Palos Verdes

Cops Stumbled Upon Marijuana House in Rancho Palos Verdes

An alleged marijuana grower in upscale Ranchos Palos Verdes has to have the worst luck ever. Cops searching for a burglar from a case several blocks to the north came across a suspicious man in a car parked outside the alleged grower's house, and that prompted authorities to search the home:

Top 10 L.A. Architecture Stories of 2012

We spend most of the year criticizing Los Angeles' ugly buildings and other unfortunate aspects of the local built environment. Here's our chance to rundown some of the thoughtful, inspiring and downright stellar projects that make us L.A. proud, and that make our burg a better place in general.

Happy Sake Day: A Sake Primer Where to Find it in L.A.

When will L.A. have its sake moment? Craft beer and cocktail mixology have hit the mainstream without question, so on International Sake Day (Nihonshu no Hi), consider L.A.'s sake drinking culture. In Japan, Oct. 1 marks the start of the sake-brewing season. In North America, it's a day to investig ... More >>

Ryan Koyama, Rancho Palos Verdes Optometrist, Killed When Benz Collides With Escaped Horse

A 69-year-old man driving south on Crenshaw Boulevard just after 2 a.m. this morning crashed into a horse that was weaving through lanes near Palos Verdes Drive North, says the California Highway Patrol. The coroner has since identified the driver, who was pronounced dead soon after at Torrance Mem ... More >>

Rebecca Weiss, Marina Del Rey Businesswoman, Disappears While Freediving at Luxury Resort

Rebecca Weiss, a 50-year-old businesswoman from Marina Del Rey, left to go freediving in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday morning, says her husband Alan -- and never came home. According to reports, the couple often goes diving off the Palos Verdes Peninsula at Terranea, a luxury oceanfront resort. ... More >>

Jong Huh, Torrance Real-Estate Agent, Charged With Literally Gambling Clients' Money Away

A warrant has been out for the arrest of Torrance real-estate agent Jong Hwan Huh since late April, when the L.A. County District Attorney's office filed 17 felony counts against him -- including grand theft, forgery, issuing bad checks and "enhancements for aggravated white collar crime." Accordin ... More >>

What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Witchita Pecans Farmers Market Fairy

The Witchita pecan, developed in Texas back in the 1940s for more arid climate production, is one of a handful of pecan varieties that actually do well in California (it usually like a moister climate). K&K Ranch grows the Witchita and has had the nuts -- still in the shell -- available for the past ... More >>

New Crop: Red Walnuts from K&K Farms

Felicia FriesemaRed walnuts from K&K Farms at the Hollywood market.​ K&K Farms out of Orosi semi-debuted a striking new walnut at the Hollywood farmers market this season. They've actually had the Yolo Red walnut for a few years now, but haven't consistently brought it to market. This year i ... More >>

Jose Roman, L.A. Homicide No. 39: Teenager Fatally Shot in Back Near Port High School

Google MapsThe street where Jose Roman was killed​By Ryan Deto On February 13, Jose Roman was shot dead near the corner of West 1st and South Palos Verdes streets, just a couple hundred yards from Port of Los Angeles High School. LAPD officers, after responding to reports of gunfire, discove ... More >>

Un-Gerrymandering Los Angeles

Get ready for the brawl of cutting Southern California in pieces, on paper

L.A. Beaches Are Dirtier This Year, But a Surf Spot Called 'Shitpipe' Gets an A For Water Quality (Go Figure)

Heal the Bay​We know our friends at the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau are always hard at work thinking of new ways to attract tourists to our fair city. Heal the Bay's latest L.A. Beach Report Card suggests some new attractions, such as lumpy water, waves you can smell, and, of ... More >>

Sex Crime and Violence During DJ-Driven 'Ultra Weekend' in Miami -- And, Yes, Californians Were in the Thick of It

YouTubeHeadquarters, we have a wedgie.​The just-wrapped "Miami Music Week/Ultra Weekend" in South Beach was marred by violence, and allegations of rape. Our sister publication Miami New Times reports that three Californians were arrested on suspicion of gang raping a college student at the Fon ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan Moves To 419 Venice Way (You're Welcome, Stalkers)

TMZ​Update: Steamin' fresh KVB radio asks some Venice bartenders whether they would serve Lindsay. And you can bet Betty Ford won't like their answers! Originally posted at 2:22 p.m. We're feeling really creepy right now, but we just saw a video of Lindsay Lohan's Mexican moving crew hauling ... More >>

Chef Alain Giraud at First & Hope on New Year's Eve

Alain Giraud in front of the now closed Anisette Brasserie.​Aside from an impressive two-night stint at Test Kitchen, chef Alain Giraud has kept a relatively low profile since shuttering Anisette in September. This week, Giraud will step behind the stoves for one night, serving as guest chef ... More >>

Prepared For Retirement? Not L.A. It Ranks Last In Look At American Cities' Readiness For Golden Years

Harry Perry, we hope you saved up: It's time.​The little old lady from Pasadena, she was an icon. And Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, Westchester and beyond all had their days as paradise for the blue-haired masses. But those masses might be living on borrowed ... credit. A study of America's 3 ... More >>

