Santa Anita Park

Jonny Hwang: The Man Who Invented 626 Night Market

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. After being born in Taiwan, then living in Kansas for three years, then–6-year-old Jonny Hwang arrived in Monterey Park, the city that's home to the largest concentration ... More >>

George Takei: He Boldly Goes

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. At 76, George Takei is in the prime of his life: The Star Trek actor and L.A. native is now a social media maven, a theatrical producer and, with his husband, the former Brad Al ... More >>

Meatless Mondays: Homestyle Taiwanese at Bean Sprouts Restaurant in Arcadia

Taiwanese cuisine has gained recognition for its street food, night market eats, and even beef noodle soup, but what might be overlooked is the accessibility of vegetarian fare throughout the island. A Jan. 13, 2011, article published in CommonWealth Magazine reported that flexible vegetarianism bec ... More >>

Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Josie's Beekeeper Release Tasting, Mashed Potatoes Pop-Up, Taste of LA at the Breeders' Cup Good Food Conference

Josie's Beekeeper Release Tasting Don't worry about flying insects at this dinner; it's actually a private release party for one of Sonoma's up-and-coming vineyards. Appetizers from chef Josie Le Balch will be paired with a selection of the cellar's newest wines. Reservations are strongly recommende ... More >>

BBQ Contest at Santa Anita Racetrack TOMORROW!

Horse racing and competition barbecue make for strange bedfellows once again at Santa Anita Park tomorrow. The Win, Place and BBQ Showdown brings back over thirty top BBQ teams to the grassy infield, where you can lose your shirt on the ponies, then lament your gambling losses with samples of smoky, ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/22 - 10/26

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We're kind of worried that the folks at the big box store know something we don't, as the new seasonal catalogue has some sobering emergency food options." 6 Things on Sale at Costco.com: Your Holiday Dinner Party, My Apocal ... More >>

626 Night Market Tomorrow, Vendor List And Map Announced

The 626 Night Market is up and running for the third time this year. It's this weekend on Saturday and Sunday at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. respectively, and as usual, the two day-long market will showcase a variety of pan-Asian food and businesses. Orga ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Hanal Pixan Cooking Class, 626 Night Market, Long Beach Food Swap, L.A. Magazine Food Event Hollywood Oktoberfest

Chichén Itza's Hanal Pixan Cooking Class and Dinner Chef Gilberto Cetina of Chichén Itza, author of the new cookbook Sabores Yucatecos, hosts a cooking class called Hanal Pixan, which shows how to prepare traditional Mayan foods for Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). A four-course sit-down din ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Pasadena Greek Fest, L.A. Lobster Fest, Sour Beer Night, Tour De Fat Mumbo Gumbo Fest

54th Annual Pasadena Greek Festival Homemade spanakopita, kababs, gyro and baklava -- and many more Greek favorites, including wine and live music -- will be in plentiful supply at this long-running festival. Proceeds go to the Anthony Greek Orthodox Church in Pasadena. WHAT: Pasadena Greek Festiva ... More >>

626 Night Market, Part 3: Arcadia, Two Days Cheaper Vendor Registration Fee

The 626 Night Market is coming back, for the third time this year. This time the event will be held at the Santa Anita Park in Arcadia and will be running for two nights, on Oct. 20 and 21. Admission is free of charge and the events will be staged in Santa Anita's spacious infield area. "Though we ... More >>

BBQ Contest At The Queen Mary This Saturday Your Insider's Guide to Sampling!

Legit barbecue contests like the ones you see on TV don't happen much in Los Angeles. Did you make it the contest at Santa Anita Park we told you about? No? Well, the 1st Annual West Coast BBQ Classic drops anchor this weekend at the Queen Mary Events Park in Long Beach, and it is the last sanction ... More >>

HBO Cancels 'Luck' for Being Too Realistic

Turns out David Milch and Michael Mann's hardcore new horse-racing show for HBO, the extremely well-received Luck, was a little too realistic for comfort. PETA started the flamewar last month, enraged at the news that two horses had to be put down in a single season. And when word came today of a t ... More >>

