LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their... more ›

Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?
Now here's the tricky part
Oh won't you rhyme with me?
Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?
It's already on Flickr-E-Mart
They're in the sticks-E-Mart
It's a marketing trick-E-Mart
The Kwik-E-Mart is really — d'oh!
Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?
Not me! But then we started to see the photographic evidence. There's this Flickr set of the Kwik-E-Mart in Burbank, Ca. Between the Frostillicus decal, the Krusty-Os and the relatively obscure donut-topping reference, it's clear that this is both a crass marketing exercise and a labor of love. Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? We doooooooo... More photos after the jump. Photos by Sommer Mathis more ›

If you were listening to WJFK on the drive home yesterday, you probably noticed that the normally witty banter of Don Geronimo and Mike O'Meara was on tape, though they were set to be live on the air. Sadly, this is because Freda Wright-Sorce, wife of Geronimo (real name Mike Sorce) died in a head-on collision in Ocean City, MD, Sunday. more ›