L.A.'s Medical Marijuana Debate Should Focus on Doctors

Published Dec. 15, 2009 at 12:18 p.m.
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On Venice Beach Photo by jennifer_kelton via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr ... That's what journalist Charles Feldman is saying the Huffington Post. After going undercover for a documentary on how easy it is to obtain approval from a doctor, he feels that city and county officials have misplaced focus ... "The dispensaries could not exist, let alone function, without the enabling benefit of the estimated 1,500 or so California doctors, not surprisingly most in the LA and San Francisco Bay

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Quiet Down Out There

Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.
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LA wants to turn down the volume on Venice Beach ...

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Venice Beach subject of new noise ban

Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 10:48 a.m.

The Los Angeles City Council wants things on the boisterous Venice Beach boardwalk to quiet down ...

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Crucial Plywood Report: Venice Beach Wines Expands!

Published Sept. 22, 2009 at 1:50 p.m.

Click the image above to view the full photogallery.Venice: Venice Beach Wines owner Oscar Hermosillo thought he had the right idea late last year when ...

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Free Recession Buster Getaway: Los Angeles

Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 8:19 a.m.


You could spend days exploring the various downtown districts, go star hunting in Hollywood or stay seaside and soak up the sun along the bounty of beaches. The tourist attractions are seemingly endless and, baring time, so are your possible itineraries. But no matter which route you chose, remember this piece of advice: In Los Angeles, a map is your best friend.

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It Was a Naked Weekend: Bikini March, Topless Protest & a Random Moment at Sunset Junction

Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 3:32 p.m.
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From last year's Topless March in Venice (more photos, NSFW, here) Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist ... There might have been a pornstar (or just some naked chick) fingering herself in front of photographers behind the walls of Sunset Junction (link is a video taken from afar), but over in Venice Beach, there was a parade of topless Raëlians protesting the 14th Amendment ... Xeni Jardin at boingboing captured some video and describes the group as "a religious cult that basically gets you in the door

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Venice Beach murder mystery endures: Who buried a man in the sand?

Published Aug. 21, 2009 at 1:13 p.m.

One year later, Los Angeles Police Department detectives are still trying to sort out a murder mystery on Venice Beach. Who killed a man found buried in a mound of sand along the boardwalk? The Times' Homicide Report has taken ...

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Bikini parade well short of world record

Published Aug. 23, 2009 at 11:03 a.m.

An attempt at a world record bikini parade in Venice Beach fell well short of the mark ...

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Week In Rock: Elvis Costello, Kings of Leon, The Flaming Lips, Sunset Junction Street Fair

Published Aug. 16, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Monday ... Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn & John @ Hollywood Bowl ... The Flaming Lips, Ghostland Observatory, Stardeath & White Dwarf @ Greek Theatre ... Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Soko, The Lonely H @ Spaceland (FREE!) ... The Growlers, Xu Xu Fang, Thelonious Monster, Dogweed @ The Echo (FREE!) ... Lower Heaven, Nic Jago, Miranda Lee Richards, Meeting Places @ Silver Lake Lounge (FREE!) ... Lovers, The Black Kites, The Cartographers @ Echo Curio ... Lindsay Ray, Annie Bethancourt, Barrett

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Seven Questions with Megan Abrigo, Hostess of NBC's 'Face the Ace'

Published Aug. 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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1) What was your first modeling gig? ... I think I did some shoot for Teen Magazine. It was fun, you get to be in a bathing suit and hang out with people. It's always nice to get paid to wear a bikini ... 2) How was working with Chris Brown? ... You know, he was very professional. I didn't get to know the personal side of him but he's very nice. I think I got yelled at by his publicist though, she was mad because I took a picture with him. I'm not like that though, I just wanted the picture for

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