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Arcadia

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Taiwanese Food vs What Taiwanese People Really Eat

    Okay guys, let's start by saying that Taiwanese food is definitely not orange chicken or broccoli and beef. The Taiwanese grandmothers -- or "ah-mahs" -- of the San Gabriel Valley would shudder at that thought. And it's not the same thing as Chinese food -- no matter where you stand on the politic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    L.A. County Moviegoer Arrested for Recording 3 Minutes of 'The Devil Inside' on Cellphone

    Low-budget horror film "The Devil Inside" made a killing (har har) on its opening weekend: $34.5 million. But that didn't stop employees at the AMC Santa Anita 16 from tattling on a man who whipped out his cellphone cam at the movie's midnight premiere. Arcadia police showed up to the small-town Va ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Jose Antonio Parra, Arcadia Father, Murdered by Home Intruder as Wife, 3 Kids Listen From Bedroom

    ABC7A gunman was waiting in the Parra family's garage last night.​A family of five from Arcadia lived everyone's worst nightmare last night: They returned home from church to the 11000 block of Kristi Court around 8 p.m. to find an intruder inside their garage, waiting for them. Although sheri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup: Food Fight

    Barbara HansenBeef noodle soup from Won Won Kitchen in Temple City.​The San Gabriel Valley is really souped up, that is, if you're thinking of Taiwanese beef noodle soup, which is everywhere. How do you know which version is the best, or at least really good? You check with people who come her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2011

    USC's Freshman Class Most Diverse Ever: 1 Out of Four New Trojans is Asian

    When we think USC freshman, we think white guy with a letterman's jacket, a mullet, a Mustang and a somewhat rich dad (says the Bruin). But it turns out that not only are Trojans smart but they're diverse too. In fact, the university is trumpeting its most diverse class of incoming freshman to da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Daikokuya Opens 5th Location in Arcadia: More Ramen No Lines

    A. ScattergoodDaikokuya in Arcadia​ If you are the sort of person who spends a disproportionate amount of time waiting in line at the Daikokuya in Little Tokyo, or who frequents the other branches of the wildly popular Japanese noodle house just to avoid the aforementioned lines, you will have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Johnny V. Pham, SGV Teen, Arrested After He Blows Stop Sign And Cops Allegedly Find 8,000 Ecstasy Pills in His Ride

    Arcadia PoliceThese Es are in name-brand bags, so you know they're good.​Among the lessons we've learned over the years from drug dealers: Utilize a ride that looks like your mom's car. Don't dress like a pimp. And, paramount among these, obey all traffic laws. Looks like eighteen-year-old Jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Arcadia Tree-Sitters to Be Punished on Earth Day; Daryl Hannah, Ed Begley Fight Further Avatar-ization of SoCal Forests

    Saving the L.A. County woodlands: Hot.​In an ironic "F you" to Mother Nature and her gutsiest allies, Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley is calling the four tree-sitters who (unsuccessfully) attempted to block a woodland wipeout in Arcadia this January to court this Friday. Here's the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Arcadia Tree-Sitters Call For Probe of LA County Department of Public Works, Release List of More Woods Targeted for Destruction

    Camron Stone​Sit in a tree. Go to jail. That's how they roll in Arcadia. The "Arcadia 4" tree-sitters are having a press conference April 19 at 10 a.m., (Criminal Justice Center, 210 West Temple Street), where environmentalists John Quigley and Camron Stone, and actors Daryl Hannah and Ed Begl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Your Counter Intelligence Preview: In Which Mr. Gold Visits the Olive Garden

    Anne Fishbeinglass of wine menu at The Olive Garden​ No, this was not an April Fool's joke. Well, it was, but it was a prank that didn't quite turn out the way the Weekly's estimable reviewer planned. Thus in this week's Counter Intelligence column, Jonathan Gold visits not the latest Sichua ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 31, 2011

    Jonathan Gold on Kid-Friendly Restaurants

    Anne Fishbeinglass of wine menu at The Olive Garden​ No, this was not an April Fool's joke. Well, it was, but it was a prank that didn't quite turn out the way the Weekly's estimable reviewer planned. Thus in this week's Counter Intelligence column, Jonathan Gold visits not the latest Sichua ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Arcadia Highlands' Oak Protesters Face Trial

    As DA Cooley prosecutes four activists, a war to save SoCal old growth gets nasty

