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  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Kim Kardashian Ponders Politics And a Return to Her Ancestral Homeland, Glendale: VIDEO

    Kim Kardashian, ribbed on Saturday Night Live over the weekend as a non-acting, non-dancing, non-singing "zero threat," says she's going to run for mayor. Mayor of Glendale. Add one more non-skill to that plate. On an unaired clip from her sister's reality show, Khloe & Lamar, Kardashian says she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    Giant Black Bear Roams Streets of Glendale, Scares Crap Out of Texting Pedestrian (VIDEO)

    The notorious black bear of northern L.A. County reportedly spent some quality time in the Glendale suburbs last night, trolling for tuna and meatballs as he's been known to do. But this time, he stuck around until morning -- causing an L.A. media frenzy we've not seen the likes of since Caltrans s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Top 5 Places to Eat Piroshki in L.A.

    L.Aghajanian​On the post-Soviet streets of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, the piroshki is the fast food of choice. A fast fried doughy bun stuffed with warm, savory fillings like potatoes, meat or mushrooms, the piroshki boasts just the right amount of dough-to-filling ratio for your eating and h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Beer Tips: Scoring "Real" Guinness Corona "Familiar" (Ziploc Baggie Sipping Optional)

    jgarbeeGuinness Foreign Extra Stout And Black Lager​We've been hearing a lot about Guinness' new release, a shift into the realm of black lagers (historically known as German schwarzbier) that have been the microbrew buzz recently for their light body (like a lager) yet full-on dark stout flav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    5 Dirtiest Facebook Posts We Tried to Get Posted on the 91 Freeway's Robbins Brothers Billboard

    Earlier this week, our news blog The Informer reported on ​the Robbins Brothers jewelry store Facebook campaign that lets people use Facebook to post rather bland messages of love to an electronic billboard over the westbound 91 freeway in Corona. It's not known as the most happening part of town, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Goodie Girls: Cupcake Wars Winner Annette Starbuck to Open L.A. Store

    Goodie Girls​Los Angeles needs another cupcake shop like we need another stretch Humvee limo, but they keep littering the city, all the same. Goodie Girls, the first storefront from Cupcake Wars winner Annette Starbuck, opens November 20th in Glendale. She'll be offering over a dozen flavors i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Q & A With Aidan Demarest: Neat, Kate Mantilini, Guest Bartending The Bottom Line

    Caroline on CrackAidan Demarest with his award-winning Mai Tai at the Spare Room.​ Barman Aidan Demarest has managed some of the best cocktail bars in town, opening up downtown's whiskey bar Seven Grand and the Hollywood Roosevelt's bowling alley/lounge Spare Room, while also introducing a uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Glendale Police Officers Out of a Job After Using a Marked Patrol Car For a Trip to Las Vegas

    Chris YarzabA Glendale P.D. Crown Vic.​Hey, guys: Let's take a patrol car to Vegas. No way. Way! That conversation, or something like it, was the likely beginning of the end for a trio of Glendale police officers, who this month are out of a job after the reportedly took a cop car on a Vegas ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    Everybody Do the "Winkie Chant"!

    Chris YarzabA Glendale P.D. Crown Vic.​Hey, guys: Let's take a patrol car to Vegas. No way. Way! That conversation, or something like it, was the likely beginning of the end for a trio of Glendale police officers, who this month are out of a job after the reportedly took a cop car on a Vegas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Women Surprised to Find Bed Bugs at $62 Glendale Motel, Sue

    At $62 motels, they call this 'concierge.'​A trio of women who stayed at a Glendale motel are suing for medical bills and mental anguish after claiming they were attacked by blood-engorged bed bugs. Here's the thing, ladies: When you stay at a place called the Rodeway Inn-Regalodge Motel (ave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    [UPDATED] Rick Caruso vs. Ray Patel: Glendale Redevelopment Agency Eager to Flip Mom-and-Pop Hotel Into 'Americana at Brand'

    Americana at Brand: No place for a $60 sleepover​The Golden Key Hotel is officially SOLD to Rick Caruso! Details after the jump. As if California lefties needed another reason to side with Governor Jerry Brown on wiping out redevelopment agencies across the state of California once and for al ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Rick Caruso's Greedy Land Grab

    A Glendale family must sell him its motel near Americana at Brand or face eminent domain

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Breakfast Burrito Fight: Lucky Boy vs. Tacos Villa Corona

    Breakfast burritos have a special place in the hearts of college students. There are times when you desperately need a heavy, filling breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday morning, but the idea of handling silverware and a plate seems like far too Herculean an effort. Enter the breakfast burrito: your m ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2010

    Brick's Picks: Jazzapino Sounds

    Breakfast burritos have a special place in the hearts of college students. There are times when you desperately need a heavy, filling breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday morning, but the idea of handling silverware and a plate seems like far too Herculean an effort. Enter the breakfast burrito: your m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Ravenswood Winery: Get A Tattoo, Get Free Wine For Life

    Ravenswood WineryPosing Naked Among The Wine Barrels Is Not Required​ Getting a tattoo may not make you a chef, but get the right tattoo, and you can get free wine. For life. There is a catch or two, of course. The ink must be permanent and your body art must be the Ravenswood Winery logo. Pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Here Comes Another Taco Truck: Free Tacos That Taste of Tequila A Recipe

