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May 25, 2012
Paula Daniels: Like Water for Strawberries
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Growing up in a Korean-American family in Hawaii, Paula Daniels had a precocious awareness of the natural environment. When her 12-year-old friends made "slam books," solicitin ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2012
6 Great Butcher Shops for Memorial Day Grilling
Where's the beef? It's at these Los Angeles meat shops, which will most certainly be bustling in preparation for this weekend. We've outlined a few recommandations for what to get a several of the city's most respected butchers -- locally sourced, organic, all that good business -- but we also nam ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/21 - 5/25
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "If, however, you have neither a backyard nor a grill, you can participate in another great American tradition of finding someone else do the work for you." BBQ Flowchart: Where You Can Be Up to the Grill in Meat. "Noodle m ... More >>
Eat+Drink
May 24, 2012
Pulling Off the White Tablecloth
In the L.A. dining scene, it's no magic trick. It's casual.
News
May 24, 2012
Democratic War for L.A.'s Richest
Betsy Butler and Torie Osborn woo the carbon-counting strata of Assembly District 50
Blogs
May 24, 2012
Want Dodgers Tickets for Cheap? Check Out ScoreBig.com
After working in ticketing and marketing for the National Basketball Association, Adam Kanner recognized that the league had a problem: too few butts. Butts in the seats, that is. "The challenge of live entertainment industry is unsold ticket inventory," Kanner explains. "That inventory is perishab ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2012
Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment in Ebony Magazine
It was only a matter of time before L.A. street artist (turned international graphic-design star and Obama portraiteer) Shepard Fairey took on Trayvon. We're actually surprised it didn't happen sooner. Though there remains the sporadic rally cry for the young black Florida teen's murderer to be bro ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2012
Pulling off the White Tablecloth: Are We Coming to the End of Fine Dining?
In today's feature food story, local journalist Laurie Winer considers whether we've come to the end of the era of white tablecloth dining here in Los Angeles. Because although this may not be a permanent condition, things have decidedly changed since the pre-Recession days: when the Michelin Guide ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Plastic Bag Ban Watered Down by L.A. Leaders
Updated at the bottom: The council approved the watered-down version of the ban. First posted at 6:04 a.m. The L.A. City Council almost brought home an unprecedented "double ban" on paper and plastic bags at your local market. But last-minute lobbying pressure might have caused the body to back do ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
98: Chichen Itza's Cochinita Pibil
Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 98: Chichen Itza's Cochinita Pibil. You know the drill. Wind your way down the 110, past the concrete universe of downtown L.A., LA Live and USC, and into the ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Silicon Beach: 5 People Making L.A. a New Tech Industry Capital
Los Angeles may be 350 miles south of Silicon Valley, but it's making strides to close the distance between the two in terms of sheer brain power and inventiveness (with a little bit of entertainment thrown in for good measure). Here are five people from our People issue helping to make that happen.
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Welcome to Los Angeles: YOU'RE SO UGLY!!!
It would have been stupid to think I could take this job and avoid being compared to Jonathan Gold. I have to admit, though, I did not think the first comparison would have to do with our looks. And yet, that's exactly what happened when Eater L.A. posted a blurry photo taken at a panel I moderated ... More >>
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May 23, 2012
L.A. Artist Installs Paper-Mache Sunbathers on Downtown Dirt Plot, Abandoned Since 2007
Here's one way to comment on long-neglected construction blight: Put some paper-mache on it! Perhaps frustrated, like the rest of us, that it has taken the federal government five years (and counting) to figure out what they're doing with the plot of dirt at 1st and Broadway, an unidentified street ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Mayita Dinos: Much Ado About Water
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Mayita Dinos' soft hands belie the fact that she's dug through acres of stubborn subsoil on a one-woman crusade to mulch, harrow and hoe as much of Los Angeles as possible. She ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Bicycle-Riding Men Could Get Man-Boobs, More Female Hormones -- UCLA Study
Guys who cycle regularly are skinny, in shape and oh-so attractive to the ladies. Except that the time spent bounding on that bicycle seat turns out to be not so good for a dude's reproductive health. Just another danger for those who prefer peddle power in L.A. And the problem isn't just with all ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
10 People Making L.A. a Better Place
From to a 70-year-old woman teaching others how to use medical marijuana to a man dedicated to saving the sea lions, these Angelenos prove that do-goodery can be vastly more interesting, creative, and fulfilling than writing a monthly charity check or two. Check out our entire People 2012 issue her ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Worst Traffic Congestion Not in Los Angeles, But We Have the Worst Freeway in America
We know that you've done your own research and that you're adamant Los Angeles has the worst traffic than pretty much anyplace other than hell. But you're wrong. According to the new annual "Traffic Scorecard" released today by traffic data company Inrix ...
