LAist:
Come Monday morning, only one L.A. side will remain in the hunt for MLS Cup 2009. The fortunate team that will continue its trek will be determined later this afternoon at the Home Depot Center when the Galaxy and Chivas USA close out the first-ever SuperClásico playoff series.Expectations are high for this match following (Read More)
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The Chosen One Tim Tebow, Florida Gators quarterback, doing a victory lap after defeating Vanderbilt. AP Photo/John Raoux As Adam Rose pointed out on his twitter it was schadenfreude yesterday with losing being the cool thing to do. Losses by Iowa, Notre Dame, Oregon, Michigan, Penn State and LSU made it almost seem tre (Read More)
LA Times:
A new poll finds, however, that they don't want to vote on it in 2010. A small majority of California voters supports the right of same-sex couples to marry, but by a much larger margin, voters oppose efforts to place the issue back on th (Read More)
About.com Los Angeles Travel:
If you're not following me on Twitter, here are a few things you missed that I tweeted or re-tweeted the last couple days. If you'd like to be getting this kind of last-minute stream-of-consciousness deals and updates, you can follow me @LATravelWriter. For Twitter newbies, @ indicates a Twitter address; RT is a re-tweet o (Read More)
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Photo by honeybeejen via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Wall Project: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin WallThe Berlin wall was toppled on November 9th, 1989. To commemorate this landmark event, the Wall Project has had several segments of the wall erected on Wilshire Boulevard across the street from (Read More)
LAist:
Zeke's Smokehouses in Montrose and West Hollywood are offering an amaaaazing deal (imagine me waving my arms around like in a Crazy Eddie commercial right now)! For only 9.95 you can choose 2 meats and 2 sides! It doesn't sound too different from your usual Southern "Meat and Three" dish, but the amount of foo (Read More)
LA Times:
In a survey of 1,500 registered voters, 80% say the state is on the wrong track. Respondents express little confidence in state politicians and candidates, even as support for Obama remains high. Frustrated at California's woes, voters ar (Read More)
L.A. Times - Business:
Hospitals, theaters and museums have long enjoyed their generosity. But as AIG shares fell, the father and son's fortunes shriveled. Driving around Los Angeles, particularly around the UCLA campus, it's hard not to notice the hospitals an (Read More)
LA Times:
The 42nd and 43rd presidents back out because promoters of the February panel discussion 'insisted on billing it as something it wasn't,' Clinton spokesman says Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush on Saturday abruptly pulled (Read More)
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He has 26 points and nine rebounds against Memphis, which played without Allen Iverson. Chris Kaman had 26 points and nine rebounds, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 113-110 on Saturday night for their third straigh (Read More)
LA Times:
His 'Walworth Farce' opens Wednesday at UCLA Live, and 'New Electric Ballroom' comes to Westwood in December.
For a writer, Enda Walsh has surprisingly little faith in words.
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LAist:
Got cans? It takes more than 5 to make this, but 5 will get you some savings at CB2. (Julie Wolfson/LAist) The upcoming holidays are about giving, and for many of us that means both giving gifts to our loved ones and to those in need. One way to help out in both areas comes via Chicago-based retailer CB2, who opened up (Read More)
LAist:
One week ago, 16-year-old Wilson High student Melody Ross was with her friends, watching the school's Homecoming football game. Last night the team observed a moment of silence in her honor, as Ross was gunned down minutes after she exited the Long Beach school's stadium. At last night's game students wrote MR on their (Read More)
LAist:
Rachel Rosenthal will be celebrating her 83rd birthday tonight at the Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica. An artist, teacher, animal rights activist and living legend, Rosenthal has been creating art for over 50 years. Rosenthal "developed a revolutionary performance technique that integrates text, movement, voice, choreogr (Read More)
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Michael Markowsky goes head-to-head with another artist at last year's Monster Drawing Rally. Photo by Anita K. Marto/Outpost for Contemporary Art With the exception of sidewalk caricature sketch masters, very rarely an artist's creativity is put on the spot in front of curious eyes. Nine years ago in San Francisco, th (Read More)