The Other Red O: The Original Red Onion

Parking is plentiful. There are no bouncers to prevent you from entering before your allotted hour. Here, the unwashed masses are welcome. With the much hyped and much criticized opening of posh Mexican restaurant Red O, we thought it was time to take a look at the other Red O, the one that doesn't ... More >>

Last Night at Test Kitchen with Alain Giraud

Guzzle & NoshLast night at Test Kitchen LA with Alain Giraud.​ Last night, Alain Giraud made a spectacular debut on the first of his four nights at Test Kitchen LA. Then the chef warned diners they should return later in his run because the first night is always a bit rocky. The man sets a hi ... More >>

Surprise: Rest Of The Shoo-Ins Win* California State Senate, Assembly And Congressional Districts In Election 2010, Banding Together For Mass Extermination Of Opponents

In a startling upset, Gerrymandering Congressman Howard Berman wins again​*OK, so we fibbed in the headline. The final results aren't in. But -- thanks to sleazy incumbent fixing of elections in California by the Berman brothers -- the new crop of California Senators, Assemblymen and Congressm ... More >>

Food Celebration Dinner: Giraud, Manzke, Drago, Nugent & Ramos Fight Hunger For You

Lee Oneness Foundation​Sure, you can stalk Walter Manzke at Le Saint Amour, or trail Alain Giraud around the Santa Monica Wednesday market for details on his new restaurant project, but why not leave all that to Eater (or TMZ) and enjoy the chefs in their natural habitat, like in a restaurant. ... More >>

Another 24 Hours on Craigslist: Goats for Sale

Oneida Val/FlickrBoer Goat​ A few months ago, we took a look at Craigslist's Farm and Garden Classifieds. We continue to digest the findings. It seems that some of the people selling livestock on the side speak of their wares in practical terms--meat, milk, eggs, breeding, market value. Oth ... More >>

Evacuations Ordered For Several Foothill Communities (UPDATED)

National Weather Service​Authorities ordered 64 households in the Paradise Valley area of La Canada-Flintridge to evacuate as storm-caused mud flows threatened a neighborhood above 2524 Ocean View Boulevard. Evacuations of 83 residences in the Riverwood Ranch, Alpine Village, Zachaou Canyon, H ... More >>

Not Sleeping With the Fishes: The San Pedro Fish Market

Waking up at five o'clock is not the greatest way to start a Saturday morning. And as impressive as the hills of Palos Verdes may be in the light of day, in the pre-dawn hours they are obscured by the fog that often stays socked in their shadow, blurring the edges of the docks, buildings, ships and ... More >>

War of Words Over Station Fire

A too-modest air attack failed to stop it when firefighters still had a chance

The L.A. Fathomiers: Under Water Hunting & Diving Since 1957

L.A. FathomiersThe L.A. Fathomiers have a long and glorious history.​Sure, you could take bait, stick it through a hook attached to a fishing line, then wait around to see if anything bites. Or you could just dive right in and go get the fish yourself. The L.A. Fathomiers, who have been around ... More >>

Why Shop For Fennel Pollen When You Can Hike For It?

Los Angeles doesn't have the high pastures of Parma, ideal for cows that produce the milk that becomes Parmigiano-Reggiano, nor do our Oak trees hide white truffles around their roots likes those in the surrounding region of Alba. But we do have another prized and pricey Italian delicacy close at ha ... More >>

Stage Raw: As You Like It

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

School Board to Cut $1.6B The LAUSD has voted to make deep cuts in a three-year budget, almost guaranteeing further layoffs and the elimination of summer school. L.A. TimesHollywood Denies Murder Former pot dealer and fugitive Jesse James Hollywood told a Santa Barbara jury he did not order the murd ... More >>

Wright Stuff Furniture on the Auction Block

Curbed L.A. had been wondering aloud if the furniture went with the Lloyd Wright-designed Bird of Paradise House, when the 1963 Palos Verdes pad (aka the Bowler House) was sold last January. Curbed discovered the furniture did not -- and will be auctioned tomorrow by Bonhams & Butterfields. Piec ... More >>

Airborne With the Flyboys of Los Angeles Helicopters

Blades of glory

Best Lookout Point

Mulholland Trail

Riding Out the Apocalypse

Where to catch the last wave

Best Place to Die on a Very Short Hike

The Conversation

A Coroner's Cross Section

Twenty-three people who died on December 13

Surf Sensei

John Philbin

Sharing Tookie’s Day: A Coroner’s Cross Section of December 13

Happy Trails

Saddling up in the big town

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

Remembering the stinging lungs of an L.A. boyhood

Lobster

Flat Land

Coffee Shop, Interrupted

Ready To Rumble

The Northern California seismic threat to the Southland

Chewing Tobacco and Big Feet

Lisa Teasley may be a saint, but she ain’t perfect

Chewing Tobacco and Big Feet

Lisa Teasley may be a saint, but she ain’t perfect

The Great Race

25 cars, no drivers, racing toward Las Vegas for a $1 million prize — and the future of the U.S. military

Greatest SoCal Accidental-Remarkable Human-Made Visionary Environments

Rustic as He Wants To Be

Maia Sarmanian

Urban Naturalist: The $5.5 Billion Bird

Pann’s