Jason Toney

- Today in Traffic: Not exactly local but we dig Jason Kottke's ponderings about different traffic cultures which includes some discussion of bike paths. That segues nicely into In the Oaks and their look at local bike possibilities. We've never actually been to Newhall and don't really know how to get there nor do we listen to LA's #1 Country station but KZLA is giving away free gas there tomorrow. - While our Senators...

Jen Sincero is a musician, sexpert, and the author of the bestselling book, The Straight Girl’s Guide To Sleeping With Chicks and the semi-autobiographical novel, Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer. She currently hosts a weekly sex talk radio show called Dr. Happypants on killradio.org. Living in Sin is her weekly advice column for LA's sexually curious, confused and constipated. Got a question for Jen? Ask her. We promise to be discreet (all questions will...

Kudos to California-based* EFF for taking Sony BMG to the mat on distributing CDs with spyware and hacker-friendly software. EFF joins Texas in the courts while The LA Times and The New York Times both discuss how Sony is having the worst year ever. In today's The Big Picture, Patrick Goldstein off-handedly throws out that the movie division has had only one hit (Hitch and that seems like it was ages ago) and a...

We're amused that one of the front page articles on match.com's online advice magazine poses the question "Is your date lying?" considering that they are being accused of faking dates or "date-baiting" as we're learning is the cute lingo to describe it. LAist has never been a fan of online dating. Somehow it seems exponentially more horrible to get rejected over the browser instead of at the bar. Gelf Magazine's report on the curious...

We always get our information from the internets so we have yet to use the LA Info Line or the City Hall line or the MTA roadside assistance line but if the 211 website is to believed, apparently if you call them somebody will come to your house and surprise you with flowers. That must be why folks are calling those other numbers instead of 911 lately right? Don't misunderstand us, that people are...

- Today in traffic: The 405-101 interchange exhales, alternate modes of transportation by the beach and the real story behind those red light cameras. Also, in light of our dual opinions on driving and public transpo this weekend, we should reference the LA Weekly info on the Red Line and the local public official with the coolest name: Zev Yaroslavsky. - Tookie Watch: Point. Counterpoint. - There was a tequila festival and nobody told...

Maybe we're just not looking in the right locations but we can't find any media coverage of an entire South LA apartment building going up in flames Saturday night. LAFD's blog reports that 14 companies of firefighters were on the scene and put down the fire in about 30 minutes but just taking a look at the incredible pictures and you can see that the whole structure was gutted and, we presume, several families...

After a week of talking tough about his desire to take over the LAUSD, the mayor backed off today. Everyone except the Teacher's Union and the LAUSD itself, it seems, wants something drastic to happen in the leadership and controls of the school district. Voters are in the throw everything at it and see what sticks mode by giving $4 billion for construction of more schools and structures. We got asked to sign some...

With only three weeks until his scheduled execution, it is high time LAist talked about Stanley "Tookie" Williams. As Snoop might say, we gots ta do it. The oddest story in the battle for Tookie's life has to be the prison's attempt to destroy Williams's credibility as a reformed man. What stake does the penal system have in this? They shouldn't care what sentence is meted out for any of their inmates. Their only...

We're looking for new interviewers. We're also giving away a signed poster from The Chumscrubber. We opened a merch store as well featuring LAist branded American Apparel shirts (amongst other things). And we talked about... - UCLA Basketball and why you'll love and hate this team. - We're cooking in the kitchen - pumpkin cheesecake and pinzimonio. - The Huffington Post/Yahoo!/Gawker Party and local blogs. - Who knew Jane Austen and John Hughes had...