| | | Does Hollywood Have an Active Fault? BY GRACIE ZHENG  A major portion of Los Angeles City Hall's skyscraper transformation of Hollywood — a dream vilified as a nightmare by critics who fought to stop multiple high-rise towers approved by the pro-density City Council — could instead be derailed by Mother Nature. Los Angeles sits on about 100 quake faults, active and inactive. Only a couple dozen, however, are capable of rupturing the surface. Geologists believe that people in buildings atop those faults face catastrophic death and disaster. Such faults can "break the foundations and crack the building," State Geologist John Parrish says. Geologists believe buildings could crack in half. City planners are feverishly granting approval... more >>
| | | | | | | | Funk Volume: Valley-Based Rap Label Builds an Independent Empire BY MAX BELL  In North Hills, Valley lawns are dry from no rain. Heat radiates from parked cars, baking under the midday sun. Damien "Dame" Ritter, 32, sits in his childhood home, blasting the AC and working. He again occupies this house because his parents, now separated, live elsewhere. The touring van and trailer for his hip-hop label, Funk Volume, are parked outside, but he speaks with an authority and cla... more >> | | | | | | | | Elysium Is Too Heavy for Matt Damon to Carry BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK  Movie stars shouldn't be subject to the rules of gravity, as we mere mortals are. One of the great pleasures of watching actors is to see them move, and when yesterday's youngsters start creaking, we feel it in our joints. That's not to say actors can't age gracefully, or that they should do whatever it takes to stay looking young. But the wrong role can make a still-youthful actor appear worn ou... more >> | | | | | | | | The Informer See also: Is The New Pope Latino? We received some heated feedback when, in March, we questioned if new Pope Francis I of Argentina is really Latino, since his blood appears to be purely Europea... West Coast Sound The hills of Cave-In Rock Illinois are alive this week with the sound of the 14th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos. And while we have no doubt the vast majority of the fans are going to have a g... Public Spectacle In the courtyard of UCLA's Hammer Museum, patrons are gathered during a dwindling happy hour. They're waiting to be seated in the Billy Wilder Theater for that night's Hammer Conversations eve... Squid Ink Check out our annual restaurant issue, which this year celebrates desserts, out this Thursday, August 8. I was 10 years old in the summer of 1966 when Batman: The Movie opened. My younger broth... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coupons >> |
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