Zach Behrens

When Monday Evening Concerts organizer Justin Urcis told us that tonight's performance outside Zipper Hall was unique, he wasn't kidding. Mauricio Kagel's 1996 composition, Eine Brise (‘A Breeze’), is an avant-garde histrionic work for 111 bicycles. At about 8:40 p.m. during intermission concert goers will head towards the sidewalk outside of Zipper Hall on Grand Avenue to watch and hear the performance of cyclists whizzing by whistling and playing bells. Tickets are $27 for...

Those who over the years that have diligently kept their podcast subscription current with KCRW since they launched the free downloadable Today's Top Tune have built quite the arsenal of good music. It started with Alexi Murdoch in April 2006 and has brought us Lilly Allen, Justice, Fleet Foxes and a lot more that we've enjoyed. Today, in celebration of their 1,000 free tune giveaway, Spoon's “Something to Look Forward To" is available for...

Oh, where, oh where in Southern California is this? Try to guess in the comments section | Photo by Mike Chen aka MetalMan via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr Here are 12 chances to see the space station between Saturday and Wednesday from Orange County (but it will pretty much work from anywhere in Southern California). Chef Kerry Simon sits down to talk about his new restaurant, LA Market, which is on the first...

Another weekend, another two DUI checkpoints. Find one tonight in the Pico del Mar neighborhood in South L.A. and another one tomorrow in Harvard Heights around Vermont and Pico. Stay safe out there!...

Fans of Fresh & Easy might be getting a store near them soon. Next week, two stores will open with three more openings in early April, the company announced today. Of particular note will be the Central and Adams location in South Los Angeles...

It might be KCRW that gets all the buzz, but it's KUSC that gets the top ratings. The most recent Arbitron ratings show that the classical station earns the top public radio station in the country spot because of the "average number of listeners and individuals who tune in during the week," finds LA Observed. It's the first time the station ranked number one in both categories....

About 200 La Canada Flintridge residents in a high-risk mudslide area were warned last night of evacuation orders that would go into affect this afternoon. Two storm cells are expected to hit this weekend, with the first one intensifying this evening. A second storm is expected to hit this Sunday night....

Photo by atomicshakespeares via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr The state senate today passed a bill that would impose a sales tax on Amazon.com and other online purchases, which would raise $107 million annually, according to the Sacramento Bee. Governor Schwarzenegger said he would veto the measure when it was introduced last year and Overstock.com threatened to pull its affiliate program, which provides income to California residents, if the tax was approved. Also in...

Detail of City Hall | Photo by polaroid-girl via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr In addition to the 1,000 city worker layoffs already being discussed, the Los Angeles City Council today took action to add 3,000 more workers to that list after a financial firm yesterday downgraded the city's financial outlook from "stable" to "negative," according to the LA Times. The city is facing a $212-million deficit and a $484 one next fiscal year...

Photo by MaplessInSeattle via Flickr As expected, San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has reintroduced his bill to legalize marijuana after it failed to meet legal deadlines during the last legislative session. Like before, "the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act (AB 2254) would create a regulatory structure similar to that used for beer, wine and liquor, permitting taxed sales to adults while barring sales to or possession by those under 21," according to Ammiano's...

It's been nearly a week of shaky ground out in the San Bernardino County city of Redlands. Since Wednesday, when we counted around 75 small quakes since the previous Saturday, there's been around 40 more quakes of varying, but inconsequential sizes, including a few over 3.0, which the USGS takes slightly more seriously on their listings by marking them in a bolded red. A 11:53 a.m. there was a light 3.4 earthquake, followed by...

"It was the longest I have ever waited for food in my life. And I'd do it again in a flash." That's LA Weekly's Pulitizer Prize winning food critic Jonathan Gold on last week's first annual L.A. Street Food Fest. It's about your personality, he says. "In my experience, you are either a festival guy or you are not..."