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May 22, 2012
Bon Appétit Introduces L.A. 'Grub Crawl' Tour
Bon Appétit magazine has come up with the foodie answer to the weekend music festival: a monster 3-day tour of restaurants, bars, and music venues they're calling the "Grub Crawl." It's debuting in three cities this summer: Brooklyn (natch), New Orleans, and, to our pleasant surprise, Los Angeles. ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
L.A. County Officials Hosting Design Contest for 'The Official Los Angeles Condom'
Never thought we'd see the day. The Los Angeles County Department of Health is funding a contest called "L.A.'s Next Sex Symbol," in which any old struggling artist is invited to submit a condom-package design to appear on "1 million and one" free, county-issued condoms this year. Too good to be t ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2012
Solar Eclipse, California-Style: 5 Best Photos, Videos of Sunday's 'Ring of Fire'
Where were you between the hours of 5:24 p.m. and 7:42 p.m. yesterday? If your answer is "catching up on back-episodes of Game of Thrones, you heathen" -- joke's on you, brother. You just missed a real-life fantasy apocalypse: a stunning solar ring over the mountaintops/bay views of Los Angeles, th ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Free Wi-Fi Comes to Los Angeles' Comcast, Time Warner Customers (Sort of)
Five of the nation's biggest cable companies today announced they're rolling out free wi-fi hotspots for customers. The markets covered including Los Angeles, New York, Tampa, Orlando, and Philadelphia. The participating companies include Comcast and Time Warner Cable in L.A. and Cox Communication ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Top 5 Places to Eat off the Metro Expo Line
If you ride the Metro regularly, or more likely, tell yourself that you should be riding the Metro regularly, the recently opened Exposition line should come as exciting news. Culver City residents now have the western terminus of L.A.'s rail system at their doorstep (somewhat), which means a journe ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
L.A. City Council Approves $5 Increase in All Parking Tickets
L.A. politicians are pleased to announce this afternoon that they avoided laying off any city employees in the 2012-13 city budget. (So union heads can put down their daggers, for now.) But guess where they found $2.4 million of the emergency cash they needed to save their City Hall family? Your o ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
May at L.A. Farmers Markets: Your Virtual Grocery List
It's May at Los Angeles farmers markets, which means the arrival of stone fruit -- yes, already, if you can believe that -- with the first cherries and peaches, nectarines and even apricots. Also in late spring markets right now: English peas, fava beans, peppers, artichokes and strawberries. Check ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Food News Roundup: Urasawa #2 Most Expensive U.S. Restaurant, New Obama Food Initiative Health Food Cheaper Than Junk
L.A. Observed: The Daily Meal calculates the country's most expensive restaurants -- with L.A.'s Urasawa No. 2. Melisse is No. 11. CBS News: Obama announces a food initiative aimed at improving food security in needy African countries. MedPage Today: A U.S. Department of Agriculture study finds t ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/14 - 5/18
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Animals have been talking to me. And any shaman will say that that's not that weird." Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment. "After all, in Los Angeles, nothing ... More >>
Stage
May 17, 2012
What Fantasy Production Would L.A. Artistic Directors Put On If They Had Unlimited Money?
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Animals have been talking to me. And any shaman will say that that's not that weird." Q & A With Roy Choi: Slinging Tacos at Midnight, Calling Out Jamie Oliver Choi's Vegetable Moment. "After all, in Los Angeles, nothing ... More >>
Music
May 17, 2012
Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio
Also, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Simon Stokes, Sonnymoon, and others
Eat+Drink
May 17, 2012
Finally: L.A. Gets Mexican Food Worthy of Mexico's Grand Tradition
Also, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Simon Stokes, Sonnymoon, and others
Blogs
May 17, 2012
L.A.'s Mexican Cuisine Renaissance Continues: From La Casita Mexicana to Teresitas to Seta
If, for some reason, you still think Los Angeles is still lagging behind other major cities in the sophistication of our Mexican cuisine, maybe you haven't been getting out much. The city has been going through a renaissance in the last few years, with highly talented chefs bringing the food they gr ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Adam Lambert: Now 50% More Fabulous
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. You do not want to mess with the "Glamberts." Adam Lambert's superfans eat up everything written about the singer, and Lord help a writer if it's not 100 percent positive. They ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Los Angeles Times Gets $1 Million Grant to Cover ... L.A.
