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Budget Deficit Makes Committing Felonies Way Easier

Jeff Neumann · 03/24/10 04:18AM

There's never been a better time to go on a crime spree in California. To cut the state's $20 billion budget deficit, under a proposed plan convicted felons can be released on parole with no supervision. Not a bad idea!

From the Stars to the Gutter

gawker.com · 03/06/10 10:22PM

Last night Los Angeles was drained of star power because super-agencies WME and CAA had house parties with ridiculous security. Things we discovered: bribing people is harder than you think, security guards are scary and we belong among the dregs.

Bike Messengers Turn to Vigilantism In Theft-Ridden Lost Angeles

Richard Lawson · 02/11/10 05:11PM

The fiery, war-torn streets of the American urban hellscape that is LA have given birth to some serious vigilantes. Bike theft is running rampant in California's dystopic bowels, so two couriers recently took the law into their own hands.

American Idol: Man, I Gotta Get Out of LA

Richard Lawson · 01/27/10 12:17PM

We're goin' to Hollywoooood! No, adorable wisher, we're not done with auditions and watching Hollywood Week. This week's installment of 10,000 Maniacs: The TV Series just took place in LA, so the judges could sleep in their own beds.

J is for Jersey

Brian Moylan · 12/14/09 11:25AM

[Jersey Shore star Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi carries a monogrammed purse (that doesn't match her outfit) emblazoned with the mysterious letter J while walking the Los Angeles streets with DJ Paulie Directions on Saturday night. Image via X17]

DJ AM: The Aftermath, Tributes, and Legacy

Foster Kamer · 08/30/09 07:16PM

DJ AM - né Adam Goldstein - was the Kevin Bacon of LA's music-celebrity scene, except he was connected to everyone by two degrees. His death gets more tragic as it unfolds. The outpouring for him out there's large.