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Pop-Up: Cordero Negro ART from the Ashes

Sandra Cordero has been presenting food with art in Los Angeles since her days at Royal/T. She moved from New York City to help open the now-closed art gallery café, eventually stepping away from the front as general manager to helm the kitchen as chef. This Thursday, April 25, through Saturday, Ap ... More >>

Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher Swatting Cases Net Arrest Of Suspected Juvenile Prankster

Cops today said that the big bad wolf responsible for some of the celebrity mayhem known as "swatting" has been arrested. This would-be hardened criminal wreaked havoc on the LAPD when officers rushed to the homes of Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and possibly others based on false reports of home ... More >>

Measure MM and Measure HH Election Results: Tax Initiatives for Upkeep of Santa Monica Mountains Approved by Voters

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Measure MM and Measure HH have received strong approval from voters. 68 percent of voters supported Measure MM and 76 percent backed Measure HH, according to the Los Angels County Registrar-Recorder web site. Since the measures received over two-thirds suppor ... More >>

Measures MM and HH Campaign: Doug McIntyre Lone Voice in Opposition to More Taxes?

Whenever the prospect of more taxes appears in Los Angeles, usually some kind of organized group loudly rises to oppose it. So it seems awfully strange that only L.A. Daily News columnist Doug McIntyre, as far as we can see, is sounding the alarm about two parcel tax initiatives that some L.A. voter ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Dragonfruit

Dragonfruit is so aptly named. The baseball-sized fruit is covered in long, lime green fleshy scales that ripple out from a dark red core. Open one up and you stain your hands magenta from the nearly fluorescent flesh dotted with tiny black seeds. Asia has long grown dragonfruit -- also known as ... More >>

Justin Bieber Scuffles With Photog: Now Cops Want to Talk

Updated at the bottom with momentous news from the sheriff's department. First posted at 7 a.m. We're not sure when, exactly, Justin Bieber joined the world of Lindsay Lohan -- that dark side where your work takes a back seat to your run-ins with paparazzi and the law -- but it might have been this ... More >>

Gavin Smith, Missing Fox Executive, Gets Twitter Campaign From Son Evan, USC Basketball Player

Updated at the bottom with some strange details about the last time he was seen. First posted at 7:05 a.m. Monday. Gavin Smith, a longtime Fox movie distribution exec, has been missing for nearly a week. His son, USC basketball forward Evan Smith, has taken to Twitter to publicize the plight of hi ... More >>

Jason Schumann, Elizabeth Ibarra Arrested for Murder of El Camino High Soccer Star Francisco Rodriguez

Update: More dirt on Elizabeth Ibarra, who appears to have known both the victim and suspected gunman well. The LAPD just announced the arrests of two suspects in the murder of El Camino Real High soccer star Francisco Rodriguez. Calabasas resident Jason Schumann, 24, and San Fernando Valley resid ... More >>

Kim Kardashian Should be Taxed More in California, Video by Courage Campaign Says

We once joked that "Occupy that ass" could be the silly title of a porn spoof but, as they say, this shit is real. The class-warfare train is about a six-pack away from literally marching with pitchforks to the good side of the tracks, and the latest salvo aims at millionaire tabloid candy Kim Kard ... More >>

Top 10 L.A. Theater Experiences of 2011

10 Best Bakeries in Los Angeles

A. ScattergoodBread At Milo & Olive​San Francisco sourdough? You may have noticed beneath that smoky (wood-burning oven?) haze, L.A. has a new whole grain baguette, flaky croissant (even at LAX) and yes, crusty sourdough advantage. Here are our picks for the 10 Best Bakeries in L.A.. It's the ... More >>

Plenty to Occupy in L.A. as Area Ranks Near Top of List of Wealthy Cities in Amerca

L.A. to the bone.​Occupy L.A. is often cast as an offshoot of the epicenter of the movement -- Occupy Wall Street, where protesters are shining a light on the mess bailed-out big banks have made of the nation's economy. But there's plenty to Occupy right here in Southern California. As we not ... More >>

Frozen Tuna Recall: Histamine Illnessess From Frozen Ground Tuna Grocery Sushi

sushi from AFC​ Another day, another food recall. The latest is of frozen tuna that has been linked to illnesses caused by elevated histamine levels. According to Food Safety News, the FDA found evidence of food decomposition and elevated histamine levels in frozen tuna packed by Osamu Corpora ... More >>

Food Retailers Struggle To Stay Open: Small Business Owners' Rent-Induced Malaise

Celia SoudryStan's Produce​ The National Bureau of Economic Research claims that the recession is over, but many small business owners and their unemployed workers would most likely disagree. On Sunday, January 9th, owner Stanley Bosco informed employees, as well as longtime customers, that h ... More >>

