Sierra Madre

47: Lucky Baldwins' Traditional Full English Breakfast

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. 47: Lucky Baldwins' Traditional Full English Breakfast. Breakfast can mean many things to many people. A perfectly constructed pastry from Joan's on Third. Bru ... More >>

Plow & Gun's Coffee Soda Now at Mother Moo Creamery

Until now, you could pick up Plow & Gun's excellent, fun coffee soda -- a carbonated cold-brew infused with cardamom and piloncillo -- only on Wednesdays, when they set up at the Altadena Farmers Market between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. But, as the blistering hot weather persists in persisting regardless o ... More >>

Spaghetti Westerns at the Egyptian and Aero Theaters

The Huntington's Orange Marmalade The Citrus (Recipe) Quarantine

The Huntington Library may be best known for its botanical gardens and art collection, but in the museum's kitchen, the citrus trees on the property are the main draw for the onsite chefs, who make some pretty fantastic marmalade from the fruit. If you're a Huntington regular, you probably already ... More >>

Medlar Tootsie Rolls at Proof Bakery

Guzzle & NoshMedlar rolls at Proof Bakery​Here's a little fuel for the fire of our slow-burning medlar obsession. About a week-and-a-half ago, Proof Bakery in Atwater Village began selling medlar "Tootsie Rolls" made by Jessica Koslow of Sqirl. Made from the ancient and rare fruit (rare in Sou ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Just Like It Was in the '30s

Werner Herzog Takes Pity on Confused Hipster at Hollywood Cemetery Screening Q&A

cinemastrikesback.comWerner Herzog has seen worse.​The Saturday-night screening of "Treasure of the Sierra Madre" at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery was attended by special guest Werner Herzog, to the delight of a few hundred wine-drunk hipsters on picnic blankets. (Toto was there too, in spiri ... More >>

Los Angeles Spring Storm Fells Trees, Floods Streets, Darkens Homes

MuscleNerdTree down in L.A.​Update: PCH was reopened, and so was the Grapevine. Record rainfall was recorded around Southern California, with downtown Los Angeles seeing 2.42 inches Sunday compared with 1.48 inches on the date in 1943. See more records after the jump. The first week of spring ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Esperanza's Victory Lap

Not Saving the Oaks

L.A. Road Closures, Wednesday Edition: Where Not To Drive

PHOTO BY TED SOQUI​I punish thee with hella traffic​Updated after the jump: The beginning of the end FLASH FOOD warnings until 6 p.m. (this includes downtown L.A.). Constantly updated with traffic conditions, evacuations and the best in emergency rescues. Originally posted at 8:30 a.m. ... More >>

Best Marmalade: E. Waldo Ward, When You Run Out Of That Homemade Summer Supply

www.waldoward.com​Edwin Waldo Ward, Sr. was on a marmalade mission when he opened his namesake Sierra Madre canning and preserving company in 1917. The former New York-based luxury food salesman planted local Navel orange trees on his 30-acre property when he moved to California; he later impo ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Getting Real

Brick's Picks: Redtop's Boogie

Brick's Picks: Tableside With Legends

Brick's Picks: Horns of Plenty

Sound the Horns

Roy Hargrove Quintet, Azar Lawrence, and the Retro Jazz Quintet

Brick’s Picks: the Real McCoy

Play It Again, Jean: Casa Bianca Once More

Brick’s Picks: Bands on the Run

Brick’s Picks: Jazz and the Abstract Truth

Summer Seasonals: Farmers Market Finds You Don't Want To Miss

Felicia FriesemaMarket tomatoes​All the big summer market favorites are hitting their stride right now - peaches and other stone fruits, corn, and lordy, the tomatoes. Mountains of each line the market alleys at the Pasadena and Hollywood markets this week and all of them grab your attention ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Central Avenue Festival Throws it Down

And Check Out the Trios of John Heard and Matt Cory

FRINGE BENEFITS AND OTHER ODDLY REWARDING CHOICES

Kurt Elling, Frank Marocco, Bob Sheppard

Blues and Ballads on a Budget

Brick’s Picks: Worth the Price of Admission

SF Jazz Collective With Dave Douglas, Joe Lovano, Robin Eubanks; David Sanchez at Jazz Bakery

Also: Vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Five Peace Band with Corea, McLaughlin and Garrett

Monty Alexander's Jamaican Jazz

Plus, Brazilian Carnival, Lou Donaldson, Carl Saunders Sextet

Brick's Picks: Timba lands

Jazz in L.A., January 9-15

Brick's Picks: David Arnay Performs A Charlie Brown Christmas Live

Rider on the Storm: The Best and Worst of L.A. Buses, Subways and Light Rail

Scenic journeys to hell, on wheels

Brick's Picks: Blue Note Specials

What not to miss this week

Brick's Picks: Salve for the Recession with Monk's Centennial, Donavan Muradian Quintet

Brick's Picks: Sax and the City

Jazz in L.A., June 20-26

Brick's Picks: Staying Local

Jazz in L.A., June 6-12

Brick's Picks: Kids 'n' Players

Rollins and Hubbard keep the flame; Los Angeles Jazz Collective lights a fire

Brick's Picks: Phil Ranelin salutes Dolphy

Also: Don Menza cites Getz, Azar Lawrence takes on Trane, and more

Brick's Picks: Bebop Tempests

Jazz around L.A.

Brick's Picks: Winter Songs

Jazz picks around L.A.

Last Chance to Be a Better Person!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Dennis Kucinich Has Five Minutes for You

Mr. Fish meets America’s peace candidate

Brick's Picks: Spiritual Sounds

Jazz picks around L.A.

Straight Outta Leimert Park

Richard Grant leaves home base for a show at Café 322

Brick's Picks: Jazz On Exhibition

Great shows at LACMA, and other jazz picks

The Devil May Care

William Friedkin on Bug, Cruising and nights at the opera

Freed Sex Slave Caught in Legal Bind

Looking for Schwarzenegger pardon to save trafficking victim–turned–counselor Maria Suarez from deportation

Mental Ward

Wish-I-could-bake- some-brownies-I-can’t wait-for- Christmas!

Beaching the Cleanup Plan

How a one-man crusade to overturn pollution controls became a $1 million legal fight

Out and About Food

Tasteful summer adventures that redefine Saturday afternoons at the ballpark

No Significant Features

The Caribbean, the dark and a ghost