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Seed to Skillet: Learn Home Gardening Secrets at the Arboretum

    Amy Scattergood​ We have heard many times that you should never get high on your own supply, but what if that high comes from fresh jalapeños in your burrito, or a caprese salad with just-plucked tomatoes and basil? Jimmy Williams & Susan Heeger, authors of the home-gardening manual and cookb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Arcadia Oak Tree Carnage: Before & After (Pics), Or Environment Protection Fail

    Photos by Camron StoneThis was a sycamore.​ Remember those ancient oak trees in Arcadia? Chopped down by the Department of Public Works and the Board of Supervisors to make room for a sediment dump? Here's what the trees looked like before the bulldozers...and after. Environmental activist an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: The Super Bowl Edition, or Where To Get BBQ For The Game

    Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: Can you recommend anywhere to get takeout food for Super Bowl Sunday? Perhaps barbecue? Thanks! --S. Goin, Los Angeles Dear Ms. Goin: Barbecue is a fine idea, in fact probably the best. My in-laws favor vast trays of jalapeño poppers fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Last Night: Food Truck Waterloo in Santa Anita

    There's no surer bet these days than rounding out an event -- a street fair, a concert, a community festival -- with a few nouveau food trucks. Even the mediocre trucks, and there are plenty, are bound to be better than the grim array of vendors who usually populate these affairs. ($10 for a burnt ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 20, 2011

    Not Saving the Oaks

    There's no surer bet these days than rounding out an event -- a street fair, a concert, a community festival -- with a few nouveau food trucks. Even the mediocre trucks, and there are plenty, are bound to be better than the grim array of vendors who usually populate these affairs. ($10 for a burnt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Arcadia Woodlands Oak Tree-Sitters To Talk Carnage at Board of Supervisors Meeting

    ​ Tree sitters John Quigley, Andrea Bowers and Julia Posin will be at the LA Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow, Tuesday January 18 at 8:45 am. They'll be talking about what it was like to witness the demolition of 250 centuries-old oaks and sycamores from close up, then get removed by cran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    'Grandparent Scammers' In Arcadia Ask Old People For Money, Pretending To Be Incarcerated Grandkids

    Zat you, Pumpkin?​The only thing more twisted than telling a toddler you have candy in your trench coat is telling a nice elderly lady you're her grandson and need money for bail. The Arcadia Police Department warned residents this morning that there's a "Grandparent Scammer" on the loose -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    No Horse Racing At Santa Anita This Fall?

    ​The big players in California horse racing will gather next Tuesday to hash out the future of racing in Southern California.At the moment, it looks like the Oak Tree Racing Association -- which has been running races at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for 40 years -- will be heading elsewhere.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    On Eve of Arcadia Vote, Pro-Density Hunger Strike Goes On

    ​We've been telling you for a few days about Henry Nunez, the Arcadia developer whose nakedly self-interested hunger strike has entered its ninth day.Today we chatted with Councilman Robert Harbicht, who says that Nunez's vision of an urban transit village in downtown Arcadia not what the city wan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Today in WTF: Arcadia Developer Goes on Hunger Strike For Looser Zoning Rules

    ​Henry Nunez, a 51-year-old real estate developer, has a dream for the city of Arcadia. A dream of a dense, urban downtown with five-story mixed-use developments around a light-rail station. Unfortunately, it seems Arcadians do not share his dream.So he has taken a page from movement leaders like ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    More DUI Checkpoints Planned For St. Patrick's Day

    vintagecotton.com​Listen up beastie boys and girls: If you're heading out to Tom Bergin's, Molly Malone's or any other bar where St. Patrick's Day is a license to ill, check your head before your drive: We're now counting three DUI checkpoints planned for the county. Along with the aforementi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    'Upskirt' Crime On The, Er, Rise?

