Photograph, left, of Hillary Clinton at Herrera's Mexican Cafe in Dallas, TX by Carolyn Kaster/AP; photograph, right, of Barack Obama at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2008 by Rick Bowmer/AP *Update 12:03 p.m.: Hillary Clinton is now the declared winner in Texas according to the LA Times. They also have a complete breakdown, state by state, for all the state primaries including yesterdayAs 7:53 p.m., PST, MSNBC projected that Hillary Clinton, at 57%......

A Metro bus collided with two cars this afternoon, injuring twelve. "Four patients transported to area hospitals with minor injuries, eight were treated and released at the scene," Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies said in a text alert. "Davies did not immediately know how the accident occurred, and whether the injured included anyone from the small cars." according to the AP via CBS2 News. The incident occurred at 5098 W. Rodeo Rd (map)......

A few months ago I noticed a nekkid lady’s torso perched on a plinth in the middle of the Windward Traffic Circle in Venice. Considering the calle vida thereabouts, this shouldn’t have raised an eyebrow. Yet, the utter incongruousness of a slick, black, metal, larger-than-life sculpture in the midst of "don’t harsh my mellow" Bohemia, made me stop and gawk. Regardless of yellow caution tape, I sprinted across to the island, which is roomy enough......

Although this pic was snapped a few months back, it still packs a tasty chuckle. Lest you think it was just celebs in Beverly Hills who are press-wearily pleading "No photos, please!" take comfort in the fact that the pastries ask the same respect for privacy from you, too. These camera-shy cakes can be found on Rodeo Drive at La Patisserie Artistique. But bring your cash, not your Canon, if you want to take......

When people think of Leimert Park, they usually focus on Leimert Plaza Park and the one block of Degnan to the north. But the neighborhood of Leimert Park encompasses the eastern side of Crenshaw Boulevard, including Crenshaw and King Blvd all the way north to Rodeo Road. M&M Soul Food sits right beneath one of the blue signs delineating the Leimert Park neighborhood. When you see a soul food restaurant on television, nine times out......

On Saturday evening, the City of Beverly Hills held its Annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony, "Deck the Hills," on Rodeo Dr., with performances by m-pact (MySpace), Concert 9Net (MySpace), and The Ditty Bops (MySpace). This was followed with the lighting by Mayor Jimmy Delshad and "surprise guest" Sharon Stone (who later attended a Gucci benefit) of a 12,000-crystal UNICEF snowflake floating over the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and twenty one-of-a-kind Baccarat chandeliers along Rodeo Drive, as......

Every Friday, LAist is taking you on a trip down to Orange County to uncover the unique dining experiences that await adventurous eaters willing to explore beyond the county line. Saying the name ‘Park Avenue’ evokes images of wealth, of tony living, of elegance and class (or of crappy Buicks if you’re into cars). Kinda like Rodeo Drive. It’s the antithesis of the working class, the regular everyday lifestyle that most of us experience.......

If you’ve missed all the bright orange book ads and have ducked all the media coverage (New York, The New Yorker, Vogue), you’re one of the few readers who hasn’t heard of The Manny, alleged to be this summer’s Devil Wears Prada: chick-lit for the beach, right-coast division. It’s a simple story: Glam Park Avenue working wife juggles her high-powered network news job, her sullen, money-obsessed lawyer husband, and three adorable children. She hires......

He has a blog and he has a Flickr page. That alone makes him cool, right? Well... no, kinda hip, maybe. Anyway, all the buzz these days goes to Presidential Candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). It would have been Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), but lately, she's reminding us more of the evil Vice President character in Prison Break (it's the way they both talk). Obama is magnetic. So magnetic that "I have never seen......

Today was the big unveiling of Proenza Schouler's "resort wear" collection for Target. It was exalted. It was hyped. It was drooled over. (I plead guilty to all of the above). But an early morning trip to the Target at the corner of La Cienega and Rodeo yielded nothing. Not as in "nothing good left cuz the racks were already picked clean" but as in "where the fuck are these clothes?" That's right. Absolutely nothing......

photo by hexod.us via Flickr. I know I'm a little late jumping on the bandwagon of year-end Top 10 lists, but if there's one thing that never goes out of style, it's food. 10. Foxy's 206 W Colorado St. at Central Ave., Glendale Any place that puts all my favorite things into one omelette (bacon, avocado, onions, tomatoes) as a standard dish on their menu can't go wrong. 9. Rodeo Grill 1721 W. Sunset......

