How an Evangelical Minister helped save My Yom Kippur It's a dark and stormy Friday night in Culver City. I sit in my car and listen to the rain pound all around me. I have 11 hours to solve a very large problem and do not know where to start. Understand that an hour ago I had 1,500 congregants very unhappy with me. You see, I am the head of the volunteer sound crew for... more ›

Yom Kippur begins tonight at sundown. Challah! more ›

It's time for the LAIST prize roundup in the book world. John Banville, in a surprise turn, has won the Booker Prize for his novel, The Sea, beating out favorite Julian Barnes, Kazuo Ishiguro, Zadie Smith, Sebastian Barry, and Ali Smith. Apparently the voting was as close as it's ever been. There's a great 3-part interview with Banville at the litblog The Elegant Variation. more ›

Have you ever thought about how many meaningless numbers they blast you with on the morning news? This morning, Kent Shocknek of CBS Two intoned that at three-fifty-four, three rare pandas in China had given birth to four baby cubs. Now write this down, he said. In two days there were four births...the male cub was born at four point three ounces, the girl was just one ounce less. Aw, his milfy cohort chimed in, they were tiny. He sprayed her with more numbers in response. more ›

Even their secondary announcers, guys like Jerry Doggett, Don Drysdale, Ross Porter, and Rick Monday, were all in the top-tier of baseball announcers. We all bemoaned the firing of Ross Porter, but that pill was made slightly easier to swallow when a quality announcer in Charley Steiner took his place. more ›

Apparently, the language in the Angels' lease agreement with the city of Anaheim is ambiguous enough that the team could come up with a compromise name of sorts. The contract states that "Anaheim" must be in the team name, but it doesn't explicitly force the team to be called the "Anaheim Angels." So, Arte Moreno could call his team the "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" or even "The Los Angeles Angels, a team of really great players who happen to play their games in a city we grudgingly acknowledge is called Anaheim," says one law professor. more ›

For those who haven’t yet settled on their menu, a day or so remains to peruse the plethora of Thanksgiving culinary suggestions, recipes, and other relevant information that’s out there. Keeping up with the annual assault of holiday press can be taxing, so LAist suggests a few key stops along the information superhighway while settling on the details of your forthcoming feast. more ›

The fact of the matter is that it’s Shawn Green’s decision, and he can do whatever he damn wants without the fans, the Dodgers, or the Jewish community telling him what to do. This is coming from an LAist writer who will be fasting tomorrow. more ›

LAist is proud to publish the LAist Interview featuring a local and international legend who needs no introduction: Vaginal Davis. more ›