Hermosa Beach

More Events: Beer & Taxes at Mohawk Bend, Muddy Leek Beer Pairing A Duff Goldman Takeover

Beer & Taxes at Mohawk Bend This weekend Nick Underwood, a tax accountant whose clients range from comedians to startups, will offering free tax advice and one glass of beer in the afternoons at Mohawk Bend. Sign up for a 30-minute session online. WHAT: Beer & Taxes WHEN: Sat.-Sun., April 6-7, 12 p. ... More >>

The Dudes' Brewing Co. in Torrance Debuts First Four Beers Cans Coming in June

Usually when a room full of people are chanting "Dudes! Dudes! Dudes!" it's a bachelorette party in a Vegas hotel suite. But last week, when the refrain erupted inside Hot's Kitchen in Hermosa Beach, it was not for male strippers. It was for L.A.'s newest microbrewery --The Dudes' Brewing Company. ... More >>

Black Hogg Returns: Readers Fight Back

Cindy Whitehead: Carmageddon II's Ultimate Skate Session Captured in Photos, Video

Last year's 405 shutdown inspired some folks to engage in planking and dining on the open lanes of one of the world's busiest freeways. But this year a handful of action sports heroes took it a step further -- despite clear warnings not to. Former pro skater Cindy Whitehead and photographer husban ... More >>

Drew Doughty, L.A. Kings Champion and Hermosa Beach Hero, Accused of Date Rape

Update: Doughty allegedly met his accuser at Sharkeez bar in Hermosa Beach. She tells police that the hockey star took her back to his extravagant pad and had sex with her against her will. Details at the bottom. Not two weeks off his smashing Stanley Cup victory and celebratory parade, L.A. Kings ... More >>

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 10-1

*Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11 *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 10. The Di ... More >>

Top 20 Greatest L.A. Punk Albums of All Time: 20-11

*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 >>

Still a Malcontent

A midlife crisis spawns Keith Morris' new band Off!

Gay-Sex Ring at Manhattan Beach Bathroom? 18 Dudes Arrested for Lewd Conduct, 'Utilizing a Peephole'

Updated at the bottom with more deets on the Big 18, one of whom is a top dog at Viacom. Originally posted at 2 p.m. The public bathroom at the end of Marine Avenue has been getting more action than a West Hollywood back-alley.

Life After Death

Bizarre Hermosa Cop vs. Motorist Case Crumbles

Strand Brewing Tap Room Opens

Breaking beer news. Though they will have an official "grand opening party" in late March which, of course, we will let you know about, we're letting you know now that you can already visit the newly minted Strand Brewing Tap Room. Drinking hours are Thursday and Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m ... More >>

Ramin Salari, Tax Agent At Heart of John Noguez Probe, Fights Back Against His Accuser

​Ramin Salari, the tax agent at the center of a district attorney's probe, fought back today against allegations that he wields undue influence over Assessor John Noguez.At a tax appeal hearing at the county Hall of Administration, Salari took aim at his most prominent accuser: David Zoraster. Zor ... More >>

Abigaile, Kitchen 24 to Open Monday

Monday, Feb. 6, sees two restaurant openings: Abigaile in Hermosa Beach and Kitchen 24 in West Hollywood. Like a phoenix, Abigaile rises from the ashes of Union Cattle Co., which closed in January. Same owner (Jed Sanford), new concept (upscale American brasserie), new chef (Max DiMare of Wood Taver ... More >>

Top Five Los Angeles Jazz Albums of 2011

Gretchen Parlato​See also *The Top Ten Los Angeles Albums of 2011 *Top Ten Los Angles Metal Albums of 2011 Despite what some may believe, Los Angeles has a rich jazz history. From Central Avenue to Hermosa Beach, early innovators like Hampton Hawes, Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon honed thei ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Great Sax