So I’m going back and forth with my lady friend on AIM about what I should be for Halloween la noche pasada, here is the convo: - I was Super Mario last time, and a sperm before that. - Be an iPod. That would be cool. - Can’t do it. It’s overdone. - Yeah it didn’t feel original when I said it. - Of course I could just be a Microsoft Zune. - Being......

What's a brotha gotta do to get a decent rickshaw ride these days? - AP Americans trust Dems over GOP on moral values and the war on terror for the first time since 2001 - Newsweek Jack, Leonardo crime thriller "The Departed" tops the movie charts this weekend with $27 mil - Box Office Mojo Mayor Tony goes to China, loses luggage, insults fellow travelers, gets offerred bootlegged dvds - LA Times Sen. Barbara......

Where: Molly Malone's When: Tonight, 9pm ($5 cover) What: Sweethearts of the Rodeo All Star Jam Why: Ok listen up people. There is a steady and strong country scene in LA and it's called Sin City All Stars. It's called Shiloh Morrow and Lisa Jenkins. It's called the first Wednesday night of the month since Y2K! It's ending tonight to move onto bigger and better things (and believe us, we'll be there when it......

Gram Parsons left us for a better place 23 years ago. If he were still alive, he would be coming up on celebrating his 59th birthday. Gram is often referred to as the worlds first Country/Rock Star. He has maintained an incredible cult following through the years - how could he not being one of the first to discover Emmylou Harris, he played shortly with the Birds and had the ultimate rock-star notch in......

It's a short work week for most, but that doesn't mean that we can't already start planning for next weekend's fun. This Friday and Saturday Bon Appetit Magazine is coming to Los Angeles for a very special 50th anniversary celebration heralded as "The Ultimate Wine and Dine Weekend." The event brings together "some of the country's most celebrated chefs and entertaining personalities paired with the dynamic culinary talents of Los Angeles and Southern California." There......

Part of an on-going series of posts by people who have never been to our fair city but who want to. This is what they think of when they daydream about LA, this is what they think it's all about. by Jane, 22, Panama I think of an Imaginary LA Tall palm trees lining a very expensive, very exclusive, very ritzy area of perhaps Hollywood Hills or Bel-Air (what the hell do I know?......

WEDNESDAY • Scott H. Biram and The Business Machines play tonight at Spaceland. Doors open at 9 PM. • Molly Malone's has the Sweethearts of the Rodeo All Star Jam Band and The Dark Horses starting tonight at 9 PM. • Cinespace will be screening The Big Chill tonight at 7:30 PM, followed by a live performance by Jeff Goldblum and his jazz band at 10 PM. Get your reservations early. • Gore Vidal......

The election of Antonio Villaraigosa as Los Angeles mayor continues to have a "musical chairs" effect through city politics, as the players jockey for better seats to get their issues heard. This time it's the unions aiming for the political equivalent of floor seats at Staples Center. Los Angeles Tenth District City Councilman Martin Ludlow has been nominated to head the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. The labor federation has to find a......

This obituary was written by Josh Strike, a new contributor to LAist.com. Unless it's all some elaborate hoax, Hunter S. Thompson died Sunday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and the rest of us are left to wonder: What did it all mean? Common wisdom suggests that here was a man who should have died decades ago in some glorious drug-crazed rampage. He was alternately a born freak or a good-ol'-boy gone awry, a madman......

This weekend sees the opening of at least four new movies hitting theaters all across the Southland, and in surveying them LAist can't help but think how Angelenos could experience the same events in said movies around Los Angeles without ever having to pay a cent. After The Sunset, stars Pierce Brosnan as a thief who, along with his girlfriend Salma Hayek, tries their best to take part in illegal activities and avoid getting caught......

It's 5 PM and you're driving home from work. You decide to take a shortcut through Beverly Hills and you notice knots of people milling outside a nondescript office block. You are intrigued. Is it a flash mob, an ill-timed fire drill or a new-fangled self-actualization seminar? You've stumbled upon a private film screening venue. While most of the entertainment elite catch the latest flick at screenings on studio lots or in guild-sponsored theaters,......

LAist knows that writers are paranoid about other people stealing their ideas, yet some don't think twice about discussing their newest epics out loud at local LA establishments to people they're trying to impress. We're not saying they're good ideas and we're not saying they're bad ideas — we're just providing you a glimpse into the minds of LA writers whose latest projects could very well turn out to be the next Academy Award-winning......