The Los Angeles Times coverage of its own backyard is now officially a charity case. The paper today announced proudly that it has received a $1 million grant from the Ford Foundation to "expand its coverage of key beats, including immigration and ethnic communities in Southern California ... " The ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Hollywood's Favorite Haunted Hospital Is Being Flipped Into $40M Old Folks' Home
Even the handiest of set designers would be hard-pressed to recreate the years of organic decay that have made Linda Vista Community Hospital into the ultimate film set -- streaks on the walls, peeling paint, broken pipes, the occasional stray syringe. (Mixed in with some Hollywood props, left behin ... More >>
Calendar
May 17, 2012
Art Walk This Way
Even the handiest of set designers would be hard-pressed to recreate the years of organic decay that have made Linda Vista Community Hospital into the ultimate film set -- streaks on the walls, peeling paint, broken pipes, the occasional stray syringe. (Mixed in with some Hollywood props, left behin ... More >>
Calendar
May 17, 2012
Immigrant Dance
Even the handiest of set designers would be hard-pressed to recreate the years of organic decay that have made Linda Vista Community Hospital into the ultimate film set -- streaks on the walls, peeling paint, broken pipes, the occasional stray syringe. (Mixed in with some Hollywood props, left behin ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2012
Lewis Pesacov: Don't Hate Him Because His Life Is Amazing
See also: The Alchemy of Fool's Gold: The self-titled debut album by a polyglot L.A. 10-piece: Hebrew vocals and West African rhythms? Lewis Pesacov is living the dream. Not only has he learned to make a career out of being a musician, but he's learned to separate his personal projects from his wor ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
It's Casual Hate Stop-and-Go Traffic, So They Made An Album About It
Los Angeles' stop-start traffic has been boosting drivers' blood pressure for decades. Yet to our knowledge no band had addressed and channeled this almost universal Angeleno rage until local hardcore duo It's Casual dropped their album, The New Los Angeles Part 1: Through the Eyes of a Bus Rider, i ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
John Anthony Borell III, 'Anonymous' Hacker Charged With Police Leaks in Utah, Also Suspected of Posting L.A. Cops' Info, Nude Pics
Some young hacktivist in Ohio apparently gives a damn about police accountability in far-off Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles Times, the FBI suspects 21-year-old Ohio resident John Anthony Borell III -- who's already facing 10 years in prison and a quarter-million-dollar fine for al ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Michelle Rhee, 'Parent Trigger' Supporters File Huge L.A. Lawsuit to Strip Teachers of Job Protection
California's teachers have long been protected by a series of state laws -- lobbied into existence by powerful teachers unions -- that make the ineffective ones almost impossible to fire. Now, in the largest state lawsuit of kind, the key players behind the controversial "Parent Trigger" law allege ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
'Sons of Anarchy' Producer Pisses off L.A. Street Artists by Painting Over New Downtown Mural
Someone just painted over a mural that went up at Willow and Santa Fe in downtown Los Angeles only one-and-a-half months ago. It was painted by street artists Zes, Push and UGLAR on the side of a building adjacent to the graffiti-themed LALA Gallery, apparently in celebration of the gallery's openi ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Cinespia Season Begins: 5 Places to Make Dining with the Dead More Livable
You live in Los Angeles so cinephilia is a given. You probably even work in the industry. But have you ever sat in a cemetery with a glass of hooch and a cheese plate to view the classics? If you can't say yes to this, you haven't really lived. And the people buried ten feet to your left would agree ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Food News Roundup: Food Stamps at Farmers Markets, Disneyland's Club 33 Eater L.A.'s Pizza Week
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that a $4 million grant will help supply the technology for farmers markets to accept food stamps. (The Electronic Benefit Transfer card has largely replaced paper coupons.) Eater L.A.: Chinese pizzas, most expensive pizzas ... More >>
Film+TV
May 10, 2012
L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that a $4 million grant will help supply the technology for farmers markets to accept food stamps. (The Electronic Benefit Transfer card has largely replaced paper coupons.) Eater L.A.: Chinese pizzas, most expensive pizzas ... More >>
News
May 10, 2012
L.A. Overspends by $27,378 an Hour
Two key perks: free gas and cars
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Top 10 Gyms in Los Angeles
If there's anything we are not lacking in Los Angeles, it's places to work out. But finding the perfect gym to tone, slim down or -- dare we even say it -- find a date is a highly subjective decision. Then there's that old real estate rule of location, location, location; you want something close t ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Q & A With Jeremy Fox: Paper or Plastik, Pre-Fabs, His New L.A. Restaurant Life Post-Ubuntu
The last place you'd probably expect to find a chef with a Michelin star under his belt would be West L.A.'s Paper or Plastik, a neighborhood café that has been a favorite of locals for years but was never known as a place to host nationally-acclaimed chefs. But that's exactly where former Ubuntu ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Jamie Lynne Grumet, L.A. MILF Breastfeeding on Cover of TIME, Sees Her Blog Crash Amid Controversy
So of course you've peeped the new cover of TIME Magazine. The story's about attachment parenting, and its cover star is (unavoidably young, hot) L.A. mommy blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet. Annnd she happens to have a three-(going on four)-year-old attached to her left nipple. Grumet is part of a new wa ... More >>
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May 10, 2012
Dance to the Future
So of course you've peeped the new cover of TIME Magazine. The story's about attachment parenting, and its cover star is (unavoidably young, hot) L.A. mommy blogger Jamie Lynne Grumet. Annnd she happens to have a three-(going on four)-year-old attached to her left nipple. Grumet is part of a new wa ... More >>
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