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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 >>

10 Great Restaurants Open on Christmas Eve

For those inclined to have someone else cook on Christmas eve, there is an incredible assortment of fine options available, but reservations are going quickly, so you'd better make one, soon, if that's your plan. Most hotels offer a standard up-scale Christmas dinner and pretty much every restauran ... More >>

Holiday DUI Checkpoint Cheat Sheet: Massive Drunk Driving Crackdown Starts Friday

'Tis the season to be jolly, yes, but try not to do your fa-la-la-la-laing in a jail cell. Not fun. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department this week previewed the anti-DUI can of whoopass it's unveiling for the holidays, starting this weekend. It's massive:

Top Chef Seattle Cheftestants Announced

Bravo announced this morning that Top Chef Season 10 "will be coming to you shortly," that it was filmed in Seattle, and revealed the identity of the season's contestants. Judges this season will be Deadpan-Padma and Tough-Tom, of course, as well as Gail Simmons and Hugh Acheson. Wolfgang Puck will ... More >>

77: Agedashi Tofu at Izakaya Bincho

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. 77: Agedashi Tofu at Izakaya Bincho. At Izakaya Bincho, a cubbyhole of a restaurant hidden along the boardwalk Redondo Beach Pie, chef Tomo Ueno might have bee ... More >>

Redondo Beach May Ban Smoking on Pier: So Where Can You Still Smoke Along the L.A. County Coast?

Little by little, various government entities within L.A. County are forcing cigarette smokers off public property and quarantining them into their own nasty tobacco dens. The Department of Beaches and Harbors banned smoking on any beach within the county years ago. But the piers, because they're o ... More >>

Terie Colecchi, Pat's II Bar Bouncer Beaten to Death: Suspects Surrender

Updated at the bottom with both suspects eventually surrendering. First posted at 8:06 a.m. June 5. Two idiots beat a bar bouncer to death over the weekend because he wouldn't let them continue drinking after last call. Now one suspect's in custody and another has had his face plastered all over L ... More >>

USC Hosts Weekend Seminar to Educate Current Politicians on Ethics, Transparency; L.A. Mayor Attends Kentucky Derby Instead

The University of Southern California isn't just for strapping young scholars anymore. Today and tomorrow, the USC Price School of Public Policy begins an ongoing series of classes that will school current politicians in "public transparency and ethics, leadership, governance and environmental polic ... More >>

David Thompson Jumps From Redondo Beach Pier With Friend, Remains Missing

A 22-year-old man who jumped off Redondo Beach Pier with a female companion over the weekend remained missing despite search efforts. He was ID'd as David Thompson. Authorities say the woman, who came ashore and remains unidentified, was "intoxicated" and had to be checked out at a hospital. At fir ... More >>

Gray Whale Tangled in Netting Off Redondo Beach

Update at 1:51 p.m: City News Service reports that the whale has been freed by rescuers. First posted at 11:53 a.m. A gray whale became entangled off Redondo Beach today, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Rescuers were headed to the mammal in an attempt to free it for the second time ... More >>

Bizarre Hermosa Cop vs. Motorist Case Crumbles

Top 6 Weekend Food Events: Cooking Crazy, Street Vendor Fundraiser, Abeja Winery Tasting, Orchestral Maneuvers, Tour de Taste, Hudson House Birthday

Cooking Crazy Learn about Futurism, Surrealism and the development of French and Italian art in the 19th and 20th centuries by touring LACMA's collection, then heading to Surfas to sip wine and prepare a meal inspired by Salvador Dali's Les Diners de Gala and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's Futurist Coo ... More >>

Courtney Bergman, Redondo Beach Teen, Murdered With Mother; Cops Arrest Boyfriend With Grim Reaper Tattoo in Mexico

The circumstances surrounding 19-year-old Courtney Bergman's murder yesterday -- along with that of her mother, Vicki Bergman -- keep getting creepier. Redondo Beach police immediately suspected the younger Bergman's boyfriend, 23-year-old Jonathan Scott Chacon, as the murderer. He was on the loose ... More >>

Redondo Beach Police Looking for Jonathan Scott Chacon as Person of Interest in Double Homicide

Two women believed to be mother and daughter were found dead in a Redondo Beach apartment this morning, and police have just named a person of interest in the killings. Redondo Beach police have launched a homicide investigation and are looking for Jonathan Scott Chacon, 23, who is thought to be th ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Win Right to Gather on Street Corners, Ask for Work (Radical!)

Looks like illegal immigrants really can hang out on a street corner and whistle at well-proportioned white women ask for work. In fact, the most conservative U.S. Supreme Court in decades says so (sorry John & Ken). The court today denied a petition to overturn a lower-court decision that says Red ... More >>

Delicieuse Closing in Redondo Beach

More sad news at the end of the year: Delicieuse, one of our favorite gelato shops in all of Los Angeles, is closing. The small Redondo Beach store, known for its mild goat's milk ice cream and intense fruit sorbets, will shutter after January 1st.