L.A. Theater in 2010

Thanks for the memories

Stage Raw: Rock With You

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS NEW THEATER REVIEW (see below)STAGE FEATURE on Cormac McCarthy's The Sunset LimitedNEW REVIEW GO  ROCK WITH YOU: THE KING OF POP, LATIN STYLE For those of us brought up to giggle at Michael Jackson's foibles, from his holding his son over a balcony by his arms t ... More >>

California's Mystery Freefall, 63,000 Jobs Vanish: Antonio Villaraigosa Doesn't Get It, But The Healthy Great Plains Hold A Secret

Watch interactive job-loss blobs grow. See map link on jump page.​What is causing the free-fall in job losses in California, while the Great Plains, with the raw exception of a few spots, are past the recession? 63,000 jobs vanished in California in September, of 95,000 lost in the United Stat ... More >>

Crown Fire: Containment Of Palmdale Blaze Expected Today

​The Crown Fire in northern Los Angeles County that burned nearly 14,000 acres since it broke out Thursday afternoon was expected to be contained by late Monday, county fire officials said. About 2,460 structures near and in Palmdale had been threatened, they said. It was one of two fires tha ... More >>

Stage Raw: California International Theatre Festival

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore LOVE, CONNIE​The Nellie Olesons' John Cantwell has created a multimedia dance comedy thriller, which plays Fri.-Sat., 9 p.m. at Casita del Campo, 1920 Hyperion Ave., L.A.; thru July 24, cavernclubtheater ... More >>

Smoking Rates Up In West Hollywood, South L.A., South Bay

​Despite nationwide efforts to curb smoking, a recent study released by the county Department of Public Health has revealed that rates of lighting up in Los Angeles have remained steady since 2002, though some areas, including West Hollywood, South Los Angeles and the South Bay have seen incre ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Carrots and Greens get Sweeter

Wintertime in Southern California requires our farmers to dig a little deeper than usual. While carrots, beets, and other root veggies are available across multiple seasons, they reach their peak flavor when hit by a little colder weather. Carrots and root vegetables are especially sweeter now tha ... More >>

What's in Season at the Farmers Market: Shinkos and Sunchokes

There are still a few tables of stone fruits hanging around (the September Yummy from Tenerelli pictured here is a new favorite of ours), but in general, the usual summer harvest is slowly making way for the big greens and starches of fall. If summer corn means that much to you, go pick some up thi ... More >>

What's in season at the Farmers Market: Persimmons

In a land that benefits from the tinkering of an ambitious UC Davis agricultural program, it's hardly surprising to discover that the varieties of persimmons available to the average consumer has nearly doubled in the past decade. But regardless, persimmons generally fall into two categories - fuyu ... More >>

Auction Me Barbra: Babs Has a Yard Sale

Julien's Auctions​There are no fewer than two Hollywood memorabilia auctions taking place this week. Calabasas' Profiles in History is running one of its periodic prop-and-costume bidding wars ("Ever dream of getting into Megan Fox's shorts?" asks today's L.A. Daily News. "It'll only cost you abou ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Recreation and Self-Improvement

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Pickling Cukes, Corn, Concords, and How to Keep Them

The kitchen has become a preservation station these past few weeks, requiring a little bit of especially selective shopping at the farmers market. The first rule of preserving is to use unblemished, unspoiled, and practically perfect produce. Any suggestion of spoilage or bruising could mean a lot ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Prickly Pears, Grapes, and Pluots

Felicia FriesemaHeirloom tomatoes at South Pasadena Farmers Market​As summer begins to wind down (it's mid-August already?), the market tables become a metaphorical sunset of yellows, oranges, pinks, and reds. The most obvious are the piles of corn, peaches, and tomatoes--glut crops that are ... More >>

Susannah Breslin Critiques Porn Set

Curbed L.A. flags an amusing Boing Boing piece by blogger Susannah Breslin, reporting on the aesthetics of the Valley porn set. She'd spent both her birthday and Passover last April on the Canoga Park set of a Tori Black shoot which, the director assured Breslin, that "if you want to have sex with T ... More >>

Pink Slip Parties in L.A.: Laid Off but Not Out

In the pink — half-price appetizers and $5 martinis

Now We Sample the Season's Picture Books ...

The Coffee Table

Meat Loaf

Do you love me?

Royal Welding

Jewelry fit for a king or a queen, baby

Rock Picks

For the week of July 5 - 11

Jeffrey Vallance: The Art of Self-Worship

Hey, somebody’s gotta do it

The Night Belonged to (Music) Lovers

Alternative Endorsements

Water, Water, Nowhere

The Method Fest

Sex and the Steak House

Letters

Harvest of Pain

The long, hard journey from Central Valley seed to caesar salad

Killaz and Victims

DJ Quik lays 'em out

No Room at the Ranch

Ahmanson won’t have truly affordable units

Selling the Ranch

Massive project brings home the issue of open space

The Valley

From Canoga Park to Griffith Park

Coming Crop

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Rap and Revelation

Words to the wise from Blood of Abraham

Los Dos Richards

Does Alatorre have a future?

Malling the Market

New development would dwarf L.A. landmark