What do you get when you combine weed and LEGO Batman? There are many potential answers to that question, but for the purposes of this column, the correct answer is Doug Benson. A cannabis advocate, film junky and standup comedian, Benson’s snarky humor and quick wit make you laugh the way you would with your […]
Pot Is Legal. Now What?
At long last, the day stoners have been waiting for has finally arrived: Recreational (or, as most in the canna-word would prefer you say: “Adult-Use”) cannabis is legal. HALLELUJAH! But what exactly does Proposition 64 entail? Does it actually mean anything now that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is declaring war on cannabis by rescinding the […]
Mary Pranksters Says Good Riddance, 2017: Swatting 12 Months to the Curb Has Never Felt So Good
From Donald Trump‘s inauguration to the dismantling of the Environmental Protection Agency to devastating massacres and the new tax-bill scam, 2017 has been a loaded cannon of swine feces. Honestly, how often have you approached a new year feeling as if the previous one were a psychotic relationship you’d do anything to wash your hands […]
DUI Checkpoint On Friday Dec. 29 In Buena Park
Ahh, the holidays. You know what that means: Parties, food, too much booze and DUI checkpoints! On Friday, Dec. 29, the Buena Park Police Department (BPPD) Traffic Unit will be out in full force conducting (a) DUI / drivers license checkpoint(s) between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. The exact location of the […]
Becoming the Sugar Plum Fairy While Watching The Nutcracker at Segerstrom Hall
A colleague recently told me about taking his son to see The Nutcracker. The dancers were on pointe, the symphony was in tune, and everything was peachy . . . until it wasn’t. During the middle of the play, a horse was brought onstage to trot around, adding an old-timey flair to the performance, but […]
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Sticking With Your Roots, From the Tamale Festival to the LA Weekly Protest [Mary Prankster]
There’s nothing more important than staying true to your roots. How else are we going to stay grounded in this crazy, chaotic world in which a reality-TV star and con man is our president, the effects of global warming are decimating the planet one disaster at a time, and LA Weekly is being taken over […]
LA Weekly Interim Editor Hillel Aron Suspended Over “Extremely Offensive” Tweets
It seems the new LA Weekly owners are doing everything they can to make up for their missteps since they laid off the majority of the editorial staff on Nov. 29. As a way to hopefully make peace with the #BoycottLAWeekly–iers, Brian Calle and David Welch moved staff writer Hillel Aron—the only editorial staffer Semanal Media […]
Tommy Chong Tells Us About The Blazers Cup, Prison Time And How He Beat Cancer
Most people over the age of 16 have seen the iconic Cheech and Chong movies. Debuting in the latter half of 1978, Up In Smoke hasn’t only (somehow) withstood the test of time, but it launched the comedic stoner duo to the top of cannabis advocacy in the thick of the Reefer Madness-mentality era. Back […]
Mary Prankster Runs Away With Circus Vargas
My life has always been something of a traveling circus. In middle and high school, I was pegged as the class clown—although I preferred to think of myself as a jester because I loved Shakespeare—which got me into trouble a lot, even when I wasn’t actually sassing around. My best friend has always been deathly […]
Mary Prankster: ‘Tis The Season . . . to Boycott Black Friday
Ahh, Black Friday—the capitalism-sponsored commencement of the American holiday season dedicated to marathon shopping, bargain hunting and trampling people to get into Wal-Mart. But it actually doesn’t start on Friday anymore. It now starts the day before—on Thanksgiving—around 7 p.m., after most families have finished stuffing their pie-holes with turkey and mashed potatoes. The twisted […]
Activists Protest Plans to Bury Nuclear Waste at San Onofre State Beach
Nearly 80 people gathered in Laguna Beach on Saturday to protest Southern California Edison’s (SCE) plan to bury 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste at San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente. According to Public Watchdogs, SCE has supposedly obtained a permit from the California Coastal Commission that not only authorizes them to bury the […]