    ​Is it us, or has the Japanese fetish for "upskirt" photos -- on-the-street pictures angled to capture less-exposed areas of a woman -- started to take a life of its own here in the United States? Like everything of pop cultural import -- blues, rock, jazz and techno included -- we invented it ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 15, 2009

    Love, Shandong-Style: at 101 Noodle Express, a Beef Roll as Big as Your Arm

    ​Is it us, or has the Japanese fetish for "upskirt" photos -- on-the-street pictures angled to capture less-exposed areas of a woman -- started to take a life of its own here in the United States? Like everything of pop cultural import -- blues, rock, jazz and techno included -- we invented it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Angeles National Forest Wildfire Rages

    Google Maps/InciWebSite of Morris Fire​Many Los Angeles residents awoke this morning to blue skies whose horizons were muddied  by smoke from the Angeles National Forest wildfire 22 miles to the east. The air also bore a campfire scent. The latest wildfire broke out near Morris Dam in San Gab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Barricade Mystery No sign has been found of an armed man or the three hostages he allegedly had been holding inside an Arcadia home since Sunday night. Sheriff's deputies and SWAT members entered the home this morning only to find one elderly man. Associated PressUCLA Fire Report Blasted The family ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Third Time's the Charm? After being convicted in two federal racketeering trials, former private eye Anthony Pellicano and an associate are to be arraigned this morning in Superior Court on state charges. Pellicano and Alexander Frederick Proctor allegedly conspired to intimidate then-L.A. Times ent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    COOPER'S TOWN

    Third Time's the Charm? After being convicted in two federal racketeering trials, former private eye Anthony Pellicano and an associate are to be arraigned this morning in Superior Court on state charges. Pellicano and Alexander Frederick Proctor allegedly conspired to intimidate then-L.A. Times ent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Is Home Shuling Next? L.A.'s Jewish day schools are facing big problems as the economy continues to teeter. L.A. TimesPrick Up Your Ears City officials are accusing mercenary dog rescuers of "cherry picking" their pound purchases based on later, lucrative resale value. L.A. Daily News Arboretum ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Brave New Archive UCLA will get the correspondence, speeches, papers and audio recordings of 20th-century author, seeker and drug experimenter Aldous Huxley. L.A. TimesSlay Case Man Still Missing Nearly nine months after the gruesome killings of four people in a Quartz Hill house, a fifth presumed v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Slumdance Film Festival It was all Slumdog, all the time at the 81st Academy Awards, or so it seemed. DHD, VarietyNo L.A. Rustbelt Yet Manufacturing is still the king of L.A. County's economy -- even if people see less of it around -- according to an ombudsman from the L.A. Economic Development Corp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Today in Photographs: February 6, 1941

    Et in Arcadia ego  Grooms and stablehands vote to strike Santa Anita Park, shutting down turf events for a day. The racetrack in Arcadia would become a relocation center for Japanese Americans in the months following Pearl Harbor.Photo: LA Times/UCLA Collection

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    The Sequence

    Et in Arcadia ego  Grooms and stablehands vote to strike Santa Anita Park, shutting down turf events for a day. The racetrack in Arcadia would become a relocation center for Japanese Americans in the months following Pearl Harbor.Photo: LA Times/UCLA Collection

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    The Arms (and Legs) Race

    Human Designs Prosthetic and Orthotic Laboratory

  • Stage

    July 12, 2007

    Fresh Voices

    The L.A. Children’s Chorus premieres a brand-new opera

  • LA Life

    July 12, 2007

    Short Subjects

    Hot this summer: the swinging trapeze and frocks with pockets

  • Eat+Drink

    February 8, 2007

    Godmothersand Spicy Meatballs

    Four classic delis

  • Eat+Drink

    November 2, 2006

    When the Bao Breaks

    Hot buns at Noodle House

  • Eat+Drink

    October 12, 2006

    Ask Mr. Gold: Pot Stickers

    Hot buns at Noodle House

  • Eat+Drink

    January 19, 2006

    Into the Deep

    Hot buns at Noodle House

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    On Native Ground

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Eat+Drink

    August 18, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Eat+Drink

    January 20, 2005

    Into the Deep

    Gardening in the asphalt jungle

  • Calendar

    October 17, 2002

    L. A. Flaw

    The case against the city becomes its lore — and much of its charm. The evidence? Writing Los Angeles: A literary Anthology

  • Columns

    September 5, 2002

    Hidden City: Looking for Hugo

    The case against the city becomes its lore — and much of its charm. The evidence? Writing Los Angeles: A literary Anthology

  • Eat+Drink

    November 29, 2001

    Will the Real Taipan Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up?

    The case against the city becomes its lore — and much of its charm. The evidence? Writing Los Angeles: A literary Anthology

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Road Rage

    The case against the city becomes its lore — and much of its charm. The evidence? Writing Los Angeles: A literary Anthology

  • Art+Books

    May 11, 2000

    Landscape Desired

    Los Angeles, past and future

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Solo

    Dating Yourself

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