Paul Davidson

It continues. Yesterday evening the barrage of hellish water torture began to fall down upon the innocents of Los Angeles county, trapping most inside in what some have called (some = LAist) "almost as bad as Hell, but not as hot, but really really darn scary." Even though last week's Ultra Chaotic Water Catastrophe 2004 hit LAist like a ton of bricks, we did our part to inform Angelenos with a short list of...

This week, LAist decided to redirect our navigational computers from Santa Monica back over the hill and into the abyss (or what some call The Valley) to spend some time at the coffee shop that some might call the carousel coffee shop and what others may call the ironically closed coffee shop. Either way, whatever you call it, it's located here: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #11 16101 Ventura Boulevard Encino, CA 91416 Monday...

LAist made their way around town earlier this week just as the deadline for voter registration was looming. In fact, LAist visited one particular LA post office at the five o' clock hour -- a mere thirty minutes from the deadline that would make some citizens voters and others, really bad forgetful people who (this year) would not be voters. LAist was proud to find that the post office in question was inundated with...

According to the L.A. Daily News, a German study funded partly by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined that people prone to a heart attack face triple their usual risk as a result of traffic whether they are in cars, on bicycles or on mass transit. Here at LAist, we did a little bit of our own research, taking the German study one step further in talking to Los Angeles residents. Our goal...

The rumors have finally come true. LAist isn't proud or happy or even mildly entertained by the death-water that began to pour down over the greater Los Angeles area earlier this week, but the events of last night have elevated the problem into a full blown catastrophe -- filling streets with moist liquid that has turned into puddles, streams and in some very unfortunate areas, really big puddles. Bringing the freeways to (in some...

LAist was intrigued this morning to find out (via the Los Angeles Times) that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to back a $3 billion stem cell initiative which totally goes against the current administration's position on such scientific research. Even more startling is the fact that both the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets have yet to pick up on the irony in Schwarzenegger's decision to take such a position -- that the...

It looks like it belongs on the island of Maui. It's green and lush and beautiful. Yet it's strictly for the game programmers of Activision, the weight-lifters of 24 Hour Fitness and a variety of business park-ers who spend their 9 to 5 here... Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf #10 3150 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90403 Hours: Monday - Saturday 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM Sunday 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM Down...

Although the myriad of things to do and places to go gives Los Angeles its personality and culture -- the continuing expansion has taken one thing away from its citizens. No, it's not affordable housing...it's parking spaces. But just like a species of animals who adjust to their environment, so too have Angeleno businesses, which compensate for the lack of parking by increasing the number of valet stations all across town. Now, if you...

LAist wasn't quite sure what to make of Trey Parker, Matt Stone and their patriotic puppets when we first got wind of Team America: World Police earlier this year, but after catching an early screening last night at the Paramount lot, we may just have to take one for the team. In addition to the language, violent situations, and insensitive commentary most will expect from the creators of "South Park", Team America: World Police...

The Los Angeles Times reports that Halloween is now so popular among adults and children alike that, this year, over 60% of all Americans will participate in the holiday in some way. This, of course, scares LAist more than a normal scare (jumping out from behind the couch and saying "Boo!") simply because this means that even more adults will assume they are now allowed to dress up as their favorite scary Halloween character...