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Sherman Oaks

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Yamadaya Word Cloud: Pig, Pig, Noodle Opening in Sherman Oaks

    If this does not make you hungry, well, then there's not much we can do for you. The ramen -- they also have rice bowls and gyoza and tsukemen -- at Yamadaya is of the kind that won't leave you needing more food for some time. It is a study in pork more than noodles, although the noodles are excelle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Teen Allegedly Planned to Gun Down Fellow Students at Valley Catholic School: Cops Will Resubmit Case For Possible Prosecution

    After a 16-year-old allegedly threatened to gun down a teacher and two fellow students at his Catholic high school in Sherman Oaks the District Attorney's office yesterday declined to file charges. But the kid's not out of the woods yet. Police told LA Weekly that detectives are still investigating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    New Jazz Bakery In Jeopardy; West Side Jazz Scene Hurting

    Tom MeekThe Ron Jones Orchestra at the Jazz Bakery, 2008​The Jazz Bakery, L.A.'s major jazz non-profit organization, is in turmoil because of the pending shutdown of the Culver City Redevelopment Agency. Jazz Bakery president Ruth Price had been working with the agency to reopen Jazz Bakery's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    This Is What Happens to Your Mansion When You Keep Your Christmas Tree Too Long

    We've all heard the warnings: No matter how it pains you to say goodbye to the holidays for a long, loveless January, do not leave your Christmas tree up as a symbol of denial. L.A. County and City officials go to great lengths, each year, to make the disposal process as painless as possible, offeri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2012

    L.A. Arson Fires: Suspect Under Arrest, LAFD Says

    Updated at the bottom with an official arrest (the third since Thursday). Fire officials now count 53 blazes in the arson spree. First posted at 2:48 a.m. Monday. The L.A. arson fires have sated the city's everlasting expectation for the criminally bizarre, but so far there's no Michael Connelly en ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    DUI Checkpoints in South L.A., Sherman Oaks

    Cliff​We like to rib the LAPD for staging DUI checkpoints in communities that seem to have easy pickins. The department has been accused in the past of using its checkpoints to impound the cars (for cash) of illegal immigrants, who can't get licenses and are thus subject to such reaming. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Brian Posehn's Perfect Day In The Valley: Food, Toys More Food

    Brian Posehn is a comic, writer, actor, and food-eater. The Comedians of Comedy, Sarah Silverman Program, and Mr. Show alumnus is also a dedicated San Fernando Valleyite and gastronome. Squid Ink recently asked Posehn to describe what his most perfectest day in the Valley with his wife and baby wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Feds Sue Rogue Debt Collectors in the Valley, Reveal Horrifying Tactics They Used to Collect

    mymajicdc.comWhatever it takes.​Ever had the grave misfortune, over the last five years, of receiving a call from Forensic Case Management Services in Van Nuys? You'd definitely remember. (Though the company may have called itself Rumson, Bolling and Associates, Commercial Recovery Solutions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    L.A. 'Helicopter Noise Relief Act' Proposed After Valley, Hills Residents Finally Discover What It's Like to Live in Chopper Hell

    SZONE via FlickrYeah, we know. It sucks.​The national media is in a tither this week over the concept of "helicopter traffic" in Los Angeles -- an offshoot of the ridiculous amount of buzz we received for Carmageddon. Though the big 405 closure turned out to be an anticlimactic breeze, the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Free Comic Book Day Events in Los Angeles

    Liz OhanesianYou can get your Free Comic Book Day Dark Crystal book signed at Meltdown Comics tomorrow.​May 7 is the first Saturday of May and, as many comic book lovers know, that means it's Free Comic Book Day. The annual event encourages people to support their local comic book shop with lo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 5, 2011

    Free Zap! Pow! and Blam!

    Liz OhanesianYou can get your Free Comic Book Day Dark Crystal book signed at Meltdown Comics tomorrow.​May 7 is the first Saturday of May and, as many comic book lovers know, that means it's Free Comic Book Day. The annual event encourages people to support their local comic book shop with lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Drunk Driver Checkpoints Tonight, Saturday in Valley, South L.A.

