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L.A. Witness In Boston: 'We Were Caught Between 2 Explosions'

See also: Boston Marathon Explosions Injure Several Runners; Race Called Off. A Los Angeles resident who happened to be near the second blast in Boston today told LA Weekly what he experienced. Jahcobie Cosom, 22, is a recent CalArts graduate was in his hometown of Boston preparing to unveil a pla ... More >>

Now Open: Cafecito Organico in Burbank

It's not too often that a locally-owned, independent coffee roaster manages to take over a space formerly inhabited by a giant corporate franchise, but such was the case when L.A.-based Cafecito Organico opened up its sixth Southern California location Thursday in what used to be a Starbucks in Burb ... More >>

Coupons to Use: Food Deals on Valentine's Day

You don't have to be in a relationship to appreciate savings and good deals on Valentine's Day. In some cases, the deals extend until tomorrow, a.k.a. Single Awareness Day, or through the weekend. Here's how you can bankroll the holiday with links to coupons (all offers apply only at participating l ... More >>

Top 5 Menu Modification Nightmares: As Told By L.A. Chefs

You've ordered salad dressing on the side, extra veggies, no veggies, extra crispy fries, non-fat instead of low-fat milk, mozzarella instead of Swiss, tofu instead of chicken. The list goes on. But some people take it to another level. You know who you are. "It was a tall, half decaf-half regular ... More >>

Grand Park Is Not L.A.'s Central Park, But It Could Become Downtown's Backyard: Our Review

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Fugly Buildings: Our Series on the Most Hideous Buildings in L.A. During our recent run of 95-degree autumn days -- can we be done with those? -- the last place one would think to seek relief is in ... More >>

The World Goes 'Round

Top 4 Labor Day Food Events: L.A. Times' "The Taste," Lawry's USC Tailgate, Pico-Robertson Block Party L.A. County Fair

L.A. County Fair Yep, it's county fair time again. Enjoy fried treats, carnival games, amusement-park rides and more than 20 big-name musical acts through the end of September. WHAT: L.A. County Fair WHEN: Friday, Aug. 31 - Thurs., Sept. 30 WHERE: Pomona Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona. CO ... More >>

Cake Pops: Popularity Persists A Snickerdoodle Cake Pop Recipe From Surprise Surprise Bake Shop

At a recent fancy event, when the dessert table was unveiled, we were startled by how many adults elbowed past children to get to the cake pops display. (Hey, that little kid was going for the last red velvet one! We couldn't let that happen.) This got us thinking about how cake pops seem to be eve ... More >>

Peet's Coffee & Tea Sold to German Conglomerate for One Billion Dollars

German mega-corporation Joh. A. Benckiser has made California-based Peet's Coffee & Tea an offer it can't refuse. You can imagine the boardroom intrigue. Flanked by seven-foot tall blondes, a small bald suit holds a pinkie to his lips and hisses an amount the half-shaven, Vespa-driving, kayak-trip ... More >>

Meth Drug Possibly Worth Millions Nabbed at LAX: It Was Headed to Mexico From China

We joke that meth is really just crack for rednecks. But that's an old stereotype. The truth is that the methamphetamine business has been taken over by Mexican cartels, which have shaped it into a massive, international phenomenon. Sort of like what Starbucks did for coffee. It's no longer a home- ... More >>

National Organization for Marriage Calls for Starbucks Boycott

Back in January, Seattle-based Starbucks endorsed a Washington bill to legalize gay marriage in the state (it eventually passed and will take effect in early June). Predictably, the National Organization for Marriage, one of the largest anti-gay marriage groups in the country, flipped out ("America ... More >>

AeroShot Coffee Inhaler: Snort the Caffeine

Dr. Alvin Yee: Starbucks Used to Evaluate Patients, Dole Out Oxycodone Prescriptions For Cash, Feds Allege

Rush likes it.​You know, just the other day we were thinking we sure wish we could find a good doctor ... in Starbucks. And here we find that one Alvin Mingczech Yee has been practicing inside this fine purveyor of coffee, with examinations costing $600 and less, according to our friends at t ... More >>

Dennis Hopper Lives: As Legend, or Corporate Slogan for Vans?