Brick's Picks: Size Doesn't Matter; Big Bands Small and Large

Brick's Picks: You Cannot Change the Laws of Physics, Laws of Physics, Brick

Food Truck Friday: Ragin Cajun

Watching him tease, entice and cajole passersby to try food from his Ragin Cajun truck (@cajunonwheels), it's hard to believe that Stephen Domingue ever had a problem with self-promotion. After being eliminated on the second episode of cross-country reality show "The Great Food Truck Race," oste ... More >>

MY BIG FAT SWINGING HORN

This week listen up for Adam Schroeder, Allison Miller and Phil Ranelin

Tonight: RRIICCEE, Midnight Juggernauts, the Naked and Famous, Unsane, 400 Blows, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, Kitten

Vincent Gallo​Tonight's musical headliner at the El Rey Theatre has no albums, no mp3s, no songs on the Internet, scant YouTube presence, and not even any merch, unless you count guitar picks from a 2007 tour, and those are sold out. No, with the experimental rock ensemble RRIICCEE, you get o ... More >>

Break-In Burglar Takes $2,000 In Coins From Manhattan Beach Wells Fargo

Way more than $2,000 in coins... but not everyone can have hustle like Scrooge​It's the season for artistic public thieving in L.A. County. First, on Oct. 27, there was the guy with the Obama mask who stuck up an El Pollo Loco branch in Duarte with a toy knife. A week or so later, there was t ... More >>

Tonight: The New Pornographers, Tool, Summer Darling, Mississippi Man, the Outline

The New Pornographers​For a band with four singers at least that many solo projects, the New Pornographers' fifth album Together sounds pretty ... well, together. The Canadian collective is a supergroup in almost every sense of the word, and their power-pop adventuring has never felt fresher ... More >>

This weekend: The Swell Season, MGMT, One Day as a Lion, Die Antwoord, Shelby Lynne

Piper FergusonThe Swell Season​Boy, girl. Boy, girl. Boy, girl. It's a bill made for date night on Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl as some of music's favorite collaborative couples team up to provide a soundtrack for your wine and cheese. Of course, the Swell Season -- Glen Hansard of Irish r ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Getting Real

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 >>

Brick's Picks: An Embarrassment of Jazz Riches

The Last Supper: Brix @ 1601 Shuts Down

Brix @ 1601 in Hermosa Beach will be serving its last meal tonight. The contemporary American restaurant, which opened in April 2008, is closing down for various reasons, said owner Gene Shook, who was too busy accommodating customers to explain any further. In a downtrodden voicemail message, Shook ... More >>

Autism In L.A. Clustered Around Affluent Areas, Study Finds

UC Davis​Researchers at UC Davis have been studying geographic patterns that correlate to autism perhaps in hopes of coming up with an environmental link. On that front, they came up blank. But the school's recent findings are interesting nonetheless: For the greater Los Angeles region, the ac ... More >>

BRICK’S PICKS: Alto Madness

Brick’s Picks: Jazz and the Abstract Truth

Brick's Picks: Blue Note 7, Ravi Coltrane, Stones Reed Man Tim Ries and more

Brick's Picks: Boys, Toys and Noise

Jazz in L.A., September 5-11

PolterZeitgeist: Bob Rauschenberg Haunts the Huntington

(In a good way)

Carnality Circa '82: A Dave Naz Joint

XXX movie, by ex Chemical People band member, delivers punk-drenched, suburban-angst, back-then realism — with a Circle Jerks soundtrack

Doin' the Cow-Bop Boogie

Swinging into Memorial Day weekend at LACMA, Jazz Bakery, Papa West and more

Fat Tuesday Temptations

Brick's Picks: Big Band Blowout

Jazz picks around L.A.

Apocalypse No

Choking on Southland Tales’ all-you-can-eat cinematic buffet

Riding Out the Apocalypse

Where to catch the last wave

Davey Latter

The archetype

Surf’s Way Up

Riding Giants puts the history of big-wave riding on the big screen

Letters

Devil’s Island

Homer and Ray

Illustration as social sculpture

Letters

Just for the El of It

And let us shed a little tear for the late El Mr. Cat No. 1

Pleasure Pits on Parade

A romp through L.A.'s rock, blues and country clubs

Consume Part II:

[Mostly] Not Food