Throw 400 growers and producers from 50 states with another 400 "investment" types onto the warehouse event space that is Fort Mason in SF and you get the third annual Slow Money Conference. Here's what some of our L.A. growers, yep Angelenos, are seeking. more ›

After nearly six months of hospital confinement, Bryan Stow - the Giants fan who was brutally attacked outside of Dodgers Stadium on March 31 - has finally seen and felt the sun. Per the last post on the website his family maintains, Stow was moved to a cardiac chair on Friday and wheeled onto a secluded patio. more ›

Since having a shunt put in his head Bryan Stow is becoming more and more responsive, according to a website his family maintains. Stow got the shunt about a week ago, which is intended to decrease the amount of fluid in his brain. Since getting it, they write, he's "more awake and more responsive then ever." Stow, who's being treated at the San Francisco General Hospital, has been able to move his left arm towards his body and keep his eyes open. more ›

Among the multitude of flights cancelled on account of Hurricane Irene, one unique airlift has kept sixteen chihuahuas in much suspense. The rejected canines were slated to be flown via Virgin America from San Francisco to New York on Tuesday to join their new, open-armed east coast families. more ›

Check your channel lineup to make sure you know where to find California Channel, if you're interested in watching the live broadcast of the next hearing of the same-sex marriage ban (aka Proposition 8) case. The court date, September 6th, is when "a crucial procedural issue in the legal battle over Proposition 8 will go before the California Supreme Court in San Francisco," explains SFAppeal. more ›

Penises continue to stay in the spotlight, as two lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prevent municipal governments from passing laws regarding male circumcision, reports the Huffington Post. The bill comes on the heels of ballot initiatives in both San Francisco and Santa Monica to ban circumcision on boys under the age of 18. more ›

As San Franciscans gear up to vote on whether or not circumcision should be banned, those opposed to the procedure may have a new victory to point to. After a botched circumcision in 2003 at a Los Angeles medical clinic, a family will receive $4.6 million in damages and lawyers' fees, reports the Long Beach Press Telegram. more ›

This is the true story... of thousands of strangers... living together in the Los Angeles Country Men's Central Jail. From the deeply 90s file of Where Are They Now And Why Do We Care?, David "Puck" Rainey, of the 1994 San Francisco installment of The Real World, has been arrested on domestic violence charges in L.A., according to the L.A. Times. more ›

Do you know the way to San Jose...on public transit? You can ask Joe Eskenazi, who recently undertook the crazyass endeavor of getting from San Francisco to Los Angeles using public buses, and wrote up his odyssey for the SF Weekly. more ›

After considering following in the foreskin footsteps of San Francisco, the woman behind an effort in Santa Monica to ban circumcision has decided to withdraw her proposed ballot initiative, reports the Jewish Journal. The measure would have copied the language used in the San Francisco initiative, which will go before voters in November. It states that the foreskin of minor boys cannot be removed barring a procedure that's necessary for health reasons, and would potentially have made the act of circumcision a misdemeanor. more ›

The circumcision debate is heating up, and it's getting ugly. Recently, we reported about a proposed ban on the practice of cutting a baby boy's foreskin, that was making the rounds for signatures in Santa Monica. A bill with the same language will be put before voters in San Francisco this November. more ›

Following in the footsteps of our neighbors in San Francisco, the city of Santa Monica may consider a ban on male circumcision of minors, reports the Jewish Journal. A petition to gather signatures was filed with the city of Santa Monica on May 19. It says that circumcision would be outlawed in males under the age of 18, with no exception for religion, but with an exception for the health of the baby. more ›

After being cared for at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center for six weeks, Bryan Stow, the Giants fan who was brutally beaten by two men at the Dodgers opening game this year, has been transported back to the Bay area, near his hometown of Santa Clara. LA Now reports that Stow was able to keep his eyes open for longer than he has before being wheeled into a medical jet that took off from Burbank earlier today. more ›

