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Baker Thermometer, World's Tallest, For Sale For $1.75 Mil Of Your Vegas Jackpot

That thermometer you pass on the way to Las Vegas is an icon for every real-life Hangover and Fear And Loathing adventure ever. And now you can put it in the trunk of your road-trip convertible and take it home if you so desire. All you need for the World's Tallest Thermometer a.k.a. the World's L ... More >>

Pizza Party: 20¢ Slices at Mulberry Street Pizzeria

Beverly Hills pie slinger Mulberry Street Pizzeria is celebrating 20 years of business tomorrow, Oct. 3, with a pretty spectacular deal on its New York-style slices, marking them down to a mere 20-cents each. Even better, all proceeds from the day's sales will be donated to the The Michael J. Fox Fo ... More >>

South Central Foursome Finatticz Take Over

On a balmy May morning inside a posh Encino house, rapper James Dunn (who goes by Killa F Supernigga) and his partner, Anthony Brown (aka EZ the Great), are mugging for the camera. They're members of the Finatticz, a rap group who hail from the east side of South Central and are currently in the pro ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Planet Carrots Why Our Winter Carrots Are Less Sweet This Year

Carrots are an easy crop for farmers with the land for them. They don't have the stigma of Brussels sprouts or the on-again-off-again iron taste that beets sometimes have to fight. And they've been lucky enough to dance in the culinary trio of mirepoix for hundreds of years, an unintended marketin ... More >>

Tomatomania!: Lecture and Plant Sale

Even during a warm winter, most of us spend part of the season dreaming of luscious summer fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes. Yes, the vine-ripe variety are still a way off, but it is finally time to start planting and Tomatomania, the spectacular annual touring tomato seedling plant sale i ... More >>

Capriotti's Opens in Torrance

Torrance has a new sandwich shop. Las Vegas-based sandwich chain Capriotti's today opened its first South Bay location -- in Torrance. The chain already has two locations in San Diego, one in Encino and one in Beverly Hills.

Alcazar: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

L.A. Farmers Markets Exposed

Often, produce sold at stalls isn't organic, grown by small farms — or even spray-free

Brian Posehn's Perfect Day In The Valley: Food, Toys More Food

Brian Posehn is a comic, writer, actor, and food-eater. The Comedians of Comedy, Sarah Silverman Program, and Mr. Show alumnus is also a dedicated San Fernando Valleyite and gastronome. Squid Ink recently asked Posehn to describe what his most perfectest day in the Valley with his wife and baby wo ... More >>

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Last rays of summer

Photo Gallery: Vodvil Opens Tomorrow

Is it a casino? Is it Encino? Is it a casino in Encino? Something about Vodvil, which officially opens tomorrow, evokes the disembodied sensation of spending to long in a Las Vegas gambling parlor. Hours, days, even the sense of what city you're in slips away. It's disconcerting. There's real ... More >>

Lenny Dykstra Charged With More Alleged Crimes, Including Grand Theft Auto

​Updated at the bottom: Authorities claim ecstasy and cocaine were found at Dykstra's house. Also, we add some details about the alleged scam they say he was trying to pull. More charges for baseball legend Lenny Dykstra today. City News Service reports that he's been charged with a hole pac ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: A Slow Eater's Sanctuary at Aroma Café

A Slow Eater's Sanctuary Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: I often find myself in the delightful company of very slow eaters. What are some good places to linger over a meal without incurring the passive-aggression of the waitstaff? --Nate Smith, via Facebook

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late

61-Year-Old L.A. Woman Dies At Hands Of Beverly Hills And Encino 'Plastic Surgeon' Ehab Mohamed

Beverly Hills Advanced LaserDr. Ehab Mohamed​Updated after the jump: Did Dr. Mohamed try to perform a hernia repair on himself? Originally posted at 10 a.m. It's a "Nip/Tuck" episode come horrifyingly to life: Los Angeles gynecologist turned plastic surgeon Dr. Ehab Mohamed operated on 61-yea ... More >>

September Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closures

October is creeping up on us, with or without this unexpected heat wave. Angelenos patiently waited in the 90-degree heat at the Abbot Kinney Street Festival on Sunday, September 26th, salivating over grilled cheese sandwiches, fried shrimp, bánh mì, funnel cakes and kitschy L.A. food trucks. If y ... More >>

L.A. Suburbs Get What's Coming To Them: West Nile Virus Has Been Detected in Mosquitos

​West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes who can transmit to humans in Cerritos, Whittier, Rowland Heights, Encino and Reseda, making 47 cases in Los Angeles County in 2010. Of people who get West Nile, one in five get symptoms. Of those, one in 150 end up in the hospital. Hopefully the su ... More >>

First Bite: Alcazar is Back, Serving Crunchy Boreg in Encino

Christie BishopJonagold apple, portions removed​For most of the decade, there may have been no more pleasant place in Los Angeles to eat Middle Eastern food than in Alcazar's shaded patio, a balmy place scented with hookah smoke, garlic, and the hot sajj bread baking on its grill. The restaura ... More >>

Anarbagh Indian Opens Second Restaurant in Encino

Erinn EichingerTandoori Chicken​ Anarbagh Indian restaurant, run by the Nassa family, has been in business in Woodland Hills for over 20 years. But if getting to that end of the Valley to feed your Indian food fix is just too much for you, you're in luck. A second outpost recently opened ab ... More >>