BBQ Contest at Santa Anita Racetrack: Coming March 10

A barbecue contest and a horse race in Los Angeles, of all places? We've seen a rodeo and BBQ competition before, but this combination is a new one for us. The Santa Anita racetrack is hosting both the San Felipe Stakes and the Winners Circle BBQ Championships on March 10. While the horses run at th ... More >>

Michael Mann's New HBO Show Luck Is So Hard-core That 2 Horses Have Died Already

We knew Luck would be hardcore. With Deadwood's David Milch on the screenplay and Miami Vice's Michael Mann in the director's chair, HBO's new ode to horse-racing was bound to be grittier and manlier than Cormac McCarthy' 5 'o' clock shadow. But are they taking the realism too far? In a single sea ... More >>

Greek Fest This Weekend in Arcadia

St. Anthony'sDon't miss the grilled lamb chops ​ The grilled lamb chops with garlic fries will transport you to Mt. Olympus. Also, it's fun to walk around getting all Bacchanalian on licorice-y ouzo. You may wake up the next morning wondering why you are covered in cheap evil eye jewelry looki ... More >>

Portantino's Passion Ploy

An upstart suburban legislator outfoxes California Speaker John Perez

Best Turkish Delight: Nory Locum in Canoga Park

A. ScattergoodTurkish delight at Nory Locum​ If you've never had excellent Turkish delight, deceptively simple bits of chewy, gelée-like candy often flavored with bergamot or rosewater, sometimes shot through with pistachios, you haven't been spending enough time in Middle Eastern shops or r ... More >>

Marilyn Monroe Photographer Bill Carroll Talks About Working with a Young Norma Jeane

Marilyn Monroe's legacy as the personification of the Hollywood lifestyle and glamour (along with its tragedies) is just one reason why the Andrew Weiss Gallery in Beverly Hills is running its current exhibit "Becoming Marilyn." The show features a collection of photos that span her 17-year career f ... More >>

California Horse Racing Saved By Wealthy Lunatic

Frank Stronach, making Al Davis look sane and sober​Frank Stronach has been a well-known lunatic in the horse racing industry for many years. But today he added considerably to that reputation with his erratic performance before the California Horse Racing Board.In the space of 20 minutes, the Aus ... More >>

No Horse Racing At Santa Anita This Fall?

​The big players in California horse racing will gather next Tuesday to hash out the future of racing in Southern California.At the moment, it looks like the Oak Tree Racing Association -- which has been running races at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia for 40 years -- will be heading elsewhere.

Love, Shandong-Style: at 101 Noodle Express, a Beef Roll as Big as Your Arm

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

UCLA Lab Fire Fine The University of California, Los Angeles, was fined more than $31,000 by Cal/OSHA for safety violations in a 2008 fire that led to the death of a research assistant. L.A. TimesOakridge Residents Return After 170 days, residents of the mobile homes not destroyed by last year's Say ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Brave New Archive UCLA will get the correspondence, speeches, papers and audio recordings of 20th-century author, seeker and drug experimenter Aldous Huxley. L.A. TimesSlay Case Man Still Missing Nearly nine months after the gruesome killings of four people in a Quartz Hill house, a fifth presumed v ... More >>

Today in Photographs: February 6, 1941

Et in Arcadia ego  Grooms and stablehands vote to strike Santa Anita Park, shutting down turf events for a day. The racetrack in Arcadia would become a relocation center for Japanese Americans in the months following Pearl Harbor.Photo: LA Times/UCLA Collection

Looking for a Hot 3-Way: Chili, Cincinnati-style at Chili John's

Rick Caruso's Aria: L.A.'s Mall King Mulls a Mayoral Run

Does he have a shot?

Hasta la Vista, Baby

Driving for the view of it

Horse Balm and Bull Pucky

Seabiscuit, that is, and Buffalo Soldiers

Nisei Narratives

Guerrilla Public Service: The Man Who Would Be Caltrans

Will the Real Taipan Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up?

Out and About Food

Tasteful summer adventures that redefine Saturday afternoons at the ballpark

Forever Fabulous

Happy hours with Royce and Marilyn

Out at the Tracks

Horsing around in Southern California

Taste Globally, Picnic Locally