    Alex Thompson​It's late in the day, but we didn't forget about you potential drunk drivers. The LAPD will be out in force this weekend looking for you. They actually want you to know this in hopes that you'll just decide to take a cab or let your momma drive you home. Here's where the cops a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2011

    Stage Raw: Sol Saks dies at 100

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSStage FEATURE on God of Carnage and The Merchant of Venice​ Photo by Tory Von Wolfe Playwright and screenwriter Sol Saks died on April 16 in Sherman Oaks of complications from pneumonia. He was 100 years old. Born in New York, his famil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Oak Fire Pizzeria & Pub Opens in Sherman Oaks Tonight More From Greg Morris

    L. Balla​Sherman Oaks, get ready for your slice of West Hollywood: Greg Morris' Oak Fire Pizzeria & Pub finally opens to the public tonight. The original Oak Fire opened on La Cienega in 2007, keeping partygoers sated with wood-fired pizzas, salads and afternoon happy hours. With a brick oven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Food News Roundup: Spherical Pies, Chefs go Animal House Marco Pierre White Disses Jamie Oliver

    -- Celebrate Pi Day (3/14) with a spherical pie. [Boing Boing] -- Dude, Those Candied Walnuts Go Great at a Kegger, or the movement of trained chefs to frat houses. [The Wall Street Journal] -- Suzanne Goin Hosts New York Chef Gabrielle Hamilton For Book-Signing Dinner, or more reasons to go to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Sorry L.A. Hookah Hipster: That Pipe is Dirty, and Could be Bad for Your Health

    Stay back, Charlie Sheen: It's hook-ah.​Hookahs are everywhere in L.A., second only, perhaps, to the city's ubiquitous pot shops. (Maybe people are practicing). There's Ali Mama Cafe in Silver Lake and Up In Smoke Hookah Lounge in Sherman Oaks. They're not hard to find. One of the allures o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Sherman Oaks Residents Want T-Mobile Cell Phone Tower, Erected In The 'Wee Hours,' Taken Down

    NBC4Some Sherman Oaks residents want to disconnect this call.​Another day another cell-phone tower controversy in Los Angeles, this time in Sherman Oaks. We recently told you how neighbors at a tower site near Beverly Hills became enraged by what they saw as an un-permitted move by AT&T at 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    LudoBites 6.0: Coming to Max Restaurant in Sherman Oaks

    LudoBites​ For everyone who has been pining for LudoBites, chef Ludovic Lefebvre's moveable feast of a restaurant, since the last edition at Gram & Papa's ended, you can start your emailing and tweeting again now. The next edition of LudoBites -- this is now 6.0, if you and Sam Sifton are cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    "My associate has a wife whose submissiveness is unparalleled": The only self-published love guide blurbed by the producer of Saw

    ​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Spread Some Love: Relationships 101 Author: John A. Andrews Date: 2008 Publisher: Books That Will Enhance Your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Alleged O.C. Shoplifter Leads Authorities On Car Chase To Sherman Oaks

    KCAL9​A woman alleged to have shoplifted at the Shops at Mission Viejo mall led authorities on a freeway pursuit all the way to Sherman Oaks Wednesday afternoon. KTLA News picked up the chase about 1:40 p.m. as it headed north on the 405 passed LAX, through Culver City and West L.A. and into t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    City Of Los Angeles To Open 'Cooling Centers' To Beat The Heat

    ​In response to a summer heat wave that has seen temperatures above the hundred-degree mark in the San Fernando Valley, the city of Los Angeles on Thursday announced it's opening "cooling centers" on the weekend. The centers will include libraries, senior citizens' facilities and park-and-rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/3-5/7

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Romance and Mount Washington don't necessarily go together. I mean, they do, but not in restaurants, unless you want to re-enact the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene at Casa Bianca, which you don't."

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Dive Bar Report: The Barrel in Sherman Oaks

    N. GalutenAn afternoon with your friend Jameson at The Barrel in Sherman Oaks​ The Place: The Barrel Sports Bar, 4547 Van Nuys Blvd. Sherman Oaks, 818-990-2095. The Hours: Every day from 10am to 2am. ​The Digs: Close your eyes and imagine a Sherman Oaks dive bar at 2 o'clock on a Monday a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    L.A. Firefighters Ponder The Possibility Of An 8.0 Earthquake

    ​Can you imagine what a magnitude 8.0 earthquake would do to urban Los Angeles? It's a scenario being seriously considered by the Los Angeles Fire Department Monday as it stages a "full-scale" exercise to train and prepare for just such a calamity. For three-and-a-half hours Fire Station 88 i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Hate the Holidays? Here Are a Few Alternatives If You're Not In the Thanksgiving Mood

    Thanksgiving is tomorrow and already streets are getting lit up with glitzy holiday decor. But for some people, this is not the most wonderful time of the year. Whether your family lives too far away to visit, your friends aren't exactly "Thanksgiving material," or you just straight up hate the holi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Meals On Wheels: A Brief L.A. Food Truck Update

    Buttermilk Truck launches the evening of November 11th at The Brig in Venice (via LAist). The Grilled Cheese Truck, which launched last week, just posted this week's schedule on their website. Today, Brentwood. Tomorrow, on KTLA. Flying Pig Truck, which hit the streets in mid-October, is on Cahuen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Fresh Cutt Carving Grill, and the New Fast Food (Hopefully)

