wonderful Christmas and Fleetwood MacBeth are back with A Charlie James Brown Christmas. The show features Charlie Brown singing "It's a Man's Man's World" or maybe James Brown singing "Christmas Time is Here." Or maybe it's both? 8 pm // Falcon Theatre // 4252 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles // $20-$37.50.......

For the past two weeks Councilmember Tom LaBonge has been proudly welcoming visitors to the 12th Annual LADWP Holiday Light Festival at Griffith Park, announcing with a straight face that this year's Festival demonstrates the DWP's commitment to a "Greener LA." Tom deserves credit for maintaining a straight face as he makes this outrageous claim because this Festival is far from Green! Granted, there is a lighting display at the entry that clearly states "DWP......

Earlier this week I made a right turn out of a parking lot in order to avoid waiting a lifetime to make a near-impossible left turn. I found myself on a quiet side street in lovely Toluca Lake, and eyeballed my trusty GPS navigation screen in order to see if the road I'd taken would connect me through to a street I knew would hook me up with Riverside Drive and send me on my......

If you saw last night's Dallas - Philly game during "Football Night in America" you saw NBC dim the studio lights of the Costas set because it would allegedly save enough electricity to power the homes of 1,000 American households for a year or some nonsense. If only they would do us all a favor and cut Costas' mic. Some of us would live in the dark for a week if such a deal......

We couldn't do a proper tribute to Late Night Eats in Los Angeles without a visit to the original Late Night Eats establishment, the one that started it all, the restaurant that embodies the very essence of car-hopping, car-worshiping SoCal burger culture: Bob's Big Boy. The Big Boy Burger was born in Glendale in 1936, the brainchild of Bob Wian (I know, the alliteration is getting a bit much for me too); the Burbank branch......

View Larger Map They are on trial, facing possible felony charges if convicted, for unauthorized access to city's computer system in order to make traffic even worse at four busy intersections last year August. Who are they? Meet Gabriel Murillo and Kartik Patel, both in their 30s and both high level Department of Transportation transportation engineers with the Automated Traffic Surveillance Center.Prosecutors said the men changed computer codes preventing transportation managers from reprogramming and reactivating......

If you’re west of Vermont, and like parking anywhere close your home, you’ll want to block out some time Tuesday night at 7 -- because some folks are about to make everything north of Franklin between Normandie and Edgemont, permit restricted parking. Anyone who’s even visited this area knows street parking is already tough. This proposal will make it much, much harder…and street cleaning days? Yikes! There is only one meeting to voice your......

It's certainly not the biggest farmer's market around--in fact it's pretty close to fledgling. Operational since last fall, the Toluca Lake Certified Farmer's Market takes over just one tiny block on Sancola, north of Riverside Drive. There are a few produce stands featuring excellent, although somewhat limited, selections of fresh local fruits and veggies, as well as at least one floral stand, craftsmakers with wares from soy candles to jewelry, tamales, baked goods, and......

It was hard enough to support the Engineers and Architects Assn. who went on a two-day strike last summer, but since we're pro-union we silently backed them despite the fact that their average union member gets paid $74,500 a year, and therefore doesn't really need our help. But while reading LA Observed this afternoon we were directed to an allegation that two high ranking union members intentionally fucked with four intersections right before the......

Murder in Silver Lake The body of 24-year-old James Hyunwoo Kang was found on the sidewalk in the 2800 block of Riverside Drive on Christmas evening, just after 6 PM. Detectives believe the shooting may have been narcotics related, but they could not elaborate on what evidence they found. Kang was shot in the upper body and died at the scene. Man with a Knife in San Pedro Around 12:40 a.m. a sergeant and......

Throughout this series, we will be asking fellow bloggers about their thoughts on Moorpark Street. LACityNerd summarizes a good list for us to start off with: When I think of Moorpark Street, I think of... -The most visible & concentrated destruction after the 1994 earthquake - especially looking up and down the streets as one rides along it Fulton and Van Nuys Blvd. -A short cut/alternate to Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake during rush......

Studio City's Hugo's pops up as the Citysearch's pick for Best Breakfast this year, so when a friend of ours popped up for breakfast, we thought we'd give it a try. The menu is eclectic and inventive, with vegetarian, Italian, and healthy twists to accomodate the best of the actors and studio execs laying low in the Valley. We were feeling particularly indulgent, and opted for their Eggs Benedict, if only to satisfy that......

We're glad the weekend has done that wondrous, clock-work thing again by showing up just when we need it to. Years ago, when weekends meant early shifts at undesirable jobs, or, maybe worse, late night shifts at even less desirable jobs, we didn't feel the love for the weekend. But we're one of the Monday-Friday work week folk, and weekends are about rest, fun, friends, and, more often than not, food. When we were......

Before Toyota's Prius had people waiting months for their very own electric(ish) car, domestic carmakers like GM and Ford had their own electric cars on the road. One of the early elegant cars was GM's EV1. Can't quite picture one? Well, they're hard to find. Most EV1s were leased, and were called back to their maker as pawns in the twisted politicking by carmakers balking against California mandates for cleaner emissions (which had helped......

About four months in the works, The Coffee Buzz continues its quest to put a finer point on neighborhoods, the people who frequent them, and the coffee they drink. And this week, LAist travels to yet another in-mall coffee haunt, taking us to the... Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #15 14006 Riverside Drive Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Saturday 8:00AM - 8:00 PM Sundy 8:00 AM......