Sherman Oaks

Arson Fires Break Out on Ventura Boulevard

Updated at the bottom with news that a person of interest has been arrested. First posted at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday. As many as a half dozen arson fires, including a blaze that damaged a strip mall and an adjacent apartment building, broke out along Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, according to au ... More >>

DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Echo Park, Koreatown

Summer's not even official here, but it's hot on the streets. The LAPD and the L.A. County Sheriff's Department are on a tear against drunk drivers. These departments want you to know they'll be out there looking for alcohol-soaked idiots behind the wheel. Here's your DUI checkpoint cheat sheet for ... More >>

LAPD Raids Video Game Studio; Saw Gun-Toting Call of Duty Statue

Talk about your contracted seat muscles. The LAPD raided a video game studio, guns drawn, yesterday. And one lonely soul who stayed at work late was there to face the barrels of those guns: The company's president, Robert Bowling. It wasn't a swatting, as some initially believed. Nope. It was all f ... More >>

Man Who Allegedly Took Upskirt Photos of Model Brittanie Weaver Charged

Model Brittanie Weaver says a perv "picked the wrong girl" when he used an iPad to take upskirt photos of her at a Sherman Oaks pet store in March. The L.A. City Attorney's office this week might just be on its way to validating that claim. Prosecutors announced that suspect Julio Mario Medal, 38, ... More >>

Weekend DUI Checkpoints Start Tonight In Koreatown

They say March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but the month made famous by Shakespeare still has some bite left in it. The LAPD is prepared to make this your least favorite month of all time. It has weekend DUI checkpoints ready for you in Koreatown, South L.A. and Sherman Oaks -- startin ... More >>

Christmas Films, From Romantic to Bloody: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event films to see: Friday, Dec. 14 What would make 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life even more wonderful? Seeing it on ice! Put those ice-skating moves to work while the Echo Park Film Center Filmmobile plays the movie (Christmas cake is promised). Keep an eye on its Tw ... More >>

Beer Pairing: Boneyard Bistro Tomatoes Stone's Saison du Buff

If you're lucky enough to be growing your own, you know that tomato season is almost over. For this reason you should get yourself to Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks for the last few weeks of their seasonal tomato salad. With a beer uncanny in its pairing power, this is the perfect last hurrah for s ... More >>

Top 10 Jukeboxes in Los Angeles

For all the best of L.A. music, download our free Best Of Mobile app. See Also: Best Hip Hop Jukebox in a Dive Bar An amazing jukebox will tell exactly how connected bartenders and their bosses are to their patrons and the moods they want to create. This list is composed of those heroes that wou ... More >>

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 >>

R.I.P. Don Cornelius; Soul Train Creator Dead of Apparent Suicide

​Don Cornelius, creator of Soul Train, is dead from a reportedly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 75. As our news blog The Informer reported this morning, Cornelius was found in his Sherman Oaks home and taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center around 4 a.m. Investigators from LA ... More >>

Hamburger Hamlet, a West Hollywood Institution, Closes for Good

They ran out of beer the last night the Hamburger Hamlet in West Hollywood was open. They ran out of a lot of things in the final hours on Dec. 19, after 51 years in business.The original Hamlet, a rarity at which African-Americans were hired as waitstaff in the still-segregated '60s, stood just ... More >>

Theater Anecdotes, Anyone? Also, New reviews of Stations, Santasia and Camp Sunday

Rich Sofranko"Stations"​Boom Kat Dance Theatre's production of Stations at Santa Monica's Miles Memorial Playhouse landed this week's stage Pick; ​also recommended are the Whitefire Theatre's Santasia in Sherman Oaks, and the Groundlings' Camp Sunday. See all the reviews after the jump.Call for ... More >>

Best Farmers Market Coffee Stand: Longshot Coffee

T. NguyenLongshot Coffee's stand at Yamashiro's farmers market​ Want to know how to disarm even the snootiest barista? Ask him to make you a flat white. Chances are, his carelessly but carefully groomed handlebar mustache will quiver as he, flummoxed, suggests -- nay, informs -- you that wha ... More >>

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 >>

John Tejada, Los Angeles Techno Champion, Signed to Germany's Kompakt Label: Album Due in June

​L.A.'s own techno hero, John Tejada, now has the world's most renowned techno label to call home. Germany's Kompakt announced this week that it has signed the spinner and producer from Sherman Oaks, with a single, "Unstable Condition" (a label press release compares it to Aphex Twin's class ... More >>

Alleged Marijuana Growers in L.A.'s Valley Targeted by DEA, FBI Raids

Law enforcement fanned out across the Valley today to bust alleged weed growers.​Updated after the jump with details on what was seized and where. Looks like the long arm of the law fanned out across the San Fernando Valley and Palmdale today to raid alleged pot-growing operations. The Los A ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold: The Super Bowl Edition, or Where To Get BBQ For The Game

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: Can you recommend anywhere to get takeout food for Super Bowl Sunday? Perhaps barbecue? Thanks! --S. Goin, Los Angeles Dear Ms. Goin: Barbecue is a fine idea, in fact probably the best. My in-laws favor vast trays of jalapeño poppers fr ... More >>

