Watermelon radishes, stinging nettles, kaffir lime leaves. Ask Craig Thornton what he plans to do with this stuff and he'll answer, "I don't... More >>

On a February night in L.A., SCI-Arc, the city's uberhip architecture school, is a mob scene of an opening. Architect Patrick Tighe has taken... More >>

For a few months, a Hollywood-style hype has surrounded Low End Theory, the weekly hump-day gathering of the local beat elite (the thing you bob... More >>

When Sarah Toon moved to L.A. in 1994, she knew only one person and "had no concept of what the city was about." "My only draw to the city was... More >>

Danny Trejo got his start playing "Mexican bad guy No. 1" or "Tattooed inmate No. 2." But after decades of bringing authentic menace to Hollywood... More >>

James Urbaniak says one of his friends calls him "Dr. Red Herring," a guest star whose appearance throws mystery-show investigations off course. ... More >>

Ballroom isn't for sissies. Hours of training and grueling rehearsals are required for a seamless meshing of minds and bodies when the music... More >>

Gazing from the expansive windows of his corner loft at 7th and Spring downtown, Robert Vargas appears like a sovereign looking down on a kingdom... More >>

An icon of L.A. popular culture, Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington, star of generations' worth of television ads, is at age 90 finishing up yet... More >>

Not too many people in L.A., no matter how famous they are, can say there is a Hello Kitty doll patterned after their likeness. Yoshiki can. ... More >>