Editor/author Denise Hamilton offers up Los Angeles Noir, a bright collection with a new take on the city’s dark side.

DAME scours the internet for the best LA websites. This month: celebs and rock and roll.

Broadway used to be the heart of downtown but time's turned it more into the booze-soaked liver. Can $40 million save the street?

LAist.com kingpin Tony Pierce moves to the main stream, taking control of the LA Times blog world. Will this peg fit into that hole?

Creating portraits out of celebrity junk, Jason Mecier gets up close and personal with famous garbage.

Betty White in S&M wear. Artists tackle the Golden Gals Gone Wild.

The avant-guardian for the peculiar and prophetic takes us on a beachside carnival ride.

He eats half a bottle of ketchup every day and only wears suits "made to kick."

Downtown LA is experiencing something of a renaissance. The Edison toasts its resurgence.

Redondo Beach is seeing the resurgence of an endangered species.