Representatives with Equality California (EQCA) have stated that, after much deliberation, the organization will not attempt to have Prop. 8, which made gay marriage illegal in California, put on the ballot in 2012. Communications director Rebekah Orr said EQCA had conducted a complete analysis on whether to take Prop. 8 back to the ballot. Although [...] [...more]
 Firefighters are known for their three-alarm chili that they cook up in fire stations, trying to out-do each other in the heat department. What may not be well known is that LAFD personnel are on their own when it comes to food, cooking utensils and special amenities to make their 24-hour shifts more enjoyable. [...] [...more]
 Representatives of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) protested at Rossmore Avenue and 6th Street on Monday, hoping to capture President Barack Obama’s attention as his motorcade passed through the Mid-Wilshire area during rush hour. As Obama was headed to two fundraising events in Hancock Park, AHF sought to raise more awareness about the number [...] [...more]
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to have the city attorney draft an ordinance requiring all merchants to post a sign on or near their spray paint displays. Once drafted, the ordinance will come back for further consideration. Authored by Councilmember Dennis Zine, 3rd District, the motion would require the informational signs to [...] [...more]
Shovel-ready or ready for a fire sale? That’s the question behind two local projects waiting for new developers. The Movietown Plaza and the Ross Dress for Less projects were once the brainchild of L.A. developer Alan Casden, whose Casden Properties LLC is now dissolved due to financial troubles. Casden’s new company, Casden Property LP is [...] [...more]
 Neighbors and patrons of Plummer Park have accumulated nearly 700 signatures for a petition to halt the park’s construction project, which is scheduled to commence after the beginning of the year, possibly in January or February. West Hollywood officials are seeking to remodel the park, by adding subterranean parking, more green space and additional [...] [...more]
In the wake of a wide-scale crackdown on the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is targeting a collective allegedly owned by a former member of the R&B group B2K. Dreux Pierre Frédéric, known by his stage name Li’l Fizz, is being targeted for his alleged co-ownership of Little Amsterdam, at [...] [...more]
A 14-year-old autistic runaway who fled Bob Hope Airport in Burbank was found at The Abbey in West Hollywood last Wednesday after a strange sequence of events that has raised eyebrows, and made some question just what the young man was running from. Cameron James Smith was heading to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he [...] [...more]
Authorities with the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station are investigating two separate assaults that occurred last week in which the victims later claimed they were targeted because they were gay. Officials, however, are not calling the incidents hate crimes because the victims’ claims of what happened do not match the evidence or their initial reports to [...] [...more]
Approximately 35 Park La Brea residents, members of the surrounding community and a group of students turned out Monday to listen to State Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) and Elan Shultz, health deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, 3rd District, discuss some of the challenges in providing adequate healthcare at a forum at [...] [...more]
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