    Fresh Cutt​Recently there've been a number of new fast food restaurants opening, not just affordable but environmentally- savvy and health-conscious. We're talking about restaurants like Veggie Grill and Bawarchi, and now Fresh Cutt Carving Grill. For the sake of comparison, if Bawarchi is an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    LA Chocolate Salon: Chocolate Mustaches, A New Fudge Operation, A Cupcake Shop Coming to Sherman Oaks, and Chocolate Bars with GPS Coordinates

    A. Scattergoodchocolates from Neapolitan Printing & Co.​This past weekend's Luxury Chocolate Salon, in which 35 chocolatiers and confectioners and bakers--and a lot of chocaholics--gathered at the Pasadena Convention Center, was more fun than you'd think you'd have under glaring fluorescent li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Will Van Nuys Secede From Itself?

    Following today's L.A. City Council vote, Van Nuys upholds its reputation as the incredible shrinking town. Over time bits of the largely blue-collar, Latino community have either broken off to form Valley Glen or simply thrown in the towel completely and joined Sherman Oaks -- when Sherman Oaks wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    He-e-e-r-re's Eddie! Ed McMahon, the sidekick's sidekick, who for 30 years suffered and shone as Johnny Carson's foil, straight man and MC, has died of undisclosed causes at the age of 86. L.A. TimesSheriff Stops DNA Search Blaming budget woes, L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca has halted his department' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    The Last Roundup Kevin Kachikian, the final defendant in the Anthony Pellicano RICO trial to be sentenced, is scheduled in federal court Monday morning. See story here later today.Mini-Madoff Fallout A $10 million contribution to the ailing Children's Museum may turn out to be a financial mirage, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    The Emptying Sky Both LAX and LA/Ontario airports are experiencing substantial decreases in their numbers of travelers, despite a wave of fare reductions. L.A. TimesFreeway With a View Rows of noise-break trees have been cut down by the side of the 405 Freeway in Sherman Oaks, and by an apartment co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Today in Photographs: February 16, 1943

    Cahuenga Pass, before the freeway. Note landscaping and railroad tracks. The picture brings to mind Raymond Chandler's famous road revelry in The Little Sister, that begins with Philip Marlowe recalling: "I drove east on Sunset but I didn't go home. At La Brea I turned north and swung over to Highla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Torched Dancer and Bikini Club Profiled

    Today's L.A. Daily News identifies the exotic dancer who was set ablaze yesterday as a Brazilian-born single mother of two named Roberta Abdue Dos Santos Busby. The 27-year-old Simi Valley woman had recently lost her bill-collector job and returned to dancing at Babes 'n Beer Sports Bar in Tarzana. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

    Oscar Nominations Announced The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leads pack but, Dude, where's my Gran Torino?Van Nuys Community Seeks Asylum -- In Sherman Oaks L.A. Daily News' Rick Orlov reports on an another group of Van Nuys residents who want to break away from V.N. and be rebranded as part of S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 21, 2008

    Global Disorder Takes Center Stage at DocuWeek

    Lights, camera, reality

  • Eat+Drink

    August 21, 2008

    Dog Days of Summer: Seeking Sausage Satori

    Along the hot-dog trail, stops at Jeff's Gourmet, Brats Brothers, the Infield and Yaki's

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Best Sources for Building a Vintage Sound System

    A Vinyl Revival

  • Columns

    February 1, 2007

    At Last, a Reason to Say No

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Place to Get Nailed (Safely)

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    Best Spots You’re Sure Not to Get Shot by Mark the ­Cobrasnake

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • Eat+Drink

    August 18, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • Eat+Drink

    May 26, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • Eat+Drink

    March 17, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • Eat+Drink

    February 17, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    What happened to the people who brought us “A Village in Texas Is Missing Its Idiot”? And “Fuck Me, Not Iraq”? In the lull of frustration during the time of all-Republican rule, did we just get lazy?

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Jewish Resurrection

    A deal’s within reach to save community centers in Silver Lake and Sherman Oaks

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Undone by Debt and Negligence

    Bills, not bullets, killed the community center that survived a racist attack. Other centers are trying to hang on.

  • Columns

    April 1, 2004

    In Service to the Patron Saint of Cirrhosis

    Bills, not bullets, killed the community center that survived a racist attack. Other centers are trying to hang on.

  • Eat+Drink

    June 19, 2003

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Bills, not bullets, killed the community center that survived a racist attack. Other centers are trying to hang on.

  • Eat+Drink

    June 8, 2000

    Keba-ba-ba-bin Along

    Lebanese food in Sherman Oaks

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