Beverly Center

Beverly Center Bomb Scare: Was It Necessary To Scare The Bejesus Out Of Shoppers?

A lot of people have questions following yesterday's bomb scare at the Beverly Center. Chief among them, perhaps, is whether security and police overreacted to the threat posted by a man's report that a suspicious package was waiting for him in his car, parked in the center's lot. The announcement ... More >>

From The LA Public Library Menu Collection: Barclay Kitchen, a Mystery on a Scroll

Exploring the LAPL menu collection is an ongoing project in which we'll take a close look at the menus owned by the Los Angeles Public Library. Read about the project here. When researching the restaurants responsible for the menus found in the LAPL menu collection, many times the trail leads to th ... More >>

Lance Everett Wyatt, Beverly Center-Area Plastic Surgeon, Videotaped Nude Female Patients -- Cops

Updated at the bottom with news of alleged "touching" as well as taping. Prosecutors say they have video of the suspect in action. First posted at 1:57 p.m. A Beverly Center-area plastic surgeon was charged today in a case that accuses him of secretly videotaping nude patients during exams. Forty- ... More >>

Fugly Gets a Facelift: How Will Massimiliano Fuksas Polish the Turd That Is the Beverly Center?

Seems like everybody hates the Beverly Center. A local "landmark" of sorts, the Beverly Center has been regularly mocked for decades due to its downright fugliness, impenetrable facades that block out the sun, and awkward siting along the Los Angeles/Beverly Hills border.

Bobby Khamvongsa Murdered Near Beverly Center: Victim Dressed as Woman

A man friends identified as Bobby Khamvongsa died in a stabbing blocks from Beverly Center over the weekend. A freelance TV journalist at the scene said the victim was wearing women's clothes, according to City News Service. Police said the attack punctuated a heated argument about 1:30 a.m. on Sa ... More >>

Häagen-Dazs Free Cone Day

Does free ice cream mean summer is here? Along with breaking out the flip-flops and khaki shorts, the steadily rising temperatures should make you to mark your calendars for next Tuesday, May 8, when several L.A.-area Häagen-Dazs ice cream stores will be handing out free ice cream cones from 4 p.m. ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! The War On Christmas Starts With Me

​[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. It's been a few days now, and I am just emerging ... More >>

No Tomatoes! Truck Opens Restaurant

Guzzle & NoshThe No Tomatoes! truck and restaurant.​No Tomatoes!, the Indian food truck (@notomatoestruck) with the incongruous name, is the latest mobile eatery to open a brick-and-mortar restaurant. In early October, the No Tomatoes! cafe opened in the corner of a popular strip mall just sou ... More >>

California Pizza Kitchen Loses Its Mind With New Menu Items

MarcoVGL/flickrHabanero carnitas pizza​ California Pizza Kitchen used to be a place where tourists and exhausted mall shoppers would scarf pizza -- that pizza, of course, being the sort no tradition-minded Neapolitan could stomach. C.P.K., as it is usually abbreviated, bastardizes the form wi ... More >>

Fashion's Night Out Los Angeles: A Tacky Evening at the Mall?

Why is L.A.'s Fashion's Night Out event at the Beverly Center? ​Starting tomorrow, September 8, Fashion's Night Out is making a return to Los Angeles, where retailers will keep their doors open late and the fashion forward crowd will be out to party and shop. It's a big deal in New York City a ... More >>

Kassava Coming to Sunset Strip

Kassava, the Caribbean restaurant tucked behind the Beverly Center, is opening a new location in the heart of the Sunset Strip. No word on whether Kassava on Sunset is a replacement or an addition to the original location. More details when we get them. Kassava on Sunset: 8410 W. Sunset Blvd., W ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Son of a Gun

30 Burgers in 30 Days: Kimchi & Cultural Fusion at Kalbi Burger (Day 2)

What hath Kogi wrought -- aside from a million imitations of its Korean fusion taco? How about a worldwide phenomenon pairing two of L.A.'s most ubiquitous immigrant cuisines with the accessibility of fast-food. Yet, the Korean fusion trend hasn't made its way to that other American classic: the b ... More >>

