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Rave in LA Sends 120 to Hospital; Docs Urge Ban

LOS ANGELES (June 29) -- A massive two-day rave at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum that sent 120 mostly drugged-out teens and young adults to emergency rooms -- and may have led to the death of one -- has sparked a call by some doctors for the dance parties to be banned. The Los Angeles Times reported late today that a...

Council Fiddles As Coliseum Issue Burns

If the Los Angeles City Council is taking USC's threat to move to the Rose Bowl seriously, they certainly are not showing it. Last week, Councilmmbers Jack Weiss--who represents UCLA territory--and Greig Smith, who attended USC, introduced an emergency non-binding resolution to encourage the University and Coliseum...

Mayor Asks Schwarzenegger to Terminate USC Rose Bowl Plan

Yesterday, FanHouse pointed out how Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could forge a coalition to keep the USC Trojans in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum by bringing together his two votes with the three members appointed by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Based on comments from the Mayor's office, it...

USC Rose-Bowl Bound*

Although the USC Trojans must beat the UCLA Bruins to qualify for the 2008 Rose Bowl Game, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Trojans may be going to the Rose Bowl even more in the near future.Since talks between the NFL and Los Angeles fell through, the University of Southern California has been negotiating a...

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Run-D.M.C. Member's Awesome MCA Memory

At last night's gala benefit for The Moth, a non-profit dedicated to the art of storytelling, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels shared a few memories of Adam "MCA" Yauch with The Huffington Post. In the early 80s, McDaniels' group, Run-D.M.C., and Yauch's group, the Beastie Boys, were label-mates on Def Jam Records -- and...

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Reza Gerami Arrested: Rave Proprietor And Los Angeles Coliseum Officials Facing Charges

A pair of L.A. Coliseum officials and a rave promoter were arrested Thursday, March 22, for getting into some shady, under-the-table dealings.

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Carmageddon: Avoid Traffic By Taking Bus, Rail, Train & Car

Hundreds of extra buses are being provided with shorter turn-around time between them.

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Rage Against the Machine Tour the Grounds of the Memorial Coliseum

Rage Against the Machine will perform at the LA Rising show at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, July 30th and they offered a 'Guerrilla Video' clip, which is the fifth in an ongoing series, of the band doing a walk through of the grounds beforehand.

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Video: ESPN teases Global Rallycross Championship

Taking a break from its endless stream of SportsCenter, followed by SportsCenter, followed by NFL Draft analysis, followed by SportsCenter, ESPN will be running the Global Rally Championship this Spring and Summer.

Background on LA Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, at Exposition Park, that is home to the Pacific-12 Conference's University of Southern California Trojans football team.

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