Mary Prankster: Navigating the Honda Center’s Press-Box Prohibition
My dad is one of those guys who inherently knows sports. He grew up playing football, basketball and baseball, but he now gets his competitive kicks from watching games—USC vs. UCLA, Lakers vs. Celtics, Chargers vs. Raiders, Angels vs. Dodgers, etc. I don’t know if I’ve met anyone who lives for a rivalry the way […]
Mary Prankster: Alt-right Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos Came to Cal State Fullerton, and Everybody Hates One Another
“BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL!” More than 800 very right-aligned people are chanting in the Titan Student Union (TSU). I’ve never heard a louder crowd in my life—and I’ve been to World Series games, World Cup matches, concerts and a Donald Trump rally, not to mention some pretty terrible concerts. But […]
Santa Ana City Council Delays Action On Commercial Cannabis Ordinance Due To Potential Problems
The Santa Ana City Council met on Tuesday night for another four-hour doozy of a meeting. The council was supposed to take action on three cannabis items: Ordinance Amendment No. 2017-03 to create chapter 40 in the city’s municipal code to regulate commercial, i.e. recreational cannabis; an “in-lieu fee agreement,” or added tax, to mitigate any […]
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Getting Funky and Weird With Beach Gothsters, Oompa Loompas and Drag Queens [Mary Prankster]
Halloween is great, except for when it sucks. I mean, honestly, who over 25 likes to go out on amateur night (or, in this case, weekend)? I gave it a shot on Oct. 29 at The Growlers Six festival at Berth 46/Outer Harbor in San Pedro—and I’m actually thrilled I did. A girl dressed as […]
Listen For Yourself: Milo Yiannopoulos Misused The Word ‘Anthropomorphic’ And His Trolls Blamed Us
On Tuesday night Milo Yiannopoulos spoke at Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) drawing a crowd of over 800 adoring fans, tons of media, groups of protesters and police. After spending nearly an hour discussing the ways in which censorship is wrong, political correctness and cultural sensitivity are bullshit and how the Left is whiny, we caught […]
We Spent 15 Minutes With Milo Yiannopoulos After His Halloween Speech At Cal State Fullerton
Milo Yiannopolous, the former senior editor at Breitbart and conservative provocateur, brought the Troll Academy Tour to Cal State University Fullerton (CSUF) on All Hallows Eve. Over 800 people—mostly adoring fans—bought tickets to hear the charismatic, right-wing media personality speak in the Titan Student Union. Yiannopoulos is one of the most controversial figures in American […]
Santa Ana’s New Commercial Cannabis Ordinance Is One Step Away From Being Implemented
On Oct. 17 the Santa Ana City Council gave the first reading of Ordinance Amendment No. 2017-03 to create chapter 40 in the city’s municipal code to regulate commercial, i.e. recreational cannabis. The proposed canna-regulations would allow 23 adult use dispensaries on top on the 20 already existing medical cannabis stores, 20 indoor cultivation businesses, […]
The Poseidon Desal Plant Scores Victory at State Land Commision
Hundreds of people gathered at the Huntington Beach City Hall yesterday to attend the State Land Commission (SLC) hearing, one of three major meetings to determine if the Poseidon desalination project will move forward. The SLC consists of three members—Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Controller Betty Yee, and Finance Director Michael Cohen. The job of the […]
The New Owner of LA Weekly is a Pot Lawyer?
It’s no question the journalism industry is in a state of crisis. In the last year alone Rolling Stone was sold, and Nylon magazine and the Village Voice closed their esteemed print editions. Last January Voice Media Group put our former sister-paper, LA Weekly, up for sale and earlier this week they were purchased by […]
The Music Community Stood In Solidarity At Desert Daze Music Festival Last Weekend
The succession of tragedies over the last two months brought a dark, heavy cloud over humanity. Between the apocalyptic string of natural disasters, shootings, political bullshit and the deaths of beloved musicians, the need to escape reality has never felt so necessary. Desert Daze, the free-spirited, rock n’ roll-forward music festival in Joshua Tree, came […]
