WildCraft Sourdough Pizza will become the newest member in the growing coterie of restaurants offering Neapolitan-style pies in town when it opens for lunch next Monday, January 25. Coming from the men behind the Hermosa Beach brasserie Abigaile, the restaurant will launch in the historic triangular ... More >>
WildCraft Sourdough Pizza will become the newest member in the growing coterie of restaurants offering Neapolitan-style pies in town when it opens for lunch next Monday, January 25. Coming from the men behind the Hermosa Beach brasserie Abigaile, the restaurant will launch in the historic triangular ... More >>
An Air Force vet asks why meter maids make up to $95,000
'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. As both a Bruin and a Laker, he is a pillar of Los Angeles basketball. On Friday, Nov. 16, he will have his jersey number retired, and a statue of him will be unveiled outside Staples Center. That's fine and all, but we wanted to talk to him ... More >>
The menu at Hermosa Beach vegetarian restaurant The Spot Natural Food Restaurant indicates that the place serves desserts, but unless you're the reincarnation of Andre the Giant, you'll never know for sure. Because only the former Eighth Wonder of the World would be able to complete the Tamale Combo ... More >>
A crew member whose body was found after the HMS Bounty sunk in hurricane Sandy off the North Carolina coast was a local woman who attended USC and co-owned a defunct Hermosa Beach bar. Claudene Christian's body was recovered by the U.S. Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after the vessel, a Hollywood ... More >>
We're not sure why the end of summer is DUI crackdown season, what with all the other wonderful times of year to find drunktards on the road -- St. Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo, New Year's Eve, at. al. It just is. We've got a boatload of info for you in our latest edition of LA Weekly's DUI checkp ... More >>
The dog days of summer are here, the 4th of July is way back in the rear view, and the season is winding down. But, for whatever reason, authorities across L.A. county are turning up the heat on drunk drivers with a "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign August 17 to September 3. Not only that ... More >>
On July 1, the countdown clock hit zero and California's ban on foie gras went into effect. But, as one might predict, the law barely lasted one full business day before a lawsuit was filed against it. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a complaint filed in federal district court on Monday ... More >>
Little by little, various government entities within L.A. County are forcing cigarette smokers off public property and quarantining them into their own nasty tobacco dens. The Department of Beaches and Harbors banned smoking on any beach within the county years ago. But the piers, because they're o ... More >>
*Top 20 Worst Bands Ever: The Complete List *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Female Musicians of All Time: The Complete List *Top 20 Sexiest Male Musicians of All Time: The Complete List The history of Los Angeles punk is largely composed of a series ... More >>
Cops say this alleged creep couldn't keep his hands off his workplace cleaning lady. Michael Jeffrey Dyer was arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting the woman at his office in Hermosa Beach, police say. The Long Beach man allegedly offered the unnamed victim money for sex before ...
Cops say this alleged creep couldn't keep his hands off his workplace cleaning lady. Michael Jeffrey Dyer was arrested last week for allegedly sexually assaulting the woman at his office in Hermosa Beach, police say. The Long Beach man allegedly offered the unnamed victim money for sex before ...
This Sunday, South Bay local Jed Sanford will close down a Hermosa Beach landmark. Union Cattle Co. will shutter for a month-long overhaul and will reopen in early February as Abigaile, an upscale American brasserie with touches of Italian, French and Spanish influence. The chef is Max DiMare of Woo ... More >>
Ian BroylesHermosa Beach: Woo! Wait, not woo.Ah, the South Bay. Home of the Beach Boys, the laid-back, California lifestyle and, of course, white people partying. And now it's also where you'll find ... cigarette Nazis! That's right, the salt-air breezes don't seem to dissipate the anti-s ... More >>
Umami Burger, which already has so many locations around greater L.A. we've stopped counting, announced it will open two more locations: Hermosa Beach and Laguna Beach. Located within a block of the pier, the Hermosa Beach location will open by the end of 2011. The Laguna Beach location, whic ... More >>
Down in Hermosa Beach, there's a cool, spacious shop that serves gelato worth seeking out. Paciugo Gelato (pronounced "pa-choo-go," if their signage is to be believed) offers a dizzying selection of 32 flavors. They line up all the usual suspects -- chocolate, caramel, sea salt, banana, peanut but ... More >>
​The South Bay has been more than influential in the punk rock scene worldwide since the early 1980's- a legendary scene that has produced fashions, trends, and music that reach far beyond the confines of Southern California and even the U.S. Hermosa Beach itself has churned out legends like Black ... More >>