Watching the Dodgers beat the Giants in a close 2-1 opening day game must have been exciting for fans in the seats of Dodger Stadium, however, for a pair of fans, the victory prompted a more visceral reaction, as they allegedly initiated unprovoked attacks on three Giants fans in the parking lot, leaving one victim critically injured. more ›

According to the National Weather Service, police in Huntington Beach received a call just after 11 a.m. on Monday about a waterspout sighting about a dozen miles northwest of Newport Beach, reports the Daily News. ABC7 weather reports via Twitter that a waterspout was sighted off of Newport Beach according police. more ›

After spending much of the week threatening the West Coast with radioactive thunderstorms should anyone dare turn the dial, CNN decided to recreate the geography of Caifornia, placing San Francisco a hundred miles or so from the Mexican border and throwing Los Angeles to the sharks, at the tip of a peninsula in Northern California that appears to be all but detached from the rest of the continent. more ›

Agoura Hills-based video game empire THQ's big plans for promoting its latest first-person shooter game turned out being the epic fail of this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. more ›

Devotees of organic and vegan cuisine will have a new temple at which to worship starting tomorrow, when the long-awaited San Francisco export Café Gratitude opens up its doors on Larchmont to welcome conscious eaters into their fold. more ›

The legal debate over the legality of ruling California's Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban, unconstitutional resumes today in San Francisco as a judicial panel convenes to hear oral arguments. This morning at 10, arguments are set to be heard by a panel of three judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to determine if a previous ruling by Judge Vaughan Walker should be upheld. more ›

Set in San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park, there were many reasons to love Outside Lands. In addition to the eclectic line-up of music, festival goers could find some of the best SF food and drinks as well as fun shopping, art, lounges and...wine tasting. more ›

(Part 2 of a 2-part review, focusing on the festival's music. To read about the planning, see part 1) The great thing about large, multi-stage, multi-genre music festivals like Coachella or Outside Lands is that at any given time, 3-4 acts are playing simultaneously. This allows people to, in a sense, curate their own personal version of that festival. You and a couple friends could each go off on your own and have completely different experiences, and perhaps none of you even saw any of the same bands as the others. Yet, you all had a great time, and were able to meet up for a beer and a burger at some point. more ›

(This is part 1 of a 2-part review, focusing on the festival's planning. To read about the music, see part 2) Recently, the 3rd edition of the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival was held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and LAist was there to see if our neighbors to the north can put on a festival that compares with our own legendary Coachella fest. And the answer is yes... yes, they most certainly can. more ›

Small business journal Portfolio.com yesterday released a study detailing the most and least stressful cities in the country, finding Detroit at the top of the list and Salt Lake City at the bottom. It wasn't based on personal interviews, rather it was based on data from issues that contribute to a populace's stress: Unemployment, poverty, unhealthy air, commuting and sunshine, to name a few. more ›

When it comes to collision frequency, the Southland isn't doing all that great. Well, that's according to Allstate Insurance's 6th annual "Best Drivers Report" that is based on company claim data. more ›

As expected, supporters of the ban on same-sex marriage in California "have formally appealed a federal judge's ruling striking down the voter-approved law," reports the Sacramento Bee. more ›

Officials in Los Angeles are keeping an eye on a controversial vote pending within San Francisco's city supervisors that could see to it a fee is added to the price of alcohol in order to help deal with the issue of alcoholism, according to NPR. more ›

San Francisco-based raw/vegan eatery Café Gratitude is spreading the love down to Los Angeles, with a new location scheduled to open this winter at Larchmont and Melrose, according to Grub Street LA and NBC. The often odorific (both in food and staff) restaurant will be bringing its gospel of organic, animal-free goodness to Los Angeles vegans, along with all of those crazy menu item names like the "I Am Beautiful" nachos and the "I am Fulfilled" salad. more ›

Due to technical issues... namely a digital camera running out of battery power, a mad dash to get a cheap disposable camera, and the length of time it's taking to get the film developed, the exciting account of day 3 has been preempted. We now bring you to our coverage of Noise Pop Fest day 4, already in progress... more ›