Photo by Silje at siljeohlalaThe Hopper posters that are popping up all over town.​ You must have noticed his eyes, with their slightly mournful, softened edges. And his beard, which looks like a bristling, black-and-grey hedgehog. Or at least the slogan in giant white letters, spelling out a ... More >>

The Sublime Webb Sisters

Frugal Festival Food!: Free Food, "Extreme Couponing" and Lots of Goods up for Grabs

Photo via Extreme Couponing.This shopper just saved a whole lot of money. You can too.​If you've been obsessed with TLC's new show Extreme Couponing (raises hand), or if you just happen to get a rush from finding deals on the cheap, the Frugal Festival Food! is exactly where you want to be thi ... More >>

'Starbucks Peeper' William Zafra Velasco Busted For Allegedly Secretly Videotaping Women in Coffee Shop Bathroom in Glendora, Cops Say

starbucks.comA generic photo of Starbucks in action.​Oh boy, this story only gets better. Police now claim the alleged Starbucks Peeper stalked a young woman and stole her panties. Details at the bottom of the next page. Perhaps the biggest indignity for you if you allegedly installed a video ... More >>

How Wall Street Kicks L.A. Pets Out of Their Homes

Why Don't 'Open Carry' Gun-Rights Advocates Target L.A.'s High-Crime Neighborhoods Instead Of ... Manhattan Beach?

esc.ape(d) via Flickr​Ah yes, the gun nuts who are part of the Open Carry movement love to show off sidearms and flaunt their rights at Starbucks, Peet's Coffee & Tea, California Pizza Kitchen and now, as the Daily Breeze reports, even at a family fair. Fair enough (or not). The idea, they sa ... More >>

Guess What's In These Lattes? Hint: It's Not Coffee

Barbara HansenYellow Cafe and Restaurant's potato latte​ The answer is, sweet potato. If you know anything about Korean cuisine, this won't seem strange. Sweet potatoes pop up in lots of Korean dishes including sweet potato porridge, sweet potato noodles and the sweet potato breads and pastrie ... More >>

Baths: the Great Escape

Valley boredom inspires electronic musician to unforeseen heights

Last Night: Jakob Dylan at the Wiltern

Timothy Norris​ We were so blown away a couple of months ago when Jakob Dylan's Women and Country came out that we even wrote a column about it for the print edition and spoke with the singer himself about the subtle album. The only frustrating thing about Women and Country was that the gentl ... More >>

With California Moving To Fully Legalize Pot, Are Chain-Store Dispensaries Far Off?

​With Californians voting on full-legalization of marijuana in November, is the prospect of Starbucks-like chain-store dispensaries far off? In Los Angeles there are a handful of owners who control more than one pot shop. But this slick notice really raised our eyebrows: A pot-shop "merchant ... More >>

Le Pain Quotidien's Uncommon Good

Ben CalderwoodLe Pain's warm welcome​ The Santa Monica PQ is an excellent place to collect an espresso and brioche after shopping the nearby Wednesday and Saturday farmers markets. (If you glimpse the special overfilled pâte à choux--resembling Pac-Man with a mouth jammed full of pastry crea ... More >>

Finding Macaroons

From eye-popping colors to chocolate with sea salt

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- "100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do," part 2. [NYT] -- Pets on plates! Elizabeth Kolbert reviews Jonathan Safran Foer's lastest book Eating Animals. [New Yorker] -- After Gourmet: ... More >>

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

In Hot Water: Steeping at the World Tea Expo

Experts on the ancient brew converge in Vegas

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 >>

Star-crossed at Starbucks: Strange Twist at Anand Jon Sentencing

Juror Furor: Anand Jon Case Takes Troubling Twist

Call it the extension of March Madness by other means. Those of us reporting on the post-trial hearings of the Anand Jon case have known for more than a month that today would be the date of a hearing regarding explosive charges that the District Attorney's office had thwarted a January 7 meeting be ... More >>

On the President's List: Obama Does Southern California

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Dead Letter Economy Seven hundred jobs could leave the San Gabriel Valley if Industry's mail sorting hub closes, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.Starbucks Kills Decaf Non-buzz The L.A. Times reports that the java behemoth, wounded by the recession, will cut brewing decaffeinated coffee a ... More >>

What Could Stop Obama: Secret Racist Democrats

The AP-Yahoo poll on race and what it says about our prejudices that still remain

Forget the Mustache: Beauty-Shop Quartets

Some postquaint, teenage-girl harmonies

La Mill: The Latest Buzz

The next generation of coffee cuisine

Moscow on the Mall

Anna's post-exam blues melt away on ice

Sahl-ud!

Master Mizoguchi

Life, love and loss in the films of a cinematic giant

He's a Woman's Man

The philosophy of Jack Sparrow (or a reasonable approximation thereof)

Bay Watchers

Mouse-surfing swells, breaks and Sheilas

Shopping the ’Bank

Bring your own parking meter

Judgment in Burbank

Ask Mr. Gold

What Did the Last Easter Islander Say as He Chopped Down the Last Tree?

The best-selling author of Guns, Germs and Steel asks whimsical questions with grave answers. In his latest book, he turns his attention to the collapse of civilization.

In the Land of Sugarplum Fairies

D.C. Diary

Downs and ups of a protest

Void Where Prohibited

Consume Part I: Food

Forty-One Reasons to Live in LA

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