Death of Raven, a Hollywood Beauty

Raven was one of the youngest and toughest Hollywood street runaways, her MySpace page filled with horror, beauty and bitterness. Split from her disaster of a mother, the troubled teen from suburban Glendale tried to fashion a normal life with the lone kids she met.

Big Bill's Dicey Moves: Clinton is back at the table, playing us for chumps

So there he was last Friday night on The Charlie Rose Show, now fully untethered, wildly captaining the Hillaryland torpedo boat on what was hoped to be a final search-and-destroy mission.

Griffith Park $50 Million, Catalina Zero

Calculating the exact cost of recovery from the massive fire on the island of Santa Catalina is one of the things the conservancy hasn't had time or money to do.

The Rise of the Seventh Letter

Once you know what to look for, you'll see them everywhere — on empty walls surrounding vacant lots, on the ramparts of the L.A. River, along freeways, on billboards... Not since the heyday of Pollock and Picasso has the art world been host to such a decidedly macho milieu.

Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

Perry Ferrell's buddy (from Jane's Addiction) decided to devote his life to rescuing sex slaves in Asia. But that led him to Afghan heroin producers and then - yikes - uranium mines that might be fueling terrorists' nukes

Heaven's Gate: The Sequel

Ten years after the 39 suicides put an end to the Heaven's Gate cult, the sole survivor is back – and he has something urgent to tell us. Also includes "exit videos" made by the members of the group and their leader DO as well as an explanation by the group's survivor, Rio.

Why Having More No Longer Makes Us Happy

The formula of human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us? --- Even though the economy continues to grow, most of us are no longer getting wealthier.

Want to talk to Jesus Christ? Here's his number: 1 (800) 520-1534

A conservative talk-radio station in LA that runs Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura and Minutemen fans, on Sunday mornings has The Jesus Christ Show. People call up and ask Jesus questions, tell him their problems and ask for forgiveness.

A Terrible Thing to Waste

Convicted as an ecoterrorist for trashing a few Hummers, a brilliant young scholar from CalTech nose-dives in prison. He has a mild form of autism, which was not allowed to be used in his defense in his trial, and the govt.

A Shady Deal

LA's DWP will not only give you a tree, they'll bring it to your house and put stakes in your yard, make sure it won't tear up your pipes, and throw in some fertilizer too!

Reality Strikes

Top Model scribes choose picket line over catwalk by Steven Mikulan Goth memoirist (Cottonmouth Kisses), fashion maven and former club kid Clint Catalyst is featuring a black flattop, sideburns and a red T-shirt emblazoned with the Writers Guild of America logo.

Strange Bedfellows

It's amazing who'll climb under the sheets to keep Big Money in politics

A Mann's Man's World

Now Miami Vice is a feature film written and directed by Mann, though a less reverent small-to-big-screen transfer can hardly be imagined.

A Mann's Man's World

ow Miami Vice is a feature film written and directed by Mann, though a less reverent small-to-big-screen transfer can hardly be imagined.

Dying to Get Off Skid Row

The Baltimore Hotel, an SRO on Fifth and Los Angeles streets, is right out of a Bukowski blackout. The people in the lobby are mostly seniors, and they look all but dead. An ancient man wearing pants that haven't been washed in weeks is glowing with jaundice.

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