Sloane Berrent

A mysterious package left in the street at 5700 Wilshire Boulevard has closed down 3 blocks of traffic on Wilshire around the La Brea Tar Pits. At this time, 2:16pm, the bomb scare squad is on their way, office buildings are not being evacuated yet, but certainly exercise caution both in entering the area and also while trying to manuever around traffic. It is unknown how long this will last, but certainly the longer...

Ever since I went on vacation in March and found myself flying through four books in four days, I've realized how much I miss actually sitting down and reading real books. Not magazines, not updates on my RSS feed, but a real book. In that regard, I've been fairly indiscriminating in making every effort to cross the gamut from classic to bestseller to inspirational. But even better, I've found the first great beach read...

We came across this interesting and yummy tidbit of information and had to share, it's National Doughtnut Day! What that means is you can through out all of your being good preparing for summer and kick off June right! Think we're kidding? We found an interesting history to this holiday. National Doughnut Day was established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to raise much-needed funds during the Great Depression, and to honor the...

To continue to get you excited about Coachella, LAist is bringing you some banging live performances from bands that are on our "must see" list. Now we used to really be into house and trance and back in those days remember being in LOVE with Tiesto and his style. He can make you forget time, which could be dangerous considering he's the last act of the night. We will be very torn between the...

To continue to get you excited about Coachella, LAist is bringing you some banging live performances from bands that are on our "must see" list. Peter, Bjorn and John are obviously towards the top. Their catchy Young Folks song is sure to the big crowd pleasure and is shown above with a special appearance by Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes, who performs on the recorded version of the song. But these Swedes will also...

In preparation for Coachella, LAist is going to bring you some banging live performances from bands that are on our "must see" list. The first is from Tokyo Police Club, a Canadian indie-rock band that is playing the Mojave stage on Friday from 3:30-4:20....

With three days to go until Coachella, set times have been released. Now the fun begins of looking at the list up and down and left and right and obsessing over your route and which bands you are dying to see and then getting to Indio, throwing it all out the window and going with the flow. The real struggle is when there are bands playing first or second and you know you're not...

Former Senator Bill Bradley is currently on a book tour promoting his book, The New American Story, and LAist had the opportunity to hear him speak at UCLA through the School of Public Affairs on Friday before his appearance on HBO's The Bill Maher Show. About 35 students, political activists and fans came to hear Bradley speak. An esteemed resume, Bradley is a former senator and presidential candidate, basketball champion, Rhodes Scholar and Olympian....

So there we were. Granted putting ten pounds into a five pound bag, trying to fit too many things into a Friday night but we were fairly convinced we could do what we always do - outsmart LA traffic and when there are moments where the congestion breaks up, well, gun it. Friday was not one of those nights. Maybe it was because it was Friday the 13th. While it has never served as...

Have you ever gone to a play and felt like your whole life could change? It might sound dramatic, but this is the theater after all, so maybe this kind of grandstanding and overwhelming support can be justified. Wounded, which opened this past weekend for the second year in a row at the Powerhouse Theater is Santa Monica is just such a production and being billed as "more timely than ever." Created by the...