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A new neighbor has moved into our quiet corner of Van Nuys Boulevard.  Welcome HAZHEART, the drunk and noisy roommate you never wanted. Nestled between the local post office and a travel agency is our newest friend. Fueled by Four Loko and drunken emo sweat is the hottest little half-clothing store half-venue the boulevard has ever graced its eyes upon. Their ever-welcoming sign outfront reads Come The Fuck In. Welcoming indeed.  Did the podunk town ask for this? Probably not

This particular Monster Truck Tour promised quad wars, incinerated cars, moto cross and miles of smiles. What was received was miles of half-assery.  What’s more anxiety riddling than 12,000 pounds of monster truck spinning its wheels in clay dirt with a growl loud enough to wake the dead? A stadium crowd demanding their money back. Wrencher checking up on the nuts and bolts. Driving up a pitch black two-lane canyon with no civilization 20 miles in either direction is enough

In her earlier years, Loni Willison represented fantasy—wine, women and wonder.  Now, the ex-sex siren represents one of over 18,000 homeless women in Los Angeles. 

Just outside the T-Mobile Arena doors, blinding lights, belligerent transients and trucks hauling bulls are revolving like satellites around the grounds. Sin City is an uncanny place for dyed-in-the-wool cowboys to be conjured, but they’re here to show Vegas what man versus beast really means. LINK TO GALLERY - https://professional-bull-ri.nodicenews.com When a 150 pound man gets on top of a 2,000 pound bucking bull just to get thrown off, injuries aren’t too hard to come by

In today’s political climate, there’s no better way to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend than with sweaty cans of Blue Ribbon, subversive debauchery and archaic punk rockers in the middle of the Mojave desert. It’s both the antithesis of this country's current administration and the kind of party Uncle Sam killed for – in the name of democracy, of course. LINK TO GALLERY https://punk-rock-bowling-20.nodicenews.com LAS VEGAS  – Punk Rock Bowling, now roaring in its 25th year,

In its rawest form, The Fremont Street Experience is a 1,375 foot open air sideshow market where off-brand buskers peddle semi-legal highs to leftover tourists. The sunbaked out-of-towner cattle are collared by yard-long margaritas and slosh through the muggy neon vortex in Birkenstock flip-flops toward Circle Row—the last refuge for Vegas rejects desperate for any kind of spotlight. Inside the sacrificial pit-like rings, flavor-of-the-day hustlers eye you, waiting for a buck

At a time when the First Amendment is vehemently attacked, student silence is complete compliance with the views they claim to resist....

Students are not taught to investigate but to regurgitate. We are taught to be what conglomerate media seeks — content farmers.  The issue does not lie in the student nor in the professor, but in the system that avoids the subject and teaching of intellectual reporting. Journalists, not to be confused with talking heads, search for the truth. They are bloodhounds for corruption, injustice, and foul play.  Today, in our brave new world, the culture that broke stories like the

Dozens of union members filled the seats of the L.A. City Council chamber on Wednesday Dec 11, 2024 to urge council members to vote yes on Item 66 - a proposal in favor of higher wages for tourism workers. Photos by Ava Rosate By Ava Rosate In a 12-3 vote following more than five hours of discussion, The Los Angeles City Council voted to gradually increase wages and improve health care benefits for hotel and airport workers ahead of the 2028 Olympics. Stationed outside of Cit

With negotiations at an impasse over wages, benefits and workloads, 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers have persisted in an open ended strike for a seventh week. As the deadlock deepens, the strain on patients, workers and the healthcare system grows ever more critical in Southern California. The National Union of Healthcare Workers and Kaiser Permanente employees warn that these chronic issues — long standing staffing shortages, low pay scales and subpar benefits,

Nearing the 12-month milestone of his second term, L.A. police chief’s near half century service to the force was capped, concluded and...

A mothers persistence, a son's perseverance. An unconditional love is radiated throughout the room when Johnny Hatch reaches to embrace his mother’s head to his heart.  Hatch is 24 years old and lives with autism. The second year Valley College student is considered a non-typical communicator — he expresses himself with physical touch, vocal sounds and facial expressions. Due to his mom’s determination to harbor a conventional social life for her son, in the 13 years the disa