Remember that earthquake we had last week? You know, the 5.4 magnitude that struck just before lunchtime and had tall office buildings swaying on their rollers, grocery stores seeing items topple from shelves to the floor, and the media scrapping all other programming for non-stop post-quake coverage. Yeah, that one. ...

85-year-old fashion critic Richard Blackwell, best known for his scathing annual list of worst-dressed celebrities, is reportedly in an undisclosed Los Angeles-area hospital and has been unconscious since Tuesday. The information came via his partner, Robert Spencer, who declined to state from what illness Blackwell is...

A photo of Hugo Bernardo Rojas | Photo provided by his family It's not often that the LAPD sends out an e-mail with a subject line (usually they're blank, forcing you to open it to find out what it is.) It's also not often that we receive a press release that pleads for the public's help. We thought we'd share... The...

The Thursday night Twilight Dance Series continues tonight in Santa Monica. / Photo by LAist flickr pool contributor Jonathan Alcorn (aka Sundogg). FILM TALK: Director Wayne Wang will discuss his films Princess of Nebraska (2007) and Chinese Box (1997) in between a double-feature screening of the two, beginning at 7:30...

LA Weekly readers will notice that Jonathan Gold (ahem, PulitzerPrizeWinning-FoodWriterExtr aordinaire-JonathanGold is his official title, I believe) has been a little obsessed with hot dogs lately. First there was his extended meditation on his father's food legacy and the importance of the Chicago-style hot dog: "weeken...

Playing Afro Funke tonight, Ugandan hip hop artists Saba Saba and Babaluku pictured above with the Bataka Squad. | Photo via MySpace There's an interesting event tonight at The Echo called Rock for Renters' Rights (Facebook event page). It's put on by the Eviction Defense Network, a non profit dedicated to taking a...

Photos by Snack Behrens/LAist In Los Feliz, you've got the trendy Fred 62 with their talked about Mac Daddy & Cheese Balls ($6.62) coated in "spicy breadcrumbs" (that we did not find too spicy). Over in Sherman Oaks, there is the eclectic Boneyard Bistro who serves up Fried Mac n’ Cheese ($4/$6), which are more accurate...

Tonight on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, three crews will battle it out with a series of 80's themed performances. Local favorite Fanny Pak continues to amaze everyone with their creative and funky style. LAist went backstage to talk to team leader and choreographer, Matt Cady. We asked Matt about putting together...