Eat This Now: Obika's Stracciatella di Burrata with Eggplant Caponata

D. GalarzaStracciatella di Burrata with Eggplant Caponata​ Spooning into a good burrata is a lot like biting into a creme-filled Cadbury egg. As good as the outside is, it's the gooey interior that everyone wants. And who knew one could consume the custardy interior of a good lobe of burrata c ... More >>

10 Great Restaurants Open on Christmas Day

Anne Fishbeinshellfish tower at Delphine​ What's our favorite thing to make for Christmas dinner?
 Reservations. Pardon us if you've heard that one before. But we know that sometimes the whole gather-the-family-for-a-huge-sit-down dinner isn't exactly for everyone. For those who would prefe ... More >>

Obika Mozzarella Bar Opens in Beverly Center

Obika​ Obika Mozzarella Bar, which turns cheese-eating into a religion with its "globes of cheese" floating "like Jeff Koons basketballs," has opened a new church. Like its first location, opened a few months ago in the Century City mall, this one opened last Friday in the Beverly Center.

A Roundup of November Restaurant Openings and Closures

Celia Soudry​ As Angelenos tweet about the "freezing" cold 60-degree weather, some restaurants are keeping their seats warm for the holidays and others aren't keeping them at all. Jian BBQ in Mid-City was replaced by Bao Dim Sum this month, and designer bake shop Diana Sproveri replaced Diddy ... More >>

Nightranger: Star Bright

Nightranger: Outta-Sight Night

Obikà Mozzarella Bar Opening in Century City & Second L.A. Location Coming Soon

Obikà Mozzarella Bar, originally a European and Asian brand with 13 stores in Rome, Milan, Tokyo, London and most recently New York, is opening its first California location in Century City's Westfield Shopping Center on September 15. Obikà, on the second floor of the mall between the food court a ... More >>

Jinya: Ramen Freaks and Noodle Geeks

Getting schooled in the finer points of broth

Movie Reviews: After the Cup, Shrek Forever After, Prince of Persia

Also, Sex and the City 2, Survival of the Dead and more

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/8 - 2/12

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Until we can persuade significant chunks of Extramadura or the Costa Brava to emigrate, we can at least console ourselves with the Valencian paellas and fideos at LA Paella near the Beverly Center." Ask Mr. Gold: Spain ... More >>

School Of Pot: A Syllabus For Cannabis

​As medical marijuana becomes part of the fabric of life in California it probably comes as no surprise that a school, Oaksterdam University, is cashing in on interest in the Golden State's biggest cash crop. At the Los Angeles campus, near the Beverly Center, students are learning about the ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Creation, Sherlock Holmes

Also, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

'Hunky Santa' Show Organizer Under Investigation After Performer Falls 20 Feet

Beverly CenterAerialists of the 'Hunky Santa' show.​After a performer fell nearly two stories over the holiday break during a performance at the Beverly Center mall, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health stepped in late Monday to announce it is investigating the show's orga ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Emptier Than a Hummer Showroom When polling stations closed Tuesday night only 18.59 percent of L.A. County's eligible voters had "filled" them. At stake were critical state ballot measures and the City Attorney's race. Turnout was higher in the San Gabriel Valley's 32nd District Congressional race. ... More >>

So '07: The Way We Wore

How to know if you were a fashion victim in '07

Fierce!

For those of you wondering if I ever made it to the Cavalli collection's opening day at H&M in the Beverly Center, the answer is no. Just to be safe, I called the shop before leaving that afternoon and was told that every single piece was sold within the first two hours. Some ladies actually campe ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Bee Movie, Darfur Now, Primo Levi's Journey

Also Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Short Subjects

Hot this summer: the swinging trapeze and frocks with pockets

Film Reviews

Best Mall for (Actual) Rats

Splitting Hairs

Best Eastside locks for Westsiders

L.A. Simonized

Kerry Simon, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Chef, comes west

Simon Says

Bloody Mess

Darker Than Night

L.A.’s big blue mirror

Shellfish

The Now Garde

10 L.A. Designers

A Looming Talent

The Pocko Collection

More Is More

Hot! Pink! Plywood!

Edited by Kateri Butler

All You Can’t Eat

The Power of the Purse

From Spaetzle to Saimintosoda

The world on a string

1982 Timeline

Malling the Market

New development would dwarf L.A. landmark

Lies To Get You Out of the House