Jason Toney

With Bob Hertzberg conceding the race this morning, the May 17th election will now be between Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor Hahn a rematch of the 2001 runoff. The real story might be the low voter turnout, though, which blogging.la is reporting as 24% of registered voters. Yikes. For much more comprehensive coverage, LA Observed and West LA Online are doing the job....

Last week, we told you about the upcoming Tim Burton Garage Sale. This week, Tim Burton is livid. While the yard sale is happening, Mr. Burton has nothing to do with it. While Burton won't name names, The Wow Report is claiming it is just Lisa Marie trying to make a quick buck. Sorry for the confusion. There may indeed be cool Tim Burton gear at the sale but he's not happy it is...

LAist doesn't know if we've formally introduced our recent crop of new contributors to the site but Carolyn Kellogg, Lindsay William-Ross, and Kevin Kelly have all started writing for us sometime in the last month. Our most recent addition is Josh Strike. We're not quite sure what to make of Josh. We're convinced he only wakes when the sun goes down and that being connected to him will probably get us arrested or high. Or...

Here's something you don't know about LAist: we used to advise a college newspaper. You probably wouldn't know that, though, considering how many times we get a story wrong or only sort of right around here. But enough about us. Waxy.org's mom, Toni Allen, is fighting to save the college newspaper at Oxnard College. Waxy, whose given name is Andy Baio, notes that thenewspaper and the college administration have clashed in the past over...

In the same vein of stolen ATM cards, the LA Times reports on the growing problem of identity theft. The story focuses on how the merchants take the brunt of the cost when claims are filed and how none of the agencies involved, not the banks, the government, or the retailers seem all that concerned with informing consumers when their credit cards or other information has been compromised. But who needs to steal an...

While we still don't know whose responsible for The Teddy Bear Murder, our flickr detectives have their cameras on a new local quandary: which street vendors have the best bacon wrapped hot dog? LAist seems to always come upon the dog vendor right in front of a bar after we've drank ourselves into oblivion. The greasy smell of onions and bacon fat tempts us every time but, we must confess, we've been too scared...

Despite the gargantuan efforts of LA Blogs, LA Voice, LA Observed and our own contributers to keep us informed, LAist is quite worried that we're going to forget it's an election day tomorrow. Didn't we just vote a couple months ago or something? And what are we voting for anyway? Hasn't Arnold been named King of California at this point? Karen Grigsby Bates on today's Day to Day gives a few good reasons why...

We're probably going to be spending most of our weekend in doors as this wacky weather has finally gotten the better of us and we're nursing a scratchy throat and a head cold but that doesn't mean you have to. Tonight, if you're brave enough for the rain, Headinghome Records is having a record release party for Hawkeye & Bal Cath's "El Disco Acido 2" EP. Several DJs will be on hand to spin...

Kotaku points us to a petition to get Hollywood to consider video games for the Walk of Fame. To this we respond: No. There are enough animated characters (see picture) on the walk as it is. In fact, we think there should be a moratorium on new stars on the walk right now and some new rules established (like you need to be over 50 or dead to get a star). We have nothing...

We don't have confirmation on this but LAist was just told that 1650 Schrader, home to Marques Wyatt's DEEP on Sunday nights and a Beck secret show recently, has filed for bankruptcy and permanently closed its doors. Hip Hop artist Talib Kweli was scheduled to have a release party for the latest single off of his album, "Beautiful Struggle," tonight but that show is now cancelled. Anybody else know anything about the shut down...