In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed over fifty homes within the first 24 hours. National outlets may be covering the fires, but CNN also found it is easier to buy a gun than fruit and......

ATF agents working off a tip raided a Port Lavaca apartment yesterday morning, and discovered a hefty cache of illegal weapons. Among these was an anti-tank rocket launcher. Career criminal and hunting aficionado Paul Henry Ledwik, 31, was arrested on felony charges of possessing illegal firearms. The feds, assisted by the local SWAT team, also managed to seize a handgun, several rifles, and a few boxes of ammunition. Authorities involved in the raid had "no......

We were at Freebirds on South Congress for a little sustenance earlier this afternoon. We’d been running errands, dealing with broken down cars and picking up friends at the airport. Needless to say, we were a bit exhausted and our vision was a little blurry. That’s probably why we didn’t trust our eyes when we first walked into the almost-empty establishment and saw a handgun sitting on a table. An unsupervised handgun. After a......

Breaking News: Travis county officials have dropped charges of marijuana possession against UT football players Tarell Brown and Tyrell Gatewood. Unfortunately, the young men's error in judgment (or overzealous police work, depending on how you look at it) has kept them out of the biggest game of the year. The handgun possession charge against Brown still stands, however. More details to come.......

Alright. It’s a bit late for you to be trying to get reasonable entrance into anything now. So, unless you’re willing to pony-up some serious duckets for a wristband/badge/handgun, you’re going to need an alternate plan to view/hear live music. For free. Throw free booze or maybe even some free food on there too. Fuck it! It's the SxSW 2006 Free-Day-Party-type Party Time. But you have to understand that the free day/night venues/parties must......