    ​Ho hum, another taco truck is rolling out. But wait until you hear what this one has to offer -- free tacos and taco fillings that are laced with tequila. The truck will travel all over Los Angeles and environs, starting with a launch in Glendale today, June 1st. During the next two months it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Heal Thy Patient, Heal the Planet

    Lila JavanUCLA Hospital Food Today​ Looking to hitch their food carts to the popular trend of sustainability, a growing number of Southern California medical centers have done away with canned goods and processed foods in their cafeterias and are making meals from scratch from locally sourced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Missing Ex-UCLA Student Left Under Pressure, Made Up Story Of Abduction, Police Say

    Glendale Police Department​A onetime UCLA student who went missing Wednesday apparently fled because of pressure she felt: She was expected by family to graduate this spring but declined to tell her kin she dropped out of school in 2008, police said. Nancy Salas, 22, took a bus to Merced, whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Missing Ex-UCLA Student Might Have Led Double Life

    Nancy Salas.​The case of that missing, 22-year-old Glendale woman took a strange twist Thursday after UCLA revealed that she hadn't been enrolled there for about two years -- a fact that was news to her own family. Nancy Salas' family reported her missing Wednesday after she failed to return ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Missing Ex-UCLA Student Found Safe In Merced

    Google Maps​That missing 22-year-old woman who was once enrolled at UCLA has been found safe in Merced, Glendale police reported Thursday afternoon. The circumstances behind Nancy Salas' disappearance were not immediately known. "Nancy Salas has been located,'' said Glendale police Sgt. Tom L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Baby Carriages of the Damned: Kudos with the Child-Rearing, Cardboard Box Stroller Mother!

    They say that the first two months of a baby's life are the most critical in terms of their psychological development. Or maybe it was first two years. Whatever. In any case, wheeling them around in these strollers can't possibly be good. 1. The Baby Brain Car ​ This baby is sitting in what ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    NYUK OF THE WEEK

    They say that the first two months of a baby's life are the most critical in terms of their psychological development. Or maybe it was first two years. Whatever. In any case, wheeling them around in these strollers can't possibly be good. 1. The Baby Brain Car ​ This baby is sitting in what ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    October 29, 2009

    Billy’s: A Deli Grows in Glendale

    Or maybe it was there all along

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    L.A. Loses Out on Federal Money for Water and Power Improvements

    DWP's downtown headquarters​Only two cities in L.A. County will receive a portion of the White House's $3.4 billion stimulus funding for energy efficiency programs. Los Angeles is not one of them. Burbank and Glendale will each get $20 million in federal funding to help them develop "smart grid" p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Weak Economy Kills Love Ride 26

    Glendale Harley-Davidson/Buell​While you can't say that Bernie Madoff killed Love Ride 26, but the cancellation of the annual motorcycle ride benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is part and parcel of a collapsing economy whose victims include once-secure charities. The L.A. Daily News re ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2009

    PLEASE DON'T FEED THE DEAD COVER BAND

    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

    January 14, 2008

    CBS Crew Rat Fink

    Near a couple of auto body shops (and a sharp new Space Invader mosaic that we'll post soon) near Temple and Westmoreland is a CBS wall with a nice Rat Fink on it. More after the jump. All photos by Mark Mauer

  • News

    January 10, 2008

    F**king the Ficus in Santa Monica

    Doomed by 1950s tree planters, who never imagined the ferocity of the consumer age

  • Film+TV

    November 30, 2006

    Film Reviews

    Including Turistas, Van Wilder 2, 10 Items or Less and more

  • Film+TV

    August 3, 2006

    There Goes the Neighborhood

    From Echo Park to Tangier, the times they are a-changin’

  • Film+TV

    August 3, 2006

    Two by Four

    Brothers and Quinceañera directing duos meet face to face

  • Eat+Drink

    September 22, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Brothers and Quinceañera directing duos meet face to face

  • Eat+Drink

    August 25, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Brothers and Quinceañera directing duos meet face to face

  • Columns

    August 18, 2005

    George Gershwin Lived Here

    And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2005

    Glendale and Vicinity

    And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

  • Eat+Drink

    January 20, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

  • Eat+Drink

    November 18, 2004

    Burbank/Glendale/Eagle Rock

    And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

  • Eat+Drink

    June 3, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    And Beverly Hills just let the place be torn down

  • News

    August 14, 2003

    Pennies Striking Dust

    The short, almost happy life of the Los Angeles Writing Club

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Dune Prophecy

    The short, almost happy life of the Los Angeles Writing Club

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    The Dangerous Lives of Desert Boys

    Forty days and forty nights with Queens of the Stone Age

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    LAPD Fiction

    How a detective made up evidence and got away with it

  • Calendar

    July 12, 2001

    Testing in L.A.

    How a detective made up evidence and got away with it

  • Eat+Drink

    July 5, 2001

    Paradise Found

    How a detective made up evidence and got away with it

  • Art+Books

    May 17, 2001

    First Lady

    The queen of comedy gets big laughs

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Vel Avaliente Chicano

    Bert Corona, 1918–2001

  • Eat+Drink

    September 7, 2000

    Life Is Sweet

    On caramel, the new chocolate

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Amnesty!

    Labor leads the battle to grant legal status to millions of America’s — and L.A.’s — undocumented immigrants

  • Eat+Drink

    January 6, 2000

    The Year in Food

    1999's best dishes

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