Jason Toney

Heh. Not exactly. In fact, we're pretty sure magic isn't mentioned in LA building codes but that's what Les Firestein said when he was told to halt construction on the 100 sq. ft. tree house he and his wife are building for their 18 month old. It isn't exactly a treehouse of horror but his next door neighbor is concerned for privacy. Particularly, it seems, privacy to get it on in his hot tub...

We love when Las Buxoticas and Los Luchadores come together at the Mayan Theater and entertain the eclectic masses. Having become so popular in its 3 year history, Lucha Va Voom added another show to their usual downtown Halloween massacre and LAist was there drunk off of tequila shots and vodka laced drinks poured with a heavy hand. We arrived just as the lovely ring managers and burlesque dancers drove up in their classic...

With nearly 900 million dollars in unclaimed money and property locked up in the state controller's office, we were convinced that we'd hit the search the vault website this morning and be rich. That is until we tried to access the site and found it unavailable because everybody else had the same idea. And then, once we finally got on, nothing. Nada. Zilch. Not even a missing $0.01 check like we saw lots of...

The UCB Theatre features Cracked Out tonight and rumor has it that sometimes LAist target but always amusing Andy Milonakis will be joining the rap attack tonight with MCs Record Deal and Rapzilla. How could you not put down $5 for a show with this description: Yo motherfuckers it's time for The Crackdown To Crack Spring. Come smoke crack with Cracked Out while we celebrate the new Crack Spring with Crack. We're also gonna...

For some reason, we haven't been able to get to these stories before now. - Worldchanging goes in depth into how trees (and treepeople), or the lackthereof, has contributed to our city's tendency to flood for no good reason. - The Daily Bruin left their Westwood digs to visit downtown and see what all the hubbub is about. And today, writes about the downtown housing crisis. Is it really a crisis? That language seems...

The Daily News replaces its normal front page stories today with the listing of the 1995 soldiers that have been released by the US Department of Defense as having died in combat during the War in Iraq ( more have been counted but the names haven't been released yet because families have yet to be notified). We've been staring at it all morning. California is the state with the most lost men and women...

Jen Sincero, whose Living in Sin advice column scorches our site on a weekly basis, and Cecil Castellucci are at M Bar tonight performing their own two-woman show for the very first time. Doors open at 7 PM, the show starts at 8 PM and will feature their funny adventures being single women in the modern world as well as pictures of their cats. That sounds inappropriate. We highly recommend making it to the...

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...

Despite nearly getting killed on the Orange Line yesterday, our mayor is having quite the week. US News & World Report named him one of the 25 Best Leaders in the nation further solidifying Villaraigosa as much a National force as a local one. With all this high risk and high praise, he still has had time to strongly push for the NFL's return to the city as well and scoop the press on...

What a day for Rachel and J.R. to make their debut. The 14th city in the Gothamist network is Miami and they've launched today with the major story of their lovely locale being the arrival of Hurricane Wilma to Florida. Five of the six stories today deal with Wilma and her awful ways. More than 1 million people are without power currently but that isn't stopping the newest kids on the block. Please welcome...