Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold is leaving the L.A. Weekly for the Los Angeles Times.
The Shepard Fairey-illustrated cover is an adaptation of a photo taken by Ted Soqui, an L.A. Weekly freelance photographer.
The paper is nominated for best entertainment publication of the year in the L.A. Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
Hours after L.A. Weekly editor Drex Heikes announced his departure, Riverfront Times managing editor Sarah Fenske was introduced as his replacement.
L.A. Weekly editor Drex Heikes has announced that Friday will be his last day with the paper.
L.A. Weekly took home several L.A. Press Club Awards for its editorial, design and social media work. OC Weekly and Pasadena Weekly also came away as winners.
The L.A. Weekly has named Ben Westhoff as its music editor, filling the slot left vacant by Gustavo Turner last month.
The recent Best of the West journalism contest honored several alt-weeklies, including the Houston Press, Phoenix New Times, SF Weekly and Denver's Westword, which each picked up first-place honors.
After nearly four years of immersion in Latin America's cultural capital, former L.A. Weekly writer Daniel Hernandez has released the book, Down and Delirious in Mexico City, to rave reviews.
Three alt-weekly food writers — and one alt-weekly videographer — were named winners of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards on Friday night.