WAYNE'S WORLD

Bakery Biz: simplethings Opens in Mid-City West

Boasting the motto "Sandwich, Pie, Done" as well as the sweet and savory pies of chef Carrie Cusack (who you may know from the Eagle Rock, Silver Lake or Sherman Oaks farmers markets), simplethings sandwich & pie shop bakery opened this morning on W. Third St., offering more competition for Mid-Ci ... More >>

LAPD Plans To Frighten You Over The Weekend With DUI Checkpoints, Patrols In Hollywood And Beyond

halloweencostumes4u.comYou wish.​If one of the spookiest things you'll ever see on Halloween is a black-and-white patrol car in your rear view, than you know you should probably take a cab home from your fright-night festivities. Because the LAPD will be on big time party-blocker patrol this ... More >>

Your LudoBites 6.0 Visual Aid: An Opening Night Slideshow

Colin Young-Wolffthe crew of LudoBites 6.0​ If you weren't at Loteria Grill stalking Diana Kennedy last night, or pitching a tent waiting for Obama at today's Boxer rally, or in a sports pub watching the Lincecum-Halladay game, or at home in the rain actually cooking your own dinner, you were ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/4-10/8

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Musso & Frank Grill, although it is perhaps most famous for serving steaks and impeccable martinis to character actors, is a rare conservatory of early-20th-century American cooking, and if the EPA cared as much about threat ... More >>

Police Impersonators Kidnap, Rob Rite-Aid Drug Delivery Worker In Sherman Oaks

Rite-Aid​Let us now add to our official list of dangerous jobs -- taxi driver, armored-car guard, snarky blogger -- one more: dude who delivers prescription drug supply to local chain pharmacy. Who knew? On Thursday morning said guy was kidnapped and taken for a ride in his delivery vehicle b ... More >>

LAPD Plans DUI Checkpoint For Friday Night In Sherman Oaks

Steve Lyon via Flickr​Boy do we have news for you. The LAPD has a DUI checkpoint in the works for Sherman Oaks -- and we know the time and place. Why are we so enthused about this tidbit? Because for whatever reason, you guys clearly love checkpoint news. Whenever we post about LAPD checkpoi ... More >>

Nibble Bit Tabby Opens: L.A.'s 2nd Official Brewery

Guzzle & NoshBrian Lethcoe, co-owner and brewer of Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery​ When Brian Lethcoe cuts the ribbon tomorrow morning, it will mark the "official" opening of Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery, only the second legal brewery within Los Angeles city limits. In fact, Lethcoe, a local boy who was ... More >>

SOMETHING DISNEY THIS WAY COMES

City Attorney Moves Against 'Supergraphic' Signs

​The City Attorney's office on Tuesday announced it filed civil injunctions against 27 sign companies, sign installers and property owners for illegally putting up super-sized advertisements known as "supergraphic" signs in Los Angeles. It declared that the displays are public nuisances and se ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/10 - 10/16

In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We play a lot of his music and Snoop's music, Diddy's music, and Eminem on our breaks on the TV shows. It's all rap."

Movie Reviews: Cheri, My Sister's Keeper, The Stoning of Soraya M.

Also, Dead Snow, Life Is Hot in Cracktown and more

L.A.'s Newest McSupergraphic?

Anti-clutter activists are irked again by the billboard industry's latest affront to good taste. Over the weekend, an office building on Overland Avenue in West Los Angeles put up a five-story supergraphic of a giant frosty coffee beverage as part of McDonald's advertising campaign to break into th ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

No-Show Polanski Loses Court Bid  Judge Peter Espinoza refused to dismiss decades-old sexual misconduct charges against film auteur Roman Polanski. Espinoza said the refusal of the fugitive Polanski to attend a hearing in L.A. Superior Court made dismissal impossible. L.A. Times Jesusita F ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Rabbinical Board Breaks Barriers Southern California's Board of Rabbis broke with tradition by selecting a woman and a lesbian as president. West Hollywood Rabbi Denise Eger is the first in both categories in the board's 72-year history. L.A. Times, Jewish JournalGood News But Not Great Cal State No ... More >>

Ask Mr. Gold ... About Dutch Babies

Marion Cunningham's Hot and High and Mighty German Pancakes

Steaked Out: Argentine Food Beyond the Parrillada

Replacing Wendy Greuel in the Valley

A juicy $2.5 million City Council seat opens in anti-Villaraigosa territory

All-Star Gamers

Jazz in L.A., February 27-March 5

Global Disorder Takes Center Stage at DocuWeek

Lights, camera, reality

Octavio Becerra Goes Solo With Palate Food + Wine

Chef breaks away from Joachim Splichal's Patina empire with his own restaurant and wine shop

The Jig Is Up, Tracey Ullman!

What to do in L.A., April 25-May 1

Best Sources for Building a Vintage Sound System

A Vinyl Revival

Short Subjects

Hot this summer: the swinging trapeze and frocks with pockets

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?

Ask Mr. Gold: Asht-e-resht

Waxing Poetic

Best Brazilian this side of Giselle

Best Purple Haze

Sunday Night Fever

Steak and salsa in City of Commerce

Best Trading Up

Ask Mr. Gold

My Dinner With Andre

Señor Fred’s

Better Living Through Electro-Politics

Francis DellaVecchia’s revolution will be Webcast