Emma G. Gallegos

Lamar Odom has plead no contest to driving (very slowly) under the influence of alcohol last August.

Professional dilettante James Franco has published a poem that wrestles with Los Angeles' bloody colonial origins. It's been praised as "perfect," "the essence of L.A." and Ginsberg-esque by the commenters of Instagram, but of course it's hilariously bad.

Good news for people who lack a car, reliable friends or whatever sum Uber is charging to get you to LAX: FlyAway Bus Service is expanding its coverage over the next two years.

For the third time this year, porn production has been shut down after a performer tested positive for HIV.

A few years ago we were peeved by the New York Times' cheap shot at our arts scene, writing that Los Angeles is "where interest in culture starts and ends with movie grosses and who is on the cover of Vanity Fair." And then Nikki Finke went and proved them right.

There are about a million more people living in poverty in Southern California—69 percent more—than there were in 1990.

Amanda Bynes is back at home living with her parents after an involuntary stay in rehab.

So it sounds like the better part of Los Angeles got an emergency test alert on their cell phones from the fine people of Monterey Park.

The man who helped bring us Doritos Locos Tacos and asked for nothing in return has died at the age of 41.

Someone decided to create an atlas dedicated to that iconic symbol of the good life in Southern California: swimming pools.

Porsche test driver Walter Rohrl told Drive in 2002 that the Carrera had been "the first car in my life that I drive and I feel scared."

Ron Reagan, the youngest child of former president Reagan, is the voice of a new, outspoken advertisement for a group that aims to keep religious views out of the government.