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Supperclub, the Hollywood venue hit last week with a City Attorney's case that alleges overcrowding, fire-code violations and "life safety hazards," defended itself in a statement sent out to the media over the weekend.

Strangely, the club singled out the Weekly's coverage despite similar reports in other outlets. The club appears to twist a few facts. Here's what the venue says:

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The L.A. City Attorney's office today unleashed a criminal case against the owners of Hollywood's Supper Club for alleged overcrowding, fire-code violations and "life safety hazards."

This is the wake of a tragic fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil last weekend that took 236 lives. The blaze was set off by a performer who used an outdoor flare in the venue as part of a show, officials said.

At Supper Club, prosecutors allege ...

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Silver Lake neighbors can be a finicky bunch. They want to live where the action is, but they complain about the action.

Sounds to us like somebody dropped a dime on Los Globos, the bar, club and dance spot that has become a darling of L.A.'s late-night and DJ community.

That's because the Police Commission warned the venue to pull the plug on its popular promoter nights. We found out why:

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R.I.P.

L Bar -- a Sunset Boulevard warehouse bar that's been gaining popularity despite its Google Maps obscurity and complete lack of signage -- is closing.

Well, there goes LA Weekly's entry for "Best Backup Bar" in our upcoming "Best of L.A." issue. We loved L Bar for all the reasons it's likely going out of business:

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Another perk of the L.A. sprawl: Every Fourth of July, a flurry of fireworks can be seen glinting across the Los Angeles skyline like bioluminescent plankton on a wave.

Last year's best time-lapse video of this spectacle -- truly a raver's wet dream -- was shot from a hill in Highland Park. This year, we zoom out a little:

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Tao

You know you've done something right, in life, when you find yourself sorting through half-million dollar offers just to show up and do a little V.I.P. shimmy at some cush Vegas hotspot on New Year's Eve, while the rest of the world panics over which miserable laser pit is worth a week's wages.

There are downsides to being Kim Kardashian, we're sure. Like paparazzi. And living in Calabasas. And knowing, deep down, that your entire existence is a loveless, leopard-print faction of your mother's business sense.

But a lot of people are miserable. Difference is, they're not making...

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La Parilla -- soon to be a night spot? (We'd bet on it).

The owner behind a club that has been an alleged magnet for nearby front-yard sex has expanded his Silver Lake nightlife empire, the The Eastsider LA reports.

Club entrepreneur Steve Edelson has taken over the site of La Parilla restaurant on Sunset Boulevard and Westerly Terrace, the blog reports. This is only about a month after it closed following 20 years in operation.

Edelson also reportedly owns ...

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Vegas culture.

Okay, party people, while you might think that summer DJ sessions in 100-degree poolside heat is the shit, the real season in Sin City starts now (you know, when it's only 80-plus degrees out).

And, just in time, the air routes between L.A. and Las Vegas are the subject of a fare war. Lucky you.

On Spirit Airlines you can get to McCarran International Airport and back to LAX for ...

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The go-go dancers of Avalon Hollywood.

Ah, the lovely go-go dancer. Too chaste to be a stripper, but freaky enough to let you see up her skirt while she dances for little money.

Or, in this case, you might be looking up his skirt too.

Because this is West Hollywood. And, while this town's leadership rarely sees a huge corporate development it doesn't like, the city is liberal.

To a point.

Because this ain't Stripper Appreciation Day. It's ...

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Neil Kremer

Turns out the town that inspired Three's Company, Melrose Place and The Hills is a top 10 city for bachelorette life.

That according to a rent.com survey unleashed today that looked at top cities for single women.

Los Angeles, with all our swimming pools, movie stars, universities, foodie joints, pretty boys and nightclubs, only made it to ...

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Mikey Wally

El Cid.

It's an age-old tale: Yuppies move into urban neighborhood because it has grit, nightlife, and diversity. Yupplies complain about said grit, nightlife and diversity.

Such is the case, it seems, around the venerable, decades-old El Cid restaurant and nightclub on Sunset Boulevard, which has been targeted by locals who say they're fed up with noise and drunken behavior.

One guy, Roberto Juarez, even says ...

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