LA Weekly

blogs.laweekly.com — More First Person pieces: *I Was Sick of L.A. Traffic. So I Took a Plane to Work *I Rode the Entire L.A. Metro in a Single Day *Why the San Fernando Valley Hate Needs to End Once and For All When I first moved to Los Angeles, I read a lot of how-to books on making it in this city.

blogs.laweekly.com — A mob-connected drug trafficker was living right under our noses in Beverly Hills, helping to stash kilos of cocaine, make deals with the Sinaloa drug cartel, and move millions of dollars worth of drugs for the Rizzuto organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra.

blogs.laweekly.com — Metro Chins were being scratched heads were shaking in 2011 when it was revealed that Metro's Crenshaw/LAX light-rail line would not feature a proper stop in the heart of African-American L.A., Leimert Park. There were accusations that the black community wasn't seeing the same kind of resources thrown at the multi-billion-dollar Westside subway along Wilshire Bouelvard.

blogs.laweekly.com — erin leigh mcconnell / Flickr Tuesday's election was historic. We got our first elected mayor of Jewish ancestry. And our second mayor in modern times with Mexican heritage. But most of you didn't bother to vote. The L.A. City Clerk registered a low-low "ballots cast" percentage of 19.2.

laweekly.com — After 19 years spent mostly in elected office, where he has gained a reputation as a frenetic promoter of both himself and the city, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was busily working an A-list room once again - this time inside the posh Sunset Tower Hotel at Vanity Fair's Feb.

blogs.laweekly.com — Carmen Trutanich / Flickr Mike Feuer took City Attorney Carmen Trutanich's job with 62 percent of the vote versus the incumbent's less than 38 percent, a more than 24-point spread. Some think Trutanich's failed run for District Attorney, which had him breaking a vow to stay put, killed his chances.

blogs.laweekly.com — Liz Ohanesian There is no single process for HUSH. The U.K.-based artist mixes methods as he applies a combination of paint (acrylic and the spray can variety), screen print and ink techniques to his canvases. In the end, the results are exquisitely layered paintings that people sometimes confuse for collage work.

blogs.laweekly.com — Danielle Bacher [Editor's note: Soon-to-be-award-winning gonzo music journalist Danielle Bacher prowls the late late night scene for West Coast Sound. For this installment, she hits the town with LA-based soul-pop band Fitz and the Tantrums.] I should probably have dropped quarts of acid into the disgusting coconut water in the dressing room at Jimmy Kimmel Live!

laweekly.com — Sennett Devermont styles himself the drinking crowd's Batman, working to keep Los Angeles drivers out of trouble if they're thinking of drinking and then weaving their way home. Mothers Against Drunk Driving contends that Devermont is more like the Joker. He's in their sights because he has nearly 42,000 Twitter followers and more than 20,000 text subscribers.