Air Jordans Inspire Crowd Crush at South Bay Galleria Mall (Video)

NikeJordan al aire.​Only in contemporary America would people tussle over a mass-produced, made-in-China product that has no intrinsic value without a billion-dollar marketing history behind it. We're talking, of course, about the Air Jordan, now 27 years old and still inspiring brand lust am ... More >>

Fishermen, Tidepoolers Beware: New 'Marine Protected Areas' Go Into Effect This January

algaebase.orgMove along, kelp-cutters.​About 11 percent of the Southern California coastline is about to go on lockdown, thanks to somewhat controversial new Marine Protected Areas drafted by the state Department of Fish and Game. (Map of all protected SoCal waters, below.) So what does that ... More >>

5 Best Gelato Shops in Los Angeles

Guzzle & NoshAssorted flavors at Gelato Bar in Los Feliz.​Yesterday, we listed the 5 Best Ice Cream Shops in Los Angeles. Today, we move onto gelato. Taxonomy is crucial in these matters. 5. Gelato Bar (Los Feliz, Studio City): Owned by Gail Silverton (sister of Mozza pizza queen Nancy), Gela ... More >>

VIDEO: Redondo Beach Kayaker Nearly Overturned by Massive Blue Whale

MrRJCtube via YouTubeA kayak's worst nightmare​Whale-watching enthusiasts have been jizzing their wetsuits over the latest handheld footage of a big California blue off the coast of Redondo Beach. The video was shot by YouTube user MrRJCtube, who happened upon his gorgeous specimen while kaya ... More >>

LA's Top 10 Ice Cream & Gelato Spots

Guzzle & Nosh​[Catch up on the full 30 Scoops in 30 Days trek in our sweet, creamy archive.] Americans remember President Ronald Reagan as any number of things: The Great Communicator, a proponent of trickle-down economics, a hack former actor with a penchant for chimpanzees. Few, however, kn ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: Finding an Authentic Fake Restaurant in L.A.

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: What's your favorite fake restaurant in Los Angeles? (However you feel like defining it.) --David Chow (via Facebook)

Two SoCal Taco-Shop Fights in One Week: Is This War? (VIDEOS)

There ain't room in this town for the two of us​Taco shops are supposed to be peaceful territory -- you know, of love and mystery meat. So these two SoCal/YouTube blowouts, in which 1) Eastvale hooligans wreak havoc on Tacos del Rio and 2) Hillcrest trannies cat-fight over whose body is better ... More >>

Dead Fish Mystery in Redondo Beach: A Slimy, Reeking Flotilla of Anchovies Washes Ashore

Ted SoquiThis is not an abstract painting.​Photos by Ted Soqui Updated after the jump: Officials indicate most of the fish might be sardines and that, yes, the wind might have been a culprit. All we need is some freshly baked pizza and maybe Jonathan Gold to help us eat 'em. Because a bonanz ... More >>

SHINING SAAR

Thousands Of Volunteers Will Clean Up Trash At Southern California Beaches As Part of Coastal Cleanup Day

© jdm_photo via FlickrRedondo Beach​ Thousands of volunteers are set to clean up trash along Southern California beaches and waterways September 25, heeding a call from environmental nonprofit Heal The Bay. The massive effort is part of the 21st annual Coastal Cleanup Day. The event will tak ... More >>

Doc Busted For Doling Out Prescriptions After One Ends Up On Craigslist

​A West Hollywood psychiatrist and a man suspected to be an accomplice were arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly running a "pill mill" that helped customers obtain drug prescriptions without proper consultations, federal authorities announced. The alleged ring was uncovered when someone pu ... More >>

99 Things To Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Bulgarini Goat's Milk Gelato

On Thursday the Weekly will publish our Restaurant Issue: 99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die. For the days leading up to the issue, we'll be posting a few of Jonathan Gold's items on the blog. Check back each day as we count down. Bulgarini Goat's Milk Gelato: Los Angeles is a world capital ... More >>

Conscious, Immobile Man Drugged, Shaved, Raped -- Police

Police in Redondo Beach say a 29-year-old man came forward to report that he was drugged, shaved head to toe and sexually assaulted -- all while conscious but immobile. The suspect? An acquaintance and former cop. The report, first unearthed in the Daily Breeze, was confirmed by Redondo Beach polic ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Today in Photographs: July 8, 1975

United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez (center) leads a march through Redondo Beach as it makes its way from the Mexican Border to Sacramento. The march was organized to push for passage of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act.LA Times/UCLA

Today in Photographs: June 23, 1964

As part of a campaign to warn against topless bathing suits, a Redondo Beach cop measures the exposed-thigh length of a 1900 suit -- comparing it to the town's 1933 beach-dress code.  Surf-movie actress Myrna Ross is the model.LA Times/UCLA

Is SoCal Aerospace Crashing -- Again?

In an ominous sign that Southern California's aerospace industry might be repeating the massive downsizing of the 1990s, Northrop Grumman today announced 750 layoffs, to occur within the next few months. According to the Daily Breeze, most of the terminations are expected to fall at the company's El ... More >>

West Coast Sound: Kaki King on Timbaland, Playing Solo and Being Frightened by the Cure

Kaki King Gigs Redondo Beach Tonight for Instrumental Guitar Show, Talks Working with Timbaland and Margaret Cho

This morning we got an intriguing email from the wonderful guitarist/singer Kaki King's people reminding us of her upcoming show in Redondo Beach on Sunday night. Part of the email contained a funny little anecdote from Ms. King about her to-do list and tour: Greetings, Comrades! I'm looki ... More >>

Best Mai Tais: Old Tony's Bar

"Family, Food, Fun and Sun"

Dance Pick: Home-Team Advantages

Los Angeles Ballet back for its sophomore season

Home-Team Advantage

Los Angeles Ballet: The Nutcracker

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The Conversation

Ask Mr. Gold: What the Devil is Fennel Pollen?

Fuck…Maybe?

Second annual under-21 fest requires patience

Ask Mr. Gold

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Letters

Sin Season

It’s Low Tide for Crime on the Beach

Pleasure Pits on Parade

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

Resurfacing

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