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May 21, 2012
Backyard Chickens, Once Scourge of Latino Ghettos, Hip in Upscale Neighborhoods
In San Marino, one of the most upscale communities in Southern California, you can have a five-car garage, an Olympic-size pool, tennis courts and houses larger than some office buildings. One thing you can't have is chickens. Long associated with the backyard barrios of Pacoima and East L.A., the ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
L.A. Theater's Most Memorable Moments of 2011
In San Marino, one of the most upscale communities in Southern California, you can have a five-car garage, an Olympic-size pool, tennis courts and houses larger than some office buildings. One thing you can't have is chickens. Long associated with the backyard barrios of Pacoima and East L.A., the ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
Party House Crackdown: New L.A. Ordinance Targets Notorious Ragers in the Hills
Lina Lecaro"Kandyland" at the Playboy MansionIt's no secret: An almost institutionalized circuit of L.A. house parties has long operated in the sprawling estates above Ventura and Hollywood Boulevards. Druggy, boozy, Sheeny "privates" have become integral to city nightlife for a number of re ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
La Cañada Flintridge Wants to Prevent 'Extreme' Paint Jobs on City Buildings, via Pre-Approved Color Palette
Careful there, foliage: Y'all are getting a little colorful for La Cañada.As it stands, the outlying L.A. County suburb of La Cañada Flintridge isn't the most thrilling sight to behold. "It's kind of all browns and whites," says Ina Dan, a friend of yours truly who grew up at the mercy of ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Stage Raw: LA Weekly Fringe Award Winner
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on Salome and J.M. Barrie at PRTCuriousjosh.comThe Burning OperaThe Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse, created by Mark Nicols and Erik Davis, and being performed at Syrup Loft downtown, is among the productions being revie ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
'Sopranos' Reference Sparks Fight Between Southern California Lawmakers (Video)
HBOBada Bing.California lawmakers are usually way too busy doing absolutely nothing to fight. But it finally happened late Wednesday when two Southern California assemblyman got into a shoving match in Sacramento. It popped off as the assembly was debating a bill that would eliminate redevel ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Kirk Spiegel, Second-Grade Teacher at LAUSD's Pinewood Elementary, Commits Suicide off 210 Freeway Overpass
FacebookSecond-grade LAUSD teacher Kirk SpiegelUpdated throughout. Early this morning around 2 a.m., 49-year-old Kirk Spiegel -- a Los Angeles Unified School District employee, according to LAUSD -- jumped to his death off the 210 freeway overpass in La Canada Flintridge. "He was a second-g ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
(UPDATED With L.A. Road Closures, Rain Aftermath) L.A. Readies Itself For West Coast Rainpocalypse To Rival SnowLoko
PHOTO BY TED SOQUILast Wednesday in Los AngelesUpdated after the jump: Here we go again. Pacific Coast Highway closes, the I-5 floods and more. Originally posted Dec. 28 at 8:30 a.m. We were gloating yesterday as the East Coast took a beating from the weather gods, but karma's a bitch: It's ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
L.A. Road Closures, Wednesday Edition: Where Not To Drive
PHOTO BY TED SOQUII punish thee with hella trafficUpdated after the jump: The beginning of the end FLASH FOOD warnings until 6 p.m. (this includes downtown L.A.). Constantly updated with traffic conditions, evacuations and the best in emergency rescues. Originally posted at 8:30 a.m. ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Storm Evacuations Ordered For Some La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta Residents
It's starting to feel like Seattle around here.This rain, rain won't go away. And how authorities are ordering 147 homes in La Canada Flintridge and 85 homes in La Crescenta evacuated. They're afraid the heavy rains in the Angeles National Forest above these neighborhoods, where brush fires ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
L'il Bao Wow: Soup Dumplings at Dean Sin Noodle World
Xiao long bao -- the dish at the center of the San Gabriel mayoral mistress scandal -- is such a popular item with so many variations that in some stretches of the San Gabriel Valley, you can sample three top-tier dumpling houses in a two-block radius. On Monday, that's just what I did on an XLB ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2010
Loan Mod Torture Defendant Takes Plea, Is Released From Jail
Eric BowmanMary Ann Parmelee, who was accused of torturing two loan modification consultants who had scammed her last year, has accepted a plea deal and has been released from jail.Parmelee and her partner, Daniel Weston, formed a Bonnie-and-Clyde pair who built a real estate empire in La Canada ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
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 >>
News
May 6, 2010
Torture, Lies and Louis XIII Cognac
A tale of falling home prices
Blogs
April 27, 2010
Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week
Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- La Cañada Flintridge Community Center attempts to build the world's largest Rice Krispie. [the 818 Now] -- A bacon alarm clock? Yup, the Wake n' Bacon. [Gizmodiva] -- The Worst Beer in the World, i ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2010
Some Foothill Residents Evacuated (Again) Ahead Of Storms
Storm evacuations in some foothill communities near the mud-swamp Station Fire burn area are becoming so common they almost have a rhythm. It's that time again: As two storms approach, with healthy rain forecast through the weekend, residents of 188 homes in La Crescenta and La Canada Flintri ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2009
At Carmela Ice Cream, Jessica Mortarotti Mixes Autumn Flavors
There's no excuse to retire your ice cream spoon after summer. (65 degrees is not cold.) Sure, it's fun to crank up the oven for pumpkin loaves and Bundt cakes, but ice cream is a great medium for wintry flavors. Jessica Mortarotti, founder and flavor developer for Carmela Ice Cream (named after her ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2009
Station Fire Update: Killed L.A. firefighter's baby due
The Los Angeles County Fire Department released two sad biographies of the firefighters who were killed when a boiling wall of flames suddenly appeared near a remote road where they were driving. Their vehicle went over the side, plummeting 800 feet down a cliff. Arnie Quinones, horribly, is expecti ... More >>
Blogs
July 31, 2009
Glendale City Council: No to 710 Tunnel
One of L.A.'s great communal imbroglios is the extension of the Long Beach Freeway, also known as State Route 710. Years ago construction ended at its Alhambra terminus, so that it currently connects Long Beach directly to -- Valley Boulevard. Caltrans wants to complete it so that the highway will c ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
Maywood RFD California Attorney General Jerry Brown is seeking a court order to impose and monitor reforms on Maywood's troubled police department. L.A. TimesGetting the Lead Out The Department of Toxic Substances Control has discovered San Fernando warehouses containing jewelry that has higher than ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
First '09 Downtown Murders Two men were shot and killed at Skid Row's Lamp Lodge hotel early Easter morning. They were the first Downtown murders since June, 2008. L.A. TimesNative Habit Threat Conservationists are worried about an oil-company's proposal to build 3,900 new homes in the middle of the ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
CalTrans Slammed in Flintridge Crash Laura Olhasso, the mayor of La Canada Flintridge, claimed that CalTrans has ignored her town's concerns about runaway trucks on Angeles Crest Highway. A big rig killed two people and injured 12 Wednesday when its driver lost control and struck several vehicles be ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup
Charter School Teachers Talk Union The L.A. Times reports that nearly 80 percent of teachers from a respected Los Angeles charter school have signed cards requesting union membership. Teachers at the Accelerated School say in the story that the school's administrative decisions have become "opaque a ... More >>
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October 2, 2008
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