San Rafael

With Dulce Rosa, an Isabel Allende Story Becomes Opera

The new work launches an L.A. Opera initiative to keep opera vital

Clint Eastwood's Cardboard Cutout in San Rafael Hills Now Accompanied by Empty Chair

That amusing cardboard cutout of Clint Eastwood, installed by Glassell Park artist Justin Stadel on a San Rafael Hills hiking trail last spring to inspire the cowboy in all of us (and especially freeway commuters on the 2 below), is finally complete: As of this afternoon, according to NBC4, "someo ... More >>

Summer Shakespeare Smackdown in NoHo: Respectable vs. Radical

Why the works of William Shakespeare should be associated with the summer months is anyone's guess. Beyond having written A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Winter's Tale, there is scant evidence to support any seasonal preference on the Bard's part when it comes to staging his plays. What is certain ... More >>

Guy Fieri Gets His Stolen Lamborghini Back What You Can Fit Inside a Storage Container

The Associated Press reports that celebrity chef Guy Fieri can finally start driving his stolen $200,000 bumblebee yellow 2008 Gallardo Spyder convertible to all those diners and dives again. 17-year-old Max Michael Wade, from San Rafael, California, was charged yesterday with an assortment of crime ... More >>

Going Three for Three: L'Epicerie's Revamped Coffee Bar

T. Nguyencappuccino at L'Epicerie Market​ Nearly nine months after opening L'Epicerie Market in Culver City, and, yes, owner Thierry Perez is still there. Perhaps not surprisingly however, the man noted for his "culinary ADD" is still tinkering and improving his French restaurant-slash-market ... More >>

Demitasse Will Not Have Pourover Coffee Other Twists on the Third Wave Coffee Shop

Bobak Roshan, DemitasseDemitasse's Clever brewing bar.​ Most law school career service offices will tell you that a Juris Doctor degree is an invaluable life passport. "This is really open doors for you. You'll be able to do almost anything," they boast in the glossy admissions packets. Tel ... More >>

COME SMELL UNCLE JOHN'S BAND

L.A. Thieves Target 'Irreplaceable' Historic Bronze Light Poles in Pasadena

Willow Glen AntiquesOh this old thing?​Antique streetlights. Lovely, historical, romantical -- but not the first thing we'd think to steal if we were looking to break ourselves off a piece of some hard city resources. (L.A.'s freakishly intelligent sun-dial parking meters, for one, might be a ... More >>

Foreclosure Frenzy

L.A.’s middle class embraced $3,000 mortgages. Will a recession ensue?

The World on Fire

Something wicked this way will come again

Sean Penn, With His Own Two Eyes

Sean Penn on anger, humility and the power of seeing things for yourself

Culture Clash Unmasks El Zorro

Will the Fox survive?

Bridge Over Troubled Human

Plunging into the Pasadena night

Don’t Get High Without It

The Vaults of Erowid supplies the ultimate trip buddy: information

Death Mansion

What’s really behind Gray Davis’ push for a 1,000-bed death row?

As the World Turns

Not your regular news

Watching the Detectives

How a couple of middle-aged P.I.'s and world-class raconteurs survived the DEA, the mob and the tabloid wars to take on their most elusive target yet -- Hollywood

Letters

The Pasadena Conundrum

Can Bizou succeed where others have failed?

The Alienists

Where experts divide, jury must decide

Sanity Check

Court weighs Kelly's mental state; Lungren presses execution date

A Matter of Life or Death

Condemned prisoner’s sanity trial begins