The logo Jerry West Celebrates with the Lakers. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian Lakers are Western Conference Champions. Dodgers lose yet again. And I just got back from seeing Ladytron....

After a great start to the festival with a outstanding first day filled with solid performances from REM and MIA, day two continued picked up right where it left off the night before, rain and all. Luckily the rain subsided just before the first acts of the started and gave way to some beautiful weather that lasted throughout the day. There is an image gallery to this entry which you can view at LA...

It is with great sadness that LAist notes the passing of comedy legend Harvey Korman who died today at the UCLA Medical Center. He was 81 years old. Korman died of complications from an abdominal aortic aneurysm that ruptured four months ago. As someone who grew up during the 1970s, weekends culminated in viewing the "Carol Burnett Show". The singing numbers were endured in order to enjoy the payof...

Photo by susan catherine via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr It's that time of year for the Scripps National Spelling Bee! The tears, the drama, the overbearing parents! In 2007, Evan O'Dorney, won with "serrefine" and later went on to give this monumental interview to CNN. A couple LA-based students are in the semifinals at this year's 81st competition in Washington D.C. and they better n...

It's not just oil and gas, it's everything. And food is especially not safe. Bill Lapp of Advanced Economic Solutions (he was previously the chief economist for ConAgra Foods Inc.) said that food prices in the U.S. will rise 9% per year through 2012, reports Reuters. During a telephone news conference, Lapp said he was completing a new analysis of food and commodity prices. He foresaw average corn...