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Catalina Island

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Dennis Hedgecock: The Oyster Is His World

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Dennis Hedgecock wants to breed a better oyster to feed the world. Since 99 percent of the biosphere's volume is sea water, it's time to put it to work. Oysters are a nearly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Natalie Wood Murdered? Husband Robert Wagner 'Not a Suspect,' Says L.A. Sheriff

    Trouble in paradise?​Could Hollywood darling Natalie Wood's fatal drowning in 1981 have been darker than the simple accident it was once ruled to be? Wood and her husband Robert Wagner (truly L.A.'s royal couple at the time), along with their actor friend Christopher Walken, were night-boatin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best Effing City in America

    Timothy Norris​John Lennon once said of Los Angeles, "That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco." Pretty rough stuff from a supposedly nice guy. Clearly, the Eggman (or was he the Walrus?) missed the endless taco stands, the pupusas, the pho, the don ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    July 7, 2011

    Bas Jan Ader, Zoe Crosher, and the Art of Disappearing People

    Timothy Norris​John Lennon once said of Los Angeles, "That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco." Pretty rough stuff from a supposedly nice guy. Clearly, the Eggman (or was he the Walrus?) missed the endless taco stands, the pupusas, the pho, the don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Bassist Mark Tulin, the Missing Link Between Psych Legends the Electric Prunes and the Revamped Smashing Pumpkins, RIP 1948-2011

    ​We received news from the Smashing Pumpkin's camp that their friend and collaborator, bassist Mark Tulin from 1960s psychedelic garage legends the Electric Prunes, passed away this weekend. Here's a moving tribute by Billy Corgan, courtesy of StudioDog Kerry Brown: A Few Thoughts on the Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: Winter Fennel

    Felicia Friesema​ Summertime is to warm basil and heirloom tomatoes as wintertime is to fennel and oranges. But there's so much more. If you find young and slender fennel bulbs, braise them whole. If you have larger, bulbous (and slightly tougher) bulbs, slice up and carmelize like an onion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    For Whom the Road Tolls L.A. County is considering charging solo drivers for the right to use high-occupancy lanes on the 110 and 10 freeways. Tolls would range between 25 cents and $1.40. L.A. TimesDowntown Protest The Coalition of L.A. City Unions, an umbrella group representing some of L.A.'s 22, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Heal the Bay's "Top Ten Beach Bummers"

    Heal the Bay's 19th annual report card on 10 terrible shorelines is out -- and so, apparently, are the waters around Catalina Harbor, Cabrillo Beach and the Santa Monica Pier. All but two of the guilty beaches are located in Southern California, with Pismo Beach Pier and Campbell Cove State Park tak ... More >>

  • LA Life

    March 19, 2009

    Neil Strauss' New Game: He Survived the Pickup-Artist Scene, Now He Wants to Survive the Apocalypse

    But will he be thwarted by cute raccoons and stubborn goats?

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Trutanich Crime Ad: Tempest in PC Teapot

    Until last Sunday, many if not most Los Angeles voters had probably only heard of one of the City Attorney candidates, the somewhat annoying Westside City Councilman Jack Weiss. But then the Los Angeles Times endorsed Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich and we suddenly realized a race was on. The Times assu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2008

    10 Uniquely Noteworthy Posthumous Performances on Film

    Until last Sunday, many if not most Los Angeles voters had probably only heard of one of the City Attorney candidates, the somewhat annoying Westside City Councilman Jack Weiss. But then the Los Angeles Times endorsed Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich and we suddenly realized a race was on. The Times assu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Dodos, Akron/Family, Natural History Musuem, 5/2

    Akron/Family, The Dodos, Natural History Museum First Fridays May 2, 2008 By Mark Mauer For the past couple of years, one of the best venues in town to see excellent live music has been the Natural History Museum. The Submarines, Plaid, Deerhoof, Matmos and others have played sets in the NHM's "La ... More >>

  • LA Life

    February 21, 2008

    Airborne With the Flyboys of Los Angeles Helicopters

    Blades of glory

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    California Fire Whisperers

    Facing down region's wildfires by divining where the flames will spread

  • News

    July 26, 2007

    Griffith Park $50 Million, Catalina Zero

    Denuded by fire, the island’s long-suffering and unique ecosystem could be reborn — for a price

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Murder On the Last Turn

    Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Place to Party Like a Pirate

    Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

  • LA Life

    July 20, 2006

    Outlaw Grub and Vision Boards

    Mickey Thompson was a renowned race-car driver and promoter. Mike Goodwin was the brash, egocentric creator of motocross. They became business partners. Then all hell broke loose.

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    I’ve Got You Under My Skin

    Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    A Life in 10 Cars

    Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

  • News

    May 29, 2003

    Light and Open

    The Schindler House searches for a perfect neighbor

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Port in a Storm

    Dealing with the polluting ways of world trade

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Broken Hearts Club

    Dealing with the polluting ways of world trade

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Beat Freaks

    Dance clubs L.A.: a forbidden world beckons

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Troubled Help

    Gang program hits low point in Echo Park

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Hollywood, Straight Up

    The craps-shooting cop, the hungarian brawl and other stories from Steve Boardner's bar

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Radio Radar

    The craps-shooting cop, the hungarian brawl and other stories from Steve Boardner's bar

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    L.A. Times Who Knew? Department

    The craps-shooting cop, the hungarian brawl and other stories from Steve Boardner's bar

  • LA Life

    July 8, 1999

    Homage to Catalina

    The craps-shooting cop, the hungarian brawl and other stories from Steve Boardner's bar

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