​The South Bay has been more than influential in the punk rock scene worldwide since the early 1980's- a legendary scene that has produced fashions, trends, and music that reach far beyond the confines of Southern California and even the U.S. Hermosa Beach itself has churned out legends like Black ... More >>
schudog3/flickrSonny McLean's Not every adopted Angeleno hops on the Laker bandwagon. Many of the guys with whom we play pick-up. The gruff, white-bearded bartender at the local pub. "I'm from Jersey, see," the bartender said on a Sunday afternoon, doling out free samples of a new Irish w ... More >>
Hot's KitchenA few of Hot's Kitchen's Tacos: (from left) Southern Bayou, Spicy Kennee & Original Tofu Nothing says Christmas more than... tacos, ping pong and sex parties? Suffice to say we wouldn't expect anything less from Royal/T -- Culver City's quirky combo of art gallery meets Japanese ... More >>
Day 19OK GoAlmost anything goes in the Theater of OK Go. The art-pop quartet's headlining tour, which concludes Saturday in Los Angeles, has included (according to various online reports): Enough confetti to drown an arena full of Flaming Lips fans; the guys decked out in primary colors; a 3 ... More >>
Timothy NorrisFitz & the TantrumsCan we get an exclamation point for Fitz & the Tantrums? The stylish purveyors of old soul helmed by Michael Sean Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs have had a quite a 2010. They started the year practically as a novelty -- a slick band with nice EP and a great li ... More >>
Fast CompanyDid he mean a post-it gun?We know the texting generation is more comfortable using their letters -- and now, with new e-mail capabilities, Facebook can finally erase any lingering need for verbal communication -- but we had hoped at least bank robbers might keep it loud and old-sc ... More >>
Best Coast"I went from being a college dropout to being NME's top-four cool list," Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino tells the Weekly's own Gustavo Turner in last week's cover story. "It's just bizarre the way life kind of turns and changes sometimes." Yeah, we'd say so. The L.A. trio's modest ... More >>
A federal appeals court Thursday struck down the city of Hermosa Beach's ban on tattoo parlors, saying what we already knew: Tattoo art is a "unique and important method of expression" and therefore protected by the Constitution's right of free speech. A three-judge panel from the U.S. 9th Ci ... More >>
This is now constitutionally kosher!Is it illegal to walk into a crowded theater with a tramp stamp that says "FIRE"? That might still be unclear, but today the LA Times reports that a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that "tattoos and the art of tattooing are ... More >>
via MySpaceMiguel Atwood-FergusonTonight's installment of Grand Performances at California Plaza -- one of our town's finest, free music al fresco opportunities -- figures to be especially grand. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, the composer/producer/arranger/multi-instrumentalist who boasts a resume ... More >>
Dean ChalkleyKings of LeonWe suppose it would be fashionable, this being a blog after all and an alternative publication's one at that, to play music snob and put Kings of Leon in the crosshairs this morning. But why, really? Somebody you know will be fighting traffic and crowds to hit the H ... More >>
Dum Dum GirlsIf it's hard to regard the Dum Dum Girls' moody, distortion-drenched pop as anything more than the hipster flavor of the month, it's probably because of the creative left turn taken by frontwoman Kristin Gundred. She was the straw that stirred the drink as drummer-singer in Gran ... More >>
Flickr/epicbeerEpic Mayhem on the beach We are a ritualistic species. We bury our dead, we participate in religions, we invent Ironman drinking games. For example, the annual 4th of July Hermosa Beach Ironman event, a 32 year-old tradition, which consists of a 1 mile beachfront run, a 1 mile ... More >>
The Henry Clay PeopleThe Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>
The Henry Clay PeopleThe Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>
The Henry Clay PeopleThe Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>
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Count 'Em or Lose 'Em After L.A. lost out on $184 million of federal funds because it undercounted its population during the 2000 census, the city will make extra efforts to survey immigrants in 2010. L.A. TimesGOP Reps Change Tunes Obama budget critics Buck McKeon and Kevin McCarthy, two conservati ... More >>
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Two more vintage nightlife venues that helped define Southern California's quirkiness have closed or face possible extinction. L.A. Daily asked some longtime locals for their thoughts about Hermosa Beach's Mermaid bar and restaurant (whose lot is for sale), and Studio City's shuttered Sportsmen's Lo ... More >>
Two more vintage nightlife venues that helped define Southern California's quirkiness have closed or face possible extinction. L.A. Daily asked some longtime locals for their thoughts about Hermosa Beach's Mermaid bar and restaurant (whose lot is for sale), and Studio City's shuttered Sportsmen's Lo ... More >>
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