LAPD Plans DUI And Drivers License Checkpoints For The Weekend

​(Ladies and) gentlemen, don't start your engines. It's going to be a big weekend for DUI checkpoints. What's the occasion? We don't know. It's not the 4th of July or even New Year's Eve, but the men and women in blue will be out in force in the city of Los Angeles. So be on your best behavior ... More >>

L.A. City Worker Deliberately Mows Over Lawn Chairs At Sepulveda Basin Dog Park

​A city maintenance worker deliberately mowed over about two dozen chairs at the Sepulveda Basin Dog Park last week, leaving behind a trail of plastic shards and broken parts according to the Daily News. The lawn chairs, which people brought over the years for public use, were said to be nuisa ... More >>

Plastic Surgery On The Wane In America

FoxNip/Tuck​This is really sad news for this here capital of nip/tuck. Cosmetic surgery is down a whole one percent in the United States, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Encino, Las Vegas -- we know you can do better. On your own you can mak ... More >>

Bold girl criminals hit Encino, dubbed Knock-Knock crew by cops

Cops are asking for the public's help in catching three, bold girl criminals in a burglary crew that hits pricey homes in the Encino and San Fernando Valley hills, by waltzing up to the front door and knocking -- then hitting the house if nobody answers.KTLAFrom LAPD surveillance video​It's the la ... More >>

Fracking Doc GASLAND Hush-Hush Opens in LA

​ Gasland, Josh Fox's riveting personal documentary in which the filmmaker travels the country tracking the human cost of "fracking," a controversial method of natural gas drilling (think inexplicable illnesses, regular-joe-raping corporate cover-ups, and tap water with so much gas in it that ... More >>

L.A. Council Rejects Home Buffer Zone For Pot Shops

​Considering its long-awaited ordinance to get a grip on 545 largely unregulated medical marijuana retailers in L.A., the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday rejected a proposed 500 foot buffer zone between the shops and homes and instead drafted language that would prohibit the businesses f ... More >>

Murder was the Case: LA Homicides No. 117, 118, Update: Husband and Wife Die in Murder Suicide at Encino Home

A husband and wife found shot to death in their home in Encino yesterday died in a murder-suicide, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. View Larger Map Pedro Papias, 41, was arguing with his 35-year-old wife Rosa Valencia when he grabbed a gun and shot her several times in their bedr ... More >>

Murder was the Case: LA Homicides No. 117, 118, Man and Woman Found Dead in Encino Home

A man and a woman were found shot to death in a home in Encino today, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD officers responded to a 911 call of shots fired in the 4800 block of Haskell Avenue near Ventura Boulevard at 12:36 p.m., according to Officer Bruce Borihanh. Police and fi ... More >>

A Los Angeles “Ban” That Really Invites Billboards?

Critics assail a “Swiss cheese” vision that allows massive sign proliferation

New loopholes for Los Angeles billboards and "sign districts"

A heated hearing unfolded earlier today before the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, which wants to create yet another complicated, exception-filled plan to try to control street clutter in Los Angeles, the capital of the illegal billboard industry.Details of today's hearing will come from ace r ... More >>

Surprise! Billboard Industry Poll Reports that Angelenos Dig Digital Billboards

A newly released survey conducted in Los Angeles County found that  just 22 percent of residents polled were familiar with the politics and legal mess surrounding digital billboards. Of that fraction, just six percent reported that the issue was important to them. Those are only a few of the su ... More >>

Today in Photographs: February 16, 1943

Cahuenga Pass, before the freeway. Note landscaping and railroad tracks. The picture brings to mind Raymond Chandler's famous road revelry in The Little Sister, that begins with Philip Marlowe recalling: "I drove east on Sunset but I didn't go home. At La Brea I turned north and swung over to Highla ... More >>

Is Tokyo the Future for Los Angeles?

A new "ban" would allow 20 areas citywide thick with billboards

Today in Photographs: December 22, 1941 & More

Not JapaneseHelen Chan pins Sun Lum with lapel badge identifying him as "Chinese," to avoid being rounded up with Japanese Americans who were being interred following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. (L.A. Times photo from UCLA Digital Collection)Turn page to see a well-attired Steve Allen picketting ... More >>

Digital Billboards Become a Bohemian Blasphemy

Silver Lake, Hollywood, the Valley and Westside take on City Hall's anti-green transformation of LA

Westsiders Slam Villaraigosa's Push for Apartments Citywide

Is slow growth back, or is this the eve of construction?

A Denser L.A.

Understanding the map

Good, Better, Best

In search of the Armenian gold standard

Ask Mr. Gold: Australian Cuisine

Prodigy Schmodigy

Don’t ask if 6-year-old Marla Olmstead is a painting wunderkind. Look at the work

I Am Arak

Mr. Zip

Ask Mr. Gold

Ask Mr. Gold

In With the Out Crowd

Edited by Kateri Butler

Ask Mr. Gold

A Neighborhood Just West of Downtown

A Scary Abundance of Water

Growing up with the San Fernando Valley

Nightlife

Taste Globally, Picnic Locally