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Florence and the Machine performing live at Sundance (Photo by Joey Maloney/LAist) If you didn't score tickets to see UK songstress Florence Welch, aka Florence and the Machine, at the Greek Theatre in June, well, for one lucky LAist reader, the "Dog Days Are Over." We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Florence and the Machine live on June 14, the second date of a two-night stop in Los Angeles. With...

Just one day ahead of the 20th anniversary of his infamous and incendiary videotaped beating by Los Angeles Police Department officers, Rodney King found himself being pulled over and cited. The story was first reported late yesterday by gossip site TMZ, who say police in Arcadia "received a complaint about a man driving recklessly in a green Mitsubishi Tuesday afternoon ... and when they located the vehicle, they saw King behind the wheel."

A budget memo released today by the City Controller's office indicates that there are 18 City Departments on track to be a combined $31.9 million over their current budgeted salary appropriation by the end of the fiscal year 2010-2011. Of the 18 whose salary budgets have a shaky short-term future, the two largest trouble spots are the Police ($10,036,231 projected shortfall) and the City Attorney ($9,395,486 projected shortfall). Those amounts are considered "potential year-end...

A freshly-butchered pork roast is tied off after a live demo by local butchers Lindy & Grundy during the Oct. 2010 Artisanal LA event (Photo by R.E.˜ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Sorry, carnivores, but as of today, pork is no longer "the other white meat." Sure, you can call it that, but the people behind pork, aka the National Pork Board, have officially abandoned the 25-year-old campaign slogan, and instead...

Some criminals can't help but to return to the scene of their crime. In San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood yesterday, the man suspected of attempting to rob a Jack in the Box the day before came back to where the failed heist almost went down. Why? He was hungry. Bonus: The cops were already there. Police were at the fast food location as part of the investigation, says LA Now, and when the manager spotted...

Vintage postcard Los Angeles is honoring one of its oldest communities today, via a City Council declaration and celebration. The 100th anniversary of Eagle Rock becoming a city was March 1, and today City Council and the community will mark "Eagle Rock Day." This week, in 1911 "Eagle Rock City was incorporated as a city of the 6th class. The vote was 72 to 57. The approximate total population was 600," notes the Eagle...

Some bottled Angel City brews (Lindsay William-Ross/LAist) The empty lot across the street from Angel City Brewing's nearly-open Downtown brewery will be transformed into an outdoor beer garden and gathering spot starting tomorrow and running for a total of six evenings on this and next weekend. "The Angel City Art & Beer Garden brings together all of [Brewery] owner Michael Bowe’s favorite things - music, art, fine, handcrafted beer, great food - and Downtown...

Two recent shootings on one North Hollywood block have similarities, but the Los Angeles Police Department don't believe the incidents are related, according to the Daily News. The shootings took place about a week apart, with the most recent violent encounter taking place last night when the victim was shot after answer the door of his apartment in the 11800 block of Kittridge Street, near Lankershim Boulevard. An unidentified suspect fired three shots at...

Who wants to hang out, drink beer, and root for their team in a place called "Industry"? The National Football League seems to think not very many, since they've begun to refer to their proposed stadium site in the City of Industry as "Grand Crossing," according to the AP. In a recent interview, John Semcken, the vice president Majestic Realty Co., who are planning the stadium in Industry, said he thinks a NFL team...

Photo by cEntEr of thE stoRm via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Taggers who leave their marks on public property will soon find their handiwork showing up in a new kind of gallery. City officials and the Los Angeles Police Department are launching a four-division pilot program that will centralize visual evidence of tags to create a database that will be used to gather evidence for prosecution and restitution. The pilot program...

The knives are coming out for a third installment of the all-pro TV cooking competition show Top Chef Masters on Bravo, and today the network has revealed the list of 12 "cheftestants" and solidified who will be doing the adjudicating. Representing Los Angeles are two beloved and well-known local culinary stars, Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill, and John Rivera Sedlar of Rivera and the just-opened Playa.

In a unanimous (12-0) vote yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the City's Bicycle Plan, which lays out 1,680 miles of interconnected bikeways and calls for more than 200 miles of new bicycle routes every five years Citywide, including along the Los Angeles River. Several years in the works, the ambitious plan signals to many a shift in the relationship between the local